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We have examined the regulation of
somatostatin
gene expression by cAMP in PC12 rat pheochromocytoma cells transfected with the rat
somatostatin
gene. Forskolin at 10 microM caused a 4-fold increase in
somatostatin
mRNA levels within 4 hr of treatment in stably transfected cells. Chimeric genes containing the
somatostatin
gene promoter fused to the bacterial reporter gene encoding chloramphenicol acetyltransferase were also induced by cAMP in PC12 cells. To delineate the sequences required for response to cAMP, we constructed a series of promoter deletion mutants. Our studies defined a region between 60 and 29 base pairs upstream from the transcriptional initiation site that conferred cAMP responsiveness when placed adjacent to the simian virus 40 promoter. Within the cAMP-responsive element of the
somatostatin
gene, we observed an 8-base palindrome, 5'-TGACGTCA-3', which is highly conserved in many other genes whose expression is regulated by cAMP. cAMP responsiveness was greatly reduced when the
somatostatin
fusion genes were transfected into the mutant PC12 line A126-1B2, which is deficient in
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
2. Our studies indicate that transcriptional regulation of the
somatostatin
gene by cAMP requires protein kinase 2 activity and may depend upon a highly conserved promoter element.
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PMID:Identification of a cyclic-AMP-responsive element within the rat somatostatin gene. 287 59
To clarify the precise mechanism by which unrelated peptides, cholecystokinin or carbamylcholine, modulate the
somatostatin
binding, the effect of a phorbol ester, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) or a synthetic diacylglycerol analog, 1-oleyl-2-acetylglycerol (OAG) on [125I-Tyr1]
somatostatin
binding to pancreatic acinar cell membranes was examined. Pretreatment of pancreatic acini for 120 min at 37 degrees C with 100 ng/ml TPA maximally reduced subsequent labeled
somatostatin
binding to acinar membranes. The inhibitory effect of TPA on the
somatostatin
binding was dependent on the dose used, or the time and temperature of pretreatment. These effects of TPA were almost mimicked by the treatment of acini with OAG. Scatchard analysis of [125I-Tyr1]
somatostatin
binding demonstrated that the decrease in the labeled
somatostatin
binding induced by TPA or OAG pretreatment was due to the decrease in the maximum binding capacity without a significant change in the binding affinity. A specifically labeled single band of the Mr = 90 K obtained with a photoaffinity cross-linking study indicates that the
somatostatin
binding sites are the same somatostatin receptor as previously described. Moreover, the intensity of the Mr = 90 K band was dramatically decreased when acini were treated with increasing concentrations of TPA, a finding consistent with TPA-induced decrease in binding capacity. Such an inhibitory effect of TPA was abolished when pretreatment of acini with TPA was performed in the presence of Ca2+ chelating compounds such as EDTA and EGTA. Interestingly, the combined treatment of TPA and Ca2+ ionophore A23187 caused synergistic inhibition of the subsequent labeled
somatostatin
binding to acinar membranes, although Ca2+ ionophore itself almost failed to affect the
somatostatin
binding. These results suggest, therefore, that TPA or OAG can modulate
somatostatin
binding to its receptors on rat pancreatic acinar cell membranes, presumably through activation of Ca2+-activated, phospholipid-dependent
protein kinase
(protein kinase C) and the activated protein kinase C and intracellular Ca2+ mobilization presumably act to modulate pancreatic acinar
somatostatin
receptors synergistically.
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PMID:[Phorbol ester or diacylglycerol modulates somatostatin binding to its receptors on rat pancreatic acinar cell membranes]. 287 6
Incubation of cultured ovine pituitary cells with the tumor-promoting phorbol ester, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) (0.1-100 nM), caused a dose-related stimulation of both growth hormone (ED50 approximately 4 nM) and prolactin (ED50 approximately 14 nM) secretion. Stimulation by TPA (100 nM) produced a substantial 10-fold increase in growth hormone with a smaller, 2-fold rise in prolactin secretion over 30 min; significant effects on the release of both hormones occurred within 2 min. Treatment with TPA also produced a small, time- and concentration-dependent rise in cellular cyclic AMP content which reached, at maximum, a level 20-30% over basal values. Non-tumor-promoting phorbol esters did not stimulate the secretion of either growth hormone or prolactin. In the presence of TPA (10 nM), dopamine (1-1000 nM) suppressed prolactin secretion to a level close to that observed for maximal inhibition of unstimulated cells. At high concentrations (0.1-1.0 microM) dopamine also partially attenuated (by 43%) the TPA-induced stimulation of growth hormone secretion.
Somatostatin
(0.01-1.0 microM) completely inhibited the substantial (approximately 9-fold) TPA-induced stimulation of growth hormone secretion (inhibitory ED50 approximately 47 nM), and also suppressed TPA-stimulated prolactin secretion to the control level. Our results suggest that activation of
protein kinase
-C may be involved in the stimulatory regulation of both growth hormone and prolactin secretion in sheep pituitary cells. Failure of TPA to attenuate the inhibitory activity of dopamine and
somatostatin
suggests that inhibitory regulation occurs at, or beyond, the point in the secretory process regulated by
protein kinase
-C.
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PMID:Effects of dopamine and somatostatin on phorbol ester-stimulated prolactin and growth hormone secretion. 287 53
Many hormones act on neuroendocrine cells by activating second messenger pathways. Two of these, the phosphoinositol and cAMP-dependent pathways, cause changes in cellular activity through specific protein kinases. By phosphorylating cytoplasmic and nuclear proteins, these kinases apparently coordinate cellular processes, including the biosynthesis and release of neuropeptides.
Somatostatin
biosynthesis and release, for example, are both positively regulated by the second messenger cAMP in hypothalamic cells, and cAMP also induces
somatostatin
gene transcription 8-10-fold in transfected PC12 pheochromocytoma cells. Transcriptional induction requires a 30-nucleotide cAMP response element (CRE) which is conserved in other cAMP-responsive genes. This element also confers cAMP responsiveness when placed upstream of the heterologous simian virus 40 (SV40) promoter. The
somatostatin
gene does not, however, respond to cAMP in mutant PC12 cells which lack
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
type II activity. Activation of
somatostatin
gene transcription may consequently require the phosphorylation of a nuclear protein which binds to the CRE. Using a DNase I protection assay, we have characterized a nuclear protein in PC12 cells which binds selectively to the CRE in the
somatostatin
gene. We have purified this protein which is of relative molecular mass 43,000 (Mr 43K) by sequence-specific DNA affinity chromatography. This 43K CRE binding protein (CREB) is phosphorylated in vitro when it is incubated with the catalytic subunit of
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
. Stimulating PC12 cells with forskolin, an activator of adenyl cyclase, causes a 3-4-fold increase in the phosphorylation of this protein. We conclude that the cAMP-dependent pathway may regulate gene transcription in response to hormonal stimulation by phosphorylating this CREB protein.
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PMID:Binding of a nuclear protein to the cyclic-AMP response element of the somatostatin gene. 288 56
We examined the possible importance of
protein kinase
c-dependent mechanisms in mediating the stimulatory effects of gastrin and cholecystokinin (CCK) on the release of
somatostatin
-like immunoreactivity (SLI) from isolated canine fundic D-cells. Diacylglycerides, presumably the products of phosphoinositide breakdown that activate
protein kinase
c, and phospholipase C, which catalyzes the production of endogenous diacylglycerides from membrane phospholipids, both stimulated SLI secretion in a dose-dependent fashion. Both classes of agents potentiated the actions of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate-dependent agonists but not those of gastrin and CCK. The stimulatory effects of gastrin and CCK correlated with their abilities to enhance the incorporation of 32P into membrane phosphatidyl inositol and phosphatidic acid and promote the release of [3H]inositol trisphosphate from prelabeled D-cells, two parameters of phosphoinositide turnover. These data suggest that
protein kinase
c may serve to transduce the signals activated by gastrin and CCK in D-cells.
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PMID:Potential mediation of somatostatin secretion from canine fundic D-cells by protein kinase c. 288 55
Studies in the effect of
somatostatin
and dopamine on the incorporation of 32P from ATP to casein and ribosomes were carried out using purified
protein kinase
type II, isolated from the human placental cytosol. Low concentrations of
somatostatin
inhibited, while high ones of dopamine concentrations stimulated the activity of kinase.
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PMID:Effect of somatostatin and dopamine on the activity of cyclic AMP-independent protein kinase from human placenta. 289 20
Early in adenovirus infection, the E1A (early region 1A) oncogene products trans-activate the other early viral transcription units, as well as some cellular promoters. The mechanism by which E1A elicits its activity is still unknown. In this report, I show that the adenovirus E2a and E3 promoters are cAMP inducible in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells and that this activation requires the presence of the
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
II. Using deletion mutants of the E2a promoter, it was found that the sequence TACGTCAT located between positions -70 and -77 is involved in both the cAMP response and the E1A trans-activation. Also, in the mutant PC12 cell line A126-2B, which lacks the
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
II, E1A is still able to activate E2a and E3 promoters. This suggests that E1A products may circumvent the lack of the kinase by activating an alternative signal transduction pathway, which could mimic the effect of agonists of adenylate cyclase. I propose that E1A is capable of modifying by phosphorylation, either directly or indirectly, the transcription factor that binds the ACGTCA motif. Such a factor, termed ATF (adenovirus transcription factor), has already been characterized and appears to have strong similarities to the transcriptional factor CREB (cAMP responsive element binding protein), which binds homologous sequences in cAMP responsive genes, such as
somatostatin
and c-fos.
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PMID:Cyclic AMP induction of early adenovirus promoters involves sequences required for E1A trans-activation. 290 26
High-affinity corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) receptors which mediate the actions of the hypothalamic peptide on adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) release have been identified in the rat anterior pituitary gland. Occupancy of the pituitary receptor by CRF agonists stimulates ACTH release via activation of adenylate cyclase and cyclic adenosine monophosphate dependent
protein kinase
. In the regulation of ACTH secretion, the effects of CRF on the corticotroph are integrated with the stimulatory actions of cyclic adenosine monophosphate-independent stimuli such as angiotensin II, vasopressin and norepinephrine, and the inhibitory effects of glucocorticoids and
somatostatin
. In contrast to the major importance of the inhibitory effect of glucocorticoid feedback on ACTH secretion,
somatostatin
has relatively little effect on CRF-stimulated ACTH release in the normal rat corticotroph. Following adrenalectomy, the progressive elevation of plasma ACTH levels is accompanied by a concomitant decrease in pituitary CRF receptors. The postadrenalectomy loss of CRF receptors, which is prevented by dexamethasone treatment, is caused by a combination of occupancy and processing of the pituitary sites during increased secretion of the hypothalamic peptide. Recently, specific receptors for CRF have been localized in the rat and monkey brain and adrenal medulla, where they are also coupled to adenylate cyclase. Brain CRF receptors are most abundant in the cerebral and cerebellar cortices and in structures related to the limbic system and control of the autonomic nervous system. The actions of CRF on the central and peripheral nervous systems, as well as on the pituitary gland, emphasize the role of CRF as a key hormone in the integrated response to stress.
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PMID:Receptor-mediated actions of corticotropin-releasing factor in pituitary gland and nervous system. 301 95
Rat GH-releasing factor (rGRF) stimulated GH release and intracellular cAMP accumulation in cultured rat anterior pituitary cells with EC50 values of approximately 10 and 150 pm, respectively. Consistent with an effect on cellular cAMP levels, rGRF stimulated the adenylate cyclase activity of rat anterior pituitary membranes with an EC50 value of approximately 60 pm. Using antisera directed against the regulatory subunits of type I and II cAMP-dependent protein kinases, these enzymes were immunoprecipitated from the cytosolic fraction of cultured cells in order to monitor the degree of their activation by rGRF. Both isoenzymes were rapidly activated in cells incubated with rGRF but with different kinetics; full activation of
protein kinase
I was evident within 3-5 min and activation of
protein kinase
II occurred between 5 and 15 min. The magnitude of activation was differentially regulated by rGRF in a concentration-dependent manner.
Somatostatin
only partially attenuated rGRF-stimulated GH release, cAMP accumulation, and adenylate cyclase activation.
Somatostatin
was effective in partially antagonizing activation of
protein kinase
II at all concentrations of rGRF and of
protein kinase
I only at intermediate concentrations of rGRF. The significance of this rGRF-induced differential activation of the two isoenzymes of
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
is discussed in terms of the multiple effects of rGRF on somatotropic cells of the rat anterior pituitary.
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PMID:Differential activation of type I and type II 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinases by growth hormone-releasing factor. 313 53
Human platelet membrane proteins were phosphorylated by exogenous, partially purified Ca2+-activated phospholipid-dependent
protein kinase
(protein kinase C). The phosphorylation of one of the major substrates for protein kinase C (Mr = 41 000) was specifically suppressed by the beta subunit of the inhibitory guanine-nucleotide-binding regulatory component (Gi, Ni) of adenylate cyclase. The free alpha subunit of Gi (Mr = 41 000) also served as an excellent substrate for the kinase (greater than 0.5 mol phosphate incorporated per mol of subunit), but the Gi oligomer (alpha X beta X gamma) did not. Treatment of cyc- S49 lymphoma cells, which are deficient in Gs/Ns (the stimulatory component) but contain functional Gi/Ni, with the phorbol ester, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate, a potent activator of protein kinase C, did not alter stimulation of adenylate cyclase catalytic activity by forskolin, whereas the Gi/Ni-mediated inhibition of the cyclase by the hormone,
somatostatin
, was impaired in these membranes. The results suggest that the alpha subunit of the inhibitory guanine-nucleotide-binding regulatory component of adenylate cyclase may be a physiological substrate for protein kinase C and that the function of the component in transducing inhibitory hormonal signals to adenylate cyclase is altered by its phosphorylation.
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PMID:Protein kinase C phosphorylates the inhibitory guanine-nucleotide-binding regulatory component and apparently suppresses its function in hormonal inhibition of adenylate cyclase. 316 29
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