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Induction of histidine decarboxylase of rat basophilic leukemia (2H3) cells stimulated by higher oligomeric IgE or phorbol myristate acetate

1988; Elsevier BV; Volume: 151; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0006-291x(88)80518-7

1090-2104

Kazutaka Maeyama, Yoshitaka Taguchi, Masayuki Sasaki, Hiroshi Wada, Michael A. Beaven, Takehiko Watanabe,

Biotin and Related Studies

When rat basophilic leukemia (2H3) cells were stimulated by higher oligomer, the chemically cross-linked oligomers of IgE, in the presence of calcium the activity of histidine decarboxylase (HDC, L-histidine carboxylyase, E.C.4.1.1.22), a histamine-forming enzyme, was increased by 1 hr, reaching maximum activity by 2 hr, and returning to the original level by 8 hr. A similar increase in enzyme activity was observed in cells treated with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) or oleoyl-acetylglycerol (OAG), which are known activators of protein kinase C. Removal of calcium from medium abolished the increase in HDC activity in response to higher oligomer but not that induced by PMA or OAG, suggesting that the increase in HDC activity may be mediated by protein kinase C. The increase in the HDC activity probably required induction of enzyme synthesis, because it was prevented by cycloheximide.