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Query: EC:2.7.11.13 (protein kinase C)
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In the dog iris sphincter, muscarinic acetylcholine receptors are coupled either to the stimulation of phospholipase C and muscle contraction or to the stimulation of adenylate cyclase and muscle relaxation, this was found to be dependent upon the concentration of the muscarinic agonist. In contrast to the dog, muscarinic receptors in iris sphincters from different mammalian species were found to be coupled to phospholipase C and contraction at all concentrations of carbachol investigated (1-100 microM). In the dog sphincter, lower concentrations (less than 5 microM) of carbachol stimulated myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) production, inhibited cAMP formation and induced contraction, and higher concentrations (greater than 5 microM) enhanced cAMP formation, inhibited IP3 production and induced relaxation. The mechanisms for the stimulatory effects on cAMP formation through muscarinic receptors were investigated. Carbachol (25 microM) increased both basal and isoproterenol- and forskolin-stimulated cAMP levels. Atropine inhibited the carbachol-stimulated increase in cAMP levels in a dose-dependent manner with an IC50 of 9 nM. Intracellular Ca2+, derived from IP3-induced Ca2+ release and/or from muscarinic receptor-operated Ca2+ influx, and protein kinase C may mediate the muscarinic receptor-linked rise in intracellular cAMP. This conclusion is supported by the following findings. (1) At short time intervals (less than 1 min) carbachol (25 microM) increased IP3 production and contraction and this was followed (between 1 and 20 min) by cAMP formation and muscle relaxation. (2) Carbachol-stimulated IP3 production was detected at a concentration of the agonist 26-fold lower than that required for cAMP formation, and it was completely blocked by the phorbol ester, phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (50 nM). (3) A Ca(2+)-calmodulin stimulated adenylate cyclase was demonstrated in membranes from dog iris sphincter but not in that from rabbit and bovine. (4) Trifluoperazine (0.1 microM), a calmodulin antagonist, inhibited the carbachol-stimulated cAMP accumulation. (5) The Ca2+ ionophore A23187 and the phorbol ester increased cAMP production in a dose-dependent manner. A23187 potentiated cAMP production induced by either carbachol or by the phorbol ester. (6) Muscarinic stimulation of cAMP production persisted even after the tissue was pretreated with the phorbol ester or staurosporine. (7) Nifedipine (0.01-0.5 microM), a Ca2+ channel antagonist, inhibited carbachol stimulation of cAMP production, suggesting the presence of a muscarinic receptor-operated Ca2+ influx pathway in this tissue.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Carbachol stimulates adenylate cyclase and phospholipase C and muscle contraction-relaxation in a reciprocal manner in dog iris sphincter smooth muscle. 132 47

Trifluoperazine, a calmodulin antagonist, suppressed the clofibric acid-evoked induction of the peroxisomal cyanide-insensitive fatty acyl-CoA oxidizing system and carnitine acetyltransferase in rat liver and also in cultured rat hepatocytes. H-7, a potent inhibitor of protein kinase C, also suppressed the induction of these enzymes by clofibric acid, bezafibrate, Wyl4,643 or mono(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate in cultured rat hepatocytes. This suppressive effect was also confirmed by the protein composition of hepatocytes treated with clofibric acid and these antagonists, where the increase in the amount of peroxisomal bifunctional enzyme by peroxisome proliferator was markedly suppressed by above two antagonists. Profile of the time-dependent changes in the activities of the two enzymes after clofibric acid treatment showed that there might be two phases in the induction process. The initial phase (0-3 days after the treatment) showed a relative low inducing rate and subsequent phase (3-5 days after the treatment) showed an abrupt induction. The suppressive effect of the above two antagonists was significant in the later phase. In a time course study of the induction process of peroxisomal catalase, bifunctional enzyme or 69 kDa integral membrane protein using immunochemical detection, the induction of the membrane protein by clofibric acid was delayed compared with that of the bifunctional enzyme, where the induction was inhibited almost completely by nicardipine. These experimental results suggest that calmodulin- and protein kinase C-dependent processes play an important role in the process of marked induction of peroxisomal enzymes and membrane protein by drugs in rat liver.
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PMID:Involvement of calmodulin- and protein kinase C-related mechanism in an induction process of peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation-related enzymes by hypolipidemic peroxisome proliferators. 159 Dec 74

The effect of Ca2+ and calmodulin on phosphorylation of islet secretory granule proteins was studied. Secretory granules were incubated in a phosphorylation reaction mixture containing [32P]ATP and test reagents. The 32P-labeled proteins were resolved by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, the 32P content was visualized by autoradiography, and the relative intensities of specific bands were quantitated. When the reaction mixture contained EGTA and no added Ca2+, 32P was incorporated into two proteins with molecular weights of 45,000 and 13,000. When 10(-4) M Ca2+ was added without EGTA, two additional proteins (58,000 and 48,000 Mr) were phosphorylated, and the 13,000-Mr protein was absent. The addition of 2.4 microM calmodulin markedly enhanced the phosphorylation of the 58,000- and 48,000-Mr proteins and resulted in the phosphorylation of a major protein whose molecular weight (64,000 Mr) is identical to that of one of the calmodulin binding proteins located on the granule surface. Calmodulin had no effect on phosphorylation in the absence of Ca2+ but was effective in the presence of calcium between 10 nM and 50 microM. Trifluoperazine and calmidazolium, calmodulin antagonists, produced a dose-dependent inhibition of the calmodulin effect. 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate, a phorbol ester that activates protein kinase C, produced no increase in phosphorylation, and 1-(5-isoquinoline sulfonyl)-2-methyl piperazine dihydrochloride, an inhibitor of protein kinase C, had no effect. These results indicate that Ca(2+)-calmodulin-dependent protein kinases and endogenous substrates are present in islet secretory granules.
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PMID:Ca(2+)-calmodulin-dependent phosphorylation of islet secretory granule proteins. 190 48

The making and sealing of a tight junction (TJ) requires cell-cell contacts and Ca2+, and can be gauged through the development of transepithelial electrical resistance (TER) and the accumulation of ZO-1 peptide at the cell borders. We observe that pertussis toxin increases TER, while AIF3 and carbamil choline (carbachol) inhibit it, and 5-guanylylimidodiphosphate (GTPTs) blocks the development of a cell border pattern of ZO-1, suggesting that G-proteins are involved. Phospholipase C (PLC) and protein kinase C (PKC) probably participate in these processes since (i) activation of PLC by thyrotropin-1 releasing hormone increases TER, and its inhibition by neomycin blocks the development of this resistance; (ii) 1,2-dioctanoylglycerol, an activator of PKC, stimulates TER development, while polymyxin B and 1-(5-isoquinoline sulfonyl)-2-methyl-piperazine dihydrochloride (H7), which inhibit this enzyme, abolish TER. Addition of 3-isobutyl-1-methyl-xanthine, dB-cAMP or forskolin do not enhance the value of TER, but have just the opposite effect. Trifluoperazine and calmidazoline inhibit TER development, suggesting that calmodulin (CaM) also plays a role in junction formation. These results indicate that junction formation may be controlled by a network of reactions where G-proteins, phospholipase C, adenylate cyclase, protein kinase C and CaM are involved.
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PMID:Assembly and sealing of tight junctions: possible participation of G-proteins, phospholipase C, protein kinase C and calmodulin. 192 Mar 85

We studied the effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF), 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), and 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-glycerol (OAG) on cytoplasmic pH (pHi) and cell growth in cultured porcine thyroid cells. pHi was measured using 2',7'-bis(2-carboxyethyl-5,6-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF), an internalized fluorescent pH indicator. EGF, TPA, and OAG alkalinized the thyroid cells and stimulated their growth. These EGF-, TPA-, and OAG-stimulated cell alkalinization and growth depended on extracellular Na concentrations and were inhibited by amiloride, an inhibitor of Na(+)-H+ exchanger, indicating that EGF-, TPA-, and OAG-stimulated cell alkalinization and growth may occur through activation of Na(+)-H+ exchange. Alkalinization seems to be involved in thyroid cell growth. TPA (a tumor-promoting phorbol ester) and OAG (synthetic diacylglycerol), both potent activators of protein kinase C, imitate the action of EGF in rapidly elevating pHi and stimulating cell growth in thyroid cells. Trifluoperazine, an inhibitor of protein kinase C, inhibited EGF-, TPA-, and OAG-stimulated cell alkalinization and growth. The data suggest that activation of protein kinase C may be involved in the mechanism of EGF-stimulated cell alkalinization and growth of the thyroid cells.
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PMID:Stimulation of porcine thyroid cell alkalinization and growth by EGF, phorbol ester, and diacylglycerol. 231 41

Hormonal activation and inhibition of the GH4Cl1 cell adenylate cyclase complex is delineated. In the presence of the guanyl nucleotide GTP, enzyme activity was enhanced twofold by thyroliberin, sixfold by vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), twofold by prostaglandin E2 and twofold by isoproterenol. The diterpene, forskolin, increased, the activity 14-fold. In the presence of high GTP (400 microM) and NaCl (150 mM) concentrations, somatostatin inhibited (ED50 = 0.5 microM) the cyclase activity by 40%. In the presence of 10 microM somatostatin, the ED50 values (5 nM) for thyroliberin- and VIP-stimulated adenylate cyclase activities were shifted to 20 nM. Forskolin-elicited activation was, however, not affected by somatostatin. Cholera-toxin and pertussis-toxin pretreatment of the enzyme brought about some 20-fold and twofold activation, respectively. Inhibition by somatostatin was abolished upon pre-exposure to pertussis toxin. Mild alkylation by N-ethylmaleimide increased basal and hormone-activated adenylate cyclase while somatostatin again failed to express its inhibitory potential. Further alkylation caused a gradual decline and convergence of hormone-modulated cyclase activities towards zero. The N-ethylmaleimide-induced attenuation of thyroliberin-elicited activity was paralleled by a decrease in [3H]thyroliberin binding. Trifluoperazine and an anti-calmodulin serum reduced basal and net thyroliberin-, VIP- and forskolin-enhanced cyclase activities by some 30%, 100%, 70% and 80%, respectively. The Vmax of basal and thyroliberin-stimulated adenylate cyclase was diminished by 65%, leaving the apparent Km values (7.2 mM and 2.6 mM, respectively) for Mg2+ unaltered. Finally, the phorbol ester 12-O-tetra-decanoyl-phorbol 13-acetate (TPA) doubled the activity. This effect was counteracted by the protein kinase C inhibitor, polymyxin B, while thyroliberin-enhanced adenylate cyclase remained unaffected. In summary, we have described an adenylate cyclase with stimulatory (Rs) and inhibitory (Ri) receptors coupled to a calmodulin-sensitive holoenzyme through the Gs and Gi type of GTP-binding proteins. The ratio of the Gs to Gi is high. It appears that the GH4C1 cell adenylate cyclase is also activated by protein kinase C by interference with Gi. Apparently, thyroliberin activates the cyclase both directly through Gs and indirectly via protein kinase C stimulation.
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PMID:Hormone-sensitive adenylate cyclase of prolactin-producing rat pituitary adenoma (GH4C1) cells: molecular organization. 290 68

The regulation of T4 5'-deiodinase activity was studied in cultured GH4C1 cells. Enzyme activity was measured in cell sonicates as the release of radioiodide from [125I]T4. Enzyme activity was stimulated 2- to 3-fold by hypothyroid serum and activators of protein kinase C, such as TRH and phorbol esters. The hypothyroid serum effect was maximal by 3 h, whereas TRH and phorbol esters required 6 h to achieve a maximal effect. The hypothyroid serum effect was gone within 4 h of returning the cells to control medium. In contrast, the TRH and phorbol ester effects persisted 24-48 h after removal of those agents. Both T4 and rT3 were at least as potent as T3 in blocking the effect of hypothyroid serum. The stimulation of 5'-deiodinase induced by hypothyroid serum was additive with that induced by kinase C activators. Trifluoperazine blocked the effect of TRH and phorbol esters, but not that of hypothyroid serum. It is concluded that stimulation of 5'-deiodinase activity can occur by at least two independent mechanisms: one involving hypothyroidism and another involving activation of protein kinase C. The relative potencies of various iodothyronines for abolishing the hypothyroid effect differ markedly from the relative binding affinities of these agents for the nuclear T3 receptor, suggesting that this thyroid hormone effect may not be mediated by the classical nuclear thyroid hormone receptor.
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PMID:Regulation of thyroxine 5'-deiodinase by thyroid hormones and activators of protein kinase C in GH4C1 cells. 300 18

Trifluoperazine (TFP), a potent inhibitor of calmodulin action, at a concentration of 12 microM decreased the stimulating effects of insulin on 1) fat cell pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) activation, 2) generation/action of PDH activator by adipocyte plasma membranes, and 3) insulin-induced loss of insulin receptors, without altering spermine-induced activation of fat cell PDH or preventing insulin stimulation of glucose oxidation. In addition to these effects on insulin action, TFP abolished several biological actions of the insulin-generated PDH stimulator from liver particulate fractions. These actions include fat cell PDH activation and decrease in receptors. These data indicate that TFP inhibits both membrane-associated and intracellular components of insulin action. The results suggest involvement of calcium-binding protein (calmodulin) and/or phospholipid dependent-calcium activated protein kinase C in some of the actions of insulin in fat cells. The insulin effect on glucose oxidation appears to be less dependent on these mediators.
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PMID:Effect of trifluoperazine on the action of insulin in rat adipocytes. 351 Jan 18

Phosphorylation of a 47 kDa protein in human neutrophils is induced by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), opsonized latex beads, fMet-Leu-Phe, calcium ionophore A23187 and fluoride. All of these stimuli activate the specialized microbicidal respiratory burst of neutrophils, and in each case the kinetics of activation correspond with the kinetics of phosphorylation of the 47 kDa protein. Trifluoperazine (50 microM) and chlorpromazine (100 microM), inhibitors of calmodulin and protein kinase C, abolish the increase in oxygen consumption and selectively prevent phosphorylation of the 47 kDa protein after PMA stimulation. Treatment of neutrophils with pertussis toxin totally inhibits both superoxide production and phosphorylation of this protein in response to fMet-Leu-Phe, but not in response to PMA, indicating that a GTP-binding protein modulates the fMet-Leu-Phe receptor signal. Phosphorylation of the 47 kDa protein, a phenomenon absent from the neutrophils of subjects with autosomal recessive chronic granulomatous disease, which lack the respiratory burst, appears to be the common trigger for activation of the burst in normal neutrophils.
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PMID:Further evidence for the involvement of a phosphoprotein in the respiratory burst oxidase of human neutrophils. 382 24

Trifluoperazine, chlorpromazine and other drugs known to inhibit calmodulin-dependent processes are also known to inhibit protein kinase C. The effect of these agents on secretion evoked by known activators of C-kinase has been studied in human platelets loaded with the fluorescent Ca indicator, quin2 and preincubated with aspirin. The secretory response stimulated by phorbol ester and exogenous diacylglycerol, at basal levels of cytoplasmic free Ca2+, [Ca2+]i, was suppressed by trifluoperazine, chlorpromazine and W-7, as was the secretion evoked by collagen that occurs without a change in [Ca2+]i. The response to thrombin, which is accompanied by elevated [Ca2+]i was barely affected. Modest elevation of [Ca2+]i by Ca ionophore was able to overcome the inhibitory effect of these drugs on the response to phorbol ester, diacylglycerol, and collagen.
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PMID:Trifluoperazine and chlorpromazine block secretion from human platelets evoked at basal cytoplasmic free calcium by activators of C-kinase. 622 39


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