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Law, C. L., K. A. Chandran, S. P. Sidorenko, and E. A. Clark. "Phospholipase C-gamma1 interacts with conserved phosphotyrosyl residues in the linker region of Syk and is a substrate for Syk." Molecular and Cellular Biology 16, no. 4 (April 1996): 1305–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mcb.16.4.1305.
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Antigen receptor ligation on lymphocytes activates protein tyrosine kinases and phospholipase C-gamma (PLC-gamma) isoforms. Glutathione S-transferase fusion proteins containing the C-terminal Src-homology 2 [SH2(C)] domain of PLC-gamma1 bound to tyrosyl phosphorylated Syk. Syk isolated from antigen receptor-activated B cells phosphorylated PLC-gamma1 on Tyr-771 and the key regulatory residue Tyr-783 in vitro, whereas Lyn from the same B cells phosphorylated PLC-gamma1 only on Tyr-771. The ability of Syk to phosphorylate PLC-gamma1 required antigen receptor ligation, while Lyn was constitutively active. An mCD8-Syk cDNA construct could be expressed as a tyrosyl-phosphorylated chimeric protein tyrosine kinase in COS cells, was recognized by PLC-gamma1 SH2(C) in vitro, and induced tyrosyl phosphorylation of endogenous PLC-gamma1 in vivo. Substitution of Tyr-525 and Tyr-526 at the autophosphorylation site of Syk in mCD8-Syk substantially reduced the kinase activity and the binding of this variant chimera to PLC-gamma1 SH2(C) in vitro; it also failed to induce tyrosyl phosphorylation of PLC-gamma1 in vivo. In contrast, substitution of Tyr-348 and Tyr-352 in the linker region of Syk in mCD8-Syk did not affect the kinase activity of this variant chimera but almost completely eliminated its binding to PLC-gamma1 SH(C) and completely eliminated its ability to induce tyrosyl phosphorylation of PLC-gamma1 in vivo. Thus, an optimal kinase activity of Syk and an interaction between the linker region of Syk with PLC-gamma1 are required for the tyrosyl phosphorylation of PLC-gamma1.
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Parks, Robert R., Edward Chang, and Huang Cheug-Chun. "94: Protein Kinase C Gamma in Human Cholesteatoma." Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery 115, no. 2 (August 1996): P189. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0194-5998(96)80956-9.
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Pleiman, C. M., M. R. Clark, L. K. Gauen, S. Winitz, K. M. Coggeshall, G. L. Johnson, A. S. Shaw, and J. C. Cambier. "Mapping of sites on the Src family protein tyrosine kinases p55blk, p59fyn, and p56lyn which interact with the effector molecules phospholipase C-gamma 2, microtubule-associated protein kinase, GTPase-activating protein, and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase." Molecular and Cellular Biology 13, no. 9 (September 1993): 5877–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mcb.13.9.5877.
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Engagement of the B-cell antigen receptor complex induces immediate activation of receptor-associated Src family tyrosine kinases including p55blk, p59fyn, p53/56lyn, and perhaps p56lck, and this response is accompanied by tyrosine phosphorylation of distinct cellular substrates. These kinases act directly or indirectly to phosphorylate and/or activate effector proteins including p42 (microtubule-associated protein kinase) (MAPK), phospholipases C-gamma 1 (PLC gamma 1) and C-gamma 2 (PLC gamma 2), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-K), and p21ras-GTPase-activating protein (GAP). Although coimmunoprecipitation results indicate that the Src family protein tyrosine kinases interact physically with some of these effector molecules, the molecular basis of this interaction has not been established. Here, we show that three distinct sites mediate the interaction of these kinases with effectors. The amino-terminal 27 residues of the unique domain of p56lyn mediate association with PLC gamma 2, MAPK, and GAP. Binding to PI 3-K is mediated through the Src homology 3 (SH3) domains of the Src family kinases. Relatively small proportions of cellular PI 3-K, PLC gamma 2, MAPK, and GAP, presumably those which are tyrosine phosphorylated, bind to the SH2 domains of these kinases. Comparative analysis of binding activities of Blk, Lyn, and Fyn shows that these kinases differ in their abilities to associate with MAPK and PI 3-K, suggesting that they may preferentially bind and subsequently phosphorylate distinct sets of downstream effector molecules in vivo. Fast protein liquid chromatography Mono Q column-fractionated MAPK maintains the ability to bind bacterially expressed Lyn, suggesting that the two kinases may interact directly.
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Pleiman, C. M., M. R. Clark, L. K. Gauen, S. Winitz, K. M. Coggeshall, G. L. Johnson, A. S. Shaw, and J. C. Cambier. "Mapping of sites on the Src family protein tyrosine kinases p55blk, p59fyn, and p56lyn which interact with the effector molecules phospholipase C-gamma 2, microtubule-associated protein kinase, GTPase-activating protein, and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase." Molecular and Cellular Biology 13, no. 9 (September 1993): 5877–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mcb.13.9.5877-5887.1993.
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Engagement of the B-cell antigen receptor complex induces immediate activation of receptor-associated Src family tyrosine kinases including p55blk, p59fyn, p53/56lyn, and perhaps p56lck, and this response is accompanied by tyrosine phosphorylation of distinct cellular substrates. These kinases act directly or indirectly to phosphorylate and/or activate effector proteins including p42 (microtubule-associated protein kinase) (MAPK), phospholipases C-gamma 1 (PLC gamma 1) and C-gamma 2 (PLC gamma 2), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-K), and p21ras-GTPase-activating protein (GAP). Although coimmunoprecipitation results indicate that the Src family protein tyrosine kinases interact physically with some of these effector molecules, the molecular basis of this interaction has not been established. Here, we show that three distinct sites mediate the interaction of these kinases with effectors. The amino-terminal 27 residues of the unique domain of p56lyn mediate association with PLC gamma 2, MAPK, and GAP. Binding to PI 3-K is mediated through the Src homology 3 (SH3) domains of the Src family kinases. Relatively small proportions of cellular PI 3-K, PLC gamma 2, MAPK, and GAP, presumably those which are tyrosine phosphorylated, bind to the SH2 domains of these kinases. Comparative analysis of binding activities of Blk, Lyn, and Fyn shows that these kinases differ in their abilities to associate with MAPK and PI 3-K, suggesting that they may preferentially bind and subsequently phosphorylate distinct sets of downstream effector molecules in vivo. Fast protein liquid chromatography Mono Q column-fractionated MAPK maintains the ability to bind bacterially expressed Lyn, suggesting that the two kinases may interact directly.
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Kinashi, T., JA Escobedo, LT Williams, K. Takatsu, and TA Springer. "Receptor tyrosine kinase stimulates cell-matrix adhesion by phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase and phospholipase C-gamma 1 pathways." Blood 86, no. 6 (September 15, 1995): 2086–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood.v86.6.2086.bloodjournal8662086.
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Receptor tyrosine kinases are known to be important in growth and differentiation. We have recently found that c-kit, the tyrosine kinase receptor for steel factor, also regulates cell-matrix adhesion. Because Steel factor helps regulate cell migration and localization, this may be an important biologic function. Integrin adhesiveness is regulated within minutes by c-kit. The signaling pathways for tyrosine kinase stimulation of integrin adhesiveness and their relation to pathways that regulate growth and differentiation over much longer time periods remain uncharacterized. We have studied the effector pathways by which receptor tyrosine kinases regulate cell-matrix adhesion using wild-type and mutant forms of the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor, which is closely related to c-kit. The PDGF receptor expressed in mast cells is as potent as c-kit in stimulating adhesion to fibronectin. We show that induction of adhesion is regulated through two independent pathways of phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K) and phospholipase C- gamma 1 (PLC gamma)-protein kinase C by elimination of autophosphorylation sites required for activation of PI3K and PLC gamma or in combination with downregulation of protein kinase C or wortmannin. By contrast, a receptor mutated in both the PI3K and PLC gamma association sites can still stimulate mast cell growth, indicating a crucial role of these effector molecules in regulating adhesion rather than cell growth.
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Al-Nedawi, K. N., Z. Pawłowska, and C. S. Cierniewski. "Interferon gamma bound to endothelial cells is phosphorylated by ecto-protein kinases." Acta Biochimica Polonica 46, no. 3 (September 30, 1999): 693–702. http://dx.doi.org/10.18388/abp.1999_4141.
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The presence of protein kinase activity and its phosphorylated products has been demonstrated on the outer surface of the plasma membrane of endothelial cells. Extracellular phosphorylation was detected by incubation of primary endothelial cells (HUVEC's) and endothelial cell line EA.hy 926 with [gamma-32P]ATP. The reaction products were subjected to SDS/PAGE, autoradiography and scanning densitometry. Under the experimental conditions, five proteins with apparent molecular masses of 19, 23, 55, 88, and 110 kDa were prominently phosphorylated in both types of cells. Phosphorylation of the 19 kDa protein was the most rapid reaching maximum after 60 s and then the protein became dephosphorylated. Ecto-protein kinases responsible for the surface labeling of membrane proteins were characterized by using (a) protein kinase C inhibitors: K-252b, chelerythrine chloride, and [Ala113] myelin basic protein (104-118), (b) protein kinase A inhibitor Kemptide 8334, and (c) casein kinase II inhibitor 5,6-dichloro-1-beta-D-ribofuranosyl benzimidazole (DRB). Stimulation of endothelial cells with tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) and interferon gamma (IFN gamma) is associated with 20-80% reduction of extracellular phosphorylation of all membrane proteins. IFN gamma bound to membrane receptors becomes rapidly phosphorylated. Only in the case of IFN gamma it was associated with the appearance of a strongly phosphorylated band of 17 kDa corresponding to IFN gamma itself. Phosphorylation of this 17 kDa exogenous substrate was prevented by an ecto-kinase inhibitor K-252b. The existence of ecto-phosphoprotein phosphatase activity in endothelial cells was evidenced by testing the effect of microcystin LR--a membrane impermeable reagent that inhibits both PP-1 and PP-2a phosphoprotein phosphatases. The extent of phosphorylation of 19 kDa and 110 kDa phosphoproteins significantly increased in the presence of microcystin. Our results suggest the presence of at least two ecto-kinase activities on endothelial cells that may play a significant role(s) in the regulation of cytokines function.
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Kashishian, A., and J. A. Cooper. "Phosphorylation sites at the C-terminus of the platelet-derived growth factor receptor bind phospholipase C gamma 1." Molecular Biology of the Cell 4, no. 1 (January 1993): 49–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.4.1.49.
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We have identified two tyrosine phosphorylation sites, Tyr 1009 and Tyr 1021, in the C-terminal noncatalytic region of the human platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor beta subunit. Mutant receptors with phenylalanine substitutions at either or both of these tyrosines were expressed in dog epithelial cells. Mutation of Tyr 1021 markedly reduced the PDGF-stimulated binding of phospholipase C (PLC) gamma 1 but had no effect on binding of the GTPase activator protein of Ras or of phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase. Mutation of Tyr 1009 reduced binding of PLC gamma 1 less severely. Mutation of Tyr 1021, or both Tyr 1009 and Tyr 1021, also reduced the PDGF-dependent binding of a transiently expressed fusion protein containing the two Src-homology 2 domains from PLC gamma 1. Mutation of Tyr 1021, or both Tyr 1009 and Tyr 1021, greatly reduced PDGF-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of PLC gamma 1 but did not prevent the tyrosine phosphorylation of other cell proteins, including mitogen-activated protein kinase. We conclude that Tyr 1021, and possibly Tyr 1009, is a binding site for PLC gamma 1.
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Azzoni, L., M. Kamoun, T. W. Salcedo, P. Kanakaraj, and B. Perussia. "Stimulation of Fc gamma RIIIA results in phospholipase C-gamma 1 tyrosine phosphorylation and p56lck activation." Journal of Experimental Medicine 176, no. 6 (December 1, 1992): 1745–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.176.6.1745.
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Binding of ligand to the alpha subunit of Fc gamma RIIIA(CD16), expressed at the natural killer (NK) cell membrane in association with homo or heterodimers of proteins of the zeta family, results in phosphorylation of several proteins on tyrosine residues. We have analyzed the role of protein tyrosine phosphorylation in the regulation of molecular events induced upon stimulation of Fc gamma RIIIA in NK cells and in T cells expressing the Fc gamma RIII alpha chain in association with endogenous zeta 2 homodimers and devoid of other (CD3, CD2) transducing molecules. Our data indicate that treatment of these cells with protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors prevents not only Fc gamma RIIIA-induced protein tyrosine phosphorylation but also phosphatidylinositol 4,5 diphosphate hydrolysis and increased intracellular Ca2+ concentration, indicating a primary role of tyrosine kinase(s) in the induction of these early activation events. Occupancy of Fc gamma RIIIA by ligand results in phospholipase C (PLC)-gamma 1 tyrosine phosphorylation in NK cells and in Fc gamma RIIIA-transfected CD3-/CD2- T cells, and induces functional activation of p56lck in Fc gamma RIIIA alpha/zeta 2-transfected T cells, suggesting the possibility that the receptor-induced PLC-gamma 1 activation occurs upon phosphorylation of its tyrosine residues mediated by this kinase and is, at least in part, responsible for the signal transduction mediated via CD16 upon ligand binding.
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Zang, R., H. J. Müller, K. Kielbassa, F. Marks, and M. Gschwendt. "Partial purification of a type η protein kinase C from murine brain: separation from other protein kinase C isoenzymes and characterization." Biochemical Journal 304, no. 2 (December 1, 1994): 641–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj3040641.
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Various murine tissues were tested, by using a protein kinase C-eta-specific antiserum, for the expression of type eta protein kinase C. Brain was found to be the richest source of a type eta isoenzyme. Native protein kinase C-eta was partially purified from the cytosol of murine brain by chromatography on DEAE-Sepharose, hydroxyapatite and protamine-agarose. This procedure resulted in a separation of protein kinase C-eta from the other phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-responsive isoenzymes (alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon) and allowed, for the first time, characterization of the native enzyme. The protein kinase C of type eta from mouse brain is a phospholipid-dependent Ca(2+)-unresponsive protein kinase. Both PMA and bryostatin activate the kinase for phosphorylation of a substrate as well as for autophosphorylation. Various pseudo-substrate-related peptides are suitable as substrates for the eta-type kinase, peptide delta being the best and peptides eta and epsilon the poorest substrates. The enzyme is inhibited by staurosporine and staurosporine-related compounds, such as K252a and Gö 6976. However, protein kinase C-eta, like protein kinase C-delta, is around two orders of magnitude less sensitive towards Gö 6976 than are the Ca(2+)-responsive isoenzymes (alpha, beta, gamma). The eta-type protein kinase C exhibits an extreme tendency to lose its PMA-responsiveness. Consequently, purification of the enzyme to homogeneity has not yet been successful.
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Salathe, M., M. M. Pratt, and A. Wanner. "Protein kinase C-dependent phosphorylation of a ciliary membrane protein and inhibition of ciliary beating." Journal of Cell Science 106, no. 4 (December 1, 1993): 1211–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jcs.106.4.1211.
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The present study examined whether protein kinase C phosphorylated a ciliary protein and whether this phosphorylation event was temporally correlated with a decrease in ciliary beat frequency. Activation of protein kinase C decreased ciliary beat frequency of sheep tracheal epithelium, an effect fully blockable by pretreatment of the tissue pieces with H-7, a protein kinase inhibitor. Using cilia removed from these epithelial surfaces and incubated in solutions containing stimulators of protein kinase C along with [gamma-32P]ATP or [gamma-35S]ATP, a single protein target of ciliary protein kinase C activity was identified. The protein is a polypeptide of molecular mass 37 kDa (p37) as estimated by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Protein kinase C dependency of p37 phosphorylation was proven by showing that Calphostin C, a specific protein kinase C inhibitor, blocked label incorporation into p37 completely, and by demonstrating that purified protein kinase C phosphorylated p37. Inhibitors of cAMP-dependent kinase and calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase did not change the phosphorylation of p37 in the presence of protein kinase C activators. p37 was recovered in a Triton X-100-extractable fraction of this ciliary preparation, suggesting that p37 is membrane associated. This hypothesis was further supported by the fact that p37 was present in a pellet representing reconstituted membranes. Thin-layer electrophoresis revealed that p37 was phosphorylated on serine and tyrosine residues, suggesting that the activation of protein kinase C also stimulated tyrosine kinase activity. p37 did not precipitate with annexin I or II antibodies. These results show that sheep tracheal cilia contain protein kinase C activity and that activated protein kinase C phosphorylates a membrane-associated ovine ciliary target, an effect temporally related to a protein kinase C-mediated decrease in ciliary beat frequency.
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Weber, J. R., G. M. Bell, M. Y. Han, T. Pawson, and J. B. Imboden. "Association of the tyrosine kinase LCK with phospholipase C-gamma 1 after stimulation of the T cell antigen receptor." Journal of Experimental Medicine 176, no. 2 (August 1, 1992): 373–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.176.2.373.
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Stimulation of the T cell antigen receptor (TCR) activates a protein tyrosine kinase and leads to the tyrosine phosphorylation of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C-gamma 1 (PLC gamma 1). The molecular interactions involved in this phosphorylation are not known. After stimulation of the TCR on Jurkat T cells, tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins of 36, 38, 58, and 63 kD coprecipitate with PLC gamma 1. An identical pattern of proteins precipitate with TrpE fusion proteins that contain the Src homology (SH) 2 domains of PLC gamma 1, indicating that these regions of PLC gamma 1 are responsible for binding. TCR stimulation leads to an association between the SH2 domains of PLC gamma 1 and a protein tyrosine kinase, which, by peptide mapping, is identical to p56lck. These studies establish that p56lck associates with PLC gamma 1 as a result of TCR stimulation of Jurkat cells, suggesting that p56lck plays a central role in coupling the TCR to the activation of PLC gamma 1.
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Fassio, Antonella, Franca Cofano, Giorgio Cavallo, and Santo Landolfo. "Activation of protein kinase C down-regulates IFN-gamma receptors." Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 144, no. 1 (April 1987): 337–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0006-291x(87)80515-6.
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Blake, R. A., T. R. Walker, and S. P. Watson. "Activation of human platelets by peroxovanadate is associated with tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase Cγ and formation of inositol phosphates." Biochemical Journal 290, no. 2 (March 1, 1993): 471–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj2900471.
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Vanadate ions in the presence of H2O2 (peroxovanadate) induce a marked increase in the degree of tyrosine phosphorylation of proteins in human platelets. This increase preceded the onset of platelet shape change and aggregation, and is associated with activation of phospholipase C and increased [32P]phosphorylation of proteins of 47 kDa, a substrate for protein kinase C, and 20 kDa, a substrate for both myosin light-chain kinase and protein kinase C. The non-selective inhibitor of protein kinases, staurosporine, inhibits the increase in tyrosine phosphorylation of nearly all proteins and inhibits completely all other functional responses, suggesting that these events may be linked. In support of this, peroxovanadate stimulates tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase C gamma 1, suggesting that this may underlie its mechanism of platelet activation. Staurosporine also inhibited activation of phospholipase C by collagen, suggesting that tyrosine phosphorylation has an important role in the early stages of collagen-induced platelet activation.
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Lee, Y. J., R. B. Panek, M. Huston, and E. N. Benveniste. "Role of protein kinase C and tyrosine kinase activity in IFN-gamma-induced expression of the class II MHC gene." American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 268, no. 1 (January 1, 1995): C127—C137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.1995.268.1.c127.
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Astrocytes are induced by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) to express class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens. Our previous studies demonstrated that IFN-gamma-initiated signaling events important for class II expression include activation of protein kinase C (PKC) and the Na+/H+ antiporter. We have extended these studies and found that protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) activity is also required for class II expression. Treatment of astrocytes with inhibitors specific for PKC and PTK blocked INF-gamma-induced class II gene transcription, mRNA expression, and protein expression. Immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated that IFN-gamma induced tyrosine phosphorylation of the p91 component of ISGF3, which is blocked by preincubation of cells with PTK inhibitors. Treatment of astrocytes with IFN-gamma and either PKC and PTK inhibitors changed the mobility and intensity of a nuclear factor, IFN-gamma-enhanced factor X, which binds to the X box of the class II MHC promoter. Taken together, these data provide evidence that activation of both PTK and PKC is required for IFN-gamma-induced expression of the class II gene.
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Pears, C., D. Schaap, and P. J. Parker. "The regulatory domain of protein kinase C-ε restricts the catalytic-domain-specificity." Biochemical Journal 276, no. 1 (May 15, 1991): 257–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj2760257.
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Protein kinase C (PKC) consists of a family of closely related enzymes that can be divided into two subfamilies (alpha, beta and gamma and delta, epsilon and zeta) on the basis of primary sequence. Functional differences have also been described; thus PKC-alpha, PKC-beta and PKC-gamma readily phosphorylate histone IIIS in vitro, whereas PKC-epsilon will not employ this substrate efficiently. We have previously demonstrated, however, that proteolytic cleavage of PKC-epsilon generates a constitutive kinase activity that is an efficient histone IIIS kinase [Schaap, Hsuan, Totty & Parker (1990) Eur. J. Biochem. 191, 431-435]. In order to investigate the structural basis for this switch in specificity, we have constructed a chimaeric protein containing the regulatory domain of PKC-epsilon fused to the catalytic domain of PKC-gamma. When this is expressed in COS1 cells the chimaeric kinase shows a substrate-specificity similar to that of PKC-epsilon rather than to that of PKC-gamma. This demonstrates a role for the regulatory domain in substrate selection of PKC-epsilon.
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Hama, N., F. Paliogianni, B. J. Fessler, and D. T. Boumpas. "Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II downregulates both calcineurin and protein kinase C-mediated pathways for cytokine gene transcription in human T cells." Journal of Experimental Medicine 181, no. 3 (March 1, 1995): 1217–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.181.3.1217.
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Engagement of the T cell receptor for antigen activates phospholipase C resulting in an increase in intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) and activation of protein kinase C (PKC). Increased [Ca2+]i activates Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinases including the multifunctional Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM-K II), as well as calcineurin, a type 2B protein phosphatase. Recent studies have identified calcineurin as a key enzyme for interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-4 promoter activation. However, the role of CaM-K II remains unknown. We have used mutants of these kinases and phosphatases (gamma B*CaM-K and delta CaM-AI, respectively) to explore their relative role in cytokine gene transcription and their interactions with PKC-dependent signaling systems. gamma B*CaM-K and delta CaM-AI, known to exhibit constitutive Ca(2+)-independent activity, were cotransfected (alone or in combination) in Jurkat T cells with a plasmid containing the intact IL-2 promoter driving the expression of the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gene. Cotransfection of gamma B*CaM-K with the IL-2 promoter construct downregulated its transcription in response to stimulation with ionomycin and phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). The inhibitory effect of CaM-K II on IL-2 promoter was associated with decreased transcription of its AP-1 and NF-AT transactivating pathways. Under the same conditions, delta CaM-AI superinduced IL-2 promoter activity (approximately twofold increase). When both mutants were used in combination, gamma B*CaM-K inhibited the induction of the IL-2 promoter by delta CaM-AI. Similar results were obtained when a construct containing the IL-4 promoter also was used. gamma B*CaM-K also downregulated the activation of AP-1 in response to transfection with a constitutively active mutant of PKC or stimulation with PMA. These results suggest that CaM-K II may exert negative influences on cytokine gene transcription in human T cells, and provide preliminary evidence for negative cross-talk with the calcineurin- and PKC-dependent signaling systems.
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Maa, M. C., T. H. Leu, B. J. Trandel, J. H. Chang, and S. J. Parsons. "A protein that is highly related to GTPase-activating protein-associated p62 complexes with phospholipase C gamma." Molecular and Cellular Biology 14, no. 8 (August 1994): 5466–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mcb.14.8.5466.
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p62 is a highly tyrosyl phosphorylated protein that was first identified in immunoprecipitates of the GTPase-activating protein (GAP) of p21ras from cells transformed by oncogenic nonreceptor tyrosine kinases or stimulated through tyrosine kinase receptors (C. Ellis, M. Moran, F. McCormick, and T. Pawson, Nature 343:377-381, 1991). In this article we describe a highly related 62-kDa protein that becomes tyrosyl phosphorylated and associated with phospholipase C gamma (PLC gamma) in C3H10T1/2 cells stimulated with epidermal growth factor (EGF) or transformed by v-src. GAP-associated and PLC gamma-associated p62 comigrated in one-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and exhibited nearly identical phosphotryptic peptide patterns. That the association of p62 with PLC gamma was direct and not mediated through binding of GAP-p62 to PLC gamma or to the EGF receptor (and coprecipitation of the receptor with PLC gamma) was demonstrated by (i) the inability to detect GAP in PLC gamma immunocomplexes or PLC gamma in GAP immunocomplexes, (ii) the association of p62 with PLC gamma in v-src-transformed cells in the absence of EGF stimulation, and (iii) in vitro solution binding and direct blotting of p62 with a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein containing the Src homology 2 (SH2) domains of PLC gamma. Unlike GAP, whose N-terminal SH2 mediates the interaction between GAP and p62, PLC gamma was found to require both its N- and C-terminal SH2 regions for p62 binding. These studies demonstrate that a protein identical to or highly related to GAP-associated p62 binds PLC gamma and suggest a means by which "cross-talk" between PLC gamma- and GAP-mediated signalling may occur.
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Maa, M. C., T. H. Leu, B. J. Trandel, J. H. Chang, and S. J. Parsons. "A protein that is highly related to GTPase-activating protein-associated p62 complexes with phospholipase C gamma." Molecular and Cellular Biology 14, no. 8 (August 1994): 5466–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mcb.14.8.5466-5473.1994.
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p62 is a highly tyrosyl phosphorylated protein that was first identified in immunoprecipitates of the GTPase-activating protein (GAP) of p21ras from cells transformed by oncogenic nonreceptor tyrosine kinases or stimulated through tyrosine kinase receptors (C. Ellis, M. Moran, F. McCormick, and T. Pawson, Nature 343:377-381, 1991). In this article we describe a highly related 62-kDa protein that becomes tyrosyl phosphorylated and associated with phospholipase C gamma (PLC gamma) in C3H10T1/2 cells stimulated with epidermal growth factor (EGF) or transformed by v-src. GAP-associated and PLC gamma-associated p62 comigrated in one-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and exhibited nearly identical phosphotryptic peptide patterns. That the association of p62 with PLC gamma was direct and not mediated through binding of GAP-p62 to PLC gamma or to the EGF receptor (and coprecipitation of the receptor with PLC gamma) was demonstrated by (i) the inability to detect GAP in PLC gamma immunocomplexes or PLC gamma in GAP immunocomplexes, (ii) the association of p62 with PLC gamma in v-src-transformed cells in the absence of EGF stimulation, and (iii) in vitro solution binding and direct blotting of p62 with a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein containing the Src homology 2 (SH2) domains of PLC gamma. Unlike GAP, whose N-terminal SH2 mediates the interaction between GAP and p62, PLC gamma was found to require both its N- and C-terminal SH2 regions for p62 binding. These studies demonstrate that a protein identical to or highly related to GAP-associated p62 binds PLC gamma and suggest a means by which "cross-talk" between PLC gamma- and GAP-mediated signalling may occur.
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Zhou, Z. L., and M. Ikebe. "New isoforms of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in smooth muscle." Biochemical Journal 299, no. 2 (April 15, 1994): 489–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj2990489.
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Four novel isoforms of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM kinase II) were found in rat aorta smooth muscle. Two of them were related to gamma-isoform of brain CaM kinase II (gamma-a). Differences in the primary structure of these isoforms were located in the variable region. One of them (gamma-b) contained 23 unique amino acid residues, whereas the other (gamma-c) did not contain this sequence. Both isoforms lacked the two segments (Val-316 to Gln-337 and Lys-353 to Leu-362) present in gamma-a. The DNA sequence of these gamma-isoforms except the variable region was exactly the same, suggesting that they are produced by alternative splicing. Another two isoforms were related to the delta-isoform of brain CaM kinase II (delta-a). delta-b contained a unique 11-residue sequence in the variable region whereas delta-c did not. As found for gamma-isoforms, the sequence analysis suggested that the three delta-isoforms are also produced by alternative splicing. Analysis of RNA by reverse transcription PCR confirmed the existence of specific messages for gamma-b, delta-a and delta-b. The variety of isoforms of CaM kinase II suggest that each isoform may play a specialized role in cell regulation.
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Disatnik, M. H., S. M. Hernandez-Sotomayor, G. Jones, G. Carpenter, and D. Mochly-Rosen. "Phospholipase C-gamma 1 binding to intracellular receptors for activated protein kinase C." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 91, no. 2 (January 18, 1994): 559–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.91.2.559.
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Lo, C. F., and G. E. Breitwieser. "Protein kinase-independent inhibition of muscarinic K+ channels by staurosporine." American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 266, no. 4 (April 1, 1994): C1128—C1132. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.1994.266.4.c1128.
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Acetylcholine (ACh) binding to atrial muscarinic receptors activates an inwardly rectifying K+ current (IK[ACh]) via a pertussis toxin-sensitive GTP-binding protein (GK). The muscarinic K+ channel (termed GIRK1) has been cloned, and the nucleotide sequence contains nine consensus sites for protein kinase C (PKC) phosphorylation (16). Dephosphorylation of the muscarinic K+ channel has been implicated in rapid IK[ACh] desensitization in the presence of agonist (13). Staurosporine is a widely used membrane-permeant inhibitor of PKC and other protein kinases (7), including G protein-coupled receptor kinases. We investigated the role of phosphorylation in the regulation of IK[ACh] by examining the effect of a variety of protein kinase inhibitors. Staurosporine produced a rapid and reversible dose-dependent decrease in IK[ACh], activated by either GTP or guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTP gamma S). Other PKC inhibitors, including calphostin C and K-252b, were without effect on GTP gamma S-activated IK[ACh]. In excised patches of atrial membrane under nonphosphorylating conditions (0 ATP, 1 mM 5'-adenylylimidodiphosphate), staurosporine reversibly reduced muscarinic K+ channel activity without altering single-channel current amplitude. These results suggest that staurosporine inhibits IK[ACh] by a mechanism independent of intracellular protein kinases.
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Islam, Jaisan, Elina Kc, Byeong Ho Oh, Hyeong Cheol Moon, and Young Seok Park. "Pain modulation effect on motor cortex after optogenetic stimulation in shPKCγ knockdown dorsal root ganglion-compressed Sprague-Dawley rat model." Molecular Pain 16 (January 2020): 174480692094368. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1744806920943685.
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Neuropathic pain can be generated by chronic compression of dorsal root ganglion (CCD). Stimulation of primary motor cortex can disrupt the nociceptive sensory signal at dorsal root ganglion level and reduce pain behaviors. But the mechanism behind it is still implicit. Protein kinase C gamma is known as an essential enzyme for the development of neuropathic pain, and specific inhibitor of protein kinase C gamma can disrupt the sensory signal and reduce pain behaviors. Optogenetic stimulation has been emerged as a new and promising conducive method for refractory neuropathic pain. The aim of this study was to provide evidence whether optical stimulation of primary motor cortex can modulate chronic neuropathic pain in CCD rat model. Animals were randomly divided into CCD group, sham group, and control group. Dorsal root ganglion-compressed neuropathic pain model was established in animals, and knocking down of protein kinase C gamma was also accomplished. Pain behavioral scores were significantly improved in the short hairpin Protein Kinase C gamma knockdown CCD animals during optic stimulation. Ventral posterolateral thalamic firing inhibition was also observed during light stimulation on motor cortex in CCD animal. We assessed alteration of pain behaviors in pre-light off, stimulation-light on, and post-light off state. In vivo extracellular recording of the ventral posterolateral thalamus, viral expression in the primary motor cortex, and protein kinase C gamma expression in dorsal root ganglion were investigated. So, optical cortico-thalamic inhibition by motor cortex stimulation can improve neuropathic pain behaviors in CCD animal, and knocking down of protein kinase C gamma plays a conducive role in the process. This study provides feasibility for in vivo optogenetic stimulation on primary motor cortex of dorsal root ganglion-initiated neuropathic pain.
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Richard, S., D. Yu, K. J. Blumer, D. Hausladen, M. W. Olszowy, P. A. Connelly, and A. S. Shaw. "Association of p62, a multifunctional SH2- and SH3-domain-binding protein, with src family tyrosine kinases, Grb2, and phospholipase C gamma-1." Molecular and Cellular Biology 15, no. 1 (January 1995): 186–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mcb.15.1.186.
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src family tyrosine kinases contain two noncatalytic domains termed src homology 3 (SH3) and SH2 domains. Although several other signal transduction molecules also contain tandemly occurring SH3 and SH2 domains, the function of these closely spaced domains is not well understood. To identify the role of the SH3 domains of src family tyrosine kinases, we sought to identify proteins that interacted with this domain. By using the yeast two-hybrid system, we identified p62, a tyrosine-phosphorylated protein that associates with p21ras GTPase-activating protein, as a src family kinase SH3-domain-binding protein. Reconstitution of complexes containing p62 and the src family kinase p59fyn in HeLa cells demonstrated that complex formation resulted in tyrosine phosphorylation of p62 and was mediated by both the SH3 and SH2 domains of p59fyn. The phosphorylation of p62 by p59fyn required an intact SH3 domain, demonstrating that one function of the src family kinase SH3 domains is to bind and present certain substrates to the kinase. As p62 contains at least five SH3-domain-binding motifs and multiple tyrosine phosphorylation sites, p62 may interact with other signalling molecules via SH3 and SH2 domain interactions. Here we show that the SH3 and/or SH2 domains of the signalling proteins Grb2 and phospholipase C gamma-1 can interact with p62 both in vitro and in vivo. Thus, we propose that one function of the tandemly occurring SH3 and SH2 domains of src family kinases is to bind p62, a multifunctional SH3 and SH2 domain adapter protein, linking src family kinases to downstream effector and regulatory molecules.
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Hamilton, T. A., D. L. Becton, S. D. Somers, P. W. Gray, and D. O. Adams. "Interferon-gamma modulates protein kinase C activity in murine peritoneal macrophages." Journal of Biological Chemistry 260, no. 3 (February 1985): 1378–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0021-9258(18)89600-4.
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Becton, P. L., T. A. Hamilton, S. D. Somers, J. M. Falletta, and D. O. Adams. "882 INTERFERON GAMMA MODULATES PROTEIN KINASE C IN MURINE PERITONEAL MACROPHAGES." Pediatric Research 19, no. 4 (April 1985): 257A. http://dx.doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198504000-00912.
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Macdonald, R. L. "Ethanol, gamma-aminobutyrate type A receptors, and protein kinase C phosphorylation." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 92, no. 9 (April 25, 1995): 3633–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.92.9.3633.
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Fan, X. D., M. Goldberg, and B. R. Bloom. "Interferon-gamma-induced transcriptional activation is mediated by protein kinase C." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 85, no. 14 (July 1, 1988): 5122–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.85.14.5122.
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Berl, T., J. Mansour, and I. Teitelbaum. "ANP stimulates phospholipase C in cultured RIMCT cells: roles of protein kinases and G protein." American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology 260, no. 4 (April 1, 1991): F590—F595. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.1991.260.4.f590.
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We examined the possibility that, in addition to stimulation of guanylate cyclase (GC), atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) also activates phospholipase C (PLC) in cultured rat inner medullary collecting tubule (RIMCT) cells. ANP (10(-12)M) causes marked release of inositol trisphosphate (IP3) at a concentration that does not stimulate GC. Concentrations of ANP that stimulate GC (greater than or equal to 10(-10) M) result in attenuated IP3 release. Similarly, exogenous dibutyryl guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (10(-6) M) markedly inhibits the response to 10(-10) M ANP. Inhibition of cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinase by H 8, but not inhibition of protein kinase C by H 7, restores the response to 10(-8) and 10(-6) M ANP. Therefore, activation of cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinase inhibits ANP-stimulated PLC activity. Activation of protein kinase C by phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) decreases ANP-stimulated IP3 production. Pretreatment with H 7, but not H 8, prevents inhibition by PMA. To explore a potential role for G proteins, we examined the effect of guanine nucleotide analogues on ANP-stimulated IP3 production in saponin-permeabilized cells. ANP-stimulated IP3 production is enhanced by GTP gamma S and is inhibited by GDP beta S. Similarly, preincubation with pertussis toxin prevents ANP-stimulated IP3 release. We conclude that ANP stimulates PLC in RIMCT cells via a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein. Stimulation of PLC is inhibited on activation of either cyclic nucleotide or Ca2+-phospholipid dependent protein kinases.
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Shori, D. K., R. L. Dormer, M. C. Goodchild, and M. A. McPherson. "Defective phosphorylation of a calmodulin-binding protein in cystic-fibrosis submandibular glands." Biochemical Journal 263, no. 2 (October 15, 1989): 613–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj2630613.
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Calmodulin-binding proteins in fractions purified from human submandibular glands by calmodulin-Sepharose were phosphorylated with [gamma-32P]ATP, in the absence of exogenous protein kinase. The major proteins phosphorylated had molecular masses of 45, 51 and 61 kDa. Phosphorylation was increased by activators of protein kinase C and inhibited by H-7. Phosphorylation of the 61 kDa band was markedly decreased in cystic-fibrosis submandibular glands.
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Nasmith, P. E., G. B. Mills, and S. Grinstein. "Guanine nucleotides induce tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of the respiratory burst in neutrophils." Biochemical Journal 257, no. 3 (February 1, 1989): 893–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj2570893.
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Activation of the NADPH oxidase was examined in electrically permeabilized human neutrophils exposed to non-hydrolysable guanine nucleotides. Guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP[S]) induced a marked increase in the rate of O2 consumption, which was partially resistant to staurosporine, an inhibitor of protein kinase C, under conditions where the response to diacylglycerol was virtually abolished. The respiratory burst elicited by GTP[S] was dependent on the presence of ATP and Mg2+, suggesting involvement of phosphorylation reactions. Accordingly, phosphoprotein formation was greatly stimulated by the guanine nucleotide. The polypeptide phosphorylation pattern induced by GTP[S] was similar to, but not identical with, that observed with diacylglycerol, indicating the activation of kinases other than protein kinase C by the guanine nucleotide. The possible involvement of tyrosine kinases was assessed by immunoblotting using anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies. Treatment of electroporated cells with GTP[S] stimulated the accumulation of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins. This effect was not induced by diacylglycerol, indicating that tyrosine phosphorylation is not secondary to stimulation of protein kinase C. The results indicate that, in neutrophils, activated G-proteins can stimulate tyrosine kinase and/or inhibit tyrosine phosphatase activity. Changes in the amounts of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins may signal activation of the respiratory burst.
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Xu, Jianhua, Steven Kim, Mei Chen, Shayna Rockow, Soyun Elizabeth Yi, Andrew J. Wagner, Nissim Hay, Ralph R. Weichselbaum, and Wei Li. "Blockage of the Early Events of Mitogenic Signaling by Interferon-γ in Macrophages in Response to Colony-Stimulating Factor-1." Blood 86, no. 7 (October 1, 1995): 2774–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood.v86.7.2774.2774.
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Abstract Inhibition of cell proliferation is an important biologic funcphorbol ester, as measured by early gene expression, DNA tion of interferons (IFNs), which has been exploited in therasynthesis and cell proliferation. Although activation, phospeutic treatment of certain hematologic malignancies. Howphorylation, and turnover of the CSF-1 receptor and CSF-1-ever, the molecular mechanism was not clear. We have induced increase in diacylglycerol production remained norrecently shown that IFNs (alpha /beta and gamma ) inhibit protein kinase mal, IFN-gamma blocked CSF-1-stimulated activation of mitogen-C (PKC)-dependent (such as PDGF and phorbol ester) but activated protein kinases, Raf-1 kinase, increase in GTP-not PKC-independent (such as epidermal growth factor) actibound Ras and tyrosine phosphorylation, and activation of vation of Raf-1 and mitogen-activated protein kinases protein kinase C delta (PKC-delta ). PKC-delta was required for CSF-1-(MAPK/ERKs) in fibroblasts (Xu et al, Mol Cell Biol 14:8018, induced mitogenic signaling and a primary target for IFN-gamma - 1994), suggesting a novel mechanism by which IFNs execute induced inhibition. Interestingly, although phorbol myristate their antiproliferative function. Monocytes/macrophages acetate stimulated Ras activation, PKC-delta did not appear to are primary targets in vivo for IFN-gamma , the major activity of be an upstream activator of Ras. These studies clearly indimacrophage-activating factor. In the present study, mechacated that IFN-gamma specifically inhibits PKC-delta activation, renism of IFN-gamma-induced antiproliferative action in macrosulting in blockage of the early events of mitogenesis in phages in response to colony-stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) macrophages in response to CSF-1
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Xu, Jianhua, Steven Kim, Mei Chen, Shayna Rockow, Soyun Elizabeth Yi, Andrew J. Wagner, Nissim Hay, Ralph R. Weichselbaum, and Wei Li. "Blockage of the Early Events of Mitogenic Signaling by Interferon-γ in Macrophages in Response to Colony-Stimulating Factor-1." Blood 86, no. 7 (October 1, 1995): 2774–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood.v86.7.2774.bloodjournal8672774.
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Inhibition of cell proliferation is an important biologic funcphorbol ester, as measured by early gene expression, DNA tion of interferons (IFNs), which has been exploited in therasynthesis and cell proliferation. Although activation, phospeutic treatment of certain hematologic malignancies. Howphorylation, and turnover of the CSF-1 receptor and CSF-1-ever, the molecular mechanism was not clear. We have induced increase in diacylglycerol production remained norrecently shown that IFNs (alpha /beta and gamma ) inhibit protein kinase mal, IFN-gamma blocked CSF-1-stimulated activation of mitogen-C (PKC)-dependent (such as PDGF and phorbol ester) but activated protein kinases, Raf-1 kinase, increase in GTP-not PKC-independent (such as epidermal growth factor) actibound Ras and tyrosine phosphorylation, and activation of vation of Raf-1 and mitogen-activated protein kinases protein kinase C delta (PKC-delta ). PKC-delta was required for CSF-1-(MAPK/ERKs) in fibroblasts (Xu et al, Mol Cell Biol 14:8018, induced mitogenic signaling and a primary target for IFN-gamma - 1994), suggesting a novel mechanism by which IFNs execute induced inhibition. Interestingly, although phorbol myristate their antiproliferative function. Monocytes/macrophages acetate stimulated Ras activation, PKC-delta did not appear to are primary targets in vivo for IFN-gamma , the major activity of be an upstream activator of Ras. These studies clearly indimacrophage-activating factor. In the present study, mechacated that IFN-gamma specifically inhibits PKC-delta activation, renism of IFN-gamma-induced antiproliferative action in macrosulting in blockage of the early events of mitogenesis in phages in response to colony-stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) macrophages in response to CSF-1
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Udovichenko, I. P., J. Cunnick, K. Gonzales, and D. J. Takemoto. "Phosphorylation of bovine rod photoreceptor cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase." Biochemical Journal 295, no. 1 (October 1, 1993): 49–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj2950049.
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The cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase (PDE) of retinal rods plays a key role in phototransduction and consists of two catalytic subunits (PDE alpha and PDE beta) and two identical inhibitory subunits (PDE gamma). Here we report that PDE alpha and PDE gamma are phosphorylated by protein kinase(s) C (PKC) from brain and rod outer segments (ROS). These same two types of PKC also phosphorylate PDE alpha in trypsin-activated PDE (without PDE gamma). In contrast, cyclic-AMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit phosphorylates both PDE alpha and PDE beta, but not PDE gamma. This kinase does not phosphorylate trypsin-activated PDE. The synthetic peptides AKVISNLLGPREAAV (PDE alpha 30-44) and KQRQTRQFKSKPPKK (PDE gamma 31-45) inhibited phosphorylation of PDE by PKC from ROS. These data suggest that sites (at least one for each subunit) for phosphorylation of PDE by PKC are localized in these corresponding regions of PDE alpha and PDE gamma. Isoenzyme-specific PKC antibodies against peptides unique to the alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon and zeta isoforms of protein kinase C were used to show that a major form of PKC in ROS is PKC alpha. However, other minor forms were also present.
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Sposi, N. M., L. Bottero, G. Cossu, G. Russo, U. Testa, and C. Peschle. "Expression of protein kinase C genes during ontogenic development of the central nervous system." Molecular and Cellular Biology 9, no. 5 (May 1989): 2284–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mcb.9.5.2284.
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We have analyzed the RNA expression of three protein kinase C (PKC) genes (alpha, beta, and gamma) in human and murine central nervous systems during embryonic-fetal, perinatal, and adult life. Analysis of human brain poly(A)+ RNA indicates that expression of PKC alpha and beta genes can be detected as early as 6 weeks postconception, undergoes a gradual increase until 9 weeks postconception, and reaches its highest level in the adult stage, and that the PKC gamma gene, although not expressed during embryonic and early fetal development, is abundantly expressed in the adult period. Similar developmental patterns were observed in human spinal cord and medulla oblongata. A detailed analysis of PKC gene expression during mammalian ontogeny was performed on poly(A)+ RNA from the brain cells of murine embryos at different stages of development and the brain cells of neonatal and adult mice. The ontogenetic patterns were similar to those observed for human brain. Furthermore, we observed that the expression of PKC gamma is induced in the peri- and postnatal phases. These results suggest that expression of PKC alpha, beta, and gamma genes possibly mediates the development of central neuronal functions, and expression of PKC gamma in particular may be involved in the development of peri- and postnatal functions.
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Sposi, N. M., L. Bottero, G. Cossu, G. Russo, U. Testa, and C. Peschle. "Expression of protein kinase C genes during ontogenic development of the central nervous system." Molecular and Cellular Biology 9, no. 5 (May 1989): 2284–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mcb.9.5.2284-2288.1989.
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We have analyzed the RNA expression of three protein kinase C (PKC) genes (alpha, beta, and gamma) in human and murine central nervous systems during embryonic-fetal, perinatal, and adult life. Analysis of human brain poly(A)+ RNA indicates that expression of PKC alpha and beta genes can be detected as early as 6 weeks postconception, undergoes a gradual increase until 9 weeks postconception, and reaches its highest level in the adult stage, and that the PKC gamma gene, although not expressed during embryonic and early fetal development, is abundantly expressed in the adult period. Similar developmental patterns were observed in human spinal cord and medulla oblongata. A detailed analysis of PKC gene expression during mammalian ontogeny was performed on poly(A)+ RNA from the brain cells of murine embryos at different stages of development and the brain cells of neonatal and adult mice. The ontogenetic patterns were similar to those observed for human brain. Furthermore, we observed that the expression of PKC gamma is induced in the peri- and postnatal phases. These results suggest that expression of PKC alpha, beta, and gamma genes possibly mediates the development of central neuronal functions, and expression of PKC gamma in particular may be involved in the development of peri- and postnatal functions.
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Gong, M. C., H. Fujihara, L. A. Walker, A. V. Somlyo, and A. P. Somlyo. "Down-regulation of G-protein-mediated Ca2+ sensitization in smooth muscle." Molecular Biology of the Cell 8, no. 2 (February 1997): 279–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.8.2.279.
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Prolonged treatment with guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP gamma S; 5-16 h, 50 microM) of smooth muscle permeabilized with Staphylococcus aureus alpha-toxin down-regulated (abolished) the acute Ca2+ sensitization of force by GTP gamma S, AIF-4, phenylephrine, and endothelin, but not the response to phorbol dibutyrate or a phosphatase inhibitor, tautomycin. Down-regulation also abolished the GTP gamma S-induced increase in myosin light chain phosphorylation at constant [Ca2+] and was associated with extensive translocation of p21rhoA to the particulate fraction, prevented its immunoprecipitation, and inhibited its ADP ribosylation without affecting the immunodetectable content of G-proteins (p21rhoA, p21ras, G alpha q/11, G alpha i3, and G beta) or protein kinase C (types alpha, beta 1, beta 2, delta, epsilon, eta, theta, and zeta). We conclude that the loss of GTP gamma S- and agonist-induced Ca2+ sensitization through prolonged treatment with GTP gamma S is not due to a decrease in the total content of either trimeric (G alpha q/11, G alpha i3, and G beta) or monomeric (p21rhoA and p21ras) G-protein or protein kinase C but may be related to a structural change of p21rhoA and/or to down-regulation of its (yet to be identified) effector.
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Motto, D. G., M. A. Musci, S. E. Ross, and G. A. Koretzky. "Tyrosine phosphorylation of Grb2-associated proteins correlates with phospholipase C gamma 1 activation in T cells." Molecular and Cellular Biology 16, no. 6 (June 1996): 2823–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mcb.16.6.2823.
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Ligation of the T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) results in the rapid activation of several protein tyrosine kinases, with the subsequent phosphorylation of numerous cellular proteins. We investigated the requirement for tyrosine phosphorylation of proteins which bind the Grb2 SH2 domain in TCR-mediated signal transduction by transfecting the Jurkat T-cell line with a cDNA encoding a chimeric protein designed to dephosphorylate these molecules. Stimulation of the TCR on cells expressing this engineered enzyme fails to result in sustained tyrosine phosphorylation of a 36-kDa protein likely to be the recently cloned pp36/Lnk. Interestingly, TCR ligation of the transfected cells also fails to induce soluble inositol phosphate production and intracellular calcium mobilization, although receptor-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase C gamma 1 still occurs. TCR-mediated Ras and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation remain intact in cells expressing the engineered phosphatase. These data demonstrate that tyrosine phosphorylation of a protein(s) which binds the SH2 domain of Grb2 correlates with phospholipase C gamma 1 activation and suggest that such a phosphoprotein(s) plays a critical role in coupling the TCR with the phosphatidylinositol second-messenger pathway.
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Yanaga, F., A. Poole, J. Asselin, R. Blake, G. L. Schieven, E. A. Clark, C. L. Law, and S. P. Watson. "Syk interacts with tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins in human platelets activated by collagen and cross-linking of the Fc γ-IIA receptor." Biochemical Journal 311, no. 2 (October 15, 1995): 471–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj3110471.
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Activation of human platelets by cross-linking of the platelet low-affinity IgG receptor, the Fc gamma receptor IIA (Fc gamma-RIIA), or by collagen is associated with rapid phosphorylation on tyrosine of the non-receptor tyrosine kinase syk. Phosphorylation is still observed, albeit sometimes reduced, in the presence of a combination of a protein kinase C inhibitor, Ro 31-8220, and the intracellular calcium chelator, BAPTA-AM, demonstrating independence from phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PLC) activity. In contrast, the combination of Ro 31-8220 and BAPTA-AM completely inhibits phosphorylation of syk in thrombin-stimulated platelets. Phosphorylation of syk increases its autophosphorylation activity measured in a kinase assay performed on syk immunoprecipitates. Fc gamma-RIIA also undergoes phosphorylation in syk immunoprecipitates from platelets activated by cross-linking of Fc gamma-RIIA but not by collagen, suggesting that it associates with the kinase. Consistent with this, tyrosine-phosphorylated Fc gamma-RIIA is precipitated by a glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion protein containing the tandem src homology (SH2) domains of syk from Fc gamma-RIIA- but not collagen-activated cells. Two uncharacterized tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins of 40 and 65 kDa are uniquely precipitated by a GST fusion protein containing the tandem syk-SH2 domains in collagen-stimulated platelets. A peptide based on the antigen recognition activation motif (ARAM) of Fc gamma-RIIA, and phosphorylated on the two tyrosine residues found within this region, selectively binds syk from lysates of resting platelets; this interaction is not seen with a non-phosphorylated peptide. Kinase assays on Fc gamma-RIIA immunoprecipitates reveal the constitutive association of an unidentified kinase activity in resting cells which phosphorylates a 67 kDa protein. Syk is not detected in Fc gamma-RIIA immunoprecipitates from resting cells but associates with the receptor following activation and, together with Fc gamma-RIIA, is phosphorylated in the kinase assay in vitro. These results demonstrate that syk is activated by Fc gamma-RIIA cross-linking and collagen, independent of PLC, suggesting that it may have an important role in the early events associated with platelet activation. The association of syk with Fc gamma-RIIA appears to be mediated through the tandem SH2 domains in syk and the ARAM motif of Fc gamma-RIIA. A similar interaction may underlie the response to collagen, suggesting that its signalling receptor contains an ARAM motif.
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Cohn, J. A. "Protein kinase C mediates cholinergically regulated protein phosphorylation in a Cl(-)-secreting epithelium." American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 258, no. 2 (February 1, 1990): C227—C233. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.1990.258.2.c227.
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T84 cell monolayers were used to study the cholinergic regulation of protein phosphorylation in epithelial cells. When T84 cell monolayers are labeled with 32Pi and stimulated with carbachol, six proteins exhibit altered phosphorylation. The most prominent response is a fivefold increase in labeling of p83, an acidic protein of Mr 83,000. Increasing labeling of p83 parallels stimulated secretion with respect to the onset of agonist action, agonist potency, and antagonism by atropine. However, the p83 and secretory responses differ in that the p83 response is more sustained. When T84 cell fractions are incubated with [gamma-32P]ATP, Ca2(+)-phospholipid stimulates p83 labeling. Phosphorylation of p83 also occurs when a T84 cell extract is incubated with purified protein kinase C and when intact cells are exposed to phorbol myristate acetate. p83 does not become phosphorylated in cell fractions incubated with adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) or in monolayers stimulated with agonists acting via cAMP. Thus carbachol stimulates the phosphorylation of an endogenous substrate for protein kinase C in T84 cells. The duration of this phosphorylation response suggests that protein kinase C may mediate a sustained response to carbachol, possibly acting to limit the duration of stimulated secretion.
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Dowling, Catríona M., Sheri L. Hayes, James J. Phelan, Mary Clare Cathcart, Stephen P. Finn, Brian Mehigan, Paul McCormick, John C. Coffey, Jacintha O’Sullivan, and Patrick A. Kiely. "Expression of protein kinase C gamma promotes cell migration in colon cancer." Oncotarget 8, no. 42 (July 1, 2017): 72096–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.18916.
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Trotta, R., P. Kanakaraj, and B. Perussia. "Fc gamma R-dependent mitogen-activated protein kinase activation in leukocytes: a common signal transduction event necessary for expression of TNF-alpha and early activation genes." Journal of Experimental Medicine 184, no. 3 (September 1, 1996): 1027–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.184.3.1027.
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Cross-linking the receptors for the Fc domain of IgG (Fc gamma R) on leukocytes induces activation of protein tyrosine kinases. The intermediary molecules that transduce to the nucleus the signals leading to induction of the diverse biological responses mediated by these receptors are not clearly identified. We have investigated whether mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) are involved in transmembrane signaling via the three Fc gamma R present on monocytic, polymorphonuclear, and natural killer (NK) cells. Our results indicate that occupancy of Fc gamma RI and Fc gamma RII on the monocytic cell line THP-I and on polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) induces, transiently and with fast kinetics, MAPK phosphorylation, as indicated by decreased electrophoretic mobility in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and increased amounts of the proteins in antiphosphotyrosine antibody immunoprecipitates. This, associated with increased enzymatic activity, also occurs upon stimulation of the transmembrane isoform of CD16 (Fc gamma RIIIA) in NK cells and in a T cell line expressing transfected Fc gamma RIIIA alpha ligand-binding chain in association with zeta, but not upon stimulation of the glycosil-phosphatidylinositol-anchored Fc gamma RIIIB on PMN. Using the specific MAP kinase kinase inhibitor-PD 098059, we show that activation of MAPK is necessary for the Fc gamma R-dependent induction of c-fos and tumor necrosis factor alpha mRNA expression in monocytes and NK cells. These results underscore the role of MAPK as signal-transducing molecules controlling the expression of different genes relevant to leukocyte biology upon Fc gamma R stimulation.
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Buchner, K., H. Otto, R. Hilbert, C. Lindschau, H. Haller, and F. Hucho. "Properties of protein kinase C associated with nuclear membranes." Biochemical Journal 286, no. 2 (September 1, 1992): 369–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj2860369.
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To study signal transduction directed towards the cell nucleus and at the nuclear membranes, we investigated the association of protein kinase C (PKC) with nuclear membranes obtained from nuclei isolated from bovine brain. By use of phorbol-ester-binding assays, significant amounts of PKC could be demonstrated in nuclei and nuclear membranes. Nuclear membranes are shown to be able to activate purified PKC. The PKC endogenously present in nuclear membranes appears to be a so-called ‘membrane-inserted’ form: it is permanently active, still binds phorbol ester, but its activity is no longer dependent on Ca2+ and cannot be activated by phorbol ester. On the other hand, this form of PKC can be inhibited by specific PKC inhibitors. By using histone HIIIS and a specific peptide substrate, it could be shown that after extraction with Triton X-100 the PKC can be stimulated by phospholipid again. Immunoblot analysis with isoenzyme-specific antibodies revealed that the alpha- and gamma-isoenzymes, but not the beta-isoenzyme, are associated with membranes derived from brain nuclei.
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Ren, C. L., T. Morio, S. M. Fu, and R. S. Geha. "Signal transduction via CD40 involves activation of lyn kinase and phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase, and phosphorylation of phospholipase C gamma 2." Journal of Experimental Medicine 179, no. 2 (February 1, 1994): 673–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.179.2.673.
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CD40 is a 50-kD glycoprotein that plays an important role in B cell survival, memory, and immunoglobulin isotype switch. Engagement of the CD40 antigen by monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) results in increased protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) activity, which plays an important role in mediating the biologic effects of CD40. We demonstrate, using an in situ phosphorylation technique, that CD40 cross-linking by the anti-CD40 mAb 626.1 resulted within 1 min in increased phosphorylation of the src type kinase, lyn, in Daudi B cell lines and remained sustained for up to 20 min. The activity of lyn kinase, as measured by immune complex kinase assay, was also increased after CD40 engagement, with similar kinetics. In contrast, the phosphorylation and activity of fyn, fgr, and lck kinases demonstrated minimal changes following stimulation of Daudi cells with mAb 626.1 over this same time period. CD40 engagement also resulted in phosphorylation of phospholipase C gamma 2 of phosphatidylinositol (PLC gamma 2) and phosphatidylinositol (PI)-3-kinase. Phosphorylation of PI-3-kinase was shown to be associated with an increase in its enzymatic activity. These results suggest that lyn plays an important role in CD40-mediated PTK activation and identify PLC gamma 2 and PI-3-kinase targets for CD40-mediated phosphorylation, suggesting a role for these two enzymes in CD40 signal transduction.
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Awayda, M. S., I. I. Ismailov, B. K. Berdiev, C. M. Fuller, and D. J. Benos. "Protein kinase regulation of a cloned epithelial Na+ channel." Journal of General Physiology 108, no. 1 (July 1, 1996): 49–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1085/jgp.108.1.49.
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We examined the regulation of a cloned epithelial Na+ channel (alpha beta gamma-rENaC) by protein kinase A (PKA) and protein kinase C (PKC). Experiments were performed in Xenopus oocytes and in planar lipid bilayers. At a holding potential of -100 mV, amiloride-sensitive current averaged -1,279 +/- 111 nA (n = 7) in alpha beta gamma-rENaC-expressing oocytes. Currents in water-injected oocytes were essentially unresponsive to 10 microM amiloride. A 1-h stimulation of PKC with 100 nM of PMA inhibited whole-cell currents in Xenopus oocytes to 17.1 +/- 1.8, and 22.1 +/- 2.6% of control (n = 7), at holding potentials of -100 and +40 mV, respectively. Direct injection of purified PKC resulted in similar inhibition to that observed with PMA. Additionally, the inactive phorbol ester, phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate, 4-O-methyl, was without effect on alpha beta gamma-rENaC currents. Pretreatment with the microtubule inhibitor colchicine (100 microM) did not modify the inhibitory effect of PMA; however, pretreatment with 20 microM cytochalasin B decreased the inhibitory action of PMA to < 20% of that previously observed. In vitro-synthesized alpha beta gamma-rENaC formed an amiloride-sensitive Na(+)-selective channel when incorporated into planar lipid bilayers. Addition of PKC, diacyl-glycerol, and Mg-ATP to the side opposite that which amiloride blocked, decreased the channel's open probability (Po) from 0.44 +/- 0.06 to 0.13 +/- 0.03 (n = 9). To study the effects of PKA on alpha beta gamma-rENaC expressed in Xenopus oocytes, cAMP levels were elevated with 10 microM forskolin and 1 mM isobutyl-methyl-xanthine. This cAMP-elevating cocktail did not cause any stimulation of alpha beta gamma-rENaC currents in either the inward or outward directions. This lack of activation was also observed in oocytes preinhibited with PMA and in oocytes pretreated with cytochalasin B and PMA. Neither alpha-rENaC nor alpha beta gamma-rENaC incorporated into planar lipid bilayers could be activated with PKA and Mg-ATP added to either side of the membrane, as Po remained at 0.63 +/- 0.06 (n = 7) and 0.45 +/- 0.05 (n = 9), respectively. We conclude that: alpha beta gamma-rENaC is inhibited by PKC, and that alpha beta gamma-rENaC is not activated by PKA.
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Wilkinson, S. E., P. J. Parker, and J. S. Nixon. "Isoenzyme specificity of bisindolylmaleimides, selective inhibitors of protein kinase C." Biochemical Journal 294, no. 2 (September 1, 1993): 335–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj2940335.
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The protein kinase C (PKC) family of isoenzymes is believed to mediate a wide range of signal-transduction pathways in many different cell types. A series of bisindolylmaleimides have been evaluated as inhibitors of members of the conventional PKC family (PKCs-alpha, -beta, -gamma) and of a representative of the new, Ca(2+)-independent, PKC family, PKC-epsilon. In contrast with the indolocarbazole staurosporine, all the bisindolylmaleimides investigated showed slight selectivity for PKC-alpha over the other isoenzymes examined. In addition, bisindolylmaleimides bearing a conformationally restricted side-chain were less active as inhibitors of PKC-epsilon. Most noticeable of these was Ro 32-0432, which showed a 10-fold selectivity for PKC-alpha and a 4-fold selectivity for PKC-beta I over PKC-epsilon.
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Arkinstall, S., M. Payton, and K. Maundrell. "Activation of phospholipase C gamma in Schizosaccharomyces pombe by coexpression of receptor or nonreceptor tyrosine kinases." Molecular and Cellular Biology 15, no. 3 (March 1995): 1431–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mcb.15.3.1431.
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The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe has no detectable endogenous receptor tyrosine kinases or associated signalling apparatus, and we have used this cell system to reconstitute mammalian platelet-derived growth factor beta (PDGF beta) receptor-linked activation of phospholipase C gamma 2 (PLC gamma 2). The PDGF beta receptor migrates as a glycosylated protein of 165 kDa associated exclusively with membrane fractions. No tyrosine autophosphorylation was detected when PDGF beta was expressed alone. PLC gamma 2 appears as a 140-kDa protein distributed between particulate and soluble fractions which exhibits characteristic selectivity for phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate and is sensitive to powerful activation by Ca2+. When coexpressed, both PDGF beta and PLC gamma 2 undergo tyrosine phosphorylation, and this is accompanied by a > 26-fold increase in [3H]inositol 4,5-biphosphate ([3H]IP2) and [3H]inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate [3H]IP3 production. Treatment with the tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor pervanadate further increased PLC gamma 2 tyrosine phosphorylation as well as [3H]IP2 and [3H]IP3 generation. Phosphorylated PLC gamma 2 was found predominantly in membrane fractions. To test a nonreceptor tyrosine kinase, we then expressed the human proto-oncogene c-src together with its negative regulator Csk. These were immunodetectable as bands at 60 kDa (c-Src) and 50 kDa (Csk) and distributed between membrane and cytosolic fractions. When yeast coexpressing c-Src, Csk, and PLC gamma 2 was incubated with pervanadate, PLC gamma 2 was tyrosine phosphorylated and [3H]IP2 and [3H]IP3 production increased 11.0- and 7.0-fold, respectively. Csk expressed alone with PLC gamma 2 was ineffective. Similar PLC gamma 2 activation was observed upon in vitro mixing with the extracts expressing either c-Src or the PDGF beta receptor. In summary, this is the first report of a reconstitution of mammalian tyrosine kinase-linked effector activation in yeast cells and also the first demonstration of direct PLC gamma 2 activation by the proto-oncogene c-src. These observations indicate that S. pombe provides a powerful cell system in which to study critical molecular interactions and activities underlying receptor and nonreceptor tyrosine kinase-dependent cell signaling.
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Gjertsen, B. T., B. Fauske, and S. O. Døskeland. "Exogenous substrate stimulates autodephosphorylation of cyclic-AMP-dependent protein kinase II." Biochemical Journal 294, no. 2 (September 1, 1993): 497–503. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj2940497.
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The autophosphorylated regulatory subunit (32P-RII) of cyclic-AMP-dependent protein kinase II was efficiently dephosphorylated by its C subunit in the absence of added ADP, provided that Mg/ATP and a standard protein kinase peptide substrate were present. This raises the possibility that autodephosphorylation could be significant in the intact cell. Only the cyclic-AMP-complexed free form of 32P-RII was efficiently dephosphorylated, indicating that the autodephosphorylation was intermolecular. Autodephosphorylation of 32P-RII in the presence of MgATP and kemptide occurred with formation of [gamma-32P]ATP, suggesting transfer of 32P of phospho-RII to a transient C*(MgADP) complex formed during the forward kinase reaction with peptide as substrate. Autodephosphorylation promoted by phosphorylation of exogenous substrates could operate also for other kinases conforming to a mechanism where MgADP remains bound to the active site after the other product (phosphorylated substrate) has left the catalytic complex.
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Takeda, H. "PI 3-kinase gamma and protein kinase C-zeta mediate RAS-independent activation of MAP kinase by a Gi protein-coupled receptor." EMBO Journal 18, no. 2 (January 15, 1999): 386–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/emboj/18.2.386.
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Verbeek, D. S. "Protein kinase C gamma mutations in spinocerebellar ataxia 14 increase kinase activity and alter membrane targeting." Brain 128, no. 2 (December 22, 2004): 436–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/brain/awh378.
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Haro, Takashi, Kazuya Shimoda, Haruko Kakumitsu, Kenjirou Kamezaki, Atsuhiko Numata, and Mine Harada. "Janus Kinases Interact with and Phosphorylate Rack-1 (Receptor for Activated C Kinase-1), a WD Motif Containing Protein." Blood 104, no. 11 (November 16, 2004): 2184. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood.v104.11.2184.2184.
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Abstract We recently reported that Tyk2 was essential for IFN-a-induced B lymphocyte growth inhibition, although Stat1 is not required for this IFN-a-mediated inhibition. This means that other signaling molecules besides Stat1, and which are activated by Tyk2, are thought to transduce the IFN-a signal inhibiting B lymphocyte growth. We performed a yeast two-hybrid screen for proteins that interact with Tyk2, and identified Rack-1, originally described as a receptor for activated C kinase beta, associated with Tyk2. Receptor for activated C kinase (Rack)-1 is a protein kinase C interacting protein, and contains a WD repeat but has no enzymatic activity. In addition to protein kinase C, Rack-1 also binds to Src, phospholipase C gamma, and ras-GTPase-activating proteins. Thus, Rack-1 is thought to function as a scaffold protein that recruits specific signaling elements. In a cytokine signaling cascade, Rack-1 has been reported to interact with the IFN-alpha/beta receptor and Stat1. In addition, we show here that Rack-1 associates with a member of Jak, tyrosine kinase 2 (Tyk2). Rack-1 interacts weakly with the kinase domain and interacts strongly with the pseudo-kinase domain of Tyk2. Rack-1 associates with Tyk2 via two regions, one in the N-terminus and one in the middle portion (a.a.138–203) of Rack-1. In addition, not only Tyk2 but other Jak kinases associate with Rack-1, and each Jak activation causes the phosphorylation of Tyrosine 194 on Rack-1. After phosphorylation, Rack-1 is translocated from cytoplasm or membrane toward the perinuclear region. In addition to functioning as a scaffolding protein, these results raise the possibility that Rack-1 functions as a signaling molecule in cytokine signaling cascades.