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Query: EC:3.1.4.3 (phospholipase C)
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The secretagogue effect of prolactin (PRL) on casein release by epithelial mammary cells has been previously related to stimulation of the phospholipase A2-arachidonic acid cascade. In order to determine whether other intracellular pathways are implicated in this secretagogue effect, different agents acting on protein kinase C (PKC) and phospholipase C (PLC) activity have been assessed in vitro in lactating rabbit mammary gland fragments. Phorbol ester (20 nm TPA and 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (10 microM (OAG) stimulated newly synthesized casein secretion and potentiated the PRL secretatogue effect. However, 100 microM quercetin, 100 microM H-7 and 5 and 20 nM staurosporine did not inhibit the latter effect. Exogenous PLC did not stimulate casein secretion. PRL did not affect production of inositol phosphates (IPs) during 10 or 60 min exposure. These results show that PKC activation may increase basal levels of casein secretion, and demonstrate that PRL does not act primarily via PKC activation or by PLC activation to stimulate casein secretion.
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PMID:The possible involvement of protein kinase C(s) and inositol phosphate metabolism in the basal but not in the prolactin stimulated casein release by the lactating rabbit mammary epithelial cell. 129 81

We examined the regulation by adenosine of a 305-pS chloride (Cl-) channel in the apical membrane of a continuous cell line derived from rabbit cortical collecting duct (RCCT-28A) using the patch clamp technique. Stimulation of A1 adenosine receptors by N6-cyclohexyladenosine (CHA) activated the channel in cell-attached patches. Phorbol 12,13-didecanoate and 1-oleoyl 2-acetylglycerol, activators of protein kinase C (PKC), mimicked the effect of CHA, whereas the PKC inhibitor H7 blocked the action of CHA. Stimulation of A1 adenosine receptors also increased the production of diacylglycerol, an activator of PKC. Exogenous PKC added to the cytoplasmic face of inside-out patches also stimulated the Cl- channel. Alkaline phosphatase reversed PKC activation. These results show that stimulation of A1 adenosine receptors activates a 305-pS Cl-channel in the apical membrane by a phosphorylation-dependent pathway involving PKC. In previous studies, we showed that the protein G alpha i-3 activated the 305-pS Cl- channel (Schwiebert et al. 1990. J. Biol. Chem. 265:7725-7728). We, therefore, tested the hypothesis that PKC activates the channel by a G protein-dependent pathway. In inside-out patches, pertussis toxin blocked PKC activation of the channel. In contrast, H7 did not prevent G protein activation of the channel. We conclude that adenosine activates a 305-pS Cl- channel in the apical membrane of RCCT-28A cells by a membrane-delimited pathway involving an A1 adenosine receptor, phospholipase C, diacylglycerol, PKC, and a G protein. Because we have shown, in previous studies, that this Cl- channel participates in the regulatory volume decrease subsequent to cell swelling, adenosine release during ischemic cell swelling may activate the Cl-channel and restore cell volume.
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PMID:Adenosine regulates a chloride channel via protein kinase C and a G protein in a rabbit cortical collecting duct cell line. 131 18

The rate of vanadate-sensitive 22Na+ uptake by isolated liver membrane vesicles, reflecting transport by Na+/K(+)-ATPase, was measured to study the role played by phospholipase C and protein kinase C in the regulation of this process by vasopressin. Na+ uptake was enhanced 2-3-fold by 100 nM [Arg8]vasopressin and the hormone effect was mimicked by 0.1 microM inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate as well as by 1.0 microM myo-inositol. The stimulation by vasopressin was potentiated by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C from Bacillus thuringiensis (5-10 mU/ml). No effect of the bacterial enzyme was observed in the absence of the hormone. Phorbol myristate acetate (0.5-1 microM) suppressed the stimulation by vasopressin but had no effect in the absence of the hormone. High concentrations of bacterial phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (50-100 mU/ml) also antagonized the hormone stimulation. Staurosporine (50-100 nM) prevented the antagonistic effect of bacterial phospholipase C (50 mU/ml) and EGTA (1 mM) partially protected the hormonal stimulation in the presence of phorbol myristate acetate. Our results suggest that the stimulatory effect of vasopressin on Na+ transport is mediated by phospholipase C and products derived from the inositol moiety of membrane phospholipids. Membrane-associated protein kinase C appears to be at least partially responsible for the desensitization to stimulation by vasopressin.
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PMID:Vasopressin stimulation of vanadate-sensitive Na+ transport by liver plasma membrane vesicles. Evidence for regulation via phospholipase C and protein kinase C activities. 139 Aug 61

Using a perfused rat hindleg system, release of tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) from endothelial cells could be induced by platelet-activating factor (PAF), bradykinin, substance P, thrombin, carbachol and A23187, while this release was inhibited by mepacrine and by nor-dihydroguaiaretic acid. The PAF-induced release of t-PA was inhibited by the cytochrome P-450 mono-oxygenase inhibitors, metyrapone, ketoconazole and SKF 525A and by eicosatetraynoic acid but not by indomethacin or BW 755C, suggesting the involvement of epoxygenase products. The PAF-induced release of von Willebrand factor (vWF) was also similarly inhibited by the cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase inhibitor, ketoconazole. Phorbol ester and phospholipase C induced the release of both t-PA and vWF, while phospholipase A2 did not. The release induced by PAF and bradykinin was not influenced by pretreatment with pertussis toxin.
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PMID:The involvement of products of the phospholipase pathway in the acute release of tissue-type plasminogen activator from perfused rat hindlegs. 152 62

We have previously reported that endothelin-1 stimulates phospholipase C-induced hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate. Other signal transduction pathways that hydrolyze alternative phospholipids through phospholipase D may also mediate endothelin-stimulated cellular responses. We initially evaluated endothelin-dependent generation of 32P-phosphatidic acid as an indirect indication of phospholipase D activity in rat mesangial cells. Endothelin (10(-7) M) induced an elevation of phosphatidic acid that was maximal at 15 min and persisted upward of 60 min. Pretreatment with the diacylglycerol-kinase inhibitor, R59022, did not reduce formation of endothelin-stimulated 32P-phosphatidic acid, demonstrating that the sequential actions of phospholipase C/diacylglycerol kinase do not contribute to endothelin-stimulated phosphatidic acid formation. We next conclusively identified a role for phospholipase D in the generation of phosphatidic acid by assessing the formation of 3H-phosphatidylethanol from 3H-alkyl lyso glycerophosphocholine and exogenous ethanol. Endothelin stimulated 3H-alkyl phosphatidylethanol formation in the presence but not the absence of 0.5% ethanol. Also, endothelin induced a concomitant elevation of 3H-alkyl-phosphatidic acid that was significantly reduced when the cells were exposed to exogenous ethanol, reflecting the formation of phosphatidylethanol. In addition, endothelin stimulated the release of 3H-choline and 3H-ethanolamine, demonstrating that additional phospholipids may serve as substrates for phospholipase D. Phorbol esters and synthetic diglycerides mimicked the effects of endothelin to stimulate phospholipase D and inhibitors of protein kinase C significantly reduced endothelin-stimulated phospholipase D. In addition, endothelin did not stimulate phosphatidylethanol formation in protein kinase C down-regulated cells. The calcium ionophore, ionomycin, did not stimulate phospholipase D and mesangial cells pretreated with BAPTA to chelate cytosolic calcium did not show a diminished endothelin-stimulated phospholipase D. Thus these data demonstrate that mesangial cells possess a protein kinase C-regulated phospholipase D activity that can be stimulated with endothelin.
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PMID:Endothelin stimulates phosphatidic acid formation in cultured rat mesangial cells: role of a protein kinase C-regulated phospholipase D. 153 86

The lipid mediator platelet-activating factor (1-O-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, AGEPC) has been shown to elicit several important biochemical signaling responses in mammalian cells, including polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis, arachidonic acid release/eicosanoid production, and protein tyrosine phosphorylation. In the present study, the roles of Ca2+ and protein kinase C (PKC), two signaling components of the phospholipase C pathway, in AGEPC-stimulated eicosanoid production and protein tyrosine phosphorylation, were investigated in cultured rat Kupffer cells. AGEPC at nanomolar concentrations induced an increase in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i), stimulated membrane PKC activity, and resulted in protein tyrosine phosphorylation. The maximal increase in [Ca2+]i and membrane PKC activity in response to AGEPC were observed within 30-50 s, whereas the AGEPC-induced protein tyrosine phosphorylation reached maximal levels within 2-5 min. [Ethylenebis(oxyethylenenitrilo)]tetraacetic acid (EGTA) but not 8-(N,N-diethylamino)-octyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate hydrochloride (TMB-8), an inhibitor of calcium release from intracellular compartments, nearly abolished the AGEPC-induced increase in [Ca2+]i suggesting involvement of extracellular calcium influx in this event. Both EGTA and TMB-8 abolished or inhibited AGEPC-stimulated protein tyrosine phosphorylation and eicosanoid formation, respectively. The calcium ionophore A23187 alone stimulated eicosanoid production and protein tyrosine phosphorylation with an identical pattern to that of AGEPC. Phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), an activator of PKC, which did not affect [Ca2+]i, mimicked the actions of AGEPC, stimulating eicosanoid production and promoting tyrosine phosphorylation of a set of proteins similar to those phosphorylated following AGEPC stimulation. AGEPC-enhanced tyrosine phosphorylation of some of the protein substrates and eicosanoid production were inhibited in cells "down-regulated" for PKC. Furthermore, both PMA- and AGEPC-stimulated eicosanoid production and protein tyrosine phosphorylation were attenuated or abolished by at least one of the PKC inhibitors, staurosporine, and calphostin C. Taken together, these results are consistent with the conclusions that: (a) AGEPC stimulates the phospholipase-mediated arachidonic acid release/eicosanoid synthesis cascade and protein tyrosine phosphorylation through extracellular Ca(2+)-dependent and PKC-dependent and -independent mechanism(s) and (b) the Ca(2+)-PKC interaction determines the efficacy of the AGEPC-stimulated cellular events.
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PMID:Platelet-activating factor-stimulated protein tyrosine phosphorylation and eicosanoid synthesis in rat Kupffer cells. Evidence for calcium-dependent and protein kinase C-dependent and -independent pathways. 155 80

In this study we have used fluoride as a tool to investigate the involvement of G protein-coupled effector systems in the regulation of the depolarization-induced release of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) from rat cerebral cortex. To distinguish among the activating effects of NaF on G proteins linked to different effectors, such as adenylate cyclase, polyphosphoinositide phospholipase C, and K+ channels, agents specific to these effectors have been used in parallel. NaF induced a marked dose-dependent facilitation of the K(+)-evoked release of [14C]GABA, with an EC50 of 1.26 mM, increasing release by 103% at 5 mM NaF. No effect on basal release was seen up to 3 mM NaF, and no modulation of [3H]acetylcholine (ACh) release was seen up to 5 mM NaF. Phorbol 12,13-diacetate (PDA) produced a similar dose-dependent facilitation of the K(+)-evoked release of [14C]GABA, potentiating the release of [14C]GABA by 50% at 10 microM PDA. The phosphodiesterase inhibitors, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) and theophylline, inhibited the K(+)-evoked release of [14C]GABA, and IBMX reversed the NaF facilitation of GABA release in a dose-dependent manner (pA2 2.57). The K+ channel blocker (IA current) tetrahydroaminoacridine (THA), which markedly inhibits the K(+)-evoked release of [14C]GABA, also reversed the NaF facilitatory effect, but the release of [3H]ACh was less sensitive to the inhibitory effect of THA. On the other hand, the K+ channel blocker, tetraethylammonium, which has no effect on the release of [14C]GABA, caused a significant facilitation of K(+)-evoked release of [3H]ACh. From these studies, it is concluded that GABA release in cerebral cortex is subject to regulation by G protein-linked effector systems that are distinct from those affecting the release of [3H]ACh in cerebral cortex.
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PMID:Modulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid release in cerebral cortex by fluoride, phorbol ester, and phosphodiesterase inhibitors: differential sensitivity of acetylcholine release to fluoride and K+ channel blockers. 169 Feb 66

Endothelins (ETs) are a family of extremely potent vasoconstrictor peptides. In addition, ET-1 acts as a potent mitogen and activates phospholipase C in smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts. We examined the effects of ET-1 on phosphatidylcholine (PC) metabolism and thymidine incorporation in control Rat-6 fibroblasts and in cells that overexpress protein kinase C beta 1 (PKC). PC pools were labeled with [3H]myristic acid, and formation of phosphatidylethanol (PEt), an unambiguous marker of phospholipase D (PLD) activation, was monitored. ET-1 stimulated much greater PEt formation in the PKC overexpressing cells. ET-1 action was dose-dependent with a half-maximal effect at 1.0 x 10(-9) M. With increasing ethanol concentrations, [3H]PEt formation increased at the expense of [3H]phosphatidic acid (PA). Propranolol, an inhibitor of PA phosphohydrolase, increased [3H]PA accumulation and decreased [3H]diacylglycerol (DAG) formation. These data are consistent with the formation of [3H]DAG from PC by the sequential action of PLD and PA phosphohydrolase. Phorbol esters are known to stimulate thymidine incorporation and PLD activity to a greater extent in PKC overexpressing cells than in control cells. ET-1 also stimulates thymidine incorporation to a greater extent in the PKC overexpressing cells. The effect of ET-1 on thymidine incorporation into DNA in the overexpressing cells was also dose-dependent with a half-maximal effect at 0.3 x 10(-9) M. Enhanced PLD activity induced by ET-1 in the overexpressing cells may contribute to the mitogenic response, especially in light of a possible role of the PLD product, PA, in regulation of cell growth.
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PMID:Endothelin-1 activates phospholipase D and thymidine incorporation in fibroblasts overexpressing protein kinase C beta 1. 180 96

Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), a peptide hormone that regulates salt and water balance and blood pressure, is synthesized, stored, and secreted from mammalian myocytes. Stretching of atrial myocytes stimulates ANF secretion, but the cellular processes involved in linking mechanical distension to ANF release are unknown. We reported that phorbol esters, which mimic the action of diacylglycerol by acting directly on protein kinase C and the Ca2+ ionophore A23187, which introduces free Ca2+ into the cell, both increase basal ANF secretion in the isolated perfused rat heart. Phorbol ester also increased responsiveness to Ca2+ channel agonists, such as Bay k8644, and to agents that increase cAMP, such as forskolin and membrane-permeable cAMP analogs. In neonatal cultured rat atrial myocytes, protein kinase C activation by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate stimulated ANF secretion, whereas the release was unresponsive to changes in intracellular Ca2+. Endothelin, which stimulates phospholipase C mediated hydrolysis of phosphoinositides and activates protein kinase C, increased both basal and atrial stretch-induced ANF secretion from isolated perfused rat hearts. Similarly, phorbol ester enhanced atrial stretch-stimulated ANF secretion, while the increase in intracellular Ca2+ appeared to be negatively coupled to the stretch-induced ANF release. Finally, phorbol ester stimulated ANF release from the severely hypertrophied ventricles of hypertensive animals but not from normal rat myocardium. These results suggest that the protein kinase C activity may play an important role in the regulation of basal ANF secretion both from atria and ventricular cells, and that stretch of atrial myocytes appears to be positively modulated by phorbol esters.
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PMID:Cellular signals regulating the release of ANF. 183 21

Studies of the calcium requirement and the relationship of intracellular calcium to progesterone synthesis in highly purified preparations of bovine luteal cells reveal a remarkably close relationship between intracellular calcium levels and steroidogenesis. The differential responses of the two cell types, summarized in Table 2, are beginning to reveal how the two cell types may co-operate to produce both luteotrophic and luteolytic responses at different stages of the oestrous cycle and early pregnancy. The luteotrophic mechanisms in the small cells are fairly clear; in addition to the luteotrophic effects of LH and cAMP, activation of protein kinase C leads to increased progesterone synthesis. Accordingly, PGF-2 alpha and several other prostanoids are luteotrophic in these cells. PGF-2 alpha stimulates phospholipase C activity in the small cells but does not reduce LH-stimulated cAMP or progesterone accumulation (Davis et al., 1989). This acute stimulus of protein kinase C activation to progesterone production in bovine small luteal cells is rapidly desensitized, although its stimulus to prostanoid production continues for at least 24 h. Large cells respond to LH, but only at relatively high levels. In addition, we have no good evidence for a role for protein kinase C in the control of progesterone synthesis in the large bovine luteal cells from mid-cycle corpora lutea. Phorbol esters have no effect on steroidogenesis and it is not yet established that protein kinase C provides the same high affinity receptor for phorbol esters that is found in the small cells. Experiments with inhibitors of protein kinase C, such as staurosporine, in large cells have been inconclusive. Evidence for several species suggests that both cell types co-operate, in ways not yet fully understood, to bring about maximal progesterone production at mid-cycle. Some evidence suggests that they may also co-operate to bring about luteolysis. The concept that PGF-2 alpha initiates luteolysis by inhibiting LH stimulated progesterone production in the large cells must be revised in light of the relative insensitivity of these cells to LH and the fact that they probably constitutively express the cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzymes (P-450scc) that represent the rate-limiting step in progesterone production. Oonk et al. (1989) have reported that, once P-450scc mRNA is induced in rat granulosa cells by the LH surge, it is constitutively maintained by the luteinized cells in the absence of gonadotrophins and is no longer regulated by cAMP.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Differential origin and control mechanisms in small and large bovine luteal cells. 184 53


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