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Query: EC:3.1.4.3 (phospholipase C)
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Suspensions rich in pancreatic beta cells were transfected by means of electroporation or by using the liposome technique with DNA constructs coding for the B chain of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and the PDGF alpha and beta receptors to induce a mitotic response in this slowly replicating cell type. Transfection with the B-chain construct induced synthesis of the PDGF B-chain homodimer (PDGF-BB) as assessed by the presence of 125I-labeled PDGF-BB competing activity in the conditioned medium of the transfected islet cells. Moreover, islet cells transfected with the PDGF beta-receptor construct exhibited increased immunofluorescence staining with a PDGF beta-receptor antibody. These cells also displayed increased 125I-labeled PDGF-BB binding compared with control transfected cells. Cotransfection with the B-chain construct or the addition of 10% fetal bovine serum or purified PDGF all induced DNA synthesis in islet cells transfected with the PDGF beta-receptor construct. Islet cells transfected with the PDGF alpha-receptor construct did not respond with stimulation of [3H]thymidine incorporation to any of the PDGF isoforms (PDGF-AA, -AB, or -BB). Cotransfection of the PDGF alpha- and beta-receptor constructs resulted in a loss of the DNA synthesis response to PDGF. The beta cells exhibited elevated levels of [3H]inositol trisphosphate after transfection with the B-chain and beta-receptor constructs, indicating activation of phospholipase C. Islet cells transfected with the different receptor constructs exhibited different patterns of tyrosine phosphorylation upon ligand activation. The results demonstrate that pancreatic islet cells can be stimulated to increase DNA synthesis by transfection with the PDGF beta-receptor gene, whereas cotransfection with the alpha-receptor gene may attenuate the growth response.
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PMID:Coexpression of the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) B chain and the PDGF beta receptor in isolated pancreatic islet cells stimulates DNA synthesis. 216 3

Thrombin elicits multiple biological effects on a variety of cells. We have previously shown that thrombin is a potent mitogen for human glomerular mesangial cells. This mitogenic effect of thrombin is associated with activation of phospholipase C (PLC) and induction of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) gene expression. The thrombin receptor, which belongs to the guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein)-coupled receptor family, has recently been shown to induce rapid tyrosine phosphorylation of cellular proteins. In the present study, we investigated the role of protein-tyrosine phosphorylation in mediating the cellular responses elicited by thrombin in human glomerular mesangial cells. Amino acid labeling followed by immunoprecipitation with phosphotyrosine antibodies demonstrate that thrombin stimulates tyrosine phosphorylation of a set of cellular proteins. Treatment of mesangial cells with thrombin followed by immunoblotting with phosphotyrosine antibodies showed three major bands of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins approximately 130, 70, and 44-42 kDa. Phosphorylation of these proteins was inhibited by two tyrosine kinase inhibitors, herbimycin A and genistein. Both compounds inhibited DNA synthesis and PDGF B-chain gene expression but had no effect on inositol phosphates production or increases in cytosolic calcium in response to thrombin. These data demonstrate that protein-tyrosine phosphorylation is not required for thrombin-induced PLC activation with inositol phosphate formation and subsequent intracellular calcium release, but it is an absolute requirement for thrombin-induced DNA synthesis and PDGF B-chain gene expression.
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PMID:Mitogenic signaling of thrombin in mesangial cells: role of tyrosine phosphorylation. 752 56

Thrombin is a potent mitogen for mesangial cells and stimulates PDGF B-chain gene expression in these cells. It also activates phospholipase C (PLC) resulting in an increase in cytosolic Ca2+ and diacylglycerol (DAG) that are the physiological activators of protein kinase C (PKC). Immunoprecipitation of specific PKC isotypes from thrombin-stimulated mesangial cells with subsequent measurement of their enzymatic activity shows activation of Ca(2+)-dependent PKC alpha and Ca(2+)-independent PKC zeta in a time dependent manner. Optimum activation of both of these isozymes was obtained at 60 minutes. PKC alpha activity increased 83% over basal while activity of PKC zeta increased 104%. Prolonged exposure of mesangial cells to phorbol myristate acetic acid (PMA) inhibited the enzymatic activity of PKC alpha but not PKC zeta. This inhibition of PKC alpha had no effect on thrombin-induced DNA synthesis but abolished PDGF B-chain gene expression induced by thrombin. These data provide the first evidence that PKC alpha activation is necessary for thrombin-induced PDGF B-chain gene expression but not for thrombin-induced DNA synthesis.
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PMID:PKC alpha regulates thrombin-induced PDGF-B chain gene expression in mesangial cells. 758 54

The transforming protein of simian sarcoma virus is homologous to the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) B-chain. Fibroblasts transformed with simian sarcoma virus constitutively produce a growth factor that stimulates the endogenous tyrosine kinase of PDGF receptors in an autocrine manner. Autophosphorylation of PDGF receptors upon ligand stimulation provides binding sites for Src homology 2 domains of intracellular signaling molecules, which thereby become activated. We have characterized the PDGF receptor-mediated signal transduction in NIH 3T3 cells transformed with a PDGF B-chain cDNA (Sis 3T3 cells) in the absence and presence of suramin, a polyanionic compound that quenches PDGF-induced mitogenicity and reverts the transformed phenotype of the Sis 3T3 cells. Our data show that in the presence of suramin the general level of tyrosine phosphorylation was decreased. Nevertheless, autophosphorylated receptors complexed with substrates persisted in the cells. Suramin had no effect on activation of phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase or on tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase C-gamma and GTPase-activating protein of Ras. On the other hand, kinase activation of Src and Raf-1, phosphorylation of protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1D/Syp and Shc, and complex formation with Grb2 were greatly diminished by suramin. A possible explanation for our findings is that different PDGF receptor-coupled signaling pathways are active in different structural or functional compartments in the cell. Those pathways that are not affected by suramin might elicit distinct cellular responses, which are not sufficient for growth and transformation.
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PMID:Compartmentalization of autocrine signal transduction pathways in Sis-transformed NIH 3T3 cells. 773 Mar 19