Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
9894093 Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators 2005 12 Pages PDF
Abstract
The action of platelet activating factor (PAF) on subcellular distribution and activity of protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms in rabbit platelets was analyzed. The results showed an increase of PKC α in membrane fraction, concomitantly with a decrease in cytosolic fraction after 5 min PAF treatment, indicating that a translocation of PKC α occurred. In addition, PKC ζ was redistributed in a “reverse” form, from the membrane to cytosolic fraction after PAF treatment. PAF induced an increase of PKC α activity, whereas a decrease rather than increase in PKC ζ was observed by using immunoprecipitation assays. In addition, some results indicated that PI3 kinase activation was not involved in PAF-induced PKC ζ translocation as occur in several cells and with other agonists. These actions were time- and concentration-dependent, and were inhibited by the treatment with a PAF antagonist. No translocation was observed when the platelets were incubated with lysoPAF, a PAF related compound.The redistribution of PKC isoforms take place through the activation of high specificity PAF binding sites. The pretreatment of the rabbit platelets with staurosporine, a putative inhibitor of PKC, completely blocked the PAF-evoked aggregation without affecting to PAF-evoked shape change and serotonin release. All together, these data could suggest that the specific translocation of PKC isoforms play an important role in the activation of rabbit platelets.
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