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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 269, Issue 4, 2389-2398, Jan, 1994

Activation of a voltage-dependent chloride current in human neutrophils by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and formyl-methionyl-leucyl- phenylalanine. The role of protein kinase C

MA Schumann and TA Raffin
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305-5236.

Calcium-activated, voltage-independent Cl- currents have been demonstrated in human neutrophils (Krause, K.-H., and Welsh, M.J. (1990) J. Clin. Invest. 85, 491-498). The activation is mediated by calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase and not by protein kinase C (PKC) (Schumann, M., Gardner, A.P., and Raffin, T.A. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 2134-2140). It is not known whether there are Ca(2+)- independent, voltage-dependent Cl- currents in these cells. Using K(+)- free solutions and patch-clamp recordings from human neutrophils, we separated the whole cell Cl- current. Base-line Cl- currents of unstimulated cells were small and displayed time and voltage independence; some showed voltage dependence. With a Ca(2+)-free pipette solution, bath-administered 1 microM phorbol 12-myristate 13- acetate (PMA) or 0.1 microM N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) for 10 s induced augmented Cl- currents with voltage- and time- dependent outwardly rectifying properties. The threshold voltage of tail Cl- current activation was -69 mV. With a pipette solution containing 0.1 mM Ca2+, bath-administered 0.1 microM fMLP, 1 microM PMA, or 1 microM Ca2+ ionophore A23187 for 30 s induced augmented Cl- currents with voltage-independent properties. With intracellular application of 5 microM PKC inhibitor PKC(19-36), voltage-dependent Cl- currents were no longer activated by PMA or fMLP. Similar application of 5 microM PKC noninhibitory analog [Glu27]PKC(19-36) did not block PMA (or fMLP)-induced Cl- currents. These results indicate that, in addition to Ca(2+)-activated Cl- currents, human neutrophils have voltage-dependent Cl- currents which are regulated by PKC.
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