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N6,O2'-dibutyrylcyclo-3',5'-AMP injected to intact rats alone or in combination with theophylline increases the activity of guanidine acetate
methyltransferase
(GAMT) in liver and pancreas. Cyclic 3',5'-AMP and its dibutyryl analog administered immediately or two hours after the suturing of common bile duct (SCBD) stimulate the increase of pancreatic GAMT activity 2-3 fold. Glucagon, injected intraabdominally simultaneously with SCBD and administration of theophylline, dramatically increases the theophylline effect on the GAMT activity. The freezing of rat pancreas pretreated witn secretin, a hormone structurally similar to glucagon, results in a 1.5-2-fold increase of creatine synthesis from S-adenosylmethionine and guanidinacetic acid. An hour after glucagon administration to intact rats the GAMT activity of liver increases 9 times. The effect of glucagon is enhanced by insulin. Cycloheximide inhibits the increase of GAMT activity, induced by glucagon or a combination of glucagon and insulin. Experiments on tissue homogenates demonstrate that 3',5'-AMP in concentrations of 10(-8) --10(-2) M does not affect the GAMT activity or to some extent inhibits the enzyme. The homogenate incubation in a medium containing 10(-5) M epinephrine or 10(-7) M caffeine and 5 mM Mg2+ leads to an increase in the GAMT activity. Oligomycin removes the stimulating effects of caffeine and Mg2+ on the enzyme activation. This is probably due to the presence of 3',5'-AMP-dependent
protein kinase
in the mechanism of GAMT activation by cyclic AMP.
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PMID:[The stimulating effect of cyclic AMP, glucagon and insulin on guanidine acetate-N-methyltransferase activity in rat liver and pancreas]. 17 11
In order to analyze the mechanisms by which a single biogenic amine like histamine is capable of inducing a wide variety of both physiologic and pathologic functions in various tissues/cells, histamine responses were dissected in detail from a biochemical and pharmacologic point of view. Histamine is synthesized by multiple isozymes of histidine decarboxylase, and catabolized by either diamine oxidase or histamine-N-
methyltransferase
. Synthesized intracellular histamine may play a role in cell proliferation, whereas released histamine binds to at least three different histamine-specific receptors, then activates various intracellular components, such as Ca++, cAMP,
protein kinase
, and ion channels. These second messenger pathways interact differentially with each other in various tissues/cells. Moreover, histamine not only activates its own receptors, but also activates other related receptors such as the serotonin 1c receptor. Therefore, to understand the complex actions of histamine, new approaches should be established, in which multiple phenomena can be monitored simultaneously.
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PMID:Functional diversity of histamine and histamine receptors. 158 29
We have studied factors controlling message levels for the neuronal growth- and plasticity-associated protein, GAP-43. Following exposure of PC12 cells to various effectors, cytoplasmic RNA was isolated and analyzed by Northern transfer and autoradiography using a GAP-43 cDNA probe. Induction by NGF is apparent after 3 hr exposure and reaches maximal levels at 24 hr. Beyond 24 hr, levels remain constant in the continued presence of NGF. Induction is insensitive to variations in culture conditions, such as plating density or substrate, which influence NGF-induced neurite outgrowth. Other inducers, in order of decreasing efficacy, are FGF, dBcAMP, TPA, K+, and EGF. Insulin and retinoic acid are ineffective. Dexamethasone partially inhibited basal expression as well as induction by NGF, FGF, dBcAMP, and TPA. The
methyltransferase
inhibitor 5'-S-(2-methyl-propyl)adenosine completely inhibited induction by NGF, FGF, and dBcAMP. Inhibition of protein synthesis by cycloheximide partially decreased induction by NGF, FGF, and TPA but slightly enhanced dBcAMP induction. Complete down-regulation of protein kinase C by chronic TPA treatment completely eliminated the TPA response but slightly enhanced induction by NGF. These findings and the results of additivity experiments in which cells were stimulated with various combinations of NGF, dBcAMP and TPA suggest that NGF induction of GAP-43 RNA (1) does not involve activation of protein kinase C but (2) may be mediated partially via activation of
protein kinase A
.
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PMID:Factors influencing GAP-43 gene expression in PC12 pheochromocytoma cells. 213 63
The sequence specificity of chicken mRNA N6-adenosine
methyltransferase
has been investigated in vivo. Localization of six new N6-methyladenosine sites on Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) virion RNA has confirmed our extended consensus sequence for methylation: RGACU, where R is usually a G (7/12). We have also observed A (2/12) and U (3/12) at the -2 position (relative to m6A at +1) but never a C. At the +3 position, the U was observed 10/12 times; an A and a C were observed once each in weakly methylated sequences. The extent of methylation varied between the different sites up to a maximum of about 90%. To test the significance of this consensus sequence, it was altered by site-specific mutagenesis, and methylation was assayed after transfection of mutated RSV DNA into chicken embryo fibroblasts. We found that changing the G at -1 or the U at +3 to any other residue inhibited methylation. However, inhibition of methylation at all four of the major sites in the RSV src gene did not detectably alter the steady-state levels of the three viral RNA species or viral infectivity. Additional mutants that inactivated the src
protein kinase
activity produced less virus and exhibited relatively less src mRNA in infected cells.
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PMID:Sequence specificity of mRNA N6-adenosine methyltransferase. 217 95
Phosphatidylethanolamine (PtdEtn) N-
methyltransferase
activities were studied in rat heart sarcolemmal and sarcoplasmic reticular fractions after a single intraperitoneal injection of isoproterenol (0.5-5.0 mg/kg). Three active sites (I, II, and III) for PtdEtn N-methylation were assayed by measurement of [3H]methyl group incorporation from 0.055, 10, and 150 microM S-adenosyl-L-[methyl-3H]methionine into membrane PtdEtn molecules. Total methylation activity for catalytic site I of both sarcolemma and sarcoplasmic reticulum was stimulated within 2 minutes by isoproterenol in a dose-dependent manner. Although the increased
methyltransferase
activity in sarcoplasmic reticulum was normalized at 10 minutes, the enzyme activity in sarcolemma was normalized at 5 minutes but was again increased at 10-30 minutes after isoproterenol injection. No changes in response to isoproterenol were seen for site II and III N-methylation activities in either membrane. Individual N-methylated phospholipids (phosphatidyl-N-monomethylethanolamine, phosphatidyl-N,N-dimethylethanolamine, and phosphatidylcholine), which specifically formed at each site, showed similar behavior. Pretreatment of the animals with a beta-blocking drug, atenolol, for 2 days prevented the isoproterenol-induced changes in hemodynamic parameters and sarcolemmal methylation without affecting the enhanced methylation activities in sarcoplasmic reticulum. In vitro addition of
cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase
(catalytic subunit) plus Mg-ATP enhanced
methyltransferase
activities in sarcolemma and sarcoplasmic reticulum from control hearts by 2.7- and 2.3-fold, respectively; however, under the same in vitro conditions, only about 20% activation was seen in both subcellular membranes isolated from the heart of isoproterenol-injected animals.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Stimulation of phospholipid N-methylation by isoproterenol in rat hearts. 229 42
Phosphorylation of rat liver phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) N-
methyltransferase
by
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
was investigated. The 18 kDa
methyltransferase
was found to be phosphorylated in vitro by
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
on a serine residue. The stoichiometry of phosphate incorporation reached a maximum of 0.25 mol phosphate/mol
methyltransferase
at 30 min. Resolution of the phosphorylated
methyltransferase
by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis showed that two isoproteins were substrates. Phosphorylation of the purified PE N-
methyltransferase
for up to 1 h had no effect on the methylation of PE, PMME or PDME. To test for in vivo phosphorylation, isolated rate hepatocytes were exposed to 0.5 mM N6-2'-O-dibutryladenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (DiB-cAMP) and the phosphorylation state of microsomal proteins evaluated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, nitrocellulose blotting and autoradiography. The same nitrocellulose blots were probed with a rabbit anti-PE N-
methyltransferase
antibody, immunochemically stained and aligned with the autoradiogram. No phosphorylated proteins co-migrated with the
methyltransferase
under non-phosphorylating conditions, or when hepatocytes were exposed to the cAMP analogue for up to 2 h. Oddly, DiB-cAMP increased both PE- and PMME-dependent activity in isolated microsomes, but decreased PE to PC conversion measured in intact hepatocytes. The results indicated that PE N-
methyltransferase
is poorly phosphorylated by
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
in vitro, and is not phosphorylated in intact hepatocytes treated with a cAMP analogue.
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PMID:In vitro phosphorylation of phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase by cAMP-dependent protein kinase: lack of in vivo phosphorylation in response to N6-2'-O-dibutryladenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate. 254 92
Premethylation of purified porcine cardiac sarcolemma (SL) in the presence of 0.15, 10 and 150 microM S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet) did not change the phosphorylation of SL proteins catalyzed either by intrinsic
cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase
(cAK) or by added catalytic (C) subunit of this enzyme. On the other hand, membrane exhibited increased lipid
methyltransferase
activity after preincubation with MgATP and C subunit. Prephosphorylation of membranes stimulated the total [3H]-methyl incorporation into SL lipids assayed at 0.15 microM [3H]AdoMet due to an enhancement of Vmax and without changes in the Km value for AdoMet. Analysis of the methylated lipid products revealed an increased methyl group incorporation into a nonpolar lipid fraction whereas phosphatidylethanolamine-N-methylation was not affected by phosphorylation. The results suggest that the cyclic AMP-mediated signal transduction at the level of cardiac SL is not affected by methylation-induced modifications of the membrane lipid microdomains. On the other hand, an intrinsic SL lipid
methyltransferase
activity is apparently not related to the N-methylation of phospholipids, is modulated by cyclic AMP-dependent protein phosphorylation.
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PMID:Interactions between cyclic AMP-dependent protein phosphorylation and lipid transmethylation reactions in isolated porcine cardiac sarcolemma. 262 57
The nature of cytosolic factors which modulate the activity of rat liver phosphatidylethanolamine (PE)
methyltransferase
was investigated. The combined additions of cytosol, Mg X ATP, and NaF to incubations with rat liver microsomes produced a 1.6-fold activation of the
methyltransferase
at pH 9.2 and a 1.3-fold stimulation at pH 7.0. Nonhydrolyzable 5'-adenylylimidodiphosphate could not substitute for ATP, although GTP could. The activation was time dependent, stable to reisolation of the microsomes by ultracentrifugation, and partially preventable by other cytosolic components. Despite these indications that PE
methyltransferase
might be a substrate for cytosolic protein kinases, cAMP and Ca2+-calmodulin exerted little influence on the activation reaction. Furthermore, microsomal PE
methyltransferase
activity was unaffected by purified preparations of
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
, calmodulin-dependent
protein kinase
, and
casein kinase II
, nor was
methyltransferase
activity influenced by the purified catalytic subunits of protein phosphatases 1 and 2A. Cytosol also contained inhibitors of PE
methyltransferase
which could overcome the Mg X ATP X NaF-mediated activation of the enzyme, but were not affected by the thermostable phosphatase inhibitors 1 and 2. Part of this inhibitory activity (apparent molecular mass of 15 X 10(3) daltons) was insensitive to trypsin and chymotrypsin, stimulated by Mn2+, and partly inhibited by NaF. Therefore, regulation of
methyltransferase
by reversible phosphorylation, while still a tenable hypothesis, is apparently more complex than previously proposed.
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PMID:Regulation of rat liver phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase by cytosolic factors. Examination of a role for reversible protein phosphorylation. 301 87
A high-molecular-weight protein complex that is capable of accurate transcription initiation and termination of vaccinia virus early genes without additional factors was demonstrated. The complex was solubilized by disruption of purified virions, freed of DNA by passage through a DEAE-cellulose column, and isolated by glycerol gradient sedimentation. All detectable RNA polymerase activity was associated with the transcription complex, whereas the majority of enzymes released from virus cores including mRNA (nucleoside-2'-O)
methyltransferase
, poly(A) polymerase, topoisomerase, nucleoside triphosphate phosphohydrolase II,
protein kinase
, and single-strand DNase sedimented more slowly. Activities corresponding to two enzymes, mRNA guanylyltransferase (capping enzyme) and nucleoside triphosphate phosphohydrolase I (DNA-dependent ATPase), partially sedimented with the complex. Silver-stained polyacrylamide gels, immunoblots, and autoradiographs confirmed the presence of subunits of vaccinia virus RNA polymerase, mRNA guanylyltransferase, and nucleoside triphosphate phosphohydrolase I, as well as additional unidentified polypeptides, in fractions with transcriptase activity. A possible role for the DNA-dependent ATPase was suggested by studies with ATP analogs with gamma-S or nonhydrolyzable beta-gamma-phosphodiester bonds. These analogs were used by vaccinia virus RNA polymerase to nonspecifically transcribe single-stranded DNA templates but did not support accurate transcription of early genes by the complex. Transcription also was sensitive to high concentrations of novobiocin; however, this effect could be attributed to inhibition of RNA polymerase or ATPase activities rather than topoisomerase.
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PMID:Sedimentation of an RNA polymerase complex from vaccinia virus that specifically initiates and terminates transcription. 303 83
When a partially purified rat liver phospholipid methyltransferase is incubated with [gamma-32P]ATP and rat brain protein kinase C, phospholipid methyltransferase (Mr 50,000, pI 4.75) becomes phosphorylated. Phosphorylation of the enzyme showed Ca2+/lipid-dependency. Protein kinase C-dependent phosphorylation of phospholipid methyltransferase was accompanied by an approx. 2-fold activation of the enzyme activity. Activity changes and enzyme phosphorylation showed the same time course. Activation of the enzyme also showed Ca2+/lipid-dependency. Protein kinase C mediates phosphorylation of predominantly serine residues of the
methyltransferase
. One major peak of phosphorylation was identified by analysis of tryptic phosphopeptides by isoelectrofocusing. This peak (pI 5.2) differs from that phosphorylated by the
cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase
(pI 7.2), demonstrating the specificity of phosphorylation of protein kinase C. Tryptic-peptide mapping by h.p.l.c. of the
methyltransferase
phosphorylated by protein kinase C revealed one major peak of radioactivity, which could be resolved into two labelled phosphopeptides by t.l.c. The significance of protein kinase C-mediated phosphorylation of phospholipid methyltransferase is discussed.
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PMID:Protein kinase C catalyses the phosphorylation and activation of rat liver phospholipid methyltransferase. 359 29
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