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Using the fluorescent probe, BCECF, the changes in intracellular pH (pHi) in rat peritoneal mast cells were studied. alpha-Thrombin (0.1 nM) induced biphasic changes in pHi which consisted in a temporary decrease in pH with its subsequent steady increase due to the Na/H exchange activation which was inhibited by EIPA and controlled by extracellular Na+. The biphasic changes in pHi induced by DIP-alpha-thrombin (0.1 pM-1 nM), a catalytically inactive form with an intact recognition site, were similar to those of alpha-thrombin, whereas beta/gamma-thrombin (10-1000 pM), a catalytically active form characterized by structural disturbances in the recognition site, was able to induce only the initial phase of acidification. The thrombin recognition site modulators, alpha 1-thymosin and heparin, blocked the ability of the enzyme to induce the alkalinization of pHi. Nigericin stimulated the Na/H-exchange in mast cells. The rate of the Na/H-exchange activation determined with nigericin, decreased with an increase in the alpha-thrombin dose from 0.1 pM up to 10 nM. Activation of protein kinase C (PKC) in mast cells by PMA used at 1 nM and 10 nM led to the alkalinization of the cytoplasm as a result of the Na/H-exchange activation blocked by EIPA. The PKC inhibitor, H-7, suppressed the pHi increase induced by both PMA and alpha-thrombin. The alpha-thrombin-induced acidification of the cytoplasm was completely blocked by SITS in Ca(2+)-free media, whereas in media with Ca2+ SITS inhibited the pHi decline. Acidification of the cytoplasm by thrombin seems to be due to both Ca2+ influx and activation of Cl- fluxes. It is concluded that the observed activation of the Na/H-exchange by thrombin is induced by a cascade of intracellular reactions involving PKC.
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