Protein kinase C isozyme expression in phorbol ester-sensitive and -resistant EL4 thymoma cells.

Homan, Elizabeth; Jensen, David E.; Sando, Julianne J.

doi:10.1016/s0021-9258(19)67648-9

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“…Purification of Protein Kinase C. Specific isozymes of protein kinase C were purified from frozen rat brains by sequential chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, phenyl-Sepharose, Q-Sepharose, phenyl-Superose, and hydroxyapatite (Walker et al, 1990; Homan et al, 1991). Purity was verified by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by silver staining and by Western blotting with isozyme specific antibodies.…”

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Effect of phospholipid unsaturation on protein kinase C activation

Bolen¹,

Sando²

1992

Biochemistry

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To examine the hypothesis that physical features of the membrane contribute to protein kinase C activation, phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidylserine/diolein (70:25:5) vesicles of defined acyl chain composition were tested for their ability to activate the enzyme. Maximal activation was found to correlate with the mole percent unsaturation in the system. Unsaturation could be provided by either the phosphatidylserine or the phosphatidylcholine component. Vesicles containing 5 mol% diolein but lacking any unsaturation in the phospholipid did not support activity, indicating that acidic head groups alone are not sufficient for activity. The saturated lipid vesicles could be rendered effective but only at very high (25 mol%) concentrations of diolein. The degree of acyl chain unsaturation and the positioning of the double bond had little effect on the activity, suggesting that the effect of the unsaturation is due to some physical property of the lipid rather than to a specific lipid-protein interaction. Addition of cholesterol to both saturated and unsaturated systems indicated that fluidity, as assessed by fluorescence anisotropy, did not correlate with activity. These results suggest that a physical property of the membrane other than fluidity is important for the activation of protein kinase C. A model for protein kinase C activation involving phase separation and/or head group spacing is discussed.

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Effect of phospholipid unsaturation on protein kinase C activation

Bolen¹,

Sando²

1992

Biochemistry

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Staurosporine-induced versus spontaneous squamous metaplasia in pre- and postmenopausal breast tissue

et al. 1998

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Breast cancers from pre- vs. postmenopausal women display unique characteristics that may be related to differences in epithelial differentiation between these two populations. In addition to lobular development, lactational changes, and involution, breast epithelium can undergo metaplastic alterations, often in association with carcinoma. Because protein kinase C (PKC) regulates differentiation and proliferation in many cell types, we asked whether modulation of PKC activity could define biochemical differences in breast epithelium from pre- vs. postmenopausal women. Organ cultures of normal human breast were treated with PKC agonists and antagonists. Epithelial differentiation was evaluated based on morphologic criteria and the expression of cell-type specific proteins. Staurosporine, a nonspecific but extremely potent inhibitor of PKC, induced squamous metaplasia in eight of eight cases within 2 weeks of treatment. Other inhibitors of PKC, such as calphostin C and tamoxifen, had no effect on epithelial differentiation. Long-term treatment with phorbol esters also did not induce squamous metaplasia. However, stimulation of cAMP levels by forskolin and isobutyl-methyl-xanthene (IMX) rapidly induced squamous metaplasia, as has been previously reported. Surprisingly, squamous metaplasia occurred in 10 of 12 cultures derived from postmenopausal women in the absence of exogenous agents. Untreated cultures derived from premenopausal women never developed this type of epithelium (0 of 11). Therefore, breast epithelium from pre- and postmenopausal women responded differently to in vitro culture. Forskolin/IMX or staurosporine can reproduce these conditions, acting independent of menopausal status. Because staurosporine's action was unique among PKC inhibitors, staurosporine may induce squamous metaplasia of breast epithelium by a PKC-independent mechanism.

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Transcripts encoding protein kinase C‐α, ‐ϵ, ‐ζ, and ‐ζ are expressed in basal and differentiating mouse keratinocytes in vitro and exhibit quantitative changes in neoplastic cells

Dlugosz

Mischak

Mushinski

et al. 1992

Molecular Carcinogenesis

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The protein kinase C (PKC) family of phospholipid-dependent serine-threonine kinases has been implicated in keratinocyte differentiation and neoplastic transformation. To determine if Ca(2+)-mediated keratinocyte differentiation is associated with changes in PKC isozyme gene expression, RNA was isolated from primary mouse keratinocytes grown in medium with 0.05, 0.12, or 1.4 mM Ca2+. Based on northern blot analysis, primary keratinocytes expressed mRNA encoding PKC-alpha, -delta, -epsilon, -zeta, and -eta, but not PKC-beta or -gamma. Relatively little change was detected in the level of these transcripts in cells induced to differentiate by exposure to elevated extracellular Ca2+. Interestingly, the PKC-zeta transcripts detected in RNA isolated from keratinocytes were approximately 200 nucleotides longer than those from mouse brain, suggesting the existence of an alternative form of this isozyme. An early change in benign neoplastic transformation of keratinocytes is the inability to differentiate in response to Ca2+ or the PKC activator 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, which is consistent with altered PKC function in these cells. The PKC isozyme mRNA profile was examined in two benign neoplastic keratinocyte cell lines, 308 and SP-1, which contain an activating mutation of the c-Ha-ras gene. Like normal keratinocytes. 308 and SP-1 cells expressed mRNA encoding PKC-alpha, -delta, -epsilon, -zeta, and -eta. However, the abundance of PKC-zeta transcripts in both cell lines was reduced by 74-89% when compared with normal keratinocytes at similar Ca2+ levels. In addition, SP-1 but not 308 cells exhibited a sevenfold increase in PKC-eta mRNA when cultured in medium with 1.4 mM Ca2+. To address whether these changes were related to the presence of an activated ras gene, RNA was isolated from primary keratinocytes transduced to a benign neoplastic phenotype with the v-Ha-ras oncogene. As with normal, 308, and SP-1 cells, v-Ha-ras keratinocytes expressed mRNA encoding PKC-alpha, -delta, -epsilon, -zeta and -eta. The level of PKC-zeta transcripts was similar in normal and v-Ha-ras keratinocytes, indicating that reduction of this mRNA in both 308 and SP-1 cells was not a direct result of ras activation. As in SP-1 cells, PKC-eta in v-Ha-ras keratinocytes was responsive to extracellular Ca2+, with a four-fold increase in transcript abundance in 0.12 mM Ca2+ medium relative to 0.05 mM Ca2+ medium.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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Protein kinase C isozyme expression in phorbol ester-sensitive and -resistant EL4 thymoma cells.

Cited by 13 publications

References 49 publications

Effect of phospholipid unsaturation on protein kinase C activation

Effect of phospholipid unsaturation on protein kinase C activation

Staurosporine-induced versus spontaneous squamous metaplasia in pre- and postmenopausal breast tissue

Transcripts encoding protein kinase C‐α, ‐ϵ, ‐ζ, and ‐ζ are expressed in basal and differentiating mouse keratinocytes in vitro and exhibit quantitative changes in neoplastic cells

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