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Journal of Neuroscience, Vol 8, 2447-2451, Copyright © 1988 by Society for Neuroscience

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The effect of down regulation of protein kinase C on the inhibitory modulation of dorsal root ganglion neuron Ca2+ currents by neuropeptide Y

DA Ewald, HJ Matthies, TM Perney, MW Walker and RJ Miller
Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.

Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons cultured from neonatal rats contained high concentrations of protein kinase C (PKC). Normally, the majority of the enzyme activity was found in the cytosol and considerably less was associated with the membrane fraction. Upon incubation with the phorbol ester phorbol dibutyrate (PDBu, 10(-6) M) for 20 min, PKC activity increased in the membrane-associated fraction and decreased in the cytoplasmic fraction. Longer incubations with phorbol ester also induced a decline in membrane-associated PKC activity. If incubations were continued for periods of over 10 hr, both membrane and cytosolic PKC activity declined essentially to zero. Down- regulation of PKC had no effect on the number or affinity of 125I- neuropeptide Y (NPY) binding sites on DRG cells or on the absolute magnitude of the DRG Ca2+ current. However, the ability of NPY to inhibit the DRG Ca2+ current was greatly reduced. When sustained Ca2+ currents were evoked from depolarized holding potentials (-40 mV), all concentrations of NPY (10(-10)-10(-7) M) were less effective. In contrast, higher concentrations of NPY still blocked the transient portion of the DRG Ca2+ current evoked from hyperpolarized holding potentials. These results support the suggestion that PKC is involved in the inhibitory modulation of DRG Ca2+ currents by neurotransmitters. The precise role of PKC may vary depending on the type of Ca2+ channel involved.

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