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1 Department of Physiology and Biophysics and 2 Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607
The cardiac
L-type calcium current (ICa) can be modified by
activation of protein kinase C (PKC). However, the effect of PKC activation on ICa is still controversial. Some
studies have shown a decrease in current, whereas other studies have
reported a biphasic effect (an increase followed by a decrease in
current or vice versa). A possible explanation for the conflicting
results is that several isoforms of PKC with opposing effects on
ICa were activated simultaneously. Here, we
examined the influence of a single PKC isoform (PKC-
II) on L-type
calcium channels in isolation from other cardiac isoforms, using a
transgenic mouse that conditionally expresses PKC-
II. Ventricular
cardiac myocytes were isolated from newborn mice and examined for
expression of the transgene using single cell RT-PCR after
ICa recording. Cells expressing PKC-
II showed
a twofold increase in nifedipine-sensitive ICa. The PKC-
II antagonist LY-379196 returned ICa
amplitude to levels found in non-PKC-
II-expressing myocytes. The
increase in ICa was independent of
Cav1.2-subunit mRNA levels as determined by quantitative
RT-PCR. Thus these data demonstrate that PKC-
is a potent modulator
of cardiac L-type calcium channels and that this specific isoform
increases ICa in neonatal ventricular myocytes.
second messengers; signal transduction
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