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The biological activity of phorbol esters, such as 12-O-tetra-decanoylphorbol-13-acetate, have been associated with activation of phospholipid/Ca2+-dependent protein kinase. Treatment of rat pancreatic acini with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (10(-6) M) resulted in a sustained translocation of phospholipid/Ca2+-dependent protein kinase activity to the membrane site. The pattern of phosphorylation of at least two substrate proteins (Mr 22,000 and 18,000) for this Ca2+-dependent protein kinase was also altered following exposure to phorbol ester, these phosphoproteins disappearing from the soluble fraction and appearing in the particulate. Concurrently, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate stimulated amylase release from intact acini in a time- and dose-dependent fashion. These results suggest a potential role for phospholipid/Ca2+-activated protein kinase in the regulation of pancreatic exocrine function.
Cancer Res 1985 Aug
PMID:Redistribution of phospholipid/calcium-dependent protein kinase and altered phosphorylation of its soluble and particulate substrate proteins in phorbol ester-treated rat pancreatic acini. 241 Jan 5

The acutely-transforming avian virus, Rous sarcoma virus, arose as the result of the transduction of the c-src gene of the chicken by a relatively benign avian leucosis virus. In the viral genome, the src gene is expressed in the form of a 60 kDa phosphoprotein, pp60v-src, which is a protein-tyrosine kinase. Cellular transformation results from the excessive or chronic phosphorylation of cellular proteins by pp60v-src. The c-src gene has been present in the genome of eukaryotes, at least since the evolutionary emergence of Drosophila. Like its viral descendant, it encodes a 60 kDa protein-tyrosine kinase, termed pp60c-src. Both pp60v-src and pp60c-src are bound to membranes. pp60c-src is expressed at low levels in most cell types but it is found in high amounts in neural tissues and in platelets. pp60c-src might therefore participate in vesicle-mediated secretion. pp60c-src is less active as a protein-tyrosine kinase then pp60v-src and does not induce cellular transformation, even when expressed at levels comparable to those of pp60v-src. The potency of pp60v-src apparently results from the fact that the region of the c-src gene encoding the C terminus of pp60c-src was lost during the genesis of the v-src gene. This region of pp60c-src contains a site of tyrosine phosphorylation whose occupancy apparently leads to diminished enzymatic activity. The deletion of this site may abolish the normal regulation of the protein kinase activity. If so, transformation could simply be the consequence of the inability of the cell to regulate the activity of pp60v-src.
Cancer Surv 1986
PMID:From c-src to v-src, or the case of the missing C terminus. 243 Jul 1

An altered c-abl gene product (P210bcr-abl) possessing associated tyrosine protein kinase activity was recently been reported in several blast chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) cell lines. We have examined different morphological types of leukocytes directly obtained from patients at the blast crisis stage of CML for expression of P210bcr-abl tyrosine protein kinase activity. Phosphorylation of P210bcr-abl in an immune complex kinase assay using an anti-v-abl peptide serum was observed in blast cells from four Philadelphia chromosome (Ph1)-positive CML patients in blast crisis. P210bcr-abl protein kinase activity was detected regardless of whether the blast cells were of myeloid, lymphoid, or undifferentiated morphology. P210bcr-abl protein kinase activity was not detected in immune complexes either from leukocytes of four Ph1-negative CML patients in blast crisis, of five acute myelogenous leukemia patients, or in the promyelocytic cell line HL-60. Mature myeloid cells are associated with an inhibitory factor for not only P210bcr-abl protein kinase activity, but also protein kinases in general. Therefore, analyses of Ph1-positive benign phase CML myeloid cells, the majority of which are well differentiated, could not be successfully performed. The inhibition of P210bcr-abl protein kinase activity is not a specific property of mature cells from CML patients since granulocytes from a normal volunteer also demonstrated a similar effect. However, extracts of Ph1-positive cultured B-lymphocytes from a patient in benign phase demonstrated active P210bcr-abl protein indicating that the P210bcr-abl protein is expressed in an enzymatically active form in the earlier phases of CML. In addition to the previously reported P210 and P190 abl-related proteins, a novel Mr 53,000 protein was found to undergo phosphorylation at serine and tyrosine in immune complex kinase assays of two blast crisis CML cell lines (K562 and EM2) and in samples from blast crisis patients in which P210bcr-abl was detected. Peptide mapping by the Cleveland technique suggested that Mr 53,000 protein is unrelated to P210bcr-abl. Immune complex kinase assays of K562 cells with an anti-src serum (GD-11) yielded active c-src kinase and a Mr 50,000 phosphorylated protein, both of which were resistant to alkaline hydrolysis. Peptide mapping suggested that Mr 53,000 protein is related to Mr 50,000 protein which is precipitated with P210bcr-abl as an Mr 300,000 protein complex.
Cancer Res 1987 Mar 15
PMID:Analysis of P210bcr-abl tyrosine protein kinase activity in various subtypes of Philadelphia chromosome-positive cells from chronic myelogenous leukemia patients. 243 23

Human fibroblastic cell lines morphologically transformed by either live virus or DNA fragments of human cytomegalovirus had altered plasma membrane protein composition; quantitative changes, and gains and losses in protein composition in comparison to normal parent cell lines were detected. These transformed cell lines showed altered total cell protein phosphorylation patterns when compared to parent cell lines. A two to four fold increase in in vivo protein phosphorylation at serine and threonine residues was observed; no increase in phosphorylation at total cell tyrosine residues was detected. Analysis of the in vivo phosphorylated protein by two dimensional gel electrophoresis revealed some similarities as well as differences in the types of polypeptides phosphorylated between transformed and control cell lines. Increased (two-to sixfold over parent cell extracts) casein kinase and polyamine dependent casein kinase activities were detected in HCMV transformed cell extracts.
Cancer Biochem Biophys 1987 May
PMID:Alteration of protein phosphorylation patterns in cell lines morphologically transformed by human cytomegalovirus. 244 49

Aberrant differentiation is a frequent hallmark of tumors, suggesting that modulators for differentiation and proliferation play a role in multistage carcinogenesis and that their use can also be exploited in cancer chemoprevention and therapy. We have demonstrated that selenium (Se) may be a modulator for the differentiation and proliferation of tumor cells. Evidence has been obtained that Se exerts the following effects: reversing changes of biochemical phenotypes toward normal levels, including reduction of cGMP level and cAMP-dependent protein kinase isozyme type I; increase in cAMP level and cAMP-dependent protein kinase isozyme type II, and altering membrane properties. Furthermore, we have obtained support for this hypothesis utilizing experiments on cultured human liver cell lines. It is demonstrated that Se can lead to the following changes: a. reduction of mitotic index; b. increase in the adhesiveness of cells; c. decrease in confluent saturation density and induction of an early contact inhibition; and d. decrease in tumorigenicity. For the purpose of comparison, the effects of Se on the normal counterparts was also studied. Contrary to what was observed above, there was no significant change in both biochemical and cellular aspects of normal cells treated analogously.
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PMID:Biochemical and cellular aspects of the anticancer activity of selenium. 248 22

Unlike conventional enzymes, receptors that activate G proteins do not catalyze the direct formation or cleavage of covalent bonds but act instead as a catalyst for the exchange of GTP vs GDP, which results in major conformational changes in the alpha subunit of G proteins and dissociation and selective binding of the alpha subunit which provokes direct enzyme activation eventually resulting in stimulation of protein kinase A, B or C. Each of these kinases can phosphorylate specific DNA binding proteins which allow new portions of DNA to be read and expressed. Such a series of events can act as switches to control cellular genetic expression resulting in cellular proliferation, differentiation or hormonal secretion of growth factors (Scheme I). Examples of nucleosides and nucleotides which appear to exert their therapeutic effects via G protein control of cellular proliferation resulting in differentiation are tiazofurin, selenazofurin, and 8-chloro-cAMP which have been synthesized and studied in our laboratories. The clinical application of these nucleosides in cancer treatment is presently underway and offers a viable alternative to chemotherapy with highly cytotoxic agents. The use of these derivatives result in down-regulation of the G protein regulatory pathways responsible for rapid cell division. Alternatively, a series of guanosine analogs prepared in our laboratories, 8-bromoguanosine, 8-mercaptoguanosine, 7-methyl-8-oxoguanosine and 7-thia-8-oxoguanosine, all activate various aspects of the immune response by up-regulation of G protein regulatory pathways in various lymphocyte derived cells. Guanosine-like nucleosides which function in this manner could have major clinical application as antitumor, antiviral and antimetastatic agents providing the desired specificity can be achieved. Specific immune enhancement of the aged might be an attainable goal if suitable orally active guanosine derivatives with high specificity can be achieved. The G protein regulatory pathways for modulation of genetic expression in specific cell types provide a major modern approach to new chemotherapeutic agents.
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PMID:Nucleoside and nucleotide modulation of genetic expression--a new approach to chemotherapy. 251 79

Control mechanisms of normal differentiation are disrupted in cancer cells but can be restored by treatment with site-selective cAMP analogs. The cellular events associated with such changes entail compartmental redistribution of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase type II regulatory subunit, RII beta. The results of this study indicate that the molecular mechanisms of action involve changes in specific DNA-binding activity of putative transcription factors. Gel retardation analyses revealed that nuclear extracts from cells of various human cancer cell lines [colon cancer (LS-174T), gastric cancer (TMK-1), and leukemia (K-562)] and rodent pheochromocytoma (PC12) show a concentration-dependent increase in binding activity to a synthetic DNA that contained the cAMP-responsive element 5'-TGACGTCA-3' after treatment with 8-Cl-cAMP. Such an increase in cAMP-responsive element binding activity was not observed in the 8-C1-cAMP-unresponsive MKN-1 gastric cancer cells. These findings indicate that the antitumor activity of site-selective cAMP analogs may reside in the induction of transcription factors that restore normal gene regulation in cancer cells.
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PMID:Site-selective 8-Cl-cAMP which causes growth inhibition and differentiation increases DNA (CRE)-binding activity in cancer cells. 252 74

Studies were conducted to determine the possible involvement of DNA topoisomerase II (Topo II) in the induction of differentiation in two human promyelocytic HL-60 leukemia cell variants that are either susceptible or resistant to differentiation induced by phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA), a protein kinase C activator. The acquisition of maturation markers and changes in the activity, level, and phosphorylation of Topo II were determined after treatment with either novobiocin, a Topo II inhibitor, or PMA. Novobiocin at 50-150 microM induced differentiation in the HL-205 cells but not in the HL-525 cells, although both cell types were equally susceptible to novobiocin-evoked cytotoxicity. In both cell types, novobiocin induced similar reductions in topoisomerase I activity but different reductions in Topo II activity. Treatment with novobiocin at 150 microM for 6 h or at 2 mM for 30 min resulted in a 4-fold or higher reduction in Topo II activity in the differentiation-susceptible HL-205 cells but not in the differentiation-resistant HL-525 cells. A differential response in Topo II activity was also observed after treatment with PMA. The novobiocin-evoked decrease in Topo II activity seems to be due to an enhanced enzyme proteolysis, whereas the PMA-elicited decrease in Topo II activity is associated with an increase in Topo II phosphorylation. 1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine, which is an inhibitor of protein kinases, including protein kinase C, diminished the novobiocin-elicited proteolysis of Topo II and the PMA-induced Topo II phosphorylation, as well as the decrease in Topo II activity and the acquisition of differentiation markers induced by either novobiocin or PMA. These results suggest that induction of differentiation in HL-60 cells by novobiocin or PMA is associated with a reduction in Topo II activity, mediated directly or indirectly by a protein kinase(s), perhaps protein kinase C.
Cancer Res 1989 Mar 01
PMID:Novobiocin- and phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate-induced differentiation of human leukemia cells associated with a reduction in topoisomerase II activity. 253 41

Two classes (site 1- and site 2-selective) of cAMP analogs, which either alone or in combination demonstrate a preference for binding to type II rather than type I cAMP-dependent protein kinase isozyme, potently inhibit growth in a spectrum of human cancer cell lines in culture. Treatment of K-562 human leukemic cells for 3 days with 30 and 10 microM 8-chloroadenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-Cl-cAMP) (site 1-selective) resulted in 60% and 20% growth inhibition, respectively (with over 90% viability). N6-Benzyl-cAMP (site 2-selective) (30 microM) treatment resulted in 20% growth inhibition by day 3. When 8-Cl-cAMP (10 microM) and N6-benzyl-cAMP (30 microM) were both added, growth was almost completely arrested. The growth inhibition was accompanied by megakaryocytic differentiation in K-562 cells. The untreated control cells expressed little or no detectable levels of glycoprotein IIb-IIIa surface antigen complex. 8-Cl-cAMP (30 microM) treatment for 3 days substantially increased the antigen expression, while N6-benzyl-cAMP caused little or no change in the antigen expression. When cells were treated with 8-Cl-cAMP in combination with N6-benzyl-cAMP, antigen expression was synergistically enhanced, and cells demonstrated megakaryocyte morphology. By Northern blotting, we examined the mRNA levels of the type I and type II protein kinase regulatory subunits (RI alpha and RII beta), the catalytic subunit, and c-myc during 8-Cl-cAMP treatment. The steady-state level of RII beta cAMP receptor mRNA sharply increased within 1 hr of treatment and remained elevated for 3 days, while that of the RI alpha receptor markedly decreased to below control level within 6 hr and remained low during treatment. However, 8-Cl-cAMP did not affect the mRNA level of the catalytic subunit. 8-Cl-cAMP treatment also brought about a rapid decrease in c-myc mRNA. Thus, differential regulation of cAMP receptor genes is an early event in cAMP-induced differentiation and growth control of K-562 leukemia cells.
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PMID:Induction of megakaryocytic differentiation and modulation of protein kinase gene expression by site-selective cAMP analogs in K-562 human leukemic cells. 253 2

Adriamycin, a lipid-interacting anti-cancer agent, was found to inhibit the phosphorylation of polyGlu/Tyr (4:1) by tyrosine protein kinases either from spleen or expressed by the oncogene of Abelson murine leukemia virus. The dose dependent inhibition by adriamycin is accounted for by competition for the ATP binding site, but it is also deeply influenced by the nature and concentration of the phosphorylatable substrate, suggesting multiple interactions with the enzyme. The phosphorylation at tyrosine residues of cytosolic proteins from cells transformed by Abelson leukemia virus and the autophosphorylation of tyrosine protein kinases are also inhibited by adriamycin. Unlike tyrosine protein kinases most serine/threonine specific protein kinases, with the notable exception of protein kinase-C, appear to be relatively insensitive to adriamycin.
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PMID:Inhibition of tyrosine protein kinases by the antineoplastic agent adriamycin. 254 96


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