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Query: EC:3.1.4.3 (phospholipase C)
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Phospholipase C activity is necessary for transcriptional c-fos activation by providing diacylglycerol as an activator of protein kinase C. We found that transcriptional activation of c-fos and the phosphorylation of its major transcription factor were inhibited by tricyclodecan-9-yl xanthogenate, which blocks phospholipase C-type reactions. Transcription of the c-ras and beta-actin genes in the same cells remained unaffected.
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PMID:Inhibition of c-fos transcription and phosphorylation of the serum response factor by an inhibitor of phospholipase C-type reactions. 216 25

Bombesin is a potent mitogen for Swiss 3T3 cells and can stimulate DNA synthesis in the absence of any other growth factor. This effect is mediated by multiple synergistic signaling pathways, including an accumulation of intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP) and an increase in c-fos mRNA expression. The cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin abolished prostaglandin E2 release and substantially depressed cAMP levels induced by bombesin (EC50 congruent to 10 nM). In contrast, indomethacin at 1 microM did not affect 80K phosphorylation or Ca2+ mobilization by bombesin, indicating that cAMP synthesis can occur through a phospholipase C-independent pathway. Indomethacin caused a 30 to 35% decrease in c-fos induction and DNA synthesis in cells treated with bombesin (EC50 congruent to 40 nM). Significantly, the inhibitory effect of indomethacin was reversed in the presence of forskolin, a direct activator of adenylate cyclase. We conclude that cAMP plays a regulatory role in c-fos induction and mitogenesis in Swiss 3T3 cells treated with bombesin.
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PMID:Bombesin stimulation of c-fos expression and mitogenesis in Swiss 3T3 cells: the role of prostaglandin E2-mediated cyclic AMP accumulation. 217 Jan 55

In order to evaluate the role of phosphoinositide turnover in growth factor action, we expressed human M1 muscarinic acetylcholine (Hm1) receptors in Chinese hamster lung fibroblasts (CCL39 cell line). In the transfected cells (39M1-81 clone), but not in wild type fibroblasts, the muscarinic agonist carbachol induced a release of inositol phosphates as strong as alpha-thrombin, a very potent growth factor and activator of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PLC) in this cell system. In contrast to thrombin, carbachol-stimulated PLC activity was not inhibited by pertussis toxin treatment of cells. At concentrations that elicited a comparable initial rate of inositol phosphate release (10 nM for thrombin and 0.1 mM for carbachol), both agents gave rise to an identical calcium signal and equally stimulated Na+/H+ exchange and the transcription of the early genes c-jun, c-fos, and c-myc. Surprisingly, however, carbachol is not a mitogen for 39M1-81 cells, and even if tested in association with insulin or fibroblast growth factor, its effects on cell proliferation remained weak when compared with thrombin. Also, the muscarinic agonist did not stimulate soft agar colony forming capacity and did not prevent growth arrest in Go upon serum deprivation of cycling 39M1-81 cells. The failure of carbachol to induce cell proliferation could not be attributed to rapid and complete desensitization of Hm1 receptors nor to the activation of inhibitory pathways like adenylyl cyclase stimulation. We conclude that strong and persistent activation of phosphoinositide turnover elicits early biochemical events generally associated with mitogenesis, but is not sufficient to stimulate or maintain continuous cell proliferation. On the basis of our results, we postulate that thrombin mitogenesis depends critically on signaling events different from phosphoinositide turnover, possibly the stimulation of a receptor tyrosine kinase or a Gi protein-activated tyrosine kinase.
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PMID:Strong and persistent activation of inositol lipid breakdown induces early mitogenic events but not Go to S phase progression in hamster fibroblasts. Comparison of thrombin and carbachol action in cells expressing M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. 217 13

Mitogenic effects of agents activating either the protein kinase C (PDGF; phorbol esters) or the insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1)-receptor pathway were studied in quiescent chemically transformed mouse fibroblasts (BP-A31), by evaluating the rate of [3H]thymidine incorporation. Each of these pathways alone was found to be sufficient to sustain progression through the entire cell division cycle. The mitogenic activity of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) but not that of insulin was blocked by staurosporine (an inhibitor of protein kinase C), in support of the notion that protein kinase C activation was required for the PMA-induced cell cycle progression. The mitogenic effects of PMA were potentiated by cycloheximide pretreatment, and they were abolished by 3-isobutyl-1-methyl xanthine (IBMX; a cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase inhibitor). PDGF (known to activate the phospholipase C-protein kinase C pathway) also displayed mitogenic activity in the cycloheximide-pretreated BP-A31 cells, and its effects were prevented by IBMX. In contrast, the mitogenic effects of insulin (at concentrations where it activates the IGF1 receptor) or of IGF1 neither were notably influenced by cycloheximide pretreatment nor were inhibited by IBMX (in the presence of IBMX, the onset of S-phase was delayed by several hours). The expression of the c-fos gene was absent at quiescence; its induction by growth factors was not proportional to their mitogenic potency. Thus, c-fos expression was strongly induced by PMA but only weakly by insulin. IBMX was a powerful inducer of c-fos gene expression but caused a decrease in the level of c-myc mRNA.
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PMID:Mitogenic activity of phorbol esters and insulin-like growth factor 1 in chemically transformed mouse fibroblasts BP-A31: independent effects and differential sensitivity to inhibition by 3-isobutyl-1-methyl xanthine. 246 95

Growth hormone (GH) is required for the terminal differentiation of preadipose Ob1771 cells that have entered the differentiation program as evidenced by the expression of early marker genes (pOb24 and lipoprotein lipase). Induction of c-fos mRNA within 15 min and induction of insulin-like growth factor I mRNA within a few hours take place in response to GH. The role of GH is mediated, at least in part, by means of the activation of protein kinase C, as shown by the inhibition of epidermal growth factor binding and by the expression of the c-fos gene, and is thus analogous to the action of prostaglandin F2 alpha and 4 beta-phorbol-12,13-didecanoate in this respect. However, in contrast to that of the c-fos gene, the regulation of insulin-like growth factor I gene expression by GH is not mediated by means of the activation of protein kinase C, and, in line with this, prostaglandin F2 alpha and 4 beta-phorbol-12,13-didecanoate were ineffective. GH and prostaglandin F2 alpha were able to stimulate the formation of diacyglycerol within a few seconds, but GH did not elicit an accumulation of inositol phosphates, in contrast to that generated by prostaglandin F2 alpha. We conclude that the transduction signal of GH action in c-fos mRNA induction is the formation of diacylglycerol and that the mechanism whereby GH can activate protein kinase C is associated with a phospholipase C-mediated hydrolysis of glycerophospholipids other than inositol phospholipids.
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PMID:Growth hormone stimulates c-fos gene expression by means of protein kinase C without increasing inositol lipid turnover. 249 51

A receptor surface Ig (sIg) signaling variant of WEHI-231 was constructed to investigate components and linkages between various signaling events associated with signal transduction through sIg. Unlike the wildtype, crosslinking of sIgM on VS2.12-cl.2 did not result in downregulation of proliferation. Similarly, receptor crosslinking was uncoupled from inositol phospholipid (PI) hydrolysis and upregulation of c-fos expression in the variant. The signaling defect in VS2.12-cl.2 appears to be proximal to phospholipase C activation as direct G protein activation by A1F4- triggers PI hydrolysis and bypassing PI hydrolysis using phorbol diester stimulation of protein kinase C restores the inhibitable phenotype and the ability to upregulate c-fos. Even more interesting, sIg-linked Ca2+ responses by VS2.12-cl.2 are equivalent to these observed in the wildtype WEHI-231. These latter results suggest that contrary to current thought, sIg-generated signals may not be coupled to Ca2+ fluxes entirely via inositol phospholipid hydrolysis. Thus, VS2.12-cl.2 is a new and powerful tool with which to analyze signaling through sIg at the molecular level.
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PMID:Isolation and characterization of a B lymphocyte mutant with altered signal transduction through its antigen receptor. 249 90

In order to define the molecular mechanisms involved in the hypertrophy of the arterial walls observed in essential hypertension, vascular smooth muscle cells were isolated from aortas of spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) and control (WKY) rats, and cultured (until the 4th sub-culture) in the presence of growth factors (foetal calf serum: FCS) and various vasoactive drugs. Growth rate was determined by cell counting and measurement of nuclear thymidine incorporation, and activation of phospholipase C by measurement of the inositol phosphates formed from preincorporated tritiated myo-inositol; the expression of the cellular oncogenes, c-fos and c-myc was visualized by hybridization of Northern blots performed from total RNA. In the presence of low concentrations of FCS (2 p. 100, 5 p. 100) angiotensin II (10(-7)M) and bradykinin (3 X 10(-6)M) increase the growth of both kind of cells. The inositol phosphate formation and the expression of c-fos and c-myc are also dose-dependently stimulated by these vasoactive drugs, and the cultures from SHR are more responsive than those from WKY rats. Phospholipase C hyperreactivity therefore appears to be involved in the increased proliferative ability of vascular smooth muscle cells from SHR. However other molecular processes may be involved, as suggested by the growth inhibition exerted by heparin without any action on PLC activity.
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PMID:[Molecular mechanisms controlling the proliferation of aortic smooth muscle cells in spontaneously hypertensive rats]. 251 Jun 66

Cyclosporin A, immunosuppressive agent, reversibly blocks the mitogenic effect of prolactin in rat lymphoma Nb-2 cells and removal from the medium leads to a rapid and transient induction of c-fos mRNA. Activators of protein kinase C, such as TPA, mellitin and phospholipase C and the calcium ionophore, A23187, induced c-fos mRNA in the presence or absence of cyclosporin A. Activators of the cAMP pathway such as forskolin, dBcAMP and cholera toxin failed to induce c-fos mRNA in the presence or absence of cyclosporin A. These results suggest that cyclosporin A may act at the level of protein kinase C.
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PMID:Induction of c-fos mRNA in rat lymphoma Nb-2 cells. 251 85

A recently described peptide hormone, endothelin, is a potent vasoconstrictor, but it is unclear whether endothelin has other biological actions. These experiments extend the range of biological actions of endothelin to stimulation of mitogenesis. Endothelin at low concentrations (0.1-10 nM) induced mitogenesis by quiescent rat glomerular mesangial cells in culture. Mitogenesis induced by endothelin was accompanied by activation of phospholipase C with increased inositol phosphate turnover and increments of intracellular [Ca2+]. Endothelin also activated Na+/H+ exchange, causing cytosolic alkalinization, and enhanced transcription of the c-fos protooncogene, additional biochemical signals closely linked to proliferation. In addition to being a vasoconstrictor, endothelin thus also functions as a mitogen, presumably through activation of phospholipase C.
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PMID:Endothelin stimulates phospholipase C, Na+/H+ exchange, c-fos expression, and mitogenesis in rat mesangial cells. 253 5

Treatment of PC-12 pheochromocytoma cells with nerve growth factor (NGF) results in the differentiation of these cells into a sympathetic neuron-like phenotype. Although the initial intracellular signals elicited by NGF remain unknown, some of the cellular effects of NGF are similar to those of other growth factors, such as insulin. We have investigated the involvement of a newly identified inositol-containing glycolipid in signal transduction for the actions of NGF. NGF stimulates the rapid generation of a species of diacylglycerol that is labeled with [3H]myristate but not with [3H]arachidonate. NGF stimulates [3H]myristate- or [32P]phosphate-labeled phosphatidic acid production over the same time course. Although NGF alone has no effect on the turnover of inositol phospholipids, it does stimulate the hydrolysis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol. The NGF-dependent cleavage of this lipid is accompanied by an increase in the accumulation of its polar head group, an inositol phosphate glycan, which is generated within 30-60 sec of NGF treatment. In an unresponsive PC-12 mutant cell line, neither the diacylglycerol nor inositol phosphate glycan response is detected. A possible role for the NGF-stimulated diacylglycerol is suggested by the inhibition of NGF-dependent c-fos induction by staurosporin, a potent inhibitor of protein kinase C. These results suggest that, like insulin, some of the cellular effects of NGF may be mediated by the phospholipase C-catalyzed hydrolysis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol.
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PMID:Nerve growth factor stimulates the hydrolysis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol in PC-12 cells: a mechanism of protein kinase C regulation. 253 12


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