Effects of protein kinase C inhibitors on thromboxane production by thrombin-stimulated platelets

Autor: Michael R. Jirousek, D.Kirk Ways, Ruth Ann Henriksen, Gennady P. Samokhin
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: European Journal of Pharmacology. 386:297-303
ISSN: 0014-2999
DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(99)00737-2
Popis: The purpose of these studies was to identify a possible role for protein kinase C in thromboxane production. The effects of four putative protein kinase C inhibitors were studied with platelet stimulation by thrombin (0.5–150 nM), Thrombin Quick I (1.5–500 nM) or a thrombin receptor (protease activated receptor-1) agonist peptide (TRAP) (5–120 μM). Thromboxane production was increased by the bisindolylmaleimide derivative, 2-[1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-1 H -indol-3-yl]-3-(1 H -indol-3-yl)-maleimide (GF 109203X), unchanged by the inhibitors 12-(2-cyanoethyl)-6,7,12,13-tetrahydro-13-methyl-5-oxo-5 H -indolo (2,3- a ) pyrrolo (3,4- c )-carbazole (Go 6976) and 5,21:12,17-dimetheno-18 H -dibenzo[ i , o ]pyrrolo[3,4- l ][1,8]diazacyclohexadecine-18,20(19 H )-dione, 8-[(dimethylamino)methyl]-6,7,8,9,10,11-hexahydro-, monomethanesulfonate (379196), the latter of which is protein kinase C β-selective, and decreased by 1-[6-[(3-acetyl-2,4,6-trihydroxy-5-methylphenyl)methyl]-5,7-dihydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-2 H -1-benzopyran-8-yl]-3-phenyl-2-propen-1-one (rottlerin), an inhibitor selective for protein kinase C δ. These results indicate complex regulation of thromboxane synthesis in human platelets including a probable role for protein kinase C δ. The results taken together further suggest that GF 109203X may suppress negative feedback resulting from an unidentified kinase and that the classical protein kinase C isoforms α and β do not have a significant role in regulating thromboxane production by platelets.
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