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Query: EC:2.7.11.13 (
protein kinase C
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Human platelet thromboxane A2/prostaglandin H2 (TXA2/PGH2) receptors are linked to phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) via a G protein tentatively identified as a member of the Gq class. In contrast, platelet thrombin receptors appear to activate PI-
PLC
via other unidentified G proteins. Platelets from most dogs are TXA2 insensitive (TXA2-); i.e., they do not aggregate irreversibly or secrete although they bind TXA2, but they respond normally to thrombin. In contrast, a minority of dogs have TXA2-sensitive (TXA2+) platelets that are responsive to TXA2. To determine the mechanism responsible for TXA2- platelets, we evaluated receptor activation of PI-
PLC
. Equilibrium binding of TXA2/PGH2 receptor agonists, [125I]BOP and [3H]U46619, and antagonist, [3H]SQ29,548, revealed comparable high-affinity binding to TXA2-, TXA2+, and human platelets. U46619-induced PI-
PLC
activation was impaired in TXA2- platelets as evidenced by reduced (a) phosphorylation of the 47-kD substrate of
protein kinase C
, (b) phosphatidic acid (PA) formation, (c) rise in cytosolic calcium concentration, and (d) inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate (IP3) formation, while thrombin-induced PI-
PLC
activation was not impaired. GTPase activity stimulated by U46619, but not by thrombin, was markedly reduced in TXA2- platelets. Antisera to Gq class alpha subunits abolished U46619-induced GTPase activity in TXA2-, TXA2+, and human platelets. Direct G protein stimulation by GTP gamma S yielded significantly less PA and IP3 in TXA2- platelets. Immunotransfer blotting revealed comparable quantities of Gq class alpha-subunits in all three platelet types. Thus, TXA2- dog platelets have impaired PI-
PLC
activation in response to TXA2/PGH2 receptor agonists secondary to G protein dysfunction, presumably involving a member of the Gq class.
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PMID:Thromboxane-insensitive dog platelets have impaired activation of phospholipase C due to receptor-linked G protein dysfunction. 822 62
Angiotensin II (ANG II) in mesangial cells (MC) promotes phosphatidylinositol (PI) hydrolysis resulting in diacylglycerol (DAG)-mediated increases in
protein kinase C
(
PKC
) activity. The paucity of MC inositol lipid prompted us to consider whether phosphatidylcholine (PC) could sustain DAG formation. ANG II released choline and increased phosphatidylethanol (PEt) via PC-phospholipase D (PC-PLD). ANG II also stimulated phosphorylcholine consequent to PC-phospholipase C (PC-PLC) activation. ANG II-mediated PC hydrolysis augmented DAG for 30 min. PC breakdown was influenced by extracellular Ca2+, because Ni2+ partially inhibited ANG II-induced PEt and obliterated agonist-mediated DAG formation. The consequence of Ca2+ modulation of PC metabolism was investigated by measuring
PKC
activity. Ni2+ had no effect on early (PI-associated) activation by ANG II at 90 s but obviated translocation from cytosol to the membrane at 10 min. The pathway responsible for PC-associated DAG was studied in
PKC
downregulated cells. Whereas downregulation prevented PLD-mediated PEt elevation, ANG II-stimulated DAG formation in myristate-labeled cells was unaltered, indicating PC-
PLC
activation. In summary, ANG II stimulates PC-PLD and PC-
PLC
in MC. PC-PLD is tightly regulated by
PKC
, whereas PC-
PLC
is stringently controlled by extracellular Ca2+. ANG II mediated PC breakdown principally via PC-
PLC
provides a mechanism for maintaining elevated DAG levels and
PKC
activation.
...
PMID:Angiotensin-mediated phosphatidylcholine hydrolysis and protein kinase C activation in mesangial cells. 823
In rat membranous nephropathy, complement C5b-9 induces glomerular epithelial cell (GEC) injury and proteinuria. In cultured rat GEC, C5b-9 stimulates a phosphoinositide-directed phospholipase (PL) C and products of
PLC
downregulate C5b-9-mediated GEC injury. We now report that C5b-9-induced hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine (PC) provides an additional source of 1,2-diacylglycerol (DAG). PC was labeled in intact GEC by brief incubation with 1-O-[alkyl-3H]2-lyso-PC. Assembly of C5b-9 stimulated an increase in PC-derived [3H]DAG (173 +/- 18% control), which was reduced in GEC depleted of
protein kinase C
(
PKC
) by prolonged preincubation with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). Similar to C5b-9, [3H]DAG was released from PC after brief incubation of GEC with Ca2+ ionophore A23187 plus PMA. The increases in [3H]DAG induced by C5b-9 and A23187 plus PMA were paralleled by increases in DAG mass. C5b-9 also increased [3H]phosphatidic acid (PA; 182 +/- 37% control), but there was no significant interconversion of DAG and PA. Thus DAG probably originated via
PLC
. PC-directed
PLC
activity was also studied in GEC homogenates by release of [14C]DAG from exogenous 1-palmitoyl-2-[arachidonoyl-14C]PC.
PLC
activity was present at physiological Ca2+ concentration (200-1,200 nM), and PMA stimulated
PLC
activity in cell homogenates (in presence of ATP). These results demonstrate directly that PMA stimulates release of DAG from PC and are in keeping with the effect of PMA in [3H]lyso-PC-labeled GEC. Thus GEC contain a PC-directed
PLC
, whose activity is physiologically regulated and is present at nanomolar Ca2+ concentration. C5b-9 stimulates PC-directed
PLC
, leading to production of DAG. This DAG might trigger a mechanism for limiting injury during complement attack.
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PMID:Phosphatidylcholine-directed phospholipase C: activation by complement C5b-9. 823 84
Treatment of macrophages with zymosan, 4 beta-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and fluoride but not with A 23187 or arachidonic acid (delta Ach) leads to a generation of diacylglycerol (acyl2Gro). Formation of inositol phosphates is achieved with zymosan, only. An elevation of intracellular calcium is obtained with zymosan and A 23187 but not with PMA, fluoride or delta Ach. Prior treatment of the cells with phorbol ester for 3 h which has been shown recently to result in a down-regulation of protein kinase (PK) C-beta but not
PKC
-delta [Duyster, J., Schwende, H., Fitzke, E., Hidaka H. & Dieter P. (1993) Biochem. J. 292, 203-207] has no effect on the zymosan-induced formation of acyl2Gro or inositol phosphates but inhibits the PMA-induced generation of acyl2Gro. Down-regulation of
PKC
-delta by prior phorbol ester treatment for 24 h augments the zymosan-induced generation of acyl2Gro and inositol phosphates. The acyl2Gro lipase inhibitor RG 80267 inhibits the PMA-induced and fluoride-induced generation of prostaglandin (PG) E2, reduces the zymosan-induced release of PGE2 by 50% but has no effect on PGE2 formation of unstimulated, A 23187-treated or delta Ach-treated cells. Furthermore, RG 80267 enhances accumulation of delta Ach-labeled acyl2Gro in response to zymosan, PMA and fluoride. These data indicate that zymosan activates a phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate-specific phospholipase (PL) C, that generation of acyl2Gro by PMA and fluoride occurs via hydrolysis of other phospholipids, that PKC-beta is involved in the PMA-induced generation of acyl2Gro and
PKC
-delta negatively modulates the zymosan-induced activation of
PLC
and PMA and fluoride induce a liberation of delta Ach from acyl2Gro, A 23187 activates the PLA2 pathway and zymosan stimulates both, the acyl2Gro- and PLA2-pathway.
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PMID:Formation of diacylglycerol, inositol phosphates, arachidonic acid and its metabolites in macrophages. 826 66
Phospholipase C-gamma 1 (
PLC
-gamma 1; EC 3.1.4.11) hydrolyzes phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate to generate diacylglycerol and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and is activated in response to growth factor stimulation and tyrosine phosphorylation. Concomitantly, the enzyme translocates from the cytosol to the particulate cell fraction. A similar process of activation-induced translocation from the cytosol to the cell particulate fraction has also been described for
protein kinase C
(
PKC
). We have previously shown that activated
PKC
binds to specific receptor proteins, receptors for activated C kinase, or RACKs, of approximately 30 kDa. Here, we show that
PLC
-gamma 1 bound to these RACKs and inhibited subsequent
PKC
binding to RACKs. However, unlike
PKC
, the binding of
PLC
-gamma 1 to RACKs did not require phospholipids and calcium. After epidermal growth factor treatment of intact A-431 cells, the binding of
PLC
-gamma 1 to RACKs increased as compared with
PLC
-gamma 1 from control cells. This increase in
PLC
-gamma 1 binding to RACKs was due to the phosphorylation of
PLC
-gamma 1. Additional data indicated that
PLC
-gamma 1 binds to RACKs in solution; epidermal growth factor receptor-dependent
PLC
-gamma 1 phosphorylation and activation decreased in the presence of RACKs. It is possible that, in vivo,
PLC
-gamma 1 associates with RACKs or with other
PLC
-gamma 1-specific anchoring proteins in the particulate cell fraction. Since a
PKC
C2 homologous region is present in
PLC
-gamma 1, the C2 region may mediate the activation-induced translocation of the enzyme to the cell particulate fraction and the anchoring protein-
PLC
-gamma 1 complex may be the active translocated form of
PLC
-gamma 1.
...
PMID:Phospholipase C-gamma 1 binding to intracellular receptors for activated protein kinase C. 829 May 62
Guanosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate) (GTP gamma S), an activator of guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein), increased prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production in saponin permeabilized rat thymic epithelial cells, TEA3A1. Aluminum fluoride (A1F4-), a cell permeable G protein activator, also stimulated PGE2 production and arachidonic acid (AA) release from TEA3A1 cells. Using A1F4- instead of GTP gamma S as a G-protein activator, we have investigated the mechanism of G-protein mediated stimulation of PGE2 production in TEA3A1 cells. Results from our experiments indicate that G protein mediated activation of AA metabolism in TEA3A1 cells is regulated by two independent mechanisms. One is by the stimulation of AA release via the activation of PLA2 enzymatic activity through
PLC
and
PKC
mediated pathway and the other is by a concomitant inhibition of AA incorporation into membrane phospholipids.
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PMID:Guanine nucleotide-binding protein stimulates arachidonic acid metabolism in TEA3A1 thymic epithelial cells by stimulating release and inhibiting incorporation of arachidonic acid. 829 92
Staphylococcal exotoxins (SE) bind to MHC class II molecules and induce the production of IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha in human monocytic cells. Here we show that stimulation of peripheral blood monocytes with toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) induced rapid increase in tyrosine phosphorylation of cytosolic protein substrates, accumulation of inositol phosphates, and de novo tyrosine phosphorylation of the
PLC
-gamma 1 isozyme. Accumulation of inositol phosphates was inhibited by preincubation of cells with inhibitors of protein tyrosine kinases (PTK). Stimulation of monocytes with TSST-1 furthermore led to activation of
protein kinase C
(
PKC
). PTK and
PKC
activation plays a role in the induction of monokine gene transcription by SE because inhibitors of PTK and
PKC
reduced TSST-1-stimulated IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha gene expression. We therefore propose a model in which the induction of monokine gene transcription by TSST-1 in monocytes necessitates activation of tyrosine kinase(s) and of
PKC
, the latter probably by way of
PLC
-gamma 1.
...
PMID:Early activation events induced by the staphylococcal superantigen toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 in human peripheral blood monocytes. 829 29
Previous studies from this laboratory have demonstrated that endothelin-1 (ET) stimulates phosphatidylinositol (PI) hydrolysis, activates dihydropyridine-insensitive Ca2+ channels, and promotes prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) accumulation in cultured rat renal medullary interstitial cells (RMIC). The mechanism whereby ET augments PGE2 production was explored in the current study. ET-evoked PGE2 accumulation proceeded independent of large increments in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), derived from either extracellular or intracellular sources. Chelation of intracellular Ca2+ with 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid eliminated ET-evoked PGE2 production, indicating that eicosanoid production was nonetheless a Ca(2+)-requiring process. Nanomolar concentrations of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) alone did not stimulate PGE2 production, nor did PMA alter ET-stimulated PGE2 accumulation. Furthermore, downregulation of
protein kinase C
(
PKC
) by prolonged exposure of cells to PMA did not mitigate ET-mediated PGE2 production, demonstrating that
PKC
stimulation was not required for PGE2 production. ET stimulated PGE2 accumulation despite PI-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) inhibition by nanomolar concentrations of PMA, indicating that eicosanoid production was not a downstream event of PI hydrolysis. ET stimulated arachidonic acid metabolite release in parallel with a loss of label from membrane phospholipids. Phosphatidylethanolamine was the preferred substrate for ET-mediated activation of phospholipase A2 (PLA2). Immunocytochemical studies including immunostaining, immunoblotting, and immunoprecipitation confirmed the presence of cytosolic PLA2 (cPLA2) in RMIC. In summary, ET stimulation of PGE2 production in RMIC is mediated via agonist activation of cPLA2 independent of activation of PI-
PLC
, suggesting direct coupling to the ET receptor. Constitutive levels of [Ca2+]i rather than abrupt increments in [Ca2+]i are sufficient for activation of this receptor-effector system, with no obligatory requirement for
PKC
.
...
PMID:Mechanism of endothelin activation of phospholipase A2 in rat renal medullary interstitial cells. 830 84
Evidence has shown an activation of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) specific phospholipase C (PtdIns-
PLC
) by light in the vertebrate retina and rod outer segments (ROS), suggesting important roles for its two metabolites, 1,2-diacylglycerol (DG) and inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3]. DG activates
protein kinase C
(
PKC
) and Ins(1,4,5)P3 releases bound intracellular calcium. Since Ca2+ plays an important role in light adaptation, the presence of Ins(1,4,5)P3 receptors in ROS may indicate a regulatory role of Ins(1,4,5)P3 to the free Ca2+ content. In the present study, we investigated the Ins(1,4,5)P3 receptors in whole retinal membranes and several subcellular fractions prepared from bovine retinas. Scatchard analyses of binding data for retinal membrane preparations showed a single, high-affinity binding site with equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd) of 24 +/- 2 nM and maximal binding capacity (Bmax) of 353 +/- 15 fmol/mg protein at pH 7.4. Specific binding was found in both small and large synaptosomal preparations representing inner and outer plexiform layers, respectively. A detectable, but low abundance of Ins(1,4,5)P3-specific binding in ROS was observed at both pH 7.4 and 8.3, but no specific binding of Ins(1,4,5)P3 was found in isolated outer segment discs. The binding of Ins(1,4,5)P3 in ROS was reduced by addition of ATP, suggesting a regulatory role for this nucleotide. Addition of calcium, sodium, and potassium ions also reduced specific binding of Ins(1,4,5)P3. Immunocytochemical studies indicate intense staining in the inner segment and extending to the ROS. Inner and outer plexiform layers were also stained. These findings show that the Ins(1,4,5)P3 receptor is present in photoreceptor cells and inner and outer plexiform layers in the vertebrate retina.
...
PMID:Inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors in the vertebrate retina. 830 16
A variety of pathogenic bacteria produce phospholipases C, and since the discovery in 1944 that a bacterial toxin (Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin) possessed an enzymatic activity, there has been considerable interest in this class of proteins. Initial speculation that all phospholipases C would have lethal properties has not been substantiated. Most of the characterized enzymes fall into one of four groups of structurally related proteins: the zinc-metallophospholipases C, the sphingomyelinases, the phosphatidylinositol-hydrolyzing enzymes, and the pseudomonad phospholipases C. The zinc-metallophospholipases C have been most intensively studied, and lethal toxins within this group possess an additional domain. The toxic phospholipases C can interact with eukaryotic cell membranes and hydrolyze phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin, leading to cell lysis. However, measurement of the cytolytic potential or lethality of phospholipases C may not accurately indicate their roles in the pathogenesis of disease. Subcytolytic concentrations of phospholipase C can perturb host cells by activating the arachidonic acid cascade or
protein kinase C
. Nonlethal phospholipases C, such as the Listeria monocytogenes
PLC
-A, appear to enhance the release of the organism from the host cell phagosome. Since some phospholipases C play important roles in the pathogenesis of disease, they could form components of vaccines. A greater understanding of the modes of action and structure-function relationships of phospholipases C will facilitate the interpretation of studies in which these enzymes are used as membrane probes and will enhance the use of these proteins as models for eukaryotic phospholipases C.
...
PMID:Bacterial phospholipases C. 833 71
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