title: Translocation of cytosol protein kinase into nuclei and the induction of tyrosine hydroxylase in NBD-2 neuroblastoma cells.
abstract: Exposure of neuroblastoma cells (NBD-2) to 8-bromo-adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (0.2-1.0 mM) (8-Br-cAMP) for 15 min caused a long term increase in the Vmax of tyrosine-3-monooxygenase activity (TH) beginning about 1 day after 8-Br-cAMP application. Cyclic AMP-dependent histone kinase was maximally activated in about 30 min and stayed activated above pretreatment levels for one hour. In cells exposed to 8-Br-cAMP for 15 min, separation of soluble and particle bound histone kinase showed that the total histone kinase activity in the soluble fraction decreased by 40%. This decrease was accompanied by an increase in protein kinase activity in the particulate fraction, suggesting enzyme translocation. After translocation, the enzyme appears to acquire a different substrate affinity because it prefers as a PO43- acceptor, acidic protein rather than histone. In NBD-2 cells this kinase appears to precede, and may be related to, the delayed increase in TH Vmax.
mesh_terms: D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000201:enzymology*; D002999:Clone Cells; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology*; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000201:enzymology; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000201:enzymology*; D006656:Protamine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D000242:Cyclic AMP; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D011494:Protein Kinases; D006656:Protamine Kinase