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Query: EC:2.7.11.13 (protein kinase C)
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The 130 kDa atrial natriuretic factor receptor (ANF-R1) purified from bovine adrenal zona glomerulosa is phosphorylated in vitro by serine/threonine protein kinases such as cAMP-, cGMP-dependent and protein kinase C. This phosphorylation is independent of the presence of ANF (99-126) and there is no detectable intrinsic kinase activity associated with the ANF-R1 receptor or with its activated form. In bovine adrenal zona glomerulosa cells, TPA (phorbol ester) induces a marked inhibition of the ANF-stimulated cGMP accumulation as well as of the membrane ANF-sensitive guanylate cyclase catalytic activity without any change in the binding capacity or affinity for 125I-ANF. However, we have demonstrated a significant 32P incorporation in the ANF-R1 receptor of the TPA-treated cells. The effect of TPA on the zona glomerulosa ANF-R1 receptors was abolished by calphostin C, a specific protein kinase C inhibitor. Altered ANF actions due to blunted response of guanylate cyclase to ANF could be a consequence of the ANF receptor phosphorylation by excessive activity of protein kinase C and might be involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension.
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PMID:Phosphorylation of atrial natriuretic factor R1 receptor by serine/threonine protein kinases: evidences for receptor regulation. 128 Mar 21

Preincubation of rat thoracic aortic smooth muscle cells with endothelin inhibits the atrial natriuretic factor (ANF)-induced cGMP accumulation in these cells in a concentration dependent manner. The maximal inhibition of 64% was afforded by 1 x 10(-6) M endothelin and the half maximal inhibition (IC50) was achieved with 1 x 10(-9) M endothelin. Endothelin (1 x 10(-6) M) also increased the plasma membrane bound protein kinase C (PKC) activity by 4 fold. Hormone-dependent increase in PKC activity was limited to plasma membranes only and some decrease in cytosolic PKC activity was observed. However, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) (1 x 10(-6)M) provoked a total loss of cytosolic PKC activity and a net gain in membranous PKC activity indicative of the translocation of the enzyme. Pretreatment of these cells with H-7, a PKC inhibitor, released the endothelin and PMA-mediated attenuation of ANF-stimulated cGMP formation. These results suggest that PKC is involved in the regulation of ANF-induced cGMP accumulation and that the vasoconstrictor activity of endothelin might involve inhibition of the vasorelaxant activity of ANF through the inhibition of cGMP accumulation in smooth muscle cells (SMCs) of the rat aorta.
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PMID:Endothelin inhibits the atrial natriuretic factor stimulated cGMP production by activating the protein kinase C in rat aortic smooth muscle cells. 131 17

Previous data suggest that atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and bradykinin (BK) interact to increase Na+ and water excretion. We propose that this interaction is due to a synergistic action that inhibits Na+ absorption in the distal nephron. We examined the effects of BK and ANF on transport by monolayers of a cortical collecting duct cell line, M-1. BK (10(-8) M) had no effect on short-circuit current (Isc). Similarly, ANF (10(-8) M) did not inhibit Isc. In contrast, Isc decreased by 18% (from 57 +/- 8 to 46 +/- 6 microA/cm2) when BK and ANF were added simultaneously at this concentration (P less than 0.05). Because guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) and protein kinase C are implicated in the second messenger cascades of ANF and BK, we investigated their potential roles in mediating this interaction. Dibutyryl-cGMP (10(-4) M) inhibited Isc from 33 +/- 4 to 22 +/- 3 microA/cm2 (P less than 0.05) in the presence of BK but not in its absence. Staurosporine and calphostin C, inhibitors of protein kinase C, completely blocked the decrease in Isc caused by simultaneous addition of ANF and BK. cAMP levels in M-1 cells were not affected by either ANF alone or BK alone; however, when cultures were treated with both hormones, cAMP decreased from 856 +/- 56 to 332 +/- 26 fmol/10(6) cells (P less than 0.001).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:ANF and bradykinin synergistically inhibit transport in M-1 cortical collecting duct cell line. 132 53

The ectoenzymes acting in the metabolism of peptides play an essential role in renal cell-cell communication. We have studied four of these ectoenzymes, aminopeptidases N and A (APN, APA), dipeptidylpeptidase IV (DPP IV) and neutral endopeptidase (NEP) in cultured human glomerular mesangial and epithelial cells and cultured rabbit renal cortical vascular smooth muscle cells. APN is present at the surface of both mesangial and epithelial cells with identical characteristics. Its expression (enzyme activity and immunoreactive protein) is induced by phorbol-esters and other protein kinase C-stimulating agents. APA is present only in glomerular epithelial cells. Its expression is induced by glucocorticoids and cyclic AMP-stimulating agents. DPP IV is also present only in glomerular epithelial cells. Its expression (enzyme activity, immunoreactive protein and mRNA) is induced by interferon gamma. NEP is present in glomerular epithelial cells and vascular smooth muscle cells. The expression of the latter enzyme is inhibited in the presence of serum via the combined effect of Ca2+i and PKC-stimulating agents. In contrast, glucocorticoids and cyclic GMP induce its expression. NEP plays a major role in the catabolism by these cells of atrial natriuretic factor. All these data emphasize the multiplicity of the mechanisms controlling ectopeptidase expression in cultured glomerular and renal vascular cells.
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PMID:[Ectoenzymes of peptidic metabolism in renal glomerular and vascular cells]. 133 92

Endothelin (ET), a potent stimulator of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) secretion in atrial myocyte cultures, has been hypothesized to act via the stimulation of protein kinase C (PKC). This study was carried out in order to determine if ET activates PKC in atrial cultures and whether this activation fully accounts for the effects of ET on ANF secretion. By monitoring the phosphorylation of p80 upon exposure to phorbol ester or ET, it was shown that ET activated PKC in atrial cultures, but to a lesser extent than phorbol ester. In contrast, ET stimulated ANF secretion to a level five times greater than phorbol ester, indicating that PKC activation alone does not fully account for the effects of ET on ANF secretion. Down-regulation of PKC or exposure to the PKC inhibitor 1-(5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine dihydrochloride (H7) resulted in a 50% decrease in ET-stimulated ANF secretion. Interestingly, increasing calcium influx with BAY K 8644 stimulated ANF secretion but did not effect the phosphorylation of p80, indicating a PKC-independent pathway of ANF secretion. Similarly, a component of ET-stimulated secretion that required calcium influx was independent of PKC activation but was sensitive to the Ca2+/calmodulin kinase (CaMK) inhibitor KN-62. Complete inhibition of ET-mediated ANF secretion was obtained only in the presence of both H7 and KN-62. These results demonstrate that ET activates PKC in atrial myocyte cultures and that the full effects of ET on ANF secretion require both PKC and Ca2+/calmodulin kinase activities.
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PMID:Protein kinase C and calmodulin kinase are required for endothelin-stimulated atrial natriuretic factor secretion from primary atrial myocytes. 137 96

A cultured myocardial cell model was used to examine the role of protein kinase C-dependent pathways in the transcriptional activation of two cardiac muscle genes [myosin light chain 2 (MLC-2) and atrial natriuretic factor (ANF)] during alpha-adrenergic receptor-mediated hypertrophy. Phorbol ester (phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate) and the alpha-adrenergic agonist phenylephrine both activate protein kinase C (PKC) and induce 4- to 5-fold increases in the expression of MLC-2 and ANF promoter/luciferase reporter genes with little effect on Rous sarcoma virus/luciferase or minimal prolactin promoter/luciferase genes. To further assess the role of PKC in cardiac gene regulation, PKC expression vectors encoding constitutively activated PKC-alpha or PKC-beta, or a catalytically inactive PKC, were transiently cotransfected with the cardiac promoter/luciferase constructs. Cotransfection of either activated PKC-alpha or PKC-beta cDNA induces the expression of MLC-2 and ANF promoter/luciferase genes and of a reporter gene responsive to the transcription factor AP-1. The Rous sarcoma virus/luciferase and minimal prolactin promoter/luciferase genes are not concomitantly induced by cotransfectin with the PKC genes, indicating specificity of the transcriptional effect. The finding that activated PKC increases cardiac gene transcription suggests that activation of this enzyme may be a proximal signal for coregulation of two cardiac genes, MLC-2 and ANF, during the course of myocardial cell hypertrophy.
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PMID:Transcriptional activation of the cardiac myosin light chain 2 and atrial natriuretic factor genes by protein kinase C in neonatal rat ventricular myocytes. 153 37

We investigated regulation of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF)-stimulated cellular cGMP accumulation (ANF-s-cGMP) in an ANF-responsive human renal cell line, SK-NEP-1. Dose-response data indicated that the EC50 for ANF(99-126) was 1.1 x 10(-9) M. Brain natriuretic peptide (10(-6) M) increased cGMP to a level indistinguishable from that of ANF (10(-6) M). [Met-(O)]ANF was only half as potent as ANF, and atriopeptin I (10(-6) M) did not increase cGMP over basal levels. Preincubation of SK-NEP-1 cells with ANF, but not atriopeptin I (API), for two hours or longer, caused a concentration-dependent down-regulation of ANF-s-cGMP. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), a protein kinase C (PKC) activator, and A23187 and its 4-bromo derivative, calcium ionophores, inhibited ANF-s-cGMP in a dose-dependent manner. A23187 inhibition was calcium dependent and promoted net cGMP degradation. Thirty-six hour preincubation with PMA, a procedure used to down-regulate PKC, abolished acute PMA inhibition of ANF-s-cGMP without having an effect on ANF-s-cGMP or on 4-bromo-A23187 inhibition thereof. These data indicate that PKC activation specifically inhibited ANF-s-cGMP but that PKC was not required for ANF-s-cGMP in SK-NEP-1 cells. Thus structurally related ANF peptides, protein kinase C (PKC) activators, calcium ionophores are potential modulators of ANF-s-cGMP in cells from this human renal cell line.
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PMID:Phorbol and calcium decreased atriopeptin response in a human renal cell line. 164 14

We examined calcium and calmodulin regulation of atrial natriuretic factor stimulation of particulate-membrane guanylate cyclase (ANF-s-GC) in SK-NEP-1 cells. W7 and trifluoropiperazine, but not W5, inhibited whole cellular ANF-stimulated cyclic GMP accumulation (ANF-s-cGMP). EGTA and LaCl3 decreased ANF-s-GC and calmodulin reversed this inhibition. A23187-induced inhibition of ANF-s-cGMP was only partly reversible by IBMX. H7 or staurosporine counteracted the inhibitory effect of A23187. Calcium inhibited basal and ANF-s-GC. These data suggest that at low concentrations of calcium, ANF-s-GC was calcium-calmodulin dependent but high concentrations of calcium inhibited ANF-s-GC through phosphodiesterase, through inhibition of GC, and probably through protein kinase C.
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PMID:Calcium and calmodulin regulate atrial natriuretic factor stimulation of cyclic GMP in a human renal cell line. 168 32

It has been shown recently that alpha-adrenergic agonists can stimulate atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) expression in ventricular cardiac myocytes; however, little is known about the intracellular signals mediating this activation. The present study focused on the potential roles of calcium-regulated kinases and calcium influx in the alpha-adrenergic stimulation of ANF gene expression in ventricular myocardial cell cultures. Myocardial cells maintained for 48 h in serum-free medium supplemented with phenylephrine (PE) possessed up to 15-fold higher levels of ANF peptide and ANF mRNA than control cells. The removal of PE, or the addition of nifedipine, resulted in a rapid decline in ANF expression, suggesting that the sustained elevation of some intracellular messenger (e.g. calcium and/or phospholipid hydrolysis products) was required for the adrenergic response. The calcium channel agonist BAY K 8644 was capable of increasing ANF expression in a nifedipine-sensitive manner; however, unlike PE, it did not stimulate phosphoinositide hydrolysis. The protein kinase C inhibitor, H7, caused an approximate 75% reduction in PE-stimulated ANF expression, but had no effect on BAY K-stimulated expression. W7, a calcium/calmodulin inhibitor, completely blocked the effects of both PE and BAY K 8644. The addition of either H7 or W7 24 h after the PE addition resulted in a decline of ANF expression. These results indicate that alpha-adrenergic agonists augment ANF gene expression through at least two pathways, one that is H7-sensitive, perhaps involving the sustained activation of protein kinase C, and the other that is W7-sensitive, perhaps involving the sustained activation of calmodulin-regulated kinases. Further, it appears that BAY K 8644-mediated increases in ANF expression are independent of protein kinase C activation and dependent on calmodulin-regulated events.
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PMID:The alpha-adrenergic stimulation of atrial natriuretic factor expression in cardiac myocytes requires calcium influx, protein kinase C, and calmodulin-regulated pathways. 171

Studies from both in vivo and in vitro model systems have provided an initial skeleton of the potential signaling pathways that might regulate cardiac genes during growth and hypertrophy. One of the first detectable changes in cardiac gene expression is the activation of a program of immediate early gene expression, which is distinct for the hypertrophic response, and is conserved in multiple models of both in vivo and in vitro hypertrophy. Diverse and distinct hormonal stimuli have been documented to activate several features of the hypertrophic response, including several autocrine and paracrine factors. Although the signaling mechanisms that link these factors with the activation of cardiac gene expression are unclear, recent studies suggest that the activation of protein kinase C may represent one of the most proximal common events in this signaling cascade. The activation of cardiac target genes induces a program of embryonic gene expression, including the atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) gene. The cis sequences that mediate cardiac-specific and inducible expression of an embryonic marker gene (ANF) can be segregated by studies in both cultured cell models and in vivo models of hypertrophy in transgenic mice, suggesting that specific sets of regulatory elements may exist for inducible expression of this class of cardiac gene responses. However, the induction of a constitutively expressed contractile protein gene (MLC-2) is mediated by a set of conserved elements that regulate both cardiac-specific and inducible expression. Finally, a subset of cardiac muscle genes appears to be noninducible during in vivo or in vitro hypertrophy in myocardial cells, demonstrating specificity of transcriptional activation during the hypertrophic process. The development of a bona fide in vivo pressure overload model of hypertrophy in a small animal model that can be genetically manipulated, such as the in vivo murine model recently described, should allow a rigorous analysis of the role of these specific signaling mechanisms in the activation of the responses of cardiac genes during the hypertrophic process in vivo.
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PMID:Regulation of cardiac gene expression during myocardial growth and hypertrophy: molecular studies of an adaptive physiologic response. 183 45


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