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Different isozymes of protein kinase C mediate feedback inhibition of phospholipase C and stimulatory signals for exocytosis in rat RBL-2H3 cells.

Previous studies indicated that rat basophilic RBL-2H3 cells contained the Ca(2+)-dependent alpha and beta and the Ca(2+)-independent delta, epsilon, and zeta isoforms of protein kinase C (PKC); of these, PKC beta and delta were the most potent transducers of signals for exocytosis in antigen-stimulated permeabilized cells. Exocytosis, nevertheless, was still dependent on an elevated free Ca2+. (Ozawa, K., Szallasi, Z., Kazanietz, M. G., Blumberg, P. M., Mischak, H., Mushinski, J. F., and Beaven, M. A. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 1749-1756). We now demonstrate that PKC alpha and epsilon, exclusively, inhibit antigen-induced hydrolysis of inositol phospholipids in the same permeabilized RBL-2H3 cells. Unlike secretion, the inhibitory actions occurred at a basal concentration (0.1 microM) of free Ca2+. The inhibitory actions of the two isozymes were potentiated by 20 nM phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. As indicated by the effects of the phorbol ester, the probable mechanism was reduced tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase C gamma 1. The negative regulation of phospholipase C was apparent in intact cells, because the PKC inhibitor Ro31-7549 or down-regulation of PKC with phorbol ester enhanced antigen-induced hydrolysis of inositol phospholipids. The concentrations of the various isozymes of PKC in RBL-2H3 cells, as estimated by immunoblotting studies, were sufficient for promotion of exocytosis (i.e. beta and delta) and inhibition of phospholipid hydrolysis (i.e. alpha and epsilon).[1]

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