RESEARCH ARTICLE


Effects of PKC and PKA Inhibitors on the cAMP-Stimulant-Induced Enhancement of Tetrodotoxin-Resistant Na+ (Nav1.8) Currents



Shigeji Matsumoto*, Shinki Yoshida, Mizuho Ikeda, Chikako Saiki , Mamoru Takeda
Department of Physiology, Nippon Dental University, School of Life Dentistry at Tokyo, 1-9-20 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8159, Japan

Article Information


Identifiers and Pagination:

Year: 2008
Volume: 2
First Page: 17
Last Page: 19
Publisher Id: TOPHARMJ-2-17
DOI: 10.2174/1874143600802010017

Article History:

Received Date: 23/01/2008
Revision Received Date: 6/2/2008
Acceptance Date: 11/2/2008
Electronic publication date: 28/2/2008
Collection year: 2008

© 2008 Matsumoto et al.

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Abstract

The protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor bisindolymaleimide Ro-31-8425 (Ro-31-8425) decreases the peak tetrodotoxin- resistant (TTX-R) Na+ (Nav1.8) current in nodose ganglion (NG) neurons, and this decrease is not altered by simultaneous application of 8-bromo-cAMP (8-Br-cAMP), phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA, a PKC activator) or forskolin (a cAMP analogue). Intracellular application of the endogenous protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitor, protein kinase inhibitor (PKI) abolishes the increase in the peak Nav1.8 current that occurs in response to the applications of 8-BrcAMP, PMA, forskolin, or prostaglandin E2 (PGE2, an adenyl cyclase activator). At a higher concentration (0.5 mM) compared with a sufficient concentration (0.01 mM) to block the cAMP-stimulant Nav1.8 current, PKI still attenuated the Ro-31-8425-induced decrease in peak Nav1.8 current. When we considered these results together, cAMP-stimulantinduced modification of Nav1.8 currents is mediated by the activation of both PKA and PKC, and PKC may be located upstream of PKA.