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Cloned muscarinic acetylcholine m1 and m2 receptors were expressed in stably transfected mouse Y1 adrenal cells and in a variant Y1 line, Kin-8, which is deficient in cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity (PKA-). m1 and m2 receptors were rapidly internalized following exposure of transfected PKA+ or PKA- cells to the muscarinic agonist carbachol. Thus, agonist-dependent internalization of m1 and m2 did not require PKA activity. A differential effect of PKA on regulation by agonist of the m2 receptor, but not the m1 receptor, was unmasked in PKA- cells. The m2 receptor was more sensitive to agonist-dependent internalization, and its rate of internalization was faster in PKA- cells than it was in PKA+ cells. Treatment of PKA+ cells with 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-cAMP or forskolin did not result in internalization of either m1 or m2 receptors and did not alter the extent of agonist-dependent internalization of m2. These data indicate that the basal activity of PKA may modulate the agonist-dependent internalization of the m2 receptor, but not the m1 receptor. The internalization of the m1 and m2 receptors in both PKA+ and PKA- cells was accompanied by desensitization of functional responses. Exposure of PKA+ cells to 10(-7) M phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), an activator of protein kinase C, resulted in a 30 +/- 9% decrease in the number of m1 receptors on the cell surface. However, treatment of PKA- cells expressing the m1 receptor did not result in internalization, suggesting that PKA was required for some aspect of PMA-dependent internalization.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Differential regulation by agonist and phorbol ester of cloned m1 and m2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in mouse Y1 adrenal cells and in Y1 cells deficient in cAMP-dependent protein kinase. 217 2

1. The importance of adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP) and its protein kinase (protein kinase A, PKA) in promoting acetylcholine (ACh) release was studied at frog motor nerve endings. The effects of cyclic AMP-dependent protein phosphorylation on the action of adenosine receptor agonists were also investigated. 2. Cyclic AMP was delivered to a local region of the cytoplasm just beneath the plasma membrane of motor nerve endings using phospholipid vesicles (liposomes) as a vehicle. Cyclic AMP in liposomes produced a parallel reduction in the mean level of evoked ACh release (m) and spontaneous ACh release (miniature endplate potential frequency; m.e.p.p.f) in most experiments. These inhibitory effects of cyclic AMP on quantal ACh release resemble the action of adenosine. 3. The effects of global increases in cytoplasmic cyclic AMP concentrations using lipophilic cyclic AMP analogues were generally different from those observed with cyclic AMP. 8-(4-Chlorophenylthio) cyclic AMP (CPT cyclic AMP) produced approximately two fold increases in m and m.e.p.p.f. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP (db cyclic AMP) also increased m and m.e.p.p.f, with the effect on m being smaller and more variable. 4. All three cyclic AMP analogues reduced the effects of adenosine receptor agonists on spontaneous and evoked ACh release. 5. The roles of protein phosphorylation in mediating ACh release and the inhibitory effects of adenosine were studied with the protein kinase inhibitor H7. H7 (30-100 microM) produced no consistent effect on evoked or spontaneous ACh release. At these concentrations, however, H7 exerted an unfortunate inhibitory action on the nicotinic ACh receptor/ion channel. 6. H7 prevented the increases in spontaneous ACh release produced by CPT cyclic AMP (250 microM). Thus H7 is likely to inhibit PK A in frog motor nerve endings. 7. H7 did not alter the inhibitory effect of adenosine on evoked and spontaneous ACh release. 8. The results suggest: (i) that the adenylyl cyclase-cyclic AMP-PK A system is compartmentalized within the motor nerve terminal, (ii) that phosphorylation does not play a major role in ACh release and (iii) the cyclic AMP-PK A system modulates rather than mediates the inhibitory effects of adenosine.
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PMID:The role of cyclic AMP and its protein kinase in mediating acetylcholine release and the action of adenosine at frog motor nerve endings. 217 31

Complement factor C3, recently found to contain covalently bound phosphate, was phosphorylated in vitro by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase A) and Ca2(+)-activated, phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C). Both protein kinases phosphorylated the same serine residue(s) located in the C3a portion of the alpha-chain. In addition, protein kinase C phosphorylated the beta-chain to a lesser extent. Protein kinase A gave a maximal incorporation of 1 mol of phosphate/mol of C3 while that value with protein kinase C was 1.5 mol of phosphate/mol of C3. The velocity in pmol of [32P]phosphate/(min x unit kinase) was 20 times higher for protein kinase C than for protein kinase A although a 10 times lower ratio of protein kinase to C3 was used in the former case. The apparent Km for C3 was 2.6 microM when protein kinase C was used. The phosphorylated C3 was found to be more resistant to partial degradation by trypsin than unphosphorylated C3. It was also found that phosphorylation of C3 in the C3a portion of the alpha-chain inhibited both the classical and alternative complement activation pathways on an approximately stoichiometric basis.
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PMID:In vitro phosphorylation of human complement factor C3 by protein kinase A and protein kinase C. Effects on the classical and alternative pathways. 230 32

Though progesterone-induced maturation has been studied extensively in Xenopus oocytes, the mechanism whereby the prophase block arrest is released is not well understood. The current hypothesis suggests that a reduction in cAMP and subsequent inactivation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase is responsible for reentry into the cell cycle. However, several lines of evidence indicate that maturation can be induced without a concomitant reduction in cAMP. We show that the mass of diacylglycerol in whole oocytes and plasma membranes decreases 29% and 10% respectively, within the first 15 sec after the addition of progesterone. Diacylglycerol in plasma membranes further decreased 59% by 5 min. We also show that the protein kinase C inhibitors sphingosine and staurosporine can induce oocyte maturation. In addition, the synthetic diglyceride, DiC8, and microinjected PKC can inhibit or delay progesterone-induced maturation. These results together suggest that a transient decrease in protein kinase C activity may regulate entry into the cell cycle. The mechanism whereby DAG is decreased in response to progesterone is unclear. Initial studies show that progesterone leads to a decrease in IP3 suggesting that progesterone may act by reducing the hydrolysis of PIP2. On the other hand, progesterone caused a decrease in the amount of [3H]arachidonate labelling in DAG during the same time suggesting that progesterone may stimulate lipase activity. The relationship between postulated changes in the PKC pathway and those hypothesized for the PKA pathway are discussed.
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PMID:Protein kinase C and progesterone-induced maturation in Xenopus oocytes. 240 Dec 13

Exposure of the bag cell neurons of Aplysia to activators of protein kinase C, such as phorbol esters, enhances electrically evoked action potentials by increasing the voltage-dependent calcium current. We have hypothesized that this effect is mediated by the activation of protein kinase C (PKC). An important prediction of this hypothesis is that inhibitors of PKC should inhibit these phorbol ester-induced changes in bag cell neuronal excitability. We have now found that treatment of bag cell neurons with the protein kinase inhibitor 1-[5-isoquinolinesulfonyl]-2-methyl piperazine (H-7) inhibits the phorbol ester-induced enhancement of bag cell action potentials and prevents the enhancement of calcium current by phorbol esters. The height and width of electrically evoked action potentials in bag cell neurons can also be enhanced by cAMP analogs or agents that elevate cAMP. These agents do not influence the major voltage-dependent calcium current in the bag cell neurons but may act by modulating potassium currents and other voltage-dependent currents. We have found that microinjection of a protein inhibitor of cAMP-PK (PKA-I) into isolated bag cell neurons prevents and reverses the effect of the adenylate cyclase activator forskolin on action potentials of these cells. In contrast, H-7 does not inhibit the effects of forskolin on a variety of responses in these cells, including its effects on action potentials, granule movement, and 32P incorporation into phosphoproteins. This suggests that H-7 is selective for PKC relative to cAMP-PK in intact bag cell neurons.
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PMID:Protein kinase inhibitors selectively block phorbol ester- or forskolin-induced changes in excitability of Aplysia neurons. 253 89

cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA; ATP: protein phosphotransferase; EC 2.7.1.37) appears to be the major mediator of cAMP responses in mammalian cells. We have investigated the role of PKA subunits in the regulation of specific genes in response to cAMP by cotransfection of wild-type or mutant subunits of PKA together with cAMP-inducible reporter genes. Overexpression of catalytic subunit induced expression from three cAMP-regulated promoters (alpha-subunit, c-fos, E1A) in the absence of elevated levels of cAMP but did not affect expression from two unregulated promoters (Rous sarcoma virus, simian virus 40). Cotransfection of a regulatory subunit gene containing mutations in both cAMP binding sites strongly repressed both basal and induced expression from the cAMP-responsive alpha-subunit promoter without affecting expression from the Rous sarcoma virus promoter. These experiments indicate that cAMP induces gene expression through phosphorylation by the catalytic subunit and that the ambient degree of phosphorylation dictates the level of basal as well as induced expression of the cAMP-regulated alpha-subunit gene.
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PMID:Regulation of transcription by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. 254 78

Starting from observations in intact cells and extending to studies in native membranes and solubilized membrane proteins, a significant body of evidence has been accumulated to indicate that some of the short-term regulatory influences on the Na+-H+ exchanger in the apical membrane of the proximal convoluted tubule act via protein phosphorylation mediated by specific protein kinases. Protein phosphorylation mediated by PKA inhibits the Na+-H+ exchanger while that mediated by PKC stimulates activity. The effect of PKA and PKC on the Na+-H+ exchanger in native membranes and in solubilized brush border membrane proteins appears to be consistent with most of the published observations in intact cells. Further studies using solubilized, renal brush border membrane proteins indicated that protein phosphorylation mediated by CaM-kinase II inhibited the activity of the Na+-H+ exchanger. The physiologic significance of this observation in intact cells remains to be determined. It is hoped that the types of experimental approaches outlined in this review will yield additional insights into the structure of the Na+-H+ exchanger and to a clearer understanding of its physiologic regulation.
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PMID:Regulation of the renal Na+-H+ exchanger by protein phosphorylation. 255 50

The observations described herein allow us to make several inferences about PKC and regulation of normal and CF Cl- channels. FIGURE 5 shows a model that summarizes these observations. In this model, for the sake of clarity, we refer to the channel as a single entity, but note that it may consist of multiple subunits and associated proteins. FIGURE 5A shows the channel in an inactivated state following excision from the cell. The channel can be activated by strong membrane depolarization, via an unknown mechanism, or by phosphorylation with PKA or PKC at a low [Ca2+] We speculate that PKA and PKC may phosphorylate and activate the channel at the same site, or region of the channel, because phosphorylation-dependent activation by both is defective in CF. This result suggests that the CF defect might lie in a defective phosphorylation site on the channel, or associated protein, or in the mechanism that converts phosphorylation into a change in channel conformation, such as activation. Activated channels can be inactivated by PKC at a high [Ca2+]. At high [Ca2+], PKC maintains the channel in an inactivated state and it inactivates channels that have been activated by PKC at low [Ca2+], by depolarization, or by PKA. Both activation and inactivation appear to result from phosphorylation; neither can be explained by down-regulation of the channel. There are several possible ways to explain the two opposite effects of PKC on the Cl- channel: different responses may be due to an effect of Ca2+ on the channel, on PKC, or on the interaction between the two.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Phosphorylation-dependent regulation of apical membrane chloride channels in normal and cystic fibrosis airway epithelium. 256 30

Mammalian tissues and cell lines express two major types of cAMP-dependent protein kinase, PKA-I and PKA-II, which can be distinguished at the molecular level by the presence of either type I or type II regulatory subunits in the holoenzyme. An expression vector for the mouse type II regulatory subunit (RII alpha) was transfected into ras-transformed NIH3T3 (R3T3) cells, which contain approximately equal amounts of both holoenzymes, PKA-I and PKA-II. In RII alpha-overexpressing R3T3 cells, PKA-II levels were increased, and the level of PKA-I declined. The decrease in PKA-I was dependent on the amount of RII alpha expressed, and at high levels of RII alpha expression, PKA-I was completely eliminated. In contrast, overexpression of the type I regulatory subunit (RI alpha) did not alter PKA isozyme levels. We propose that competition between RII alpha and RI alpha for a limited pool of catalytic subunit results in preferential assembly of PKA-II and that significant amounts of PKA-I are formed only if catalytic subunit is present in excess of the RII alpha subunit. The PKA-I isozyme, which is absent in untransformed 3T3 cells, is not essential for the transformed phenotype of R3T3 cells. RII alpha-overexpressing R3T3 cells that are devoid of PKA-I continued to exhibit a transformed phenotype including anchorage-independent growth. Overexpression of RII alpha provides a genetic approach that may prove useful in demonstrating specific functions for the two PKA isozymes in cAMP-dependent signal transduction pathways.
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PMID:Overexpression of the type II regulatory subunit of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase eliminates the type I holoenzyme in mouse cells. 258 16

The transport of cholesterol to the inner mitochondrial membrane, a key step in steroidogenesis, is subject to hormonal modulation that, at least in part, could be mediated by protein phosphorylation. This step is stimulated by sterol carrier protein 2 (SCP2) and Ca2+. To explore whether SCP2 itself is a potential control point for regulation by Ca2+-dependent phosphorylation we investigated whether highly purified SCP2 could serve as a substrate for major type Ca2+ and non-Ca2+-dependent protein kinases. Phosphorylation by calmodulin protein kinase II (CaM-PK II), myosin light chain kinase (MLCK), cAMP-dependent kinase (PKA) and protein kinase C (PKC) was monitored under optimal conditions for each enzyme. PKA, CaM-PK II and MLCK catalyzed the radiolabeling of histone 2A, synapsin I and myosin light chain (MLC), known substrates for these kinases, respectively, yet no phosphate transfer to SCP2 was observed. In contrast, PKC from two different sources (rat and calf brain) effectively catalyzed the phosphorylation of the highly purified SCP2. The phosphorylation of SCP2 depended on the addition of Ca2+ and phospholipids and was completely blocked by Polymyxin B, a PKC inhibitor. PKC catalyzed phosphorylation of SCP2 displayed a similar dependence on the concentration of ATP. Lineweaver Burk plots of the data indicate Km values for ATP of approximately 6 microM for the phosphorylation of SCP2. Our results, which have revealed for the first time that SCP2 is a substrate for PKC, are consistent with the possibilities that the control of steroidogenesis by tropic hormones and by PKC activation are mediated, at least in part, by the phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of SCP2.
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PMID:Protein kinase C catalyzed phosphorylation of sterol carrier protein 2. 273 66


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