M. Cataldi et al., PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES ACTIVATE WHILE PROTEIN-TYROSINE PHOSPHATASESINHIBIT L-TYPE CALCIUM-CHANNEL ACTIVITY IN PITUITARY GH(3) CELLS, The Journal of biological chemistry, 271(16), 1996, pp. 9441-9446
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of protein-tyrosine k
inase (PTK) and protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) inhibitors on Ca2channels in GH(3) cells, The activity of Ca2+ channels was monitored e
ither by single-cell microfluorometry or by the whole cell configurati
on of the patch-clamp technique, Genistein (20-200 mu M) and herbimyci
n A (1-15 mu M) inhibited [Ca2+](i) rise induced either by 55 mM K+ or
10 mu M Bay K 8644, In addition, genistein and lavendustin A inhibite
d whole-cell Ba2+ currents, By contrast, daidzein, a genistein analogu
e devoid of PTK inhibitory properties, did not modify Ca2+ channel act
ivity. The inhibitory action of genistein on the [Ca2+](i) increase wa
s completely counteracted by the PTP inhibitor vanadate (100 mu M). Fu
rthermore, vanadate alone potentiated [Ca2+](i) response to both 55 mM
K+ and 10 mu M Bay K 8644. The possibility that genistein could decre
ase the [Ca2+](i) elevation by enhancing Ca2+ removal from the cytosol
seems unlikely since genistein also reduced the increase in fura-2 fl
uorescence ratio induced by Ba2+, a cation that enters into the cells
through Ca2+ channels but cannot be pumped out by Ca2+ extrusion mecha
nisms, Finally, in unstimulated GH(3) cells, genistein caused a declin
e of [Ca2+](i) and the disappearance of [Ca2+](i) oscillations, wherea
s vanadate induced an increase of [Ca2+](i) and the appearance of [Ca2
+](i) oscillations in otherwise non-oscillating cells. The present res
ults suggest that in GH(3) cells PTK activation causes an increase of
L-type Ca2+ channel function, whereas PTPs exert an inhibitory role.