Ion transport regulated by protease-activated receptor 2 in human airway Calu-3 epithelia

Br J Pharmacol. 2005 Oct;146(3):397-407. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706330.

Abstract

We examined the mechanisms underlying anion secretion mediated by protease-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) and its role in the regulation of ion transport, using polarized human airway Calu-3 cells. PAR2 stimulation by trypsin and a PAR2-activating peptide (PAR2AP), especially from the basolateral aspect, caused transient Cl(-) secretion due to cytosolic Ca(2+) mobilization. Antagonists of PI-PLC (U73122, ET-18-OCH(3)) and inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (xestospongin C (Xest C)) were without effect on the PAR2AP-mediated Cl(-) secretion, whereas it was attenuated by D609 (a PC-PLC inhibitor) and phorbol 12-myristate 13 acetate (PMA, a PKC activator). Even 30 min after removal of PAR2AP after a 10-min-exposure, cells were still poorly responsive to PAR2 stimulation, but the reduced responsiveness was upregulated by a PKC inhibitor, GF109203X (GFX). Pretreatment with PAR2AP did not affect responses to anion secretagogues, such as isoproterenol, forskolin, thapsigargin, 1-ethyl-2-benzimdazolinone, and adenosine, but ATP-induced responses were significantly reduced. Nystatin permeabilization studies revealed that the presence of PAR2AP prevented ATP-induced increments in basolateral membrane K(+) conductance without affecting apical membrane Cl(-) conductance. ATP-elicited Ca(2+) mobilization, which was sensitive to D609 and PMA, was inhibited by the pretreatment with PAR2AP, and this inhibition was blunted by the presence of GFX. Collectively, stimulation of PAR2 generates a brief response of Cl(-) secretion through PC-PLC-mediated pathway, followed by not only auto-desensitization of PAR2 itself but also cross-desensitization of a PC-PLC-coupled purinoceptor. The two types of desensitization seem likely to have PKC-mediated downregulation of PC-PLC in common.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Calcium / metabolism
  • Cell Line
  • Chlorides / metabolism*
  • Epithelial Cells / drug effects
  • Epithelial Cells / metabolism*
  • Gene Expression
  • Humans
  • Ion Transport
  • Lung / drug effects
  • Lung / metabolism
  • Peptide Fragments / pharmacology
  • Potassium / metabolism
  • Protein Kinase C / metabolism
  • RNA, Messenger / analysis
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism
  • Receptor, PAR-2 / genetics
  • Receptor, PAR-2 / metabolism*
  • Trypsin / pharmacology
  • Type C Phospholipases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Chlorides
  • Peptide Fragments
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Receptor, PAR-2
  • Protein Kinase C
  • Type C Phospholipases
  • phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C
  • Trypsin
  • Potassium
  • Calcium