title: The expression and possible roles of protein kinase C in haematopoietic cells.
abstract: Protein kinase C (PKC) activation and/or modulation of its isoenzyme expression play key roles in regulating the response of haematopoietic cells to both growth factors and non-physiological inducers of cell growth and differentiation. The level of PKC activities for both cytosol and particulate fractions of ALL and CLL cells are lower than those of AML type. Atypical AML blasts expressing T-cell associated CD2 and CD7 determinants have significantly lower PKC activities compared to typical AML blasts. Analyses of PKC isoforms (-alpha, -beta, and -gamma) show considerable variation with respect to leukaemic cell distributions and subcellular localisations. PKC-alpha and -beta are usually the major species in cytosolic fractions, whereas PKC-gamma is the predominant type in particulate fractions. All lymphoid cells express PKC-gamma in the cytosol, albeit as a minor component, while the occurrence of cytosol PKC-gamma in AML cells appears to be associated in particular with a typical lymphoid antigen expression.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shirakawa
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors / Q000502:physiology; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D016298:Hematopoietic Cell Growth Factors; D007527:Isoenzymes; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D011493:Protein Kinase C