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We have previously shown that the dispersion and aggregation of carotenoid droplets in goldfish xanthophores are regulated, respectively, by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of a carotenoid droplet protein p57. There is a basal level of p57 phosphorylation of p57 in unstimulated cells, which is greatly stimulated by adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) or cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) acting via cAMP-dependent protein kinase. We have also observed that, in permeabilized xanthophores, pigment dispersion can be induced when cAMP is replaced by fluoride. Since p57 has multiple phosphorylation sites, there is the question of whether all p57 phosphorylation is by cAMP-dependent protein kinase or whether phosphorylation by cAMP-independent protein kinase coupled with inhibition of phosphatase activity by fluoride can replace cAMP-dependent protein kinase and that the ability of fluoride to replace cAMP for pigment dispersion in permeabilized cells is probably due to activation of adenylcyclase. We also show that ACTH causes an approximately threefold increase in the level of cAMP in these cells.
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PMID:Phosphorylation of the carotenoid droplet protein p57 by the catalytic subunit of cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinase and the effect of fluoride. 255 10

This paper examines the modulation of insulin-stimulated glucose transport activity in rat adipose cells by ligands for receptors (R) that mediate stimulation (Rs; lipolytic) or inhibition (Ri; antilipolytic) of adenylate cyclase. The changes in glucose transport activity and cAMP, as assessed by 3-O-methylglucose uptake and (-/+) cAMP-dependent protein kinase (A-kinase) activity ratios, respectively, were monitored under conditions that maintain steady-state A-kinase activity ratios (Honnor, R. C., Dhillon, G. S., and Londos, C. (1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 15122-15129). Removal of endogenous adenosine with adenosine deaminase decreased insulin-stimulated glucose transport activity by approximately 30%, which was prevented or restored with Ri agonists such as phenylisopropyladenosine, nicotinic acid, and prostaglandin E1. These changes in transport activity were not accompanied by changes in A-kinase activity ratios, indicating that Ri-mediated effects on transport are independent of cAMP changes. Addition of an Rs ligand, isoproterenol, in the presence of adenosine increased kinase activity but did not change glucose transport activity. Conversely, upon removal of adenosine, addition of Rs ligands such as isoproterenol, adrenocorticotropic hormone, or glucagon strongly inhibited transport (approximately 50%) and stimulated kinase activity. However, subsequent addition of phenylisopropyladenosine nearly restored transport activity without alteration of A-kinase activity. These data and additional kinetic experiments suggest that Rs-mediated glucose transport modulations are also independent of cAMP. The interchangeability of ligands for both Rs and Ri receptors in modulating transport activity suggests that these cAMP-independent effects are mediated by the stimulatory (Ns) and inhibitory (Ni) guanyl nucleotide-binding regulatory proteins of adenylate cyclase. All Rs-and Ri-induced changes in transport activity occurred without a change in glucose transporter distribution, as assessed by D-glucose-inhibitable cytochalasin B binding, suggesting that Rs and Ri ligands modulate the intrinsic activity of the glucose transporter present in the plasma membrane.
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PMID:Regulation of insulin-stimulated glucose transport in the isolated rat adipocyte. cAMP-independent effects of lipolytic and antilipolytic agents. 302 4

The hormonal regulation of adenylate cyclase, cAMP-dependent protein kinase activation, and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secretion was studied in AtT20 mouse pituitary tumor cells. Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) stimulated cAMP accumulation and ACTH release in these cells. Maximal ACTH release was seen with 30 nM CRF and was accompanied by a 2-fold rise in intracellular cAMP. When cells were incubated with both 30 nM CRF and 0.5 mM 3-methylisobutylxanthine (MIX) cAMP levels were increased 20-fold, however, ACTH release was not substantially increased beyond release seen with CRF alone. The activation profiles of cAMP-dependent protein kinases I and II were studied by measuring residual cAMP-dependent phosphotransferase activity associated with immunoprecipitated regulatory subunits of the kinases. Cells incubated with CRF in the absence of MIX showed concentration-dependent activation of protein kinase I which paralleled stimulation of ACTH release. Protein kinase II was minimally activated. When cells were exposed to CRF in the presence of 0.5 mM MIX there was still a preferential activation of protein kinase I, although 50% of the cytosolic protein kinase II was activated. Complete activation of both protein kinases I and II was seen when cells were incubated with 0.5 mM MIX and 10 microM forskolin. Under these conditions cAMP levels were elevated 80-fold. CRF, isoproterenol, and forskolin stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in isolated membranes prepared from AtT20 cells. CRF and isoproterenol stimulated cyclase activity up to 5-fold while forskolin stimulated cyclase activity up to 15-fold. Our data demonstrate that ACTH secretion from AtT20 cells is mediated by small changes in intracellular levels of cAMP and activation of only a small fraction of the total cytosolic cAMP-dependent protein kinase in these cells is required for maximal ACTH secretion.
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PMID:Hormonal activation of the cAMP-dependent protein kinases in AtT20 cells. Preferential activation of protein kinase I by corticotropin releasing factor, isoproterenol, and forskolin. 608 93

The phosphorylation of rat adrenal protein components in response to adrenocorticotropin has been studied in adrenal quarters, isolated cells, and in vivo. In adrenal quarters, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-stimulated phosphorylation or dephosphorylation of proteins was not affected by the presence of protein synthesis inhibitors despite a total inhibition of steroidogenesis. (The term dephosphorylation refers to an apparent decrease in the labeling of a particular protein with 32P at various times after the addition of ACTH. This may be due to enzymatic removal of phosphate or protein degradation or complexation of this protein with another cellular component.) Studies with isolated cell preparations identified several proteins that are phosphorylated or dephosphorylated in response to hormone. These changes in phosphorylation were also observed in adrenal quarters and correlated well with ACTH-stimulated steroidogenesis as determined by temporal analysis and dose-response studies of corticosterone production. In vivo injection of male hypophysectomized rats with [32P]phosphate and ACTH demonstrated changes in the labeling of six adrenal proteins. Many of the proteins phosphorylated in vivo were also demonstrated to be phosphorylated in both in vitro systems. Finally, the injection of a physiological dose of ACTH appeared to selectively activate the type I cAMP-dependent protein kinase within the microsomal fraction as determined by the binding of a photoaffinity-labeled reagent. These results suggest that alterations in phosphorylation of adrenal proteins in response to ACTH is proximal to or independent of the obligatory role of protein synthesis in acute steroidogenesis.
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PMID:The phosphorylation of adrenal proteins in response to adrenocorticotropic hormone. 626 22

We used co-cultures of porcine ovarian granulosa cells and mouse adrenocortical tumor cells (Y-1) to examine the kinetics of contact-dependent intercellular signal transfer and to assess the molecular mechanisms employed by this process. Exposure to follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) caused cAMP-dependent protein kinase dissociation in granulosa cells and, with time, in Y-1 cells if, and only if, they contacted a responding granulosa cell. Y-1 cells close to a granulosa cell but not touching it failed to respond similarly. In reciprocal experiments, co-cultures were stimulated with adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). Y-1 cells dissociated protein kinase as did granulosa cells in contact with Y-1 cells; however, granulosa cells that were not in contact with Y-1 cells failed to respond to the hormone. Fluorogenic steroids were secreted by Y-1 cells cultured alone and stimulated with ACTH, but were not secreted by cultures exposed to FSH. Neither hormone caused fluorogenic steroid production by granulosa cells. On the other hand these steroids were secreted in co-cultures stimulated with ACTH and to a lesser degree in co-cultures exposed to FSH. Autoradiography revealed that I125-FSH bound only to granulosa cells, never to Y-1 cells, even if they were in contact with an ovarian cell. The possibility of cell fusion was tested by experiments in which Y-1 cell membranes were labeled with cationized ferritin. These cells were then placed in co-culture with ovarian granulosa cells that had previously been allowed to ingest latex spheres. At regions of gap junctions between Y-1 and granulosa cells ferritin remained attached to the adrenal cell membrane and was never observed to migrate to the granulosa cell membrane. From these data, we conclude that hormone specific stimulation of one cell type leads to protein kinase dissociation in heterotypic partners only if they contact a hormone responsive cell. This signal transfer is bidirectional, exhibits temporal kinetics and occurs in the absence of apparent cell fusion. The only structural feature connecting Y-1 and granulosa cells were gap junctions implying they provided the communication channels; however, alternative mechanisms cannot be excluded. We have not established the identity of the signal being transferred although cAMP is a logical candidate.
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PMID:Hormone-induced intercellular signal transfer dissociates cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. 632 20

The effects of Ca2+ on lipolysis and protein kinase activity in adipocytes from exercise-trained rats were investigated. Chronic exercise significantly increased lipolytic responses to norepinephrine and dibutyryl adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP). The inhibitory effects of N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalene sulfonamide (W-7), a calumodulin inhibitor, on norepinephrine- and dibutyryl cAMP-stimulated lipolysis were significantly greater in trained than in sedentary rats. Training did not alter cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity. However, the inhibitory effect of W-7 on cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity was much greater in trained than in sedentary rats. The basal intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) was significantly higher in trained than in sedentary rats. The rapid and transient increases in [Ca2+]i due to adrenocorticotropic hormone and phenylephrine from basal levels were significantly lower in trained than in sedentary rats. However, the higher basal [Ca2+]i level in trained rats led to increases in sustained [Ca2+]i levels after stimulation. We concluded that in trained rats the regulation of protein kinase activity by cAMP depends to a greater degree on Ca(2+)-calmodulin complex than it does in sedentary rats and that training alters adipocyte intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis, including [Ca2+]i responsiveness to hormones.
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PMID:Ca2+ and lipolysis in adipocytes from exercise-trained rats. 789

This review highlights contributions from my laboratory in which the sites and mechanisms of action of the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) in the adrenal cortex have been explored. Early studies showing that ACTH stimulates adrenal steroidogenesis by interacting with specific receptors at the cell surface are summarized. Next, the development of a strategy of genetic analysis to define the signalling events that follow ACTH interaction with its receptor is described. This strategy involved the isolation and characterization of mutant adrenal cell lines harboring specific defects in the ACTH-responsive steroidogenic pathway. I describe the isolation and characterization of several of these mutants and demonstrate how these mutants have helped to establish obligatory roles for adenylyl cyclase, cyclic AMP (cAMP), and cAMP-dependent protein kinase in the steroidogenic actions of ACTH. Finally, some of our studies on the regulated expression of the steroidogenic cytochrome P450 enzymes in Y1 adrenal cells are reviewed. These latter studies have led to the discovery of a novel promoter element and transcription factor (designated steroidogenic factor 1) that participates in the coordinate expression of these cytochrome P450 enzymes and that is required for their regulated expression by ACTH and cAMP.
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PMID:The 1994 Upjohn Award Lecture. Molecular and genetic approaches to the study of signal transduction in the adrenal cortex. 856 76

Bovine adrenal zona fasciculata (AZF) cells express a noninactivating K+ current (IAC) that is inhibited by adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) at picomolar concentrations. Inhibition of IAC may be a critical step in depolarization-dependent Ca2+ entry leading to cortisol secretion. In whole-cell patch clamp recordings from AZF cells, we have characterized properties of IAC and the signalling pathway by which ACTH inhibits this current. IAC was identified as a voltage-gated, outwardly rectifying, K(+)-selective current whose inhibition by ACTH required activation of a pertussis toxin-insensitive GTP binding protein. IAC was selectively inhibited by the cAMP analogue 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-pcpt-cAMP) with an IC50 of 160 microM. The adenylate cyclase activator forskolin (2.5 microM) also reduced IAC by 92 +/- 4.7%. Inhibition of IAC by ACTH, 8-pcpt-cAMP and forskolin was not prevented by the cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitors H-89 (5 microM), cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor peptide (PKI[5-24]) (2 microM), (Rp)-cAMPS (500 microM), or by the nonspecific protein kinase inhibitor staurosporine (100 nM) applied externally or intracellularly through the patch pipette. At the same concentrations, these kinase inhibitors abolished 8-pcpt-cAMP-stimulated A-kinase activity in AZF cell extracts. In intact AZF cells, 8-pcpt-cAMP activated A-kinase with an EC50 of 77 nM, a concentration 2,000-fold lower than that inhibiting IAC half maximally. The active catalytic subunit of A-kinase applied intracellularly through the recording pipette failed to alter functional expression of IAC. The inhibition of IAC by ACTH and 8-pcpt-cAMP was eliminated by substituting the nonhydrolyzable ATP analogue AMP-PNP for ATP in the pipette solution. Penfluridol, an antagonist of T-type Ca2+ channels inhibited 8-pcpt-cAMP-induced cortisol secretion with an IC50 of 0.33 microM, a concentration that effectively blocks Ca2+ channel in these cells. These results demonstrate that IAC is a K(+)-selective current whose gating is controlled by an unusual combination of metabolic factors and membrane voltage. IAC may be the first example of an ionic current that is inhibited by cAMP through an A-kinase-independent mechanism. The A-kinase-independent inhibition of IAC by ACTH and cAMP through a mechanism requiring ATP hydrolysis appears to be a unique form of channel modulation. These findings suggest a model for cortisol secretion wherein cAMP combines with two separate effectors to activate parallel steroidogenic signalling pathways. These include the traditional A-kinase-dependent signalling cascade and a novel pathway wherein cAMP binding to IAC K+ channels leads to membrane depolarization and Ca2+ entry. The simultaneous activation of A-kinase- and Ca(2+)-dependent pathways produces the full steroidogenic response.
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PMID:Adrenocorticotropic hormone and cAMP inhibit noninactivating K+ current in adrenocortical cells by an A-kinase-independent mechanism requiring ATP hydrolysis. 889 75

The adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) inhibits the growth of Y1 mouse adrenocortical tumor cells as well as normal adrenocortical cells in culture but stimulates adrenocortical cell growth in vivo. In this study, we investigated this paradoxical effect of ACTH on cell proliferation in Y1 adrenal cells and have unmasked a growth-promoting effect of the hormone. Y1 cells were arrested in the G1 phase of the cell cycle by serum starvation and monitored for progression through S phase by measuring [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA and by measuring the number of nuclei labeled with bromodeoxyuridine. Y1 cells were stimulated to progress through S phase and to divide after a brief pulse of ACTH (up to 2 h). This effect of ACTH appeared to be cAMP independent, since ACTH also induced cell cycle progression in Kin-8, a Y1 mutant with defective cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity. The growth-promoting effect of ACTH in Y1 was preceded by the rapid activation of p44 and p42 mitogen-activated protein kinases and by the accumulation of c-FOS protein. In contrast, continuous treatment with ACTH (14 h) inhibited cell cycle progression in Y1 cells by a cAMP-dependent pathway. The inhibitory effect of ACTH mapped to the midpoint of G1. Together, the results demonstrate a dual effect of ACTH on cell cycle progress, a cAMP-independent growth-promoting effect early in G1 possibly mediated by mitogen-activated protein kinase and c-FOS, and a cAMP-dependent inhibitory effect at mid-G1. It is suggested that the growth-inhibitory effect of ACTH at mid-G1 represents an ACTH-regulated check point that limits cell cycle progression.
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PMID:Unmasking a growth-promoting effect of the adrenocorticotropic hormone in Y1 mouse adrenocortical tumor cells. 936 63

Both urocortin (UCN) and corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) are known to stimulate secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) by corticotroph cells via type-1 corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor (CRHR-1). We extensively examined UCN effects on the anterior pituitary (AP), particularly on proopiomelanocortin (POMC) mRNA and CRHR-1 mRNA as well as ACTH secretion in vivo. Moreover, signal transduction with UCN exposure was assessed in AP cell cultures in comparison with transduction following CRH exposure. Intravenously administered of UCN (5 microg/kg) increased ACTH and corticosterone secretion. Similarly, intravenous administration of UCN increased POMC mRNA and decreased CRHR-1 mRNA in the AP. These UCN effects were more potent and long-lasting than those of CRH. The prominent effect of UCN on ACTH secretion in vivo was confirmed in AP cell cultures, where application of UCN stimulated ACTH release approximately 7 times more strongly than CRH. The effect of UCN on ACTH release was enhanced by phorbol esters which activate protein kinase C, but was reduced by the selective cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor, H-89. These results suggest that, as with CRH, UCN stimulates ACTH production and/or release through cAMP-dependent mechanisms, and that protein kinase C-dependent mechanism has a synergistic effect upon UCN-induced ACTH release. The more potent effects of UCN relative to CRH may be attributable to UCN's higher affinity for CRHR-1.
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PMID:Effect of urocortin on ACTH secretion from rat anterior pituitary in vitro and in vivo: comparison with corticotropin-releasing hormone. 973 15


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