title: Stimulation of prostaglandin production in rat thymic epithelial cells by protein kinase C mediated activation of phospholipase A2.
abstract: Tumor promoter (phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate:PMA) stimulates the production of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in a dose- and time-dependent manner in cloned rat thymic epithelial cells, TEA3A1. This stimulation of PGE2 production by PMA was blocked by pretreatment of cells with protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor staurosporin and was abolished in PKC down modulated cells. PMA treatment significantly stimulated the release of arachidonic acid from the cells, but had no effect on arachidonic acid incorporation and on cyclooxygenase enzymatic activity of the cells. These results indicate that PMA stimulates PGE2 production through PKC mediated activation of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) in thymic epithelial cells.
authors.affiliation: W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center, Lake Placid, NY 12946.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hayashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000502:physiology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D015232:Dinoprostone; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate