Role of Protein Kinase C on the Steroidogenic Effect of Angiotensin II in the Rat Adrenal Glomerulosa Cell

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The role of protein kinase C (PKC) in the steroidogenic action of angiotensin II (AII) was investigated by depletion of endogenous PKC using prolonged incubation with phorbol ester and direct measurement of PKC in isolated rat adrenal glomerulosa cells. PKC activity was measured by incorporation of 32P from [y32P]ATP into histone in the presence of cytosolic and detergent-solubilized membrane fractions purified by diethylaminoethyl cellulose chromatography. Basal PKC activity was higher in cytosol than in membrane fractions purified by diethylaminoethyl cellulose chromatography. Basal PKC activity was higher in cytosol than in membranes 61,000 .+-. 57 and 473 .+-. 14 pmol P incorporated/mg .cntdot. min, respectively). After incubation of the cells with AII for 5, 15, 30, and 60 min, PKC activity in the cytosol decreased by 5, 18, 25, and 27%, respectively, while in the membrane there was a transient increase of 15% at 15 min returning to basal by 60 min. Incubation of the cells with 100 nM 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) resulted in transient translocation of PKC activity to the membrane (15 min) which was followed by a 64% decrase in total cellular enzyme activity after 3 h. In PCK-depeleted cells, the aldosterone resonse to ACTH was increased by 25% but AII-stimulated steroidogenesis was unchanged. In contrast, in cells in which PKC was translocated to the membrane by a 15 min preincubation with TPA, aldosterone response to AII was enhanced by 40%, while the response to ACTH was reduced by 30%; under these conditions membrane PKC levels rapidly returned to basal. However, the changes in aldosterone response were still evident when addition of AII or ACTH was delayed for up to 30 min after removal of TPA, indicating a persistent modification in the cell membrane secondary to PKC activation. Aldosterone responses to potassium were not altered by preincubation of the cells with TPA. The inactive phorbol ester analog, 4.alpha.-hydroxyphorbol-12,13-dibutyrate, had no effect on the steroid responses to either stimulus. The small but significant translocation of PKC activity from cytosol to membrane after treatment of rat adrenal glomerulosa cells with AII suggests that AII activates PKC. However, the fact that aldosterone responses to AII are potentiated during TPA-induced PKC translocation to the membrane suggests that AII and phorbol esters do not share the same mechanism of action in the regulation of steroidogenesis. In additon, the full adosterone response to AII despite marked cellular PKC depeletion after prolonged preincubation with TPA argues against the involvement of PKC in the stimulation of aldosterone production by AII. We propose that PKC activation by AII may mediate effects other than steroidogenesis, such as trophic maintenance of the adrenal glomerulosa or adrenal growth.

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