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Protein kinase C activation and α 2 ‐autoreceptor‐modulated release of noradrenaline
Author(s) -
Allgaier Clemens,
Hertting Georg,
Huang Hua Yu,
Jackisch Rolf
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.432
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1476-5381
pISSN - 0007-1188
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1987.tb11308.x
Subject(s) - yohimbine , protein kinase c , endocrinology , medicine , chemistry , phorbol , autoreceptor , tetrodotoxin , stimulation , neurotransmitter , agonist , antagonist , biology , receptor , biochemistry , phosphorylation
1 Effects of phorbol esters on the evoked noradrenaline release were studied in slices of the rabbit hippocampus, labelled with [ 3 H]‐noradrenaline, superfused continuously with a medium containing the reuptake inhibitor cocaine and stimulated electrically for 2 min (stimulation parameters: 2 ms, 24 mA, 5 V cm −1 , 3 or 0.3 Hz). 2 The electrically‐evoked overflow of [ 3 H]‐noradrenaline in the slices was increased in a concentration‐dependent manner by the protein kinase C (PKC) activators 12‐ O ‐tetradecanoylphorbol 13‐acetate (TPA) and 4β‐phorbol 12,13‐dibutyrate (4β‐PDB). Phorbol esters, which do not activate PKC, 4‐ O ‐methyl‐TPA and 4α‐PDB, showed no effect on neurotransmitter release. The effect of 4β‐PDB was abolished in the presence of tetrodotoxin and in the absence of calcium. The PKC inhibitor polymyxin B inhibited the evoked noradrenaline release. 3 In the presence of 4β‐PDB the inhibitory effects of the α 2 ‐adrenoceptor agonist clonidine or the facilitatory effects of the α 2 ‐adrenoceptor antagonist yohimbine seemed to be modified only by changes in the concentration of noradrenaline in the synaptic region. At a stimulation frequency of 3 Hz the inhibitory action of clonidine was reduced whereas the facilitatory effect of the yohimbine was even slightly enhanced by the phorbol ester. At 0.3 Hz and in the presence of 4β‐PDB the effect of clonidine remained and that of yohimbine was strongly enhanced. 4 Pretreatment of the slices with islet‐activating protein or N‐ethylmaleimide significantly reduced the enhancement of noradrenaline release caused by 4β‐PDB. It is possible that a regulatory N‐protein is involved in steps following PKC activation. 5 These results suggest that PKC participates in the mechanism of action‐potential‐induced noradrenaline release from noradrenergic nerve terminals of the rabbit hippocampus and that effects on the autoinhibitory feedback system were not responsible for the 4β‐PDB‐induced increase of neurotransmitter release.