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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 262, Issue 20, 9515-9520, Jul, 1987

Ionomycin inhibits thyrotropin-releasing hormone-induced translocation of protein kinase C in GH4C1 pituitary cells

CW Fearon and AH Tashjian Jr

Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) induces rapid and transient conversion of protein kinase C (Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent enzyme) from a soluble to a particulate-bound form in GH4C1 rat pituitary cells. Ionomycin (200 nM), a calcium ionophore, had no effect by itself on the subcellular distribution of protein kinase C. However, pretreatment of the cells with 200 nM ionomycin inhibited by greater than 50% the ability of TRH to cause translocation of protein kinase C from the cytosol to the particulate cell fraction. Inhibition by ionomycin required that the cells be incubated with the ionophore for at least 10 s before TRH addition. Ionomycin pretreatment did not alter the kinetics of TRH-induced protein kinase C redistribution. Incubation of the cells with 43 mM potassium prior to TRH addition almost completely reversed the inhibition induced by ionomycin. We propose that the mechanism by which ionomycin attenuates TRH action on protein kinase C may involve the capacity of the ionophore to empty the intracellular calcium reservoir which normally releases calcium into the cytosol in response to TRH. Our result provides evidence that the rise in intracellular calcium, which accompanies diacylglycerol formation following TRH action on polyphosphatidylinositide hydrolysis, may be required to achieve maximal conversion of protein kinase C to its presumed active, membrane-bound form in these cells.
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