
Cysteinyl leukotrienes (cys-LTs) are a group of lipid mediators that are potent bronchoconstrictors, powerful inducers of vascular leakage and potentiators of airway hyperresponsiveness. Cys-LTs play an essential role in asthma and are synthesized as well as activated in mast cells (MCs). Cys-LTs relay their effects mainly through two known GPCRs, CysLT1R and CysLT2R. Although protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms are implicated in the regulation of CysLT1R function, neither the role of PKCs in cys-LT-dependent MC inflammatory signaling nor the involvement of specific isoforms in MC function are known. Here, we show that PKC inhibition augmented LTD4 and LTE4-induced calcium influx through CysLT1R in MCs. In contrast, inhibition of PKCs suppressed c-fos expression as well MIP1β generation by cys-LTs. Interestingly, cys-LTs activated both PKCα and PKCε isoforms in MC. However, knockdown of PKCα augmented cys-LT mediated calcium flux, while knockdown of PKCε attenuated cys-LT induced c-fos expression and MIP1β generation. Taken together, these results demonstrate for the first time that cys-LT signaling downstream of CysLT1R in MCs is differentially regulated by two distinct PKCs which modulate inflammatory signals that have significant pathobiologic implications in allergic reactions and asthma pathology.
570, Leukotrienes, Pulmonology, Science, 610, Biostatistics, Biochemistry, Signaling Pathways, Models, Biological, Lipid Mediators, Molecular Cell Biology, Calcium-Mediated Signal Transduction, Signaling in Cellular Processes, Humans, Calcium Signaling, Cysteine, Mast Cells, Phosphorylation, RNA, Small Interfering, Chemokine CCL4, Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein, Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases, Biology, Protein Kinase Inhibitors, Protein Kinase C, Inflammation, Leukotriene E4, Receptors, Leukotriene, Mechanisms of Signal Transduction, Statistics, Q, Immunity, R, Protein kinase C signaling, Lipids, Asthma, Isoenzymes, Gene Knockdown Techniques, Medicine, Clinical Immunology, Calcium, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, Mathematics, Research Article, Signal Transduction
570, Leukotrienes, Pulmonology, Science, 610, Biostatistics, Biochemistry, Signaling Pathways, Models, Biological, Lipid Mediators, Molecular Cell Biology, Calcium-Mediated Signal Transduction, Signaling in Cellular Processes, Humans, Calcium Signaling, Cysteine, Mast Cells, Phosphorylation, RNA, Small Interfering, Chemokine CCL4, Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein, Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases, Biology, Protein Kinase Inhibitors, Protein Kinase C, Inflammation, Leukotriene E4, Receptors, Leukotriene, Mechanisms of Signal Transduction, Statistics, Q, Immunity, R, Protein kinase C signaling, Lipids, Asthma, Isoenzymes, Gene Knockdown Techniques, Medicine, Clinical Immunology, Calcium, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, Mathematics, Research Article, Signal Transduction
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