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Insulin and tumor-promoting phorbol esters such as phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) share some biological activities in normal hepatocytes and in some lines of cultured hepatoma cells. To investigate the possibility that some of these common effects might involve a common pathway, we examined the effects of insulin and PMA on several biological processes in normal and protein kinase C-deficient H4IIE rat hepatoma cells. Protein kinase C deficiency was achieved by preincubating the cells in high concentrations of PMA, and was documented by direct enzyme measurement in soluble and particulate cellular fractions, and by analysis of immunoreactive protein kinase C concentrations in whole cellular homogenates. In the protein kinase C-deficient cells, the following actions of insulin remained at near normal levels: stimulated phosphorylation of the ribosomal protein S6; activation of a
ribosomal S6 protein kinase
; and increases in
ornithine decarboxylase
activity and mRNA accumulation. PMA stimulated all of these responses in the normal cells, but none of them in the PMA-pretreated cells. We conclude that insulin can exert some of its actions in a normal manner in protein kinase C-deficient H4IIE hepatoma cells (ATCC CRL 1548) and that some of the actions insulin holds in common with PMA may be due to common activation of one or more distal pathways. A candidate for such a distal step is activation of the ribosomal protein S6
protein kinase
.
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PMID:Insulin action in normal and protein kinase C-deficient rat hepatoma cells. Effects on protein phosphorylation, protein kinase activities, and ornithine decarboxylase activities and messenger ribonucleic acid levels. 333 10
The sizes of the radiolabeled fragments obtained by CNBr and DMSO/HBr digestion of 32P-labeled
ornithine decarboxylase
phosphorylated by rat liver
casein kinase
TS (type-2) are consistent with the location of the phosphorylation site within the sequence(303-309) Ser-Asp-Asp-Glu-Asp-Glu-Ser. Parallel experiments with synthetic peptides rule out the suitability of Ser-309, as well as of other serines of
ornithine decarboxylase
having just two or three acidic residues close to their C terminal side. Ser-303 appears, therefore, to be the main if not the only target for
casein kinase
-2.
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PMID:Location of the phosphorylation site for casein kinase-2 within the amino acid sequence of ornithine decarboxylase. 347 30
Ornithine decarboxylase
(OrnDCase;
L-ornithine carboxy-lyase
, EC 4.1.1.17) is the first and rate-limiting enzyme in the biosynthesis of polyamines in mammalian cells. During cell growth the enzyme is regulated by rapid changes in the level of its mRNA and protein. To explore the molecular basis of these changes, we cloned a full-length cDNA copy of the major 2.4-kilobase OrnDCase mRNA from mouse cells and determined its sequence. The cDNA contains 2465 nucleotides derived from OrnDCase mRNA, consisting of a 737-nucleotide-long 5' noncoding segment, a coding segment of 1383 nucleotides terminated by a TAG triplet, and a 342-nucleotide 3' noncoding segment. The encoded protein of 461-amino acid residues has a molecular weight of 51,105 and has a potential site for phosphorylation by
casein kinase II
. In the unusually long 5' leader sequence, there are four ATG triplets, each of which is followed by an in-phase termination signal; the presence of these upstream ATGs could explain the low in vitro translational activity of OrnDCase mRNA reported earlier. A restriction digest of mouse genomic DNA was probed with a defined OrnDCase coding sequence, revealing a multimembered family of OrnDCase-related genes.
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PMID:Nucleotide sequence of murine ornithine decarboxylase mRNA. 385 48
A marked decrease in activity of
ornithine decarboxylase
in thymus and spleen occurs soon after treatment of rats with a glucocorticoid. In the present study, evidence was obtained that extracts of these tissues prepared 5 h after administration of dexamethasone, when the enzyme activity is very low, contain an inhibitor of
ornithine decarboxylase
. The inhibitor is also present at 12 h after treatment and, in lesser amount, at 2.5 h, but was not evident at 24 h. The inhibitory activity was destroyed by treatment with heat or with trypsin, and was not lost on dialysis of the extract. Preliminary experiments indicate that the Mr of the inhibitor is greater than 50 000, which differentiates it from antizyme, an inhibitor of
ornithine decarboxylase
found in several other cell types. The inhibitor seems to act by a non-catalytic and non-competitive mechanism. The inhibition is dependent on the amount of inhibitor and does not change with time. Since inhibition is not changed by dialysis of the inhibitory extract, its activity apparently does not require small-Mr substances. This differentiates it from inhibitors which inactivate
ornithine decarboxylase
by covalent modification, such as the polyamine-dependent
protein kinase
or transglutaminase. The formation of this inhibitor is an early event in lymphoid tissues in response to dexamethasone and may be important in causing the inhibition of cell division which precedes the destruction of lymphocytes.
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PMID:An inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase in the thymus and spleen of dexamethasone-treated rats. 397 59
Polyamine-dependent
protein kinase
(P kinase) in nuclear and cytosol fraction of pig epidermal cells were extracted. Two different protein kinases were purified from nuclei. One was
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
(A kinase) and another was P kinase. P kinase phosphorylated acidic non-histone protein only, while A kinase phosphorylated both exogenous histone and non-histone proteins. Among polypeptides phosphorylated by P kinase, a 180 kilodalton (K) polypeptide seemed to be a specific substrate for P kinase. In cytosol, the fraction containing P kinase exhibited multiple polypeptide bands on SDS -PAGE, including four major polypeptide bands and several minor polypeptide bands. One of minor polypeptide bands (80 K) was phosphorylated by P kinase. Authentic
ornithine decarboxylase
(
ODC
) added exogenously was also phosphorylated by P kinase. A 80 K polypeptide of
ODC
was comigrated with the polypeptide phosphorylated by P kinase on SDS -PAGE. Kinetic study revealed that the
ODC
activity decreased as
ODC
was phosphorylated.
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PMID:[Studies on polyamine-dependent protein kinase in pig epidermal cells]. 398 33
Ornithine decarboxylase
may undergo posttranslational modifications which alter its function. Both transamidation of glutamine residues in the enzyme catalyzed by TGase and phosphorylation of serine and threonine residues catalyzed by a polyamine-stimulated
protein kinase
have been demonstrated. Data are presented which suggest that these modifications result in translocation of the modified protein to the nucleolus where it regulates the activity of RNA polymerase I to transcribe rDNA, the only active nucleolar genes. Transamidation of specific proteins with primary amines catalyzed by intracellular TGase may be an important posttranslational modification, capable of altering genetic transcription. The rapid half-life of ODC (10-15 min) may be related to rapid posttranslational modification with loss of enzymatic activity rather than to protein degradation.
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PMID:Ornithine decarboxylase may be a multifunctional protein. 608 23
A cascade of events leading to hypertrophy has been proposed and implicated in growth regulation in a variety of normal and neoplastic cells and tissues. There is a tightly coupled temporal sequence: (a) cyclic adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate-dependent
protein kinase
(cAPK) activation; (b)
ornithine decarboxylase
(
ODC
) induction; and (c) the accumulation of the organic cation, spermidine, resulting in an increased spermidine/spermine ratio characteristic of both normal and neoplastic growth. The specific activation of type I cAPK has been implicated to
ODC
induction, and the amounts of type I and type II cAPK alter as a function of growth and transformation. Therefore, we wished to study the alterations in these biochemical parameters as well as that of a putative marker of preneoplastic hepatocytes, gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase, in a rapid multistep hepatocarcinogenesis system. We found a marked and prolonged increase in the cAPK ratio followed by a similar pattern of
ODC
induction after a single carcinogenic dose of diethylnitrosamine and again in response to partial hepatectomy. Liver foci were detectable within four days of partial hepatectomy in animals that received the entire carcinogen regimen, and the foci contained significant and increasing amounts of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase activity. The increase in
ODC
activity was followed closely by an increased spermidine/spermine ratio. Total type I activity in the cytosol decreased most dramatically at the time of foci formation, suggestive of selective activation and turnover. These data suggest that the prolonged activation of cAPK and elevation of
ODC
may be necessary for hepatocarcinogenesis.
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PMID:Prolonged ornithine decarboxylase induction in regenerating carcinogen-treated liver. 610 60
Polyamines are well-known ubiquitous components of living cells. Although these polycations have been implicated in the regulation of major cellular functions such as DNA, RNA and protein synthesis occurring during cellular proliferation and/or differentiation processes, their mechanism of action at the molecular level has remained obscure. On the other hand, protein phosphorylation has emerged as a regulatory process of prime importance in cellular regulation. Data have recently been presented suggesting that polyamines may express at least part of their biological action through an effect upon selective protein phosphorylation systems. Two types of polyamine-sensitive protein kinases have been characterized in the last few years. The best known in molecular terms is the widespread
casein kinase
G (also termed
casein kinase II
), which represents a multifunctional
protein kinase
, at present classified as a messenger-independent activity. The other is a polyamine-dependent nuclear
ornithine decarboxylase
kinase characterized in Physarum polycephalum and several mammalian tissues. Both protein kinases are activated by polyamines in vitro at concentrations compatible with a physiological role, by a mechanism which most likely also involves an effect through the protein substrate conformation. Preliminary evidence suggests that both kinases may be implicated in the regulation of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase activities, although several other potential substrates have been suggested for
casein kinase
G. Another suggestion is that these kinases may also participate in the post-translational regulation of
ornithine decarboxylase
, the rate-limiting step in the polyamine biosynthetic pathway. A novel class of
protein kinase
activities may thus be defined as polyamine-mediated phosphorylation systems for which polyamines may function as intracellular messenger. Although their biological significance remains to be fully established, especially with regard to the definition of their specific intracellular target(s) and subsequent biological functions, these systems will be interesting to consider in future studies aimed at understanding the role of polyamines in cell regulation.
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PMID:Polyamine-mediated protein phosphorylations: a possible target for intracellular polyamine action. 619 Jun 90
Early biochemical changes associated with adjuvant stimulation of macrophage protein synthesis were studied using two murine macrophage cell lines, PU5-1.8 and J774.1. An induction of
ornithine decarboxylase
(
ODC
) was detected 2 hours after exposure of PU5-1.8 and J774.1 cells to two crude immunoadjuvants, BCG cell walls (BCGcw) and lipopolysaccharides from Escherichia coli (LPS). The chemically defined immunoadjuvant glycopeptide, N-acetyl-muramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine (MDPL) also promoted an increase in
ODC
activity at 2 hours that was maximal after 4 hours, while little or no effect was observed with the D-alanyl analog (MDPD) that is devoid of adjuvant activity. The increase in
ODC
activity promoted by BCGcw in PU5-1.8 and J774.1 cells returned toward control levels by 6 to 8 hours. BCGcw also stimulated RNA and protein synthesis which remained elevated for at least 24 hours and was associated with a decrease in DNA synthesis and cell proliferation.
ODC
induction by BCGcw and MDPL was enhanced by the addition of PGE2 in both cell lines. Indomethacin slightly depressed the magnitude of
ODC
stimulation by BCGcw in J774.1 cells but failed to alter the response of PU5-1.8 cells. Additional observations indicated that the induction of
ODC
by BCGcw in both cell lines was preceded by an activation of
cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase
. These observations suggest that a cyclic AMP-mediated induction of
ODC
may be an early biochemical marker of adjuvant stimulation in macrophages.
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PMID:Induction of ornithine decarboxylase, RNA, and protein synthesis in macrophage cell lines stimulated by immunoadjuvants. 620 20
In Y1 adrenocortical tumor cells, corticotropin (ACTH), cyclic AMP, and 8-bromoadenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (8BrcAMP) stimulated
ornithine decarboxylase
activity (
L-ornithine carboxy-lyase
, EC 4.1.1.17) and steroidogenesis. The concentrations required for half-maximal activation of
ornithine decarboxylase
were 60 pM for ACTH and 1 mM for 8BrcAMP; the concentrations required for half-maximal activation of steroidogenesis were 50 pM for ACTH and 0.2 mM for 8BrcAMP.
Ornithine decarboxylase
activity increased 1.5 hr after the addition of these agents, reached a maximum between 4 and 6 hr, and then declined. Mutant clones with impaired ACTH-responsive adenylate cyclase systems [ATP pyrophosphate-lyase (cyclizing), EC 4.6.1.1]did not respond to ACTH with increased
ornithine decarboxylase
activity, but they responded normally to added cyclic AMP. These results indicate that adenylate cyclase and cyclic AMP are necessary for the stimulation of
ornithine decarboxylase
activity by ACTH. In a series of Y1(Kin) mutants with altered
cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase
activities (
ATP:protein phosphotransferase
, EC 2.7.1.37), the effects of ACTH on
ornithine decarboxylase
also were attenuated. These findings suggest that
cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase
also plays a necessary role in the stimulation of
ornithine decarboxylase
activity by ACTH. The effects of ACTH on
ornithine decarboxylase
in the Kin mutants, however, were quantitatively different from the effects on steroidogenesis and did not closely reflect the degree of defect in
cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase
activity. These differences suggest that the pathways of ACTH action leading to stimulation of steroidogenesis and
ornithine decarboxylase
activity diverge subsequent to activation of the
protein kinase
.
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PMID:Regulation of ornithine decarboxylase activity by corticotropin in adrenocortical tumor cell clones: roles of cyclic AMP and cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. 624 65
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