“…Activation of PKC by growth factors, hormones or phorbol esters leads to the phosphorylation of many endogenous proteins which mediate the effects of these agonists on cellular processes such as proliferation and differentiation. Annexins are among these substrates phosphorylated by PKC (Khanna et al, 1986;Schlaepfer and Haigler, 1988;Antonicelli et al, 1989;Isacke et al, 1986;Could et al, 2986). In mesangial cells, we have shown that actiCrmespondence to J.-P. Oudinet PtdIns(4,5)P2, phosphatidylinositol 4,s-bisphosphate; Ins(l,4,5)P3, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate; acyl,Gro, diacylglycerol; PKC, protein kinase C; c-, conventional; n-, novel; a-, atypical.…”