title: Human T lymphocyte cAMP-dependent protein kinase: subcellular distributions and activity ranges of type I and type II isozymes.
abstract: The role of the type I and type II protein kinase A isozymes in the regulation of human T lymphocyte immune effector functions has not been ascertained. To approach this question, we first characterized the distribution and enzyme activities of the type I and type II protein kinase A (PKA) isozymes in normal, human T lymphocytes. T cells possess both type I and type II isozymes with an activity ratio of 5.0:1 +/- 0.71 (mean +/- SD). The type I isozyme associates predominately with the plasma membrane whereas the type II isozyme localizes primarily to the cytosol. Analyses of isozyme activities demonstrated that T cells from approximately one-third of 16 healthy donors exhibited significantly higher type II isozyme activities (higher type II, type IIH) than the remaining donors (lower type II, type IIL) (mean = 605 +/- 75 pmol.min-1.mg protein-1, P less than 0.001). Scatchard analyses of [3H]cAMP binding in the cytosolic fraction demonstrated similar Kd values (type IIH, 1.1 x 10(-7) M; type IIL, 9.0 x 10(-8) M); however, the Bmax (maximal binding) of the type IIH was 400 fmol/mg protein compared to the Bmax of the type IIL of 126 fmol/mg protein. Scatchard analysis of [3H]cAMP binding to the type I isozyme associated with membrane fragments had a Kd of 5.6 x 10(-8) M and a Bmax of 283 fmol/mg protein. Eadie-Hofstee plots of type IIH and type IIL gave a Km and Vmax of 2.3 mg/ml and 1.5 nmol.mg-1.min-1, and 2.1 mg/ml and 1.6 nmol.mg-1.min-1, respectively. The 3.2-fold higher maximal binding of the type II isozyme in one-third of healthy donors may reflect a greater amount of isozyme protein. The compartmentalization of type I PKA isozyme to the plasma membrane and type II PKA isozyme to the cytosol may serve to localize the isozymes to their respective substrates in T lymphocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hasler
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kammer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008875:Middle Aged; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011494:Protein Kinases