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Query: EC:2.7.11.1 (protein kinase)
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The effect of glucagon and its second messenger cAMP on cytochrome P450 2C11 (CYP2C11) expression was investigated in primary hepatocytes cultured on Matrigel. Glucagon, epinephrine, forskolin, and the cAMP derivatives dibutyryl cAMP, (S(p))-adenosine 3',5' cyclic monophosphothioate (S(p)-cAMPS), and 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-cAMP, but not dideoxyforskolin, all down-regulated CYP2C11 mRNA expression to approximately 20% of control levels in a concentration-dependent manner. Using the transcriptional inhibitor 5,6-dichloro-1-beta-D-ribofuranosylbenzimidazole, CYP2C11 mRNA was found to have a half-life of 9.8 h. The kinetics of suppression of CYP2C11 mRNA by glucagon and forskolin was similar to that obtained with the transcriptional inhibitor, suggesting that glucagon and forskolin act at the transcriptional level. CYP2C11 expression was more sensitive to suppression by glucagon at low insulin concentrations than at higher concentrations. (R(p))-Adenosine 3',5' cyclic monophosphothioate inhibited the down-regulation of CYP2C11 by S(p)-cAMPS, consistent with a competitive blockade of protein kinase A activation. These results suggest a role for glucagon in the down-regulation of CYP2C11 in diabetic rats, and provide a possible explanation for the known sensitivity of this cytochrome P450 to suppression in various stress and disease models.
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PMID:Regulation of hepatic cytochrome P450 2C11 via cAMP: implications for down-regulation in diabetes, fasting, and inflammation. 1125 42

Norepinephrine (NE) stimulates phospholipase D (PLD) through a Ras/MAPK pathway in rabbit vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). NE also activates calcium influx and calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase II-dependent cytosolic phospholipase A(2) (cPLA(2)). Arachidonic acid (AA) released by cPLA(2)-catalyzed phospholipid hydrolysis is then metabolized into hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs) through lipoxygenase and cytochrome P450 4A (CYP4A) pathways. HETEs, in turn, have been shown to stimulate Ras translocation and to increase MAPK activity in VSMC. This study was conducted to determine the contribution of cPLA(2)-derived AA and its metabolites (HETEs) to the activation of PLD. NE-induced PLD activation was reduced by two structurally distinct CaM antagonists, W-7 and calmidazolium, and by CaM-dependent protein kinase II inhibition. Blockade of cPLA(2) activity or protein depletion with selective cPLA(2) antisense oligonucleotides abolished NE-induced PLD activation. The increase in PLD activity elicited by NE was also blocked by inhibitors of lipoxygenases (baicalein) and CYP4A (17-octadecynoic acid), but not of cyclooxygenase (indomethacin). AA and its metabolites (12(S)-, 15(S)-, and 20-HETEs) increased PLD activity. PLD activation by AA and HETEs was reduced by inhibitors of Ras farnesyltransferase (farnesyl protein transferase III and BMS-191563) and MEK (U0126 and PD98059). These data suggest that HETEs are the mediators of cPLA(2)-dependent PLD activation by NE in VSMC. In addition to cPLA(2), PLD was also found to contribute to AA release for prostacyclin production via the phosphatidate phosphohydrolase/diacylglycerol lipase pathway. Finally, a catalytically inactive PLD(2) (but not PLD(1)) mutant inhibited NE-induced PLD activity, and PLD(2) was tyrosine-phosphorylated in response to NE by a MAPK-dependent pathway. We conclude that NE stimulates cPLA(2)-dependent PLD(2) through lipoxygenase- and CYP4A-derived HETEs via the Ras/ERK pathway by a mechanism involving tyrosine phosphorylation of PLD(2) in rabbit VSMC.
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PMID:Phospholipase D activation by norepinephrine is mediated by 12(s)-, 15(s)-, and 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids generated by stimulation of cytosolic phospholipase a2. tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase d2 in response to norepinephrine. 1127 12

The involvement of salt-inducible kinase, a recently cloned protein serine/threonine kinase, in adrenal steroidogenesis was investigated. When Y1 mouse adrenocortical tumor cells were stimulated by ACTH, the cellular content of salt-inducible kinase mRNA, protein, and enzyme activity changed rapidly. Its level reached the highest point in 1-2 h and returned to the initial level after 8 h. The mRNA levels of cholesterol side-chain cleavage cytochrome P450 and steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, on the other hand, began to rise after a few hours, reaching the highest levels after 8 h. The salt-inducible kinase mRNA level in ACTH-, forskolin-, or 8-bromo-cAMP-treated Kin-7 cells, mutant Y1 with less cAMP-dependent PKA activity, remained low. However, Kin-7 cells, when transfected with a PKA expression vector, expressed salt-inducible kinase mRNA. Y1 cells that overexpressed salt-inducible kinase were isolated, and the mRNA levels of steroidogenic genes in these cells were compared with those in the parent Y1. The level of cholesterol side-chain cleavage cytochrome P450 mRNA in the salt-inducible kinase-overexpressing cells was markedly low compared with that in the parent, while the levels of Ad4BP/steroidogenic factor-1-, ACTH receptor-, and steroidogenic acute regulatory protein-mRNAs in the former were similar to those in the latter. The ACTH-dependent expression of cholesterol side-chain cleavage cytochrome P450- and steroidogenic acute regulatory protein-mRNAs in the salt-inducible kinase-overexpressing cells was significantly repressed. The promoter activity of the cholesterol side-chain cleavage cytochrome P450 gene was assayed by using Y1 cells transfected with a human cholesterol side-chain cleavage cytochrome P450 promoter-linked reporter gene. Addition of forskolin to the culture medium enhanced the cholesterol side-chain cleavage cytochrome P450 promoter activity, but the forskolin-dependently activated promoter activity was inhibited when the cells were transfected with a salt-inducible kinase expression vector. This inhibition did not occur when the cells were transfected with a salt-inducible kinase (K56M) vector that encoded an inactive kinase. The salt-inducible kinase's inhibitory effect was also observed when nonsteroidogenic, nonAd4BP/steroidogenic factor-1 -expressing, NIH3T3 cells were used for the promoter assays. These results suggested that salt-inducible kinase might play an important role(s) in the cAMP-dependent, but Ad4BP/steroidogenic factor-1-independent, gene expression of cholesterol side-chain cleavage cytochrome P450 in adrenocortical cells.
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PMID:Salt-inducible kinase is involved in the ACTH/cAMP-dependent protein kinase signaling in Y1 mouse adrenocortical tumor cells. 1146 52

Angiotensin II (Ang II) exerts contractile and trophic effects in glomerular mesangial cells (MCs). One potential downstream target of Ang II is the protein kinase Akt/protein kinase B (PKB). We investigated the effect of Ang II on Akt/PKB activity in MCs. Ang II causes rapid activation of Akt/PKB (5-10 min) but delayed activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3-K) (30 min). Activation of Akt/PKB by Ang II was not abrogated by the PI3-K inhibitors or by the introduction of a dominant negative PI3-K, indicating that in MCs, PI3-K is not an upstream mediator of Akt/PKB activation by Ang II. Incubation of MCs with phospholipase A2 inhibitors also blocked Akt/PKB activation by Ang II. AA mimicked the effect of Ang II. Inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-, lipoxyogenase-, and cytochrome P450-dependent metabolism did not influence AA-induced Akt/PKB activation. However, the antioxidants N-acetylcysteine and diphenylene iodonium inhibited both AA- and Ang II-induced Akt/PKB activation. Dominant negative mutant of Akt/PKB or antioxidants, but not the dominant negative form of PI3-K, inhibited Ang II-induced protein synthesis and cell hypertrophy. These data provide the first evidence that Ang II induces protein synthesis and hypertrophy in MCs through AA/redox-dependent pathway and Akt/PKB activation independent of PI3-K.
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PMID:Angiotensin II activates Akt/protein kinase B by an arachidonic acid/redox-dependent pathway and independent of phosphoinositide 3-kinase. 1153 71

The metabolism of cholesterol by cytochrome P450 side chain cleavage enzyme is hormonally regulated in steroidogenic tissues via intramitochondrial cholesterol transport. The mediating steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) is synthesized as a 37-kDa (p37) precursor that is phosphorylated by protein kinase A and cleaved within the mitochondria to generate 30-kDa forms (p30, pp30). The effectiveness of modified recombinant StAR forms in COS-1 cells without mitochondrial import has led to a prevailing view that cholesterol transport is mediated by p37 StAR via activity on the outer mitochondrial membrane. The present study of the activation of cholesterol metabolism by bromo-cAMP in adrenal cells in relation to (35)S-StAR turnover indicates that targeting of pp30 to the inner membrane provides the dominant cholesterol transport mechanism. We show that 1) only newly synthesized StAR is functional, 2) phosphorylation and processing of p37 to pp30 occurs rapidly and stoichiometrically, 3) both steps are necessary for optimum transport, and 4) newly synthesized pp30 exhibits very high activity (400 molecules of cholesterol/StAR/min). Segregation of cAMP activation and synthesis of StAR from cholesterol metabolism showed that very low levels of newly synthesized StAR (1 fmol/min/10(6) cells) sustained activated cholesterol metabolism (0.4 pmol/min/10(6) cells, t(1/2) = 70 min) long after complete removal of p37 (t(1/2) = 5 min). This activity was highly sensitive to inhibition of processing by CCCP only until sufficient pp30 was formed. Maximum activation preceded bromo-cAMP-induced StAR expression, indicating other limiting steps in cholesterol metabolism.
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PMID:Mitochondrial processing of newly synthesized steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR), but not total StAR, mediates cholesterol transfer to cytochrome P450 side chain cleavage enzyme in adrenal cells. 1157 2

An important feature of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2B1 is its high ability to convert the prodrug cyclophosphamide (CPA) to therapeutically cytotoxic metabolites, resulting in interstrand DNA-cross-linking and cell death. We have examined whether and how the phosphorylation of CYP2B1 influences CPA metabolic activation in vitro and in vivo. We found first that only part of the total CYP2B1 pool undergoes phosphorylation. This part is fully inactivated. Second, phosphorylation of CYP2B1 in intact hepatocytes reduced by up to 75% toxification of CPA to mutagenic metabolites (totally dependent on the same preferentially CYP2B-catalyzed 4-hydroxylation of CPA as is the generation of highly cytotoxic species). Third, the phosphoacceptor-serine 128 of CYP2B1 in the consensus sequence for interaction with the protein kinase A represents an on/off switch for the activation of CPA depending on the phosphorylation conditions in the cell. Fourth, evidence is presented that the above-described events also occur in vivo. In conclusion, a successful therapy with CPA, helped by forced expression of CYP2B1 in tumor cells (as recently proposed) will, in addition, be profoundly modified by its phosphorylation status.
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PMID:cAMP-dependent phosphorylation of CYP2B1 as a functional switch for cyclophosphamide activation and its hormonal control in vitro and in vivo. 1174 70

The effect of cantharidin, a natural toxicant of blister beetles and a strong inhibitor of protein phosphatases types 1 and 2A, on luteinizing hormone (LH)-induced synthesis of steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein was studied in a serum-free culture of preovulatory follicles. StAR protein is a steroidogenic tissue-specific, hormone-induced, rapidly synthesized protein previously shown to be involved in the acute regulation of steroidogenesis, probably by promoting the transfer of cholesterol to the inner mitochondrial membrane and the cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage (P450scc) enzyme. Treatment of preovulatory follicles dissected from ovaries of immature rats primed with pregnant mares' serum gonadotropin (10 IU) with LH for 24 h resulted in a dose-dependent increase in the level of StAR protein that reached a maximum at 100 ng LH/ml. This increase was associated with an increase in progesterone production. Treatment of follicles with increasing concentrations (10 - 1000 ng/ml) of cantharidin suppresssed LH (100 ng/ml)-induced StAR protein levels and progesterone production in a dose-dependent manner. The amount of P450scc protein and the conversion of 22R-hydroxycholesterol to progesterone were not affected by cantharidin. This indicates that cantharidin did not interfere with the activity of P450scc. Cantharidin also decreased StAR protein levels and progesterone production induced by the adenylate cyclase activator forskolin (10(-5) M) or a cAMP analog 8-Br-cAMP (0.5 mM). These results demonstrate that cantharidin inhibits the LH-induced StAR protein levels, and, thus, suggest that phosphoprotein phosphatase activity is required for the cAMP-protein kinase A-stimulated steroidogenic activity of the preovulatory follicle.
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PMID:Protein phosphatase inhibitor cantharidin inhibits steroidogenesis and steroidogenic acute regulatory protein expression in cultured rat preovulatory follicles. 1176 7

Salt-inducible kinase (SIK), one of the serine/threonine protein kinases, was transiently expressed in Y1 cells during the early phase of the ACTH/cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA)-mediated signal transduction. The overexpression of SIK(N), the SIK's N-terminal kinase domain, repressed the expression of the side chain cleavage cytochrome P450 (CYP11A) gene. To elucidate the mechanism of the repression by SIK, several CYP11A promoter constructs were tested for the promoter activities in the presence of PKA and/or SIK(N). A cAMP-response element (CRE)-like sequence present in the promoter was shown to be responsible not only for the PKA-mediated promoter activation but also for the SIK(N)-mediated repression. When the Gal4 DNA binding domain-linked full-length CRE-binding protein (CREB) construct was cotransfected with Gal4 reporter gene, SIK(N) repressed the PKA-induced reporter gene expression. However, SIK(N) could not repress the PKA-induced reporter activity conferred by Gal4 DNA binding domain-linked basic leucine zipper (bZIP)-less CREB or bZIP-disrupted CREB. On the other hand, SIK(N) could repress the kinase-inducible domain-disrupted CREB-dependent reporter gene expression in the presence of PKA. The in vitro kinase reaction studies showed that SIK(N) could not phosphorylate CREB, and PKA failed to phosphorylate SIK(N). Taken together, these results suggest that SIK(N), cooperating with PKA, may act on the CREB's bZIP domain and repress the CREB-mediated transcriptional activation of the CYP11A gene.
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PMID:Salt-inducible kinase represses cAMP-dependent protein kinase-mediated activation of human cholesterol side chain cleavage cytochrome P450 promoter through the CREB basic leucine zipper domain. 1186 72

Vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) migration and proliferation contribute to neointimal hyperplasia and restenosis after vascular injury. The epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), which are products of cytochrome P450 (CYP) epoxygenases, possess vasodilatory, antiinflammatory, and fibrinolytic properties. To determine whether these compounds also possess antimigratory and antiproliferative properties, we stimulated rat aortic SMCs with either 20% serum or platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF-BB, 20 ng/mL). In a concentration-dependent manner, treatment with EETs, particularly 11,12-EET, inhibited SMC migration through a modified transwell filter by 53% to 60%. EETs, however, have no inhibitory effects on PDGF-stimulated SMC proliferation. Adenoviral-mediated overexpression of the CYP isoform, CYP2J2, in SMCs also inhibited serum- and PDGF-induced SMC migration by 32% and 26%, respectively; both effects of which were reversed by the CYP inhibitors SKF525A or clotrimazole, but not by the K(Ca) channel blocker, charybdotoxin, or the cyclooxygenase inhibitor, diclofenac. The effect of EETs correlated with increases in intracellular cAMP levels. Indeed, forskolin and 8-bromo-cAMP exert similar inhibitory effects on SMC migration as 11,12-EET and the effects of 11,12-EET were blocked by cAMP and protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitors. These findings indicate that EETs possess antimigratory effects on SMCs through the cAMP-PKA pathway and suggest that CYP epoxygenase-derived eicosanoids may play important roles in vascular disease and remodeling.
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PMID:Inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cell migration by cytochrome p450 epoxygenase-derived eicosanoids. 1201 58

Vitamin D is a secosteroid that is metabolically activated and degraded through the actions of three cytochrome P450 hydroxylase enzymes. Bioactivation occurs through the sequential actions of cytochromes P450C25 and P450C1, resulting in synthesis of the pleiotropic hormone 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25VD), which regulates over 60 genes whose actions include those associated with calcium homeostasis and immune responses as well as cellular growth, differentiation, and apoptosis. Inactivation of 1,25VD occurs by C23/C24 oxidation pathways that are catalyzed by the multifunctional cytochrome P450C24 enzyme. Both P450C1 and P450C24 are highly regulated enzymes whose differential expression is controlled in response to numerous cellular modulatory agents such as parathyroid hormone (PTH), calcitonin, interferon gamma, calcium, phosphorus, and pituitary hormones as well as the secosteroid hormone 1,25VD. Most thoroughly studied at the molecular level are the actions of PTH to upregulate P450C1 gene expression and 1,25VD to induce the expression of P450C24. The regulatory action of PTH is mediated through the protein kinase A pathway and involves the phosphorylation of transcription factors that function at the proximal promoter of the P450C1 gene. The upregulation of P450C24 by 1,25VD has both a rapid nongenomic and a slower genomic component that are functionally linked. The rapid response involves protein kinase C and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways that direct the phosphorylation of nuclear transcription factors. The slower genomic actions are linked to the binding of 1,25VD to the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and the interaction of the VDR-1,25VD complex with its heterodimer partner retinoid-X-receptor and associated coactivators. The regulatory complex is assembled on vitamin D response elements in the proximal promoter of the P450C24 gene and functions to increase the transcription rate.
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PMID:Hydroxylase enzymes of the vitamin D pathway: expression, function, and regulation. 1205 41


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