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Plasma membranes have been prepared from porcine thyroid glands using sucrose gradients. The fractions having a density in sucrose of 1.18 g/ml mainly contained plasma membranes and were moderately contaminated with other subcellular components as shown by marker enzyme data. Purified plasma membranes incubated in the presence of [32-P]gamma ATP incorporated 32-P. Kinetics of incorporation of 32-P into endogenous substrates studied in various buffers and with increasing ATP concentration suggest a phosphodephosphorylating system related to cAMP-dependent protein kinase and phosphoprotein phosphatase activities. The two enzymatic activities associated with plasma membranes have been demonstrated using exogenous substrates. cAMP increases and fluoride ions decrease the extent of membrane phosphorylation. The specific activity of protein kinase was 10-12 times higher than in the initial homogenate and was only slightly enhanced in the presence of 0.5% Nonidet as compared to microsomal fraction. cAMP binding to membrane proteins was 3 times higher than to the other particulate fractions. TSH present in the incubating medium or added after 5 min of 32-P labelling induced a rapid stimulation of endogenous phosphorylation followed by a rapid decrease. Phosphorylated membrane substrates were analyzed: high voltage paper electrophoresis after partial hydrolysis indicated that [32-P]phosphate is incorporated into serine and threonine residues as o-phosphate derivatives. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed several 32--labelled fractions. When enhanced by cAMP, no specific phosphorylation of protein components was observed.
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PMID:Phosphorylation of purified thyroid plasma membranes incubated with [32-P]ATP. 16 13

Phosphorylation of the rat brain ryanodine receptor was studied using a monoclonal antibody, Ry-1, against the cardiac ryanodine receptor. A large polypeptide with the same SDS-PAGE mobility as that of the canine cardiac receptor was detected in rat brain membranes by immunoblotting. The brain ryanodine receptor was solubilized from the microsomal membranes with 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonic acid (CHAPS), and more than 85% of the solubilized receptor was immunoprecipitated by Ry-1. Immunoprecipitated receptors were phosphorylated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase. The ryanodine receptor was also expressed in cultured fetal rat brain neurons and was phosphorylated by treating the cells with dibutyryl cAMP. The number of cells showing a caffeine-induced Ca2+ transient was increased significantly in the phosphorylating condition. These results suggest that the Ca channel activity of the brain ryanodine receptor is regulated by cAMP-dependent phosphorylation.
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PMID:Cyclic AMP-dependent phosphorylation of the rat brain ryanodine receptor. 131 34

Pure cGMP-inhibited cAMP phosphodiesterase (cGI-PDE) in micrograms quantities was isolated from bovine aortic smooth muscle after more than 5000-fold purification using DEAE ion-exchange and affinity chromatography with a derivative of the specific cGI-PDE inhibitor cilostamide conjugated as a ligand to aminoethyl agarose (CIT-agarose). The cGI-PDE, which constituted about half of the high affinity cAMP-PDE activity of a tissue homogenate, was identified with a 105-kDa protein on SDS-PAGE through use of antibodies towards the human platelet, bovine cardiac and bovine adipose tissue cGI-PDE in Western blot and immunoprecipitation/immunoinactivation analysis. As observed during purification of the enzyme from other tissues the enzyme protein was exquisitely sensitive to proteolytic nicking during purification, resulting in several 30-77-kDa polypeptide fragments. Rapid immunoprecipitation from fresh tissue extracts was the only was found to partially prevent the proteolysis. The native enzyme had apparent molecular sizes of approx. 100,000 or, mainly approx. 220,000 by gel chromatography, presumably indicating the presence of monomeric and dimeric forms. The enzyme hydrolyzed cAMP and cGMP with normal Michaelis-Menten kinetics with Km of 0.16 and 0.09 microM, respectively, with Vmax for hydrolysis of cAMP of 0.3 compared to 3.1 mumol/min per mg protein for cAMP. The enzyme was potently and selectively inhibited by cGMP (IC50 approximately 0.25 microM) and the cardiotonic/vasodilatory drugs OPC-3911 (a cilostamide derivative), milrinone and CI-930 (IC50 approximately 0.05, 0.40 and 0.25 microM, respectively). The cGI-PDE was phosphorylated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase as has been reported for the analogous enzymes in heart, adipose tissue and platelets. The identification of a cGI-PDE in the aortic smooth muscle and its inhibitor specificity is consistent with the hypothesis that inhibition of this enzyme is important in the mechanism through which these drugs produce vasorelaxation.
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PMID:Purification and properties of the cGMP-inhibited cAMP phosphodiesterase from bovine aortic smooth muscle. 131 3

The ATP.Mg-dependent protein phosphatase activating factor (FA) has been identified and purified to near homogeneity from brain. In this report, as evidenced on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by autoradiography, factor FA has further been identified as a cAMP and Ca(2+)-independent brain kinase that could phosphorylate synapsin I, a neuronal protein that coats synaptic vesicles, binds to cytoskeleton, and is believed to be involved in the modulation of neurotransmission. Kinetic study further indicated that factor FA could phosphorylate synapsin I with a low Km value of about 2 microM and with a molar ratio of 1 mol of phosphate per mole of protein. Peptide mapping analysis revealed that factor FA specifically phosphorylated the tail region of synapsin I but on a unique site distinct from those phosphorylated by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and cAMP-dependent protein kinase, the two well-established synapsin I kinases. Functional study further revealed that factor FA could phosphorylate this unique specific site on the tail region of synapsin I and thereby inhibit cross-linking of synapsin I with microtubules. The results further suggest the possible involvement of factor FA as a synapsin I kinase in the regulation of axonal transport process of synaptic vesicles via the promotion of vesicles motility during neurotransmission.
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PMID:Identification of the ATP.Mg-dependent protein phosphatase activator (FA) as a synapsin I kinase that inhibits cross-linking of synapsin I with brain microtubules. 133 16

Two plasminogen activators (PAs): tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) and urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA), as well as the type-1 plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) are synthesized and secreted by rat astrocytes. Preliminary studies suggest that PA activity plays a role in astrocyte development and differentiation. We have examined the regulation of the PA system by the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) and protein kinase C (PKC) in purified rat astrocyte cultures. PKA activity was increased by exposing cultured astrocytes to forskolin or dibutyryl cyclic AMP, whereas PKC activity was stimulated with phorbol-12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). Activation of both second-messenger pathways produced a time- and dose-dependent increase in the total PA activity. However, based on SDS-PAGE/zymography we found that forskolin increased t-PA activity and reduced u-PA activity, whereas PMA treatment caused a significant increase in u-PA activity without altering t-PA activity. Reverse zymography analysis revealed that astrocyte PAI-1 activity is decreased by forskolin and increased by PMA. Together, these results demonstrate that the components of the PA system in rat astrocytes are independently and reciprocally regulated by PKA and PKC. Our findings raise the possibility that the plasminogen activator system could be involved in some of the actions of growth factors and/or neuromodulators that modulate PKC or PKA in astrocytes.
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PMID:Regulation of plasminogen activators and type-1 plasminogen activator inhibitor by cyclic AMP and phorbol ester in rat astrocytes. 133 67

We have previously identified and characterized regulatory (R) subunits of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase, particularly the RII subunits in rat tissues (Jahnsen, T., Lohmann, S. M., Walter, U., Hedin, L., and Richards, J. S. (1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 15980-15987; Jahnsen, T., Hedin, L., Lohmann, S. M., Walter, U., and Richards, J. S. (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261, 6637-6639; Jahnsen, T., Hedin, L., Kidd, V. J., Beattie, W. G., Lohmann, S. M., Walter, U., Durica, J., Schulz, T. Z., Schiltz, E., Browner, M., Lawrence, C. B., Goldman, D., Ratoosh, S. L., and Richards, J. S. (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261, 12352-12361). These studies showed that rat RII alpha and RII beta had apparent molecular masses of 54 and 52 kDa, respectively. The aim of the present study was to purify and characterize cAMP-dependent protein kinase R subunits in human testis and to examine which of the subunits (mRNAs and proteins) are present in this tissue. Our results show that human testis contains mRNAs for five out of the seven known subunits of cAMP-dependent protein kinase. We observed strong expression of mRNAs for RI alpha (1.5 and 3.2 kilobases (kb)), RII alpha (2.2, 2.4, and 7.0 kb), and RII beta (3.3 kb). We also demonstrated mRNAs for two of the three catalytic subunits, C alpha (2.7 kb) and C gamma (1.7 kb). Purification of R subunits by DEAE-cellulose and cAMP affinity chromatography revealed three distinct forms with apparent molecular masses of 49, 51, and 53 kDa, respectively. Characterization of these R subunits by their 8-azido-cAMP photoaffinity labeling and immunoreactivity, as well as by a phosphorylation-dependent mobility shift on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), indicated subunit sizes of RII beta (53 kDa) greater than RII alpha dephosphoform (51 kDa) greater than RI alpha (49 kDa). This conclusion was verified by the analysis of RII subunits produced by in vitro transcription/translation of full-length cDNAs for both human RII alpha and RII beta in wheat germ lysates. The in vitro translated products were the same size as the purified human testis subunits, and only the smallest RII subunit (RII alpha) revealed a distinct mobility shift on SDS-PAGE after phosphorylation/dephosphorylation. This study supports the conclusion that the mobilities of human RII subunits (RII alpha, RII beta) on SDS-PAGE are reversed in contrast with those of other species such as rat and bovine.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Identification, purification, and characterization of subunits of cAMP-dependent protein kinase in human testis. Reverse mobilities of human RII alpha and RII beta on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis compared with rat and bovine RIIs. 154 18

To assess the possible functional role of single-strand DNA-binding (SSB) proteins in eucaryotic cell, a comparative study was made of SSB-proteins isolated from chromatin and the nonchromatin fractions of Ehrlich ascites tumour (EAT) cells. No appreciable differences between the two groups could be found either in SDS-gel electrophoretic patterns or in the ssDNA-binding capacity and stimulation of DNA replication in permeable EAT cells. However, the chromatin SSB-proteins incorporated 1.4-times more labelled phosphate in vivo; phosphate assays in the isolated chromatin and nonchromatin SSB-proteins yielded ca. 3 and 2 moles Pi/mole protein, respectively. Both preparations could be further phosphorylated in vitro with Ca-phospholipid-dependent protein kinase and the catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase, but the non-chromatin proteins were phosphorylated to a greater degree. In parallel with phosphorylation, the SSB-proteins displayed stronger binding to ssDNA cellulose. Phosphorylation may thus be a means of regulating the functions of SSB-proteins, in particular their interaction with chromatin.
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PMID:Properties of single-stranded DNA-binding proteins (SSB-proteins) from chromatin and nonchromatin fractions of Ehrlich ascites tumour: phosphorylation enhances the affinity of SSB-proteins for single-stranded DNA. 159 12

The regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase in yeast, encoded by the BCY1 gene, is known to be required under certain conditions such as growth on nonfermentable carbon sources and entry into stationary phase. We have identified novel isoforms of Bcy1 in cells under these conditions. The isoforms are distinguishable by their migration on one-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and 2-dimensional nonequilibrium pH gradient gel electrophoresis. The isoforms observed by one-dimensional SDS-PAGE bind cAMP, as determined by [32P]8-azido-cAMP labeling (diagnostic of Bcy1 protein). Proteins isolated from cells grown to stationary phase in rich medium exhibit five antibody-reactive bands, by one-dimensional SDS-PAGE immunoblot analysis, with apparent molecular masses of 50, 52, 55, 59 and 61 kDa. Total Bcy1 protein increases at least 8-fold between exponential and stationary phase. Analysis of proteins from a variety of yeast mutants indicated that 1) many of the observed modifications of Bcy1 are dependent upon the presence of the Ser-145 phosphorylation site; 2) the appearance of the 59- and 61-kDa bands is dependent upon the presence of Yak1 kinase; and 3) Bcy1 protein is modified even in the absence of cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunits. Cells carrying the bcy1(ala145) allele exhibit non-wild type growth, indicating that these modifications may be functionally significant.
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PMID:Bcy1, the regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase in yeast, is differentially modified in response to the physiological status of the cell. 165 93

Endogenous phosphorylation of proteins in cell suspensions of collecting tubes was studied. Using SDS disc electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel with subsequent autoradiography, it was shown that vasopressin increases the 32P incorporation into two proteins with molecular masses of 15 kDa and 33 kDa, which serve as endogenous substrates for cAMP-dependent protein kinase. The hormone-dependent phosphorylation of these proteins was typical of the membrane fraction of collecting tube cells but was absent in the cytosolic fraction. The results obtained are suggestive of the direct involvement of vasopressin in the regulation of membrane protein phosphorylation by cAMP-dependent protein kinase which may increase the permeability of cells for H2O.
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PMID:[Phosphorylation of proteins in collecting tube cells under the effect of vasopressin]. 165 15

The hematoxylin-stainable protein (HSP) in keratohyalin granules of the newborn rat epidermis was found to have the same amino acid composition and the same inhibitory and immunological properties as cystatin alpha. However, only its pI value (4.7) differed from that of cystatin alpha (5.3). Alkaline phosphatase treatment of HSP changed its pI value from 4.7 to 5.3. This pI change was inhibited by EDTA, an inhibitor of alkaline phosphatase. Furthermore, 32P from [gamma-32P]ATP was incorporated into recombinant cystatin alpha by a protein kinase C (PKC) preparation in the presence of phosphatidyl serine and Ca2+ ions as co-factors. The incorporation increased dose-dependently with the added cystatin alpha and was inhibited significantly by H-7, a specific inhibitor of PKC. SDS-PAGE autoradiography of the 32P-labeled proteins showed that 32P was incorporated into the cystatin alpha. This incorporation was not observed by the action of cAMP-dependent protein kinase. Therefore, it is highly possible that the HSP is a phosphorylated cystatin alpha and that the phosphorylation is catalyzed specifically by PKC.
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PMID:Identification of hematoxylin-stainable protein in epidermal keratohyalin granules as phosphorylated cystatin alpha by protein kinase C. 171 84


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