Differential regulation of cysteinyl leukotriene receptor signaling by protein kinase C in human mast cells

PLoS One. 2013 Aug 15;8(8):e71536. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071536. eCollection 2013.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Calcium / metabolism
  • Calcium Signaling / drug effects
  • Chemokine CCL4 / metabolism
  • Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / metabolism
  • Cysteine / pharmacology
  • Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / metabolism
  • Gene Knockdown Techniques
  • Humans
  • Isoenzymes / metabolism
  • Leukotriene E4 / pharmacology
  • Leukotrienes / pharmacology
  • Mast Cells / drug effects
  • Mast Cells / enzymology
  • Mast Cells / metabolism*
  • Models, Biological
  • Phosphorylation / drug effects
  • Protein Kinase C / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Protein Kinase C / metabolism*
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / metabolism
  • RNA, Small Interfering / metabolism
  • Receptors, Leukotriene / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction* / drug effects

Substances

  • Chemokine CCL4
  • Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein
  • Isoenzymes
  • Leukotrienes
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • Receptors, Leukotriene
  • cysteinyl-leukotriene
  • Leukotriene E4
  • Protein Kinase C
  • Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases
  • Cysteine
  • leukotriene D4 receptor
  • Calcium