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The crystal structure of the porcine heart catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase in a ternary complex with the MgATP analogue MnAMP-PNP and a pseudosubstrate inhibitor peptide, PKI(5-24), has been solved at 2.0 A resolution from monoclinic crystals of the catalytic subunit isoform CA. The refinement is presently at an R factor of 0.194 and the active site of the molecule is well defined. The glycine-rich phosphate anchor of the nucleotide binding fold motif of the protein kinase is a beta ribbon acting as a flap with conformational flexibility over the triphosphate group. The glycines seem to be conserved to avoid steric clash with ATP. The known synergistic effects of substrate binding can be explained by hydrogen bonds present only in the ternary complex. Implications for the kinetic scheme of binding order are discussed. The structure is assumed to represent a phosphotransfer competent conformation. The invariant conserved residue Asp166 is proposed to be the catalytic base and Lys168 to stabilize the transition state. In some tyrosine kinases Lys168 is functionally replaced by an Arg displaced by two residues in the primary sequence, suggesting invariance in three-dimensional space. The structure supports an in-line transfer with a pentacoordinate transition state at the phosphorus with very few nuclear movements.
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PMID:Phosphotransferase and substrate binding mechanism of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit from porcine heart as deduced from the 2.0 A structure of the complex with Mn2+ adenylyl imidodiphosphate and inhibitor peptide PKI(5-24). 838 54

Neutrophil-derived hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is believed to play an important role in the pathogenesis of vascular injury and pulmonary edema. H2O2 time- and dose-dependently increased the hydraulic conductivity and decreased the selectivity of an endothelial cell monolayer derived from porcine pulmonary arteries. Effects of H2O2 on endothelial permeability were completely inhibited by adenylate cyclase activation with 10(-12) M cholera toxin or 0.1 microM forskolin. 10(-8) M Sp-cAMPS, a cAMP-dependent protein kinase A agonist, was similarly effective. The phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors motapizone (10(-4) M), rolipram (10(-6) M), and zardaverine (10(-8) M), which specifically inhibit PDE-isoenzymes III, IV, and III/IV potently blocked H2O2-induced endothelial permeability when combined with 10(-6) M prostaglandin E1. Overall cellular cAMP content and inhibition of H2O2 effects on endothelial permeability were poorly correlated. H2O2 exposure resulted in a rapid and substantial decrease in endothelial cAMP content. The analysis of the PDE isoenzyme spectrum showed high activities of isoenzymes II, III, and IV in porcine pulmonary endothelial cells. The data suggest that adenylate cyclase activation/PDE inhibition is a powerful approach to block H2O2-induced increase in endothelial permeability. This concept appears especially valuable when endothelial PDE isoenzyme pattern and PDE inhibitor profile are matched optimally.
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PMID:Role of phosphodiesterases in the regulation of endothelial permeability in vitro. 838 87

This review focuses on studies from our laboratory investigating the mechanisms of chronic regulation of the Na/H antiporter in renal and nonrenal cells. Tissue culture provides an ideal tool for investigating this problem because it avoids many complicating effects that would occur in an intact animal during a chronic study. Chronic decreases in extracellular fluid pH cause an increase in Na/H antiporter activity that is dependent on protein synthesis and associated with an increase in NHE-1 (isoform of the sodium-hydrogen antiporter) mRNA abundance. This effect is associated with acid-induced increases in a number of immediate early genes, including c-fos, c-jun, junB, and egr-1. In primary cultures of rabbit proximal tubule cells, activation of protein kinase C for 2 hours causes an increase in Na/H antiporter activity that persists 24 hours later, is dependent on transcription and translation, and is associated with an increase in NHE-1 mRNA abundance. Chronic activation of protein kinase A in opossum kidney (OKP) cells causes an increase in Na/H antiporter activity that persists 16 to 20 hours later and is dependent on protein synthesis. This latter effect is of particular interest because it is opposite in direction to the acute inhibitory effect of protein kinase A on the Na/H antiporter in these cells.
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PMID:Chronic regulation of the Na/H antiporter. 839 72

The heat shock response is an inducible protective system of all living cells. It simultaneously induces both heat shock proteins and an increased capacity for the cell to withstand potentially lethal temperatures (an increased thermotolerance). This has lead to the suspicion that these two phenomena must be inexorably linked. However, analysis of heat shock protein function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by molecular genetic techniques has revealed only a minority of the heat shock proteins of this organism having appreciable influences on thermotolerance. Instead, physiological perturbations and the accumulation of trehalose with heat stress may be more important in the development of thermotolerance during a preconditioning heat shock. Vegetative S. cerevisiae also acquires thermotolerance through osmotic dehydration, through treatment with certain chemical agents and when, due to nutrient limitation, it arrests growth in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. There is evidence for the activities of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase and plasma membrane ATPase being very important in thermotolerance determination. Also, intracellular water activity and trehalose probably exert a strong influence over thermotolerance through their effects on stabilisation of membranes and intracellular assemblies. Future investigations should address the unresolved issue of whether the different routes to thermotolerance induction cause a common change to the physical state of the intracellular environment, a change that may result in an increased stabilisation of cellular structures through more stable hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic interactions.
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PMID:Molecular events associated with acquisition of heat tolerance by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 839 11

The structure of a ternary complex of the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase, MgATP, and a 20-residue inhibitor peptide was determined at a resolution of 2.7 A using the difference Fourier technique starting from the model of the binary complex (Knighton et al., 1991a). The model of the ternary complex was refined using both X-PLOR and TNT to an R factor of 0.212 and 0.224, respectively. The orientation of the nucleotide and the interactions of MgATP with numerous conserved residues at the active site of the enzyme are clearly defined. The unique protein kinase nucleotide binding site consists of a five-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet with the base buried in a hydrophobic site along beta-strands 1 and 2 and fixed by hydrogen bonds to the N6 amino and N7 nitrogens. The small lobe secures the nucleotide via a glycine-rich loop and by ion pairing with Lys72 and Glu91. While the small lobe fixes the nontransferable alpha- and beta-phosphates in this inhibitor complex, the gamma-phosphate is secured by two Mg2+ ions and interacts both directly and indirectly with several residues in the large lobe--Asp184, Asn171, Lys168. Asp166 is positioned to serve as a catalytic base. The structure is correlated with previous chemical evidence, and the features that distinguish this nucleotide binding motif from other nucleotide binding proteins are delineated.
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PMID:Crystal structure of the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase complexed with MgATP and peptide inhibitor. 844 57

Mutation of His87 in the catalytic (C-) subunit of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (cAPK) led to changes in the kinetic properties of this enzyme. The C-subunit is a bilobal structure, with catalysis occurring in the cleft between the two lobes. His87 lies at the edge of the cleft, making an interaction with phosphothreonine, 197. This is the only direct electrostatic or hydrogen-bonding interaction between the small and large lobes. Solvent viscosity studies of the His87Ala mutant of the C-subunit (rC[H87A]) revealed that binding of two peptides, LRRASLG and LRRASLG-NH2, was impaired relative to that of the wild-type C-subunit. Consistent with this, the Ki's for two inhibitor peptides, LRRAALG and LRRAALG-NH2, were 4 and 1.4 mM, respectively, 5- and 7-fold higher than the Ki's of the respective peptides for wild-type protein. Kinetic constants for three octapeptide substrates that differed only at the P+2 position suggested a direct interaction of His87 with residues at this site. The kcat for rC[H87A] was 2-3-fold higher than kcat for the wild-type enzyme, indicating an effect of the mutation on the rate-limiting step, product release. The pH dependence of kinetic parameters for rC[H87A] was also measured. A single pKa of 6.5 was observed in kcat/Kpeptide as compared to the two pKa's of 6.5 and 8.5 for the wild-type enzyme. These changes suggest a role for His87 in substrate recognition and in stabilization of the catalytically competent conformation of the enzyme.
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PMID:Kinetic analysis of cAMP-dependent protein kinase: mutations at histidine 87 affect peptide binding and pH dependence. 851 78

Ischemia and reperfusion lead to the rapid induction of proto-oncogenes in the heart and subsequent induction of genes with cardioprotective functions. The activity of the transcription factors c-Jun and ATF-2 can be stimulated by activation of c-Jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK) in response to a variety of stresses. Here we show that ischemia and reperfusion led to the activation of JNK and also of the distantly-related mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK). Activation of JNK, but not (MAPK), was abolished by removal of calcium from the perfusate immediately prior to ischemia. In contrast, infusion of the hydrogen peroxide scavenger catalase abolished activation of MAPK in response to ischemia and reperfusion, but activation of JNK was inhibited significantly by catalase only when superoxide dismutase was also present. Hydrogen peroxide infusion activated MAPK but not JNK, supporting a role for hydrogen peroxide produced during reperfusion in MAPK activation. We conclude that while ischemia and reperfusion activate both JNK and MAPK, the mechanisms of activation are different for the 2 kinases. Activation of these kinases is likely to contribute to altered gene expression in response to ischemia and reperfusion.
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PMID:Stimulation of c-Jun kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase by ischemia and reperfusion in the perfused rat heart. 857 81

Activation of early response genes by interferons (IFNs) requires tyrosine phosphorylation of the Stat transcription factors and is mediated by the Jak family of tyrosine kinases. Recent evidence suggests that ERK2 serine/threonine kinase modulates the IFN-stimulated Jak/Stat pathway. In this report we show that in the myeloma cell line U266 protein kinase A specifically interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of the IFNalpha/beta receptor. Treatment of cells with the adenylate cyclase activator forskolin inhibits IFNbeta-, IFNgamma-, and hydrogen peroxide/vanadate-induced formation of complexes that bind to enhancers known to stimulate the expression of IFN-regulated genes. Immunoprecipitations followed by anti-phosphotyrosine immunoblots indicate that tyrosine phosphorylation of the alpha chain of the IFNalpha/beta receptor, Jak1, Tyk2, as well as Stat1 and Stat2 is reduced as a consequence of incubation of cells with forskolin. In contrast, dideoxyforskolin, which fails to activate adenylate cyclase, has no effect on IFN induction of the Jak/Stat pathway. These results indicate a novel regulatory mechanism by which protein kinase A can modulate the Jak/Stat signaling cascade.
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PMID:Activation of protein kinase A inhibits interferon induction of the Jak/Stat pathway in U266 cells. 861 15

A large family of isoquinoline sulfonamide compounds inhibits protein kinases by competing with adenosine triphosphates(ATP), yet interferes little with the activity of other ATP-using enzymes such as ATPases and adenylate cyclases. One such compound, N-(2-aminoethyl)-5-chloroisoquinoline-8-sulfonamide (CK17), is selective for casein kinase-1 isolated from a variety of sources. Here we report the crystal structure of the catalytic domain of Schizosaccharomyces pombe casein kinase-1 complexed with CK17, refined to a crystallographic R-factor of 17.8% at 2.5 angstrom resolution. The structure provides new insights into the mechanism of the ATP-competing inhibition and the origin of their selectivity toward different protein kinases. Selectivity for protein kinases versus other enzymes is achieved by hydrophobic contacts and the hydrogen bond with isoquinoline ring. We propose that the hydrogen bond involving the ring nitrogen-2 atom of the isoquinoline must be preserved, but that the ring can flip depending on the chemical substituents at ring positions 5 and 8. Selectivity for individual members of the protein kinase family is achieved primarily by interactions with these substituents.
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PMID:Structural basis for selectivity of the isoquinoline sulfonamide family of protein kinase inhibitors. 869 11

The pathogenesis of steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) is poorly defined. We previously demonstrated that monocytes from SSNS patients with proteinuria were activated to display exaggerated phagocytosis of opsonized particles and paradoxically reduced chemotaxis. In this study, we evaluated the capacity of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) release from monocytes in 19 patients with SSNS and 13 healthy controls, by exposure to phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), using scopoletin method. Of 19 patients of SSNS, 7 were proteinuric and 12 in remission. The H2O2 release was significantly higher in SSNS patients with proteinuria than those in remission or normal controls [177.49 +/- 94.75 (mean +/- S.D.) vs. 60.67 +/- 58.89 (p < 0.02) or 85.02 +/- 48.62 nmol/90 min/mg cell protein (p < 0.05)]. Follow-up measurements in two SSNS patients showed that H2O2 release was reduced when proteinuric condition was improved to be in remission. Our data suggest that monocytes in SSNS with proteinuria were activated and were prepared to receive some extracellular signaling leading to protein kinase-C activation for releasing H2O2.
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PMID:Capacity of H2O2 release from monocytes in steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome. 872 9


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