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Inhibition of Nitric Oxide Biosynthesis Promotes P-selectin Expression in Platelets
Role of Protein Kinase C
From the Departments of Physiology (T.M., A.M.L.) and Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology (S.J.P., S.A.W.), Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa.
Correspondence to Dr Allan M. Lefer, Department of Physiology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 1020 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19107-6799.
Abstract Inhibition of NO synthesis promotes P-selectin expression on endothelial cells; however, the precise mechanism is unclear. Because NO has been shown to inhibit protein kinase C (PKC) activity, we examined the hypothesis that the NO synthase inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) stimulates P-selectin expression on platelets via PKC activation. Ten-minute incubation with either phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), thrombin, or L-NAME significantly increased P-selectin expression on platelets (as assessed by flow-cytometric analysis) and PKC activity of platelet membranes. Increased P-selectin expression induced by either PMA, thrombin, or L-NAME was significantly attenuated by the selective PKC inhibitor UCN-01 (7-hydroxystaurosporine). Furthermore, L-NAME–induced P-selectin expression was significantly attenuated by either L-arginine, 8-bromo-cGMP, or sodium nitroprusside (SNP). Interestingly, L-NAME further potentiated P-selectin upregulation by thrombin. L-NAME, thrombin, and PMA also significantly increased polymorphonuclear leukocyte adherence to the coronary artery endothelium, an effect that was significantly attenuated by the anti–P-selectin monoclonal antibody PB1.3 or by UCN-01, L-arginine, 8-bromo-cGMP or SNP but not by D-arginine or the nonblocking anti–P-selectin monoclonal antibody NBP1.6. These results indicate that inhibition of NO synthesis induces rapid P-selectin expression, which appears to be at least partially mediated by PKC activation in platelets. Similar effects and mechanisms of L-NAME on P-selectin function were also observed in endothelial cells, another site of P-selectin expression. Thus, PKC activation may play an important role in cell-to-cell interaction when NO production is compromised.
Key Words: platelets • leukocytes • adherence • endothelium • nitric oxide synthase
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