title: Cell proliferation and protooncogene induction in oligodendroglial progenitors.
abstract: Cell proliferation and the expression of the protooncogenes c-fos and c-jun have been examined in the primary cultures of oligodendroglial (OL) progenitor cells in response to phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), serum, insulin, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), and fibroblast growth factor (FGF). Combined [3H]thymidine autoradiography and immunocytochemistry was used to assess the mitogenic response of O4 (an oligodendrocyte-specific marker)-positive OL progenitors. In addition, the rate of DNA synthesis was measured by the incorporation of [3H]thymidine into acid-precipitable material. It was found that all of the agents tested stimulated DNA synthesis in OL progenitors and induced a rapid increase in c-fos and c-jun protooncogene expression. The induction of c-fos gene expression and DNA synthesis in response to PMA was completely blocked by 1-(5-isoquinolinyl-sulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine (H-7), a potent inhibitor of protein kinase C (PKC), thereby suggesting a role for PKC in the control of c-fos expression and cell proliferation in OL progenitors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Lexington.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kindy
mesh_terms: D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D016762:Genes, fos / Q000187:drug effects; D016758:Genes, jun / Q000187:drug effects; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011247:Pregnancy; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007546:Isoquinolines; D010879:Piperazines; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate