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Acta Physiologica 2011; Volume 201, Supplement 682
The 90th Annual Meeting of The German Physiological Society
3/26/2011-3/29/2011
Regensburg, Germany


GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3 SENSITIVE REGULATION OF VOLTAGE GATED K+ CHANNELS IN DENDRITIC CELLS
Abstract number: P244

*Yang1 W., Schmid1 E., Tyan1 L., Lang1 F., Shumilina1 E.

Dendritic cells (DCs) are antigen-presenting cells that play a pivotal role in the regulation of immune responses. Mouse bone marrow-derived DCs express voltage-gated K+ (Kv) channels, which are upregulated upon LPS-induced DC maturation and contribute to the regulation of Ca2+ entry, cytokine release, migration, phagocytosis and MHC class II expression. The Kv channels in DCs are suppressed by the phosphoinositide 3 (PI3) kinase. PI3 kinase-dependent signaling involves activation of protein kinase B (PKB/Akt)/serum- and glucocorticoid inducible kinase (SGK) isoforms, which in turn phosphorylate and inhibit the glycogen synthase kinase GSK3. The present study explored, whether PI3 kinase-dependent GSK3 regulation participates in the regulation of Kv channels in DCs. To this end, Kv channel activity was determined by patch clamp in DCs isolated from murine bone marrow of gene targeted knockin mice carrying mutated and thus PKB/SGK-resistant GSK3a,ß (gsk3KI) and of their wild type littermates (gsk3WT). As a result, Western blot revealed GSK3 phosphorylation in DCs, which was reversed by preincubation of the cells with the PI3 kinase inhibitor wortmannin (100 nM). Kv currents were higher in gsk3KI than in gsk3WT DCs. Preincubation of the cells with wortmannin (100 nM, 2h) significantly increased Kv currents in DCs from gsk3WT mice but not in DCs from gsk3KI mice. In conclusion, PI3 kinase-dependent regulation of Kv channels in DCs involves phosphorylation of GSK3.

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Acta Physiologica 2011; Volume 201, Supplement 682 :P244

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