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The effects of cadmium (Cd) on phytohemoagglutinin or phorbol myristate acetate-induced lymphocyte activation were investigated and a dose-dependent inhibition of cell proliferation was found. Kinetic studies revealed that the Cd-sensitive step is an early event of T cell stimulation. Failure of IL2 secretion and reduction of IL2 receptor expression in the Cd-treated cells are also reported. Regardless of which mechanism is responsible for Cd effects, our studies show that the inhibition of lymphocyte activation is associated with reduced [3H]phorbol dibutyrate binding to Ca2+-phospholipid-dependent protein kinase and altered breakdown of phosphatidylinositols. Thus, Cd interferes with two biochemical events which play a critical role in lymphocyte signal transduction and activation.
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PMID:Effects of cadmium on lymphocyte activation. 278 28

A study has been made of the action of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) on the radio-sodium efflux from single barnacle muscle fibres. (i) Stimulation of the Na efflux by external application of 5-HT is seen in both unpoisoned and ouabain-poisoned fibres. (ii) Concentrations of 5-HT as low as 10(-9)M are effective. (iii) Characteristically, the response to 5-HT is prompt in onset, reaches a peak within 20 min and then decays rather rapidly. Fibres from certain barnacle specimens are sometimes unresponsive to 5-HT. Such fibres, however, can be rendered responsive by preinjecting into them the non-hydrolysable GTP analogue, Gpp(NH)p. The response of the ouabain-insensitive Na efflux to 5-HT depends on external Ca2+ and, to a certain extent, on external Na+. (i) The response to 5-HT is unaffected by prior external application of Ca2+ antagonists, viz. verapamil, Cd2+ and WB-4101. (ii) The calmodulin antagonist, trifluoperazine (10(-5)M), completely abolishes the response to 5-HT, even in fibres preinjected with Gpp(NH)p. (iii) Diphenylhydantoin is less effective than trifluoperazine (TFP). Whereas the receptor antagonist methysergide is ineffective, cyproheptadine is very effective. (i) Prior application of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor 1-propyl-3-methyl-7-(5-hydroxyhexyl)-xanthine (PMX) or the inhibitor 1-isoamyl-3-isobutyl-xanthine (IAX) augments the size of the response to 5-HT, but fails to stop the response from decaying. (ii) Augmentation of the response to 5-HT by IAX is seen despite the presence of 10(-5) M-TFP. Prior injection of Mg2+ or protein kinase inhibitor (PKI) leads to abolition or reduction of the response to 5-HT. These results demonstrate that barnacle fibres are a useful preparation for investigation the natriferic action of 5-HT. They also support the view that the response to 5-HT involves a receptor-adenylate cyclase complex and is the result of activation by newly formed cAMP of cAMP-dependent protein kinase.
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PMID:The modulatory action of 5-hydroxytryptamine on sodium efflux: the barnacle muscle fibre as a model system. 286 Oct 30

A study has been made of the action of the neuropeptide proctolin on the radiosodium efflux from single barnacle muscle fibers. Proctolin (10(-8) M) when applied externally causes stimulation of the Na efflux in unpoisoned and ouabain-poisoned fibers. The response is prompt in onset, reaches a peak in 15 min and decays slowly. The response of the ouabain-insensitive Na efflux to external proctolin is dose-dependent, the concentration threshold being less than 10(-10) M. The response to proctolin is dependent on external Ca2+ but not on Na+. (i) The response to proctolin is abolished by high external Mg2+, as well as by verapamil, Co2+, Cd2+ and WB-4101. (ii) The response is also abolished by preinjecting 0.5 M MgCl2 or 0.1 M EGTA. The calmodulin antagonists trifluoperazine and imipramine are without effect on the response to proctolin. (i) Adenylate cyclase agonists, e.g. forskolin, fail to augment the response to proctolin. (ii) Prior injection of the phosphodiesterase inhibitors 1-propyl-3-methyl-7-(5-hydroxyhexyl)-xanthine (PMX) or 1-isoamyl-3-isobutylxanthine (IAX) fails to augment the response to proctolin. (iii) Prior injection of protein kinase inhibitor is ineffective. The response to proctolin is significantly reduced in the presence of tyramine. Taken together, these results support the view that proctolin stimulates the ouabain-insensitive Na efflux by activating Ca2+ channels and that the cAMP-protein kinase system is not involved in this response.
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PMID:Stimulation by proctolin of the ouabain-insensitive sodium efflux in single barnacle muscle fibers. 286 54

Clathrin-coated vesicles purified from bovine brain express protein kinase activity on two principal endogenous vesicle-associated substrates: a 50,000-Mr polypeptide (pp50) and clathrin-associated protein2 (CAP2; the faster-migrating clathrin light chain). Various exogenous substrates, e.g., casein, phosvitin, histone II, and histone III, also are phosphorylated. The pp50 protein kinase activity of clathrin-coated vesicles is not modulated by Ca2+, calmodulin, phosphatidylserine, or cyclic AMP. On the other hand, phosphorylation of the other endogenous substrates requires certain activators, including histone, polylysine, polyarginine, or polyethylenimine. Phosphate incorporation into pp50 was sensitive to divalent cations that inhibit sulfhydryl-dependent enzymes in the following order of potency: Zn2+ greater than Hg2+ greater than Cd2+, Cu2+, and Pb2+. Phosphate incorporation into CAP2 with polylysine present was insensitive to divalent cations. The alkylating agents dithiodinitrobenzene, phenacyl bromide, and N-ethylmaleimide inhibited phosphate incorporation into pp50 up to 90% without affecting incorporation into the other substrates. Vanadium pentoxide inhibited phosphorylation of CAP2 but had a minimal effect on pp50. CAP2 kinase activity was separated from the coated vesicle membrane and from dis-assembled clathrin triskelions, coeluting with the assembly polypeptide complex on a Sepharose 4B column. It retained phosphorylation properties similar to those of intact vesicles. These data imply that clathrin-coated vesicle kinases are elements of the coat proteins and may be involved in the assembly/disassembly of clathrin triskelions or interactions of coated vesicles with other cellular components.
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PMID:Phosphorylation characteristics of brain clathrin-coated vesicle endogenous proteins. 288 97

Using affinity chromatography on a concanavalin A-Sepharose 4B column, two fractions of rabbit myocardium with oppositely oriented sarcolemmal vesicles have been obtained. Analysis of 45Ca2+ release from the vesicles with inside-out oriented cytoplasm demonstrates that this reaction is biphasic and obeys a pseudo-first-order kinetics. The initial rate of Ca2+ release is equal to 0.57 nmol/mg/s. The release of Ca2+ from the vesicles is inhibited via phosphorylation of sarcolemmal proteins by the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase; the initial rate of this process drops to 0.08 nmol/mg of protein/s. The reaction is also inhibited by Cd2+ greater than Mn2+ greater than Co2+, when the latter are present inside the vesicles.
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PMID:[Kinetics of passive transport of Ca2+ in vesicular preparations of myocardial sarcolemma with inside-out oriented cytoplasm]. 298 83

In this study, we found that Hg2+ and Cd2+ enhanced the phosphorylation of human erythrocyte membranous proteins, especially band 4.2 protein, which was hardly phosphorylated in the absence of the metal ions. p-Chloromercuribenzenesulfonate and p-chloromercuribenzoate had effects similar to those of Hg2+ and Cd2+ on band 4.2 protein phosphorylation, while other metal ions and sulfhydryl agents, such as N-ethylmaleimide, 5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid), or iodoacetate, did not. The Hg2+-stimulated phosphorylation of band 4.2 protein required a millimolar concentration of Mg2+, and it was inhibited by Ca2+ dose-dependently. Phosphoserine was identified from a hydrolysate of the phosphorylated band 4.2 protein by high-voltage electrophoresis. A specific protein inhibitor against cAMP-dependent protein kinase decreased the Hg2+-stimulated phosphorylation of band 4.2 protein. This protein had more binding sites for 203Hg2+ than any other membrane proteins. A spectrin complex from the Hg2+-treated membranes contained the band 4.2 protein, which was not detected in the complex from untreated membranes. Furthermore, protein kinase, which could phosphorylate the band 4.2 protein, was also contained in the cytoskeletal fraction from the Hg2+-treated membranes. These results suggest that Hg2+ may bind certain sulfhydryl groups of band 4.2 and other proteins to make band 4.2 protein susceptible to the endogenous cAMP-dependent protein kinase.
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PMID:Mercuric and cadmium ions stimulate phosphorylation of band 4.2 protein on human erythrocyte membranes. 298 8

The protein kinase inhibitor 2-aminopurine (2AP) blocks the induction of the human beta-interferon gene by virus or poly(I)-poly(C) at the level of transcription. This inhibition is specific, since 2AP does not inhibit induction of either the hsp70 heat-shock gene by high temperature or the metallothionein gene by cadmium or dexamethasone. However, 2AP does block the induction of the c-fos and c-myc proto-oncogenes by serum growth factors or virus, suggesting that a protein kinase may be involved in the regulation of these genes, as well as of the beta-interferon gene. However, different factors must be required for the induction of these three genes, since they are not coordinately regulated by the same inducers in most of the cell lines examined.
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PMID:2-Aminopurine selectively inhibits the induction of beta-interferon, c-fos, and c-myc gene expression. 328 Dec 58

Cadmium (Cd) produces injurious effects on reproductive function and has been implicated in the pathogeneses of hypertension. The present article summarizes available data on alterations in the cyclic AMP system of testicular and prostatic tissue as well as in catecholamine metabolism in adrenal glands following exposure to Cd and subsequent withdrawal. Daily Cd (1 mg/kg IP) for 45 days decreased prostatic and testicular weights of mature male rats. In prostate, chronic treatment with Cd reduced cyclic AMP levels to 57% of normal values which appeared to be due to the decrease in adenylate cyclase activity since cyclic AMP metabolism by phosphodiesterase was not significantly altered. Cyclic AMP binding to prostatic protein kinase was increased following Cd administration as was the activity of the cyclic AMP-dependent form of protein kinase. In contrast to the prostate, testicular adenylate cyclase was stimulated by Cd treatment. However, the endogenous cyclic AMP levels remained unaffected since the increase in testicular adenylate cyclase was offset by a concomitant increase in the activity of phosphodiesterase. Although the activities of the cyclic AMP-dependent and the independent forms of testicular protein kinase were significantly depressed, the binding of cyclic AMP to protein kinase from testes of Cd-treated rats was not affected. Discontinuation of treatment for 28 days in rats that had previously been given the heavy metal for 45 days resulted in at least a partial reversal of several of the cadmium-induced changes in cyclic AMP metabolism of the rat prostate and testes. However, the weight of the prostate glands remained essentially in the same range as that seen in the "treated group."Data suggest that cyclic AMP metabolism in both the primary and the secondary reproductive organs is altered following chronic Cd treatment and that some changes persist even 28 days following the termination of daily exposure to the heavy metal.Cd treatment also increased adrenal weights and augmented the levels of adrenal norepinephrine and epinephrine as well as the activity of tyrosine hydroxylase. Discontinuation of the heavy metal treatment for 28 days, in rats previously injected with Cd for 45 days, restored the activity of tyrosine hydroxylase as well as the amount of norepinephrine and epinephrine. In contrast, adrenal weights were restored only partially following withdrawal of Cd treatment. Evidence indicates that the changes in adrenal catecholamine metabolism may be the result of stress induced by chronic exposure to this heavy metal. In addition, some of the untoward effects such as hyperglycemia and arterial hypertension seen during Cd toxicity might be related to increased synthesis of epinephrine in adrenal glands.
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PMID:Testicular cyclic nucleotide and adrenal catecholamine metabolism following chronic exposure to cadmium. 611 36

Cd2+ was found to mimic effectively, potentiate and antagonize the stimulatory action of Ca2+ on myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) and phospholipid-sensitive Ca2+-dependent protein kinase (PL-Ca-PK, or protein kinase C). PL-Ca-PK, however, was slightly less sensitive to Cd2+ regulation than was MLCK. Cd2+ also biphasically regulates (i.e., stimulation followed by inhibition) phosphorylation, in the homogenates of the rat caudal artery, of myosin light chain and other endogenous proteins catalyzed by MLCK and PL-Ca-PK. The activation by Cd2+ of MLCK was inhibited by anticalmodulins (e.g., R-24571), whereas the inhibition by a higher Cd2+ concentration of MLCK and PL-Ca-PK was reversed by thiol agents (e.g., cysteine). The present findings may provide one mechanism underlying the vascular toxicity of Cd2+, a major environmental pollutant.
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PMID:Environmental pollutant Cd2+ biphasically and differentially regulates myosin light chain kinase and phospholipid/Ca2+-dependent protein kinase. 623 26

Members of the ATP binding cassette (ABC) protein superfamily transport a variety of substances across biological membranes, including drugs, ions, and peptides. The yeast cadmium factor (YCF1) gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae is required for cadmium resistance and encodes a 1,515 amino acid protein with extensive homology to both the human multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP1) and the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (hCFTR). S. cerevisiae cells harboring a deletion of the YCF1 gene are hypersensitive to cadmium compared with wild type cells. Mutagenesis experiments demonstrate that conserved amino acid residues, functionally critical in hCFTR, play a vital role in YCF1-mediated cadmium resistance. Mutagenesis of phenylalanine 713 in the YCF1 nucleotide binding fold 1, which correlates with the delta F508 mutation found in the most common form of cystic fibrosis, completely abolished YCF1 function in cadmium detoxification. Furthermore, substitution of a serine to alanine residue in a potential protein kinase A phosphorylation site in a central region of YCF1, which displays sequence similarity to the central regulatory domain of hCFTR, also rendered YCF1 nonfunctional. These results suggest that YCF1 is composed of modular domains found in human proteins which function in drug and ion transport.
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PMID:A yeast metal resistance protein similar to human cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and multidrug resistance-associated protein. 752 34


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