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Query: EC:2.7.11.13 (protein kinase C)
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The role of G proteins and protein kinase C in mediating muscarine receptor-linked prostanoid synthesis by the rat urinary bladder was investigated using the G protein activator, sodium fluoride (NaF); the protein kinase C activators, phorbol myristate (PMA) and phorbol dibutyrate (PDBU); the protein kinase C inhibitor, H7, and the parasympathomimetic, carbachol. NaF stimulated in vitro rat urinary bladder prostacyclin (PGI2) synthesis (EC50 = 6 mmol.l-1), an action inhibited by the presence of EDTA (10 mmol.l-1). Carbachol potentiated the stimulatory action of NaF. NaF (10 mmol.l-1)-stimulated PGI2 synthesis was inhibited by the calcium channel blockers verapamil, nifedipine and the protein kinase C inhibitor, H7, in concentration-dependent manners. Carbachol-stimulated PGI2 synthesis was also inhibited by H7. PDBU and PMA were without effect on de novo, NaF- or carbachol-stimulated urinary bladder PGI2 synthesis. Other prostanoids (PGF2 and PGF2 alpha) were stimulated to the ame degree as PGI2 by NaF, and inhibited equally by H7 and calcium channel blockers. Dibutyryl adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate was without effect on de novo or NaF-stimulated prostanoid synthesis. Since fluoride activates G proteins, these data indicate that: (1) muscarine receptor-prostanoid synthesis coupling is mediated by G proteins in the rat urinary bladder; (2) fluoride action is mediated by protein kinase C and not adenyl cyclase, probably through activation of phospholipase C and therefore the generation of the protein kinase C activator, diacyl glycerol; (3) activated protein kinase C may initiate Ca2++ mobilisation linked to prostanoid synthesis; and (4) the lack of effect of the phorbol esters on urinary bladder PGI2 synthesis, in contrast to that on other smooth muscle, indicates that in different smooth muscle tissues there are varying forms of protein kinase C.
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PMID:Fluoride but not phorbol esters stimulate rat urinary bladder prostanoid synthesis: investigations into the roles of G proteins and protein kinase C. 282 37

The role of G proteins in mediating adrenoceptor-prostacyclin synthesis coupling was investigated using the G protein activator, sodium fluoride. Sodium fluoride (NaF) stimulated in vitro rat aortic prostacyclin (PGI2) synthesis (EC50 = 5 x 10(-3) mol.l-1), an action inhibited completely by the presence of EDTA (10(-2) mol.l-1). The NaF-PGI2 dose-response curve was moved to the left by the presence of adrenaline, phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBU) and the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 in the incubation media. NaF-stimulated (5 x 10(-3) mol.l-1) PGI2 synthesis was inhibited by the Ca2+ channel blockers, verapamil and nifedipine, the protein kinase C inhibitor, H7, and lanthanum. Prazosin and yohimbine were without effect on NaF action, but partially inhibited adrenaline-potentiated NaF-stimulated PGI2 synthesis. Cyclic adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) and dibutyryl cAMP were without effect on de novo or NaF-, adrenaline-, PDBU- or A23187-stimulated PGI2 synthesis. Since fluoride is known to stimulate adenyl cyclase and phospholipase C, these data suggest that: (1) NaF stimulates in vitro rat aortic PGI2 synthesis by initiating Ca2+ influx; (2) this Ca2+ influx is mediated by protein kinase C, probably through G protein activation of phospholipase C and the generation of the protein kinase C activator, diacyl glycerol; and (3) adenyl cyclase and protein kinase A are not involved in NaF-stimulated PGI2 synthesis by the rat aorta.
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PMID:Fluoride stimulates in vitro vascular prostacyclin synthesis: interrelationship of G proteins and protein kinase C. 313 Nov 47

Insulin secretion stimulated by 10 mM glucose was potentiated by forskolin, an activator of adenyl cyclase, by acetyl choline which may enhance turnover of inositol phospholipids, and by tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate (TPA), an activator of protein kinase C. None of these agents initiated insulin secretion in the presence of 2 mM glucose. Glucose-stimulated insulin secretion was markedly dependent on the concentration of extracellular Ca2+: at or below 10 microM Ca2+ no insulin secretion was evoked by glucose in freshly isolated islets. The threshold Ca2+ requirement was increased after culture of islets for 44 h. In both fresh and cultured islets the presence of a potentiator of secretion produced both a marked increase in the maximum rate of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and a lowering of the requirement for extracellular Ca2+. Thus potentiation of insulin release involves an increase in the sensitivity of the B cell to Ca2+.
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PMID:Potentiators of insulin secretion modulate Ca2+ sensitivity in rat pancreatic islets. 355 84

In a search for new alpha-subunits of trimeric GTP-binding proteins in human platelets, we prepared leucocyte-free platelet concentrates and analyzed total RNA for areas homologous to known alpha-subunits. RT-PCR based on two degenerate primers revealed the expected band of 495 base pairs and an additional band of 540 base pairs reflecting the alternative splice product of Gs alpha. Following subcloning in pGEM-T vector and sequencing, we identified the alpha-subunits Gi alpha-2 and Gs alpha-S of the regulating GTP-binding proteins of adenyl cyclase as well as Gz alpha whose function is unknown, confirming earlier immunological identification. In addition, we identified Gs alpha-L (differing from Gs alpha-S by an insertion of 45 base pairs), G16 alpha, (a member of the pertussis toxin insensitive Gq-family), and two new variants of both Gs alpha-S and Gs alpha-L each containing a C-A-G triplet. With G16 we have identified another candidate for pertussis-toxin insensitive signal transduction in platelets. The C-A-G containing sequences of Gs alpha lead to an insertion of a Ser-residue, which results in the consensus sequence of a phosphorylation site for protein kinase C (Ser-X-Lys), making these variants candidates for protein kinase C-sensitive cyclic AMP formation.
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PMID:Identification of alpha-subunits of trimeric GTP-binding proteins in human platelets by RT-PCR. 754 94

1. Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase is the enzyme responsible for the decarboxylation step in both the catecholamine and the indolamine synthetic pathways. Immunological and molecular biological studies suggest that it is a single enzyme with one catalytic site but with different locations for attachment of the substrates. The enzyme is widely distributed in the brain and in peripheral tissues. 2. Recent investigations have shown that the enzyme is regulated by short term mechanisms that may involve activation of adenyl cyclase or protein kinase C. In addition, a long-term mechanism of activation by altered gene expression has also been suggested.
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PMID:Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase: biological characterization and functional role. 763 43

To study the growth control of human thyroid cells in different stages of differentiation, we established two human thyroid cell lines of adenomatous goiter and papillary carcinoma. A 59-year-old female patient with adenomatous goiter was operated in September 1991, and a 27-year-old female patient with papillary carcinoma in May 1990. The thyroid cell lines were established by successive passage without cellular or genetic manipulations such as fusing other cell lines or oncogenic viral infection. These cell lines, human adenomatous goiter cells (hAG) and human papillary thyroid carcinoma cells (hPTC), exhibited a flattened polygonal shape and proliferated as a monolayer in cell culture. The doubling time of the hAG cells was 60 h in Ham's F12 medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum, and that of the hPTC cells, 18 h in the same medium. Both cell lines expressed mRNA for TSH receptor and secreted cAMP into the medium during incubation with thyrotropin (TSH) at concentrations as low as 0.01 mU/mL. The effects of activators of protein kinase A (PKA), protein kinase C (PKC), tyrosine kinase (TK), and estradiol (E2) on proliferation of the hAG cells and the hPTC cells were assessed by measuring cellular DNA content in 24-well plates with diaminobenzoic acid. TSH stimulated proliferation of the hAG cells, but it inhibited proliferation of the hPTC cells. Since TSH activates two signaling pathways, the adenyl cyclase-PKA system and phospholipase C-PKC system, we tested effects of dibutylyl cAMP (dBC) and phorbol myristate 13-acetate (PMA), separately. dBC stimulated proliferation of the hAG cells, but it inhibited that of the hPTC cells.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Different growth control of the two human thyroid cell lines of adenomatous goiter and papillary carcinoma. 778 32

We have previously reported that arachidonic acid (AA) increases the long-term secretion of [Met5]-enkephalin (ME) and the expression of proenkephalin A (proENK) mRNA in bovine adrenal medullary chromaffin (BAMC) cells. To characterize the underlying signal transductional mechanisms for the AA-induced responses, the interactions of AA with several second messenger systems were studied. Long-term (24-h) treatment with AA (100 microM) increased both the secretion of ME and the expression of proENK mRNA. Pretreatment of BAMC cells with nimodipine (1 microM), but not with omega-conotoxin GVIA (1 microM), inhibited the secretion of ME and the expression of proENK mRNA induced by AA. Calmidazolium (1 microM), a calmodulin antagonist, also significantly inhibited AA-induced responses. However, a protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor, sphingosine (36 microM), was ineffective in blocking AA-induced responses. In addition, the down-regulation of PKC by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (0.1 microM) for 48 h did not inhibit the AA-induced responses. Forskolin (5 microM), an adenyl cyclase activator, alone increased the secretion of ME as well as proENK mRNA levels and, when coincubated with AA, showed an additive effect on the secretion of ME and the levels of proENK mRNA. The results suggest that the Ca2+/calmodulin pathway, but not the protein kinase A or PKC pathway, is partially involved in mediating the AA-induced increases of the long-term secretion of ME and the levels of proENK mRNA.
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PMID:Expression of the proenkephalin A gene and [Met5]-enkephalin secretion induced by arachidonic acid in bovine adrenal medullary chromaffin cells: involvement of second messengers. 783 54

The neurotoxic effect of glutamate in cultured mouse mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons was investigated. Neuron-rich cell cultures were prepared from 13-14-day-old fetal mouse ventral mesencephalic tissue. Cultures were exposed to glutamate for 10 min and evaluated for glutamate neurotoxicity (GNT) 18-24 hr later by tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunostaining, microtubule associated protein-2 (MAP2) immunostaining, and radiolabeled dopamine uptake assay. In glutamate-exposed cultures, the number of TH-positive neurons and the level of dopamine uptake were reduced to 40% (35-45%) and 50% (47-52%), respectively, of control cultures. The number of MAP2-positive neurons was also reduced to 47%, indicating that the GNT was not restricted or selective to dopaminergic neurons. It is concluded that GNT was mediated by the N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptor from the following observations: 1) GNT was completely blocked by MK-801, an NMDA receptor antagonist; 2) NMDA itself was as toxic as glutamate; 3) 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX), an antagonist of the alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid/kainate (AMPA/KA) receptor, did not block GNT; 4) kainate did not show neurotoxicity at a low concentration; and 5) two modulators of the NMDA receptor, 7-chlorokynurenic acid and magnesium, were effective in blocking GNT. Protective effects of phorbol myristate acetate, a tumor promoter, and gangliosides (GM1 and GT1b) on GNT were also demonstrated. Possible interactions between GNT and several protein kinase cascades were also investigated. Forskolin, an activator of adenyl cyclase and protein kinase A, showed some protective effect on GNT. But okadaic acid, an inhibitor of phosphatases, and genistein, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, did not show any protective effect. These results suggest that 1) glutamate is capable of causing neuronal death in the substantia nigra; 2) GNT on dopaminergic neurons is mainly mediated by the NMDA receptor under the conditions of our study; 3) protein kinase C translocation is a key mechanism of GNT; and 4) there is an interplay of a signal transduction system in the pathomechanism of GNT.
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PMID:Glutamate neurotoxicity in mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons in culture. 790 39

Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) added to the internal fluid bathing the isolated skin of Rana esculenta strongly stimulates the active sodium absorption. This action is dose-dependent, the dose eliciting the maximal effect being 2 . 10(-7) M; alpha and beta CGRP exhibit the same potency. The CGRP action on sodium transport is mainly due to its interaction with CGRP1 receptors, since it is inhibited by CGRP8-37, its specific antagonist. The second messengers probably involved in the action of CGRP are cAMP and Ca+2, since this action is reduced by SQ22536 and W7, which are inhibitors of adenyl cyclase and calmodulin respectively. On the contrary, inhibitors of protein kinase C (1-O-hexadecyl-2-O-methyl-sn-glycerol) and nitric oxide synthase (L-NAME) do not modify the action on sodium transport. ETYA, an inhibitor of all the metabolic pathways of arachidonic acid, decreases the CGRP action by 38%. In order to search for the arachidonic acid metabolites involved in the CGRP action, the effect of the following inhibitors was tested: aspirin and naproxen (for cyclooxygenases), NDGA (for cyclooxygenases), NDGA (for lipoxygenases) clotrimazole (for epoxygenases). None of these substances is able to inhibit the CGRP action on sodium transport. Moreover, adding arachidonic acid inhibits the CGRP action, but this effect was also obtained by another unsaturated fatty acid, oleic acid. Since unsaturated fatty acids are able to inhibit the protein kinase A, these results indirectly support the role of cAMP as a second messenger of the CGRP action on sodium transport.
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PMID:Effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide on sodium absorption through isolated skin of Rana esculenta. 881 96

Cholera toxin (CT) is a potent mucosal adjuvant and is widely used for vaccine studies in animal models. However, there have been few studies that describe the immunomodulating effects of CT on cells of the human immune system. In this study, the immunomodulatory properties of CT on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were examined to gain insights to its effects on cells of the human immune system. CT induced production of immunostimulating (IL-1 beta and IL-6) and immunosuppressive (IL-10) cytokines by PBMC. However, the dose-response curve of its cytokine-inducing activity did not correlate well with the concentrations of intracellular cAMP generated by varying doses of CT. the CT mode of action on human PBMC, regarding induction of these cytokines, was clarified by the use of inhibitors of adenyl cyclase, protein kinase A (PKA), and protein kinase C (PKC). 2',3'-Dideoxyadenosine, which inhibits adenyl cyclase activity, reduced IL-1, IL-6, and IL-10 levels by 29, 15, and 28% respectively. HA1004, an inhibitor of PKA, reduced the IL-1 and IL-6 levels by 29 and 27%, respectively. The PKC inhibitor, H7, completely blocked the induction of all three cytokines by CT, suggesting a cAMP-independent mode of action for CT on human PBMC. These observations suggest that CT induces immunomodulating cytokines from human PBMC via the PKC pathway.
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PMID:Evidence for protein kinase C pathway in the response of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells to cholera toxin. 896 84


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