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Three putative protein kinase C phosphorylation sites in the carboxyl-terminal region of the angiotensin II AT1A receptor suggest that protein kinase C is involved in the regulation and desensitisation of this receptor. We investigated this possibility by measuring angiotensin II induced Ca2+ transients in cultures of neonatal rat cardiac fibroblasts which express predominantly the angiotensin AT1A receptor. Stimulating or inhibiting protein kinase C activity had no effect on angiotensin II stimulated Ca2+ transients. In addition, in situ and in vitro kinase assays revealed that a peptide, corresponding to the region of the angiotensin AT1A receptor containing the protein kinase C sites, was a poor substrate for protein kinase C. Thus, a heterologous desensitising role for this kinase on angiotensin AT1A receptors in these fibroblasts appears unlikely.
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