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Mucin secretion by T84 cells: stimulation by PKC, Ca2+, and a protein kinase activated by Ca2+ ionophore

G. Forstner, Y. Zhang, D. McCool and J. Forstner
Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

T84 adenocarcinoma cells were stimulated to secrete mucin by the phorbol ester phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and Ca2+ ionophores A23187 and ionomycin. In Ca(2+)-containing media, maximal stimulation by PMA was significantly inhibited by staurosporine, but maximal A23187-stimulated secretion was not affected. Downregulation of protein kinase C (PKC) reduced maximal PMA-stimulated secretion without affecting the response to A23187. Thus PKC activation is not required for maximal Ca(2+)-mediated mucin secretion. PMA stimulated secretion in low-Ca2+ media, with and without intracellular chelation of Ca2+ by 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid. Surprisingly, Ca2+ ionophores also stimulated secretion under the same circumstances. Persistent A23187-stimulated secretion was strongly inhibited by the protein kinase inhibitors staurosporine and H-7. Secretion in Ca(2+)-containing media was also inhibited at submaximal levels of Ca(2+)-ionophore stimulation. These results indicate that PKC and Ca2+ stimulate mucin exocytosis independently. Ca2+ ionophores also stimulate secretion via a protein-kinase dependent pathway. Enhancement of protein kinase inhibition at lower Ca2+ concentrations suggests that the response could be mediated by a Ca2+ ionophore-induced depletion of an intracellular Ca2+ pool.

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