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Recently, it was shown that lipoprotein lipase (LPL) was produced in neonatal but not in adult rat liver. In an attempt to further define the mechanism involved in liver LPL expression, we identified a neonatal mouse hepatoma cell line, BWTG3, capable of producing LPL. The regulation of LPL expression by various extracellular stimuli was investigated in this cell line. Progesterone caused a rise in LPL production by BWTG3 cells. Other hormones tested, such as insulin, glucagon, adrenalin, testosterone, and thyroid hormone, had no effect on LPL production. The effects of progesterone on LPL production showed slow kinetics reaching a maximum 24 h after addition. Cotransfection of a progesterone receptor expression vector with a 5'-LPL-CAT reporter construct resulted in an induction of CAT activity, suggesting that the increase in LPL accumulation after progesterone was linked to transcriptional induction of the LPL gene. Stimuli causing an elevation of protein kinase A activity in the cells also increased LPL production. Three agents capable of elevating intracellular cAMP levels, i.e., forskolin, dBcAMP, and choleratoxin, caused an elevation of LPL production. The increase in LPL activity caused by forskolin and choleratoxin was paralleled by an elevation of LPL mRNA levels, while dBcAMP only induced a small elevation of LPL mRNA levels. The increase in LPL production was shown to be linked to the stimulation of the PKA signal transduction pathway and was apparently transmitted via the transcription factor CREB. No effect of the stimulation of protein kinase C or calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase on LPL production was detected.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Lipoprotein lipase expression in undifferentiated hepatoma cells is regulated by progesterone and protein kinase A. 132 33

We have previously shown that basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) inhibits the FSH-induced differentiation of cultured rat granulosa cells, as manifested by prominent reduction of the LH receptor expression. We now investigate the possible sites and mechanism of action of bFGF. Whereas bFGF decreased the cAMP formation induced by FSH, it enhanced the cAMP production caused by cholera toxin and forskolin, suggesting that bFGF exerted its inhibitory action on cell differentiation at a step to cAMP production. Photoaffinity labeling with 8-azido-[32P]cAMP revealed that bFGF markedly reduced the FSH-induced increase in the level of regulatory subunit RII beta of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) type II. In contrast to its striking effect on RII beta expression (70-80% inhibition), bFGF decreased PKA enzymatic activity by only 30%. On the other hand, transforming growth factor-beta (TGF beta) slightly amplified the stimulatory action of FSH and antagonized the bFGF inhibitory effect on both LH receptor expression and RII beta synthesis. We report that the protein kinase C (PKC) activator 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), which impaired granulosa cell differentiation, also abolished the RII beta synthesis induced by FSH. The activation of PKC by bFGF in granulosa cells was supported by the following findings: (i) bFGF markedly enhanced the production of diacylglycerol (2.3-fold stimulation at 5 min), the intracellular activator of PKC; (ii) bFGF promoted tight association of PKC to cellular membranes, a process that is believed to correlate with the enzyme activation; (iii) bFGF induced the phosphorylation of an endogenous M(r) 78,000/pI 4.7 protein that appears as a specific PKC substrate; (iv) bFGF mimicked the TPA-induced transmodulation of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor, reducing by 36% the 125I-EGF binding on granulosa cells. We conclude that bFGF may exert its repressive action on RII beta synthesis, PKA activity, and granulosa cell differentiation by primarily targeting PKC activation.
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PMID:Regulation of cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase activity and regulatory subunit RII beta content by basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) during granulosa cell differentiation: possible implication of protein kinase C in bFGF action. 132 4

The actin cytoskeleton of mesangial cells (MC) plays an important role in the contractile response to agonists as well as in the endocytosis of macromolecules. A quantitative study of the F-actin content of MC by the rhodamine-phalloidin binding assay was carried out. Angiotensin II (ANG II) (10(-6) M) significantly increased the F-actin content of MC by 30 min and at later time periods, with increases ranging from 31 to 46%. Arginine vasopressin (10(-8) M) produced a transient decrease of F-actin content of MC at 30 s but then significantly enhanced the F-actin content at later time periods. There was no change in total actin and protein content of MC at 30 min in the presence of either agent. Thus, the increase in F-actin is related to a shift in the G- to F-actin ratio and not to the synthesis of new F-actin. Because the incubation of MC with 1 (5-isoquinolinylsulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine, an inhibitor of protein kinase C, did not attenuate the ANG II-induced increase in the F-actin content of MC, the shift does not appear to be mediated by the activation of protein kinase C. The removal of external calcium did not prevent the increase in F-actin. Dibutyryl cAMP (5 x 10(-4) M), a smooth muscle cell and MC relaxant, did not alter the F-actin content in MC, and 10(-5) M cytochalasin B significantly lowered F-actin content.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Effects of angiotensin II and arginine vasopressin on F-actin content of cultured mesangial cells. 132 58

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a 17-kDa protein produced by endotoxin-stimulated macrophages. We have demonstrated that recombinant human TNF activates human macrophages to kill intracellular bacteria of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) in a dose-related manner. TNF also primed macrophages to produce superoxide anion (O2-) following treatment with phorbol esther PMA (0.1 micrograms/ml). To investigate the intracellular pathway involved in the TNF-mediated activation of mycobacteriostatic/mycobactericidal activity in macrophages, we used two different protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitors: H7 (10(-5)-10(7) M) and staurosporine (10(-7)-10(-9) M). Mellitin (1 and 100 mM) was used as a calmodulin inhibitor. Human peripheral blood-derived macrophages cultured for 7 days were treated with H7, mellitin, or staurosporine for 1 hr prior to incubation with TNF (10(3) U/ml). Twenty-four hours after treatment with TNF the O2- release was measured spectrophotometrically following exposure to PMA. Macrophages were infected with MAC and the viable intracellular bacilli were quantitated following 4 days of treatment with TNF. All PKC inhibitors suppressed O2- production after incubation with PMA. However, treatment with either PKC or calmodulin inhibitors did not influence the intracellular killing of M. avium by TNF-stimulated macrophages. Exposure of the macrophages to cGMP inhibitor but not to cAMP inhibitor significantly impaired the response to the stimulation with TNF. In contrast, incubation of macrophages with protein kinase A (PKA) had no effect on TNF-mediated mycobacteriostatic/mycobactericidal activity. These results suggest that the TNF-mediated mycobactericidal activity in cultured macrophages probably occurs by a PKC-independent mechanism.
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PMID:Tumor necrosis factor alpha stimulates mycobactericidal/mycobacteriostatic activity in human macrophages by a protein kinase C-independent pathway. 132 40

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

Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (100 nM), a potent protein kinase C and macrophage activator, has a biphasic affect on 25(OH)D3-1 alpha-hydroxylase activity in synovial fluid macrophages from arthritis patients. After 5 h, 1 alpha, 25(OH)D3 synthesis fell from 5.2 +/- 0.1 to 1.6 +/- 0.2 pmol/h per 10(6) cells, however, after 24 h and 48 h, synthesis increased to 17.4 +/- 0.3 and 22.3 +/- 1.4 pmol/h per 10(6) cells, respectively. Although an independent short-term mechanism is suggested, protein kinase C may promote macrophage activation, thus increasing long-term 25(OH)D3-1 alpha-hydroxylase expression. Intracellular calcium and cAMP are unlikely to activate the enzyme, since 0.1 microM of the calcium ionophore, A23187, and 1 mM dibutyryl-cAMP inhibited synthesis by 87% and 79%, respectively, after 24 h.
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PMID:Regulation of 1 alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 synthesis in macrophages from arthritic joints by phorbol ester, dibutyryl-cAMP and calcium ionophore (A23187). 132 76

The human CD45R0+ (memory) CD4+ T cell population can be subdivided into a large (82%) CD27+ and a small (18%) CD27- subset. Within the CD45R0+CD27- subset, cells accumulate that have been persistently stimulated by Ag in vivo. As an apparent consequence, TLC with a differentiated functional phenotype, producing either high levels of IFN-gamma (Th1-like), high levels of IL-4 (Th2-like) or high amounts of both these cytokines (here referred to as Thx) can primarily be generated from the CD27- memory CD4+ T cell subset. In this study we examined the requirements for induction of proliferation of distinct CD4+CD45R0+ Th subsets. Immobilized CD3 mAb induced proliferation with comparable magnitude and kinetics in all types of TLC. However, interference with intracellular signaling pathways in this activation system, resulted in a strong inhibition of proliferation in TLC derived from CD27+ cells whereas, in contrast, TLC from CD27- cells were relatively resistant to elevation of [cAMP]i, inhibition of protein kinase C activation and the immunosuppressive effects of cyclosporin A. Stimulation with CD3 mAb in soluble form resulted in Il-4 secretion by Th2-like and Thx-type TLC but did not induce IFN-gamma or Il-2 secretion in any Th subset. Interestingly, Th2-like cells but not Thx-type cells were able to use endogenously produced Il-4 for proliferation. These data demonstrate a differential sensitivity of CD45R0+CD4+ Th subsets for immune activation and suppression, which correlated with their maturation stage, as reflected by CD27 membrane expression, as well as with their effector phenotype.
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PMID:Maturation- and differentiation-dependent responsiveness of human CD4+ T helper subsets. 132 87

Diacylglycerol acyltransferase from rat adipose tissue is shown to be inactivated by 30 to 40% upon incubation with adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) and Mg2+. The activity responsible for this inactivation is associated with the cytosolic fraction, specific for ATP, prevented when ATP is substituted by beta,gamma-methylene-ATP, and partially blocked by 1 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetate or 40 mM NaF, but not by inhibitors of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic-monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent protein kinase and/or protein kinase C (PKC). The cytosolic activity cannot be mimicked by (cAMP)-protein kinase nor by PKC. Inactivated diacylglycerol acyltransferase from ATP/cytosol-treated microsomes can be reactivated by incubation with partially purified protein phosphate from rat liver, and can be inactivated again by further addition of ATP in the presence of cytosol. The results suggest the existence in adipose tissue of a protein kinase other than cAMP-protein kinase or PKC, which may be involved in the regulation of triacylglycerol synthesis.
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PMID:Reversible ATP-dependent inactivation of adipose diacylglycerol acyltransferase. 132 97

The bovine 17 alpha-hydroxylase cytochrome P450 gene (CYP17) contains at least two cAMP-responsive sequences (CRS) within its 5'-flanking region. In this study it is demonstrated that one of the sequences, CRS1, is also a target for protein kinase C (PKC)-mediated regulation. Forskolin-induced, CRS1-dependent transcription of a heterologous minimal promoter/structural gene which had been transfected into the mouse adrenocortical tumor cell line Y1 was suppressed by activation of PKC by phorbol esters such as 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-14-acetate and phorbol 12,13-didecanoate-beta (PDD beta). Use of the active and inactive forms of PDD (PDD alpha and PDD beta) as well as down-regulation of PKC by prolonged treatment of the cells with 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-14-acetate demonstrated that the effect of phorbol esters on transcription conferred by CRS1 was mediated through the PKC pathway and not a consequence of general toxicity to the cells. Analysis of the different steps in the signal transduction pathway between the adenylate cyclase and the CRS1 element suggests that phrobol esters do not exert their effect by altering the forskolin-induced cAMP production, activation of PKA, or the binding of nuclear proteins to CRS1. These results establish the CRS1 element as a target not only for PKA, but also for the PKC-mediated signal transduction pathway. They further suggest that PKC interferes with the transcriptional activation competence of factors bound to CRS1 and the minimal promoter.
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PMID:A novel 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate-responsive sequence in the bovine CYP17 gene is a target of negative regulation by protein kinase C. 132 75

To evaluate directly the actions of cellular mediators on pepsinogen secretion, a nearly homogeneous population of dispersed chief cells was permeabilized using the bacterial toxin streptolysin O (30 IU/ml for 10 min). This resulted in the release of > 60% of cellular lactate dehydrogenase activity, whereas cellular pepsinogen levels were not altered. Examination of permeabilized cells using light and electron microscopy revealed preservation of cellular polarity and organelles. Pepsinogen secretion from permeabilized chief cells could be stimulated with increasing concentrations of calcium (300 nM to 10 microM), adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP; 1 microM to 1 mM), phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (10 nM to 1 microM), or by addition of carbamylcholine (0.1 mM) to the incubation solution. In the absence of calcium [0.4 mM ethylene glycol-bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid], activators of protein kinase C stimulated a two- to threefold increase in pepsinogen secretion, and potentiation of secretion was observed when these agents were combined with 0.3 and 1.0 microM calcium. In contrast to the effects of activators of protein kinase C, cAMP-induced pepsinogen secretion was observed only with calcium concentrations > or = 100 nM. Combinations of increasing concentrations of cAMP and calcium resulted in an additive secretory response. This study indicates the utility of streptolysin O-permeabilized chief cells for the study of signal transduction mechanisms that mediate pepsinogen secretion.
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PMID:Pepsinogen secretion from streptolysin O-permeabilized chief cells from guinea pig stomach. 132 51


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