Journal article
Platelet‐activating factor increases inositol phosphate production and cytosolic free Ca2+ concentrations in cultured rat Kupffer cells
FEBS letters, Vol.251(1-2), pp.22-26
07/17/1989
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(89)81421-8
PMID: 2787759
Abstract
Platelet‐activating factor (PAF) stimulates glycogenolysis in perfused livers but not in isolated hepatocytes [(1984) J. Biol. Chem. 259, 8685–8688]. PAF‐induced glycogenolysis in liver is associated closely with a pronounced constriction of the hepatic vasculature [(1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261, 644–649]. These and other observations suggest that PAF stimulates glycogenolysis in liver indirectly by interactions with cells other than hepatocytes. We have evaluated effects of PAF on hepatic Kupffer cells, which regulate flow through the hepatic sinusoids. Application of PAF to [3H]inositol‐labeled Kupffer cells produced dose‐dependent increases in [3H]inositol phosphates with an EC50 value of 4 × 10−10 M. Increasesin inositol phosphate production in response to PAF were inhibited by a specific PAF receptor antagonist, SRI 63‐675 (2 × 10−7 M), and stimulus of protein kinase C, phorbol 12‐myristate 13‐acetate (1 × 10−7 M). Measurements of cytosolic free Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]i) in single Kupffer cells loaded with Fura‐2 demonstrated that application of PAF (2 × 10−9 M) resulted in significant increases in [Ca2+]i. These observations lead us to propose that interactions of PAF with Kupffer cells may result in the hemodynamic and metabolic responses to PAF in liver.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Platelet‐activating factor increases inositol phosphate production and cytosolic free Ca2+ concentrations in cultured rat Kupffer cells
- Creators
- Rory A FisherRam V SharmaRamesh C Bhalla
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- FEBS letters, Vol.251(1-2), pp.22-26
- DOI
- 10.1016/0014-5793(89)81421-8
- PMID
- 2787759
- NLM abbreviation
- FEBS Lett
- ISSN
- 0014-5793
- eISSN
- 1873-3468
- Number of pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/17/1989
- Academic Unit
- Anatomy and Cell Biology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neuroscience and Pharmacology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984040334502771
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