title: Anti-proliferative effects of protein kinase C inhibitors in human keratinocytes.
abstract: Various lines of evidence indicate that protein kinase C, a key enzyme in transmembraneous signal transduction, is involved in the regulation of keratinocyte proliferation. In the present study we have investigated the effects of various structurally unrelated protein kinase C inhibitors on the proliferation of HaCa T cells, a non-tumorigenic human keratinocyte cell line. All protein kinase C inhibitors dose-dependently inhibited cell proliferation as assessed by the incorporation of radioactively labelled thymidine and amino acids as well as the increase in total protein content in keratinocytes. The potencies of the drugs to inhibit cell proliferation were strongly correlated to their inhibitory potency on purified protein kinase C, displaying a correlation coefficient of 0.97. Methotrexate, an anti-proliferative drug, was found not to inhibit protein kinase C. Therefore, our data provide evidence that protein kinase C is crucially involved in the regulation of keratinocyte proliferation but is not the only target of anti-proliferative drug action.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hegemann
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bonnekoh
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: van Rooijen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mahrle
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D004247:DNA; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D008727:Methotrexate