Inhibition of H2 Histamine Receptor-Mediated Cation Channel Opening by Protein Kinase C in Human Promyelocytic Cells

Abstract

Histamine, through H2 receptors, triggers a prominent rise in intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in addition to an elevation of cAMP level in HL-60 promyelocytes. Here we show that the histamine-induced [Ca2+]i rise was due to influx of Ca2+ from the extracellular space, probably through nonselective cation channels, as incubation of the cells with SKF 96365 abolished the histamine-induced [Ca2+]i rise, Na+ influx, and membrane depolarization. The Ca2+ influx was specifically inhibited by pretreatment of the cells with PMA or extracellular ATP with 50% inhibitory concentrations of 0.12 ± 0.03 nM and 185 ± 17 μM, respectively. Western blot analysis of protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms revealed that PMA (≤1 nM) and ATP (300 μM) caused selective translocation of PKC-δ to the particulate/membrane fraction. Costimulation of the cells with histamine and SKF 96365 partially reduced histamine-induced granulocytic differentiation, which was evaluated by looking at the extent of fMet-Leu-Phe-induced [Ca2+]i rise and superoxide generation. In conclusion, nonselective cation channels are opened by stimulation of the H2 receptor, and the channels are at least in part involved in the induction of histamine-mediated differentiation processes. Both effects of histamine were selectively inhibited probably by the δ isoform of PKC in HL-60 cells.