title: Protein kinase C-dependent and -independent actions of a potent protein kinase C inhibitor, staurosporine.
abstract: 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA), an activator of protein kinase C (PKC), induced ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) in primary cultured mouse epidermal cells. Staurosporine, a potent protein kinase C inhibitor, also induced ODC activity. Both TPA- and staurosporine-caused ODC inductions were markedly suppressed in the PKC-down-regulated cells. Another PKC inhibitor, 1-(5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine (H-7), inhibited both TPA- and staurosporine-caused ODC inductions. H-7 by itself never induced ODC activity. Under our experimental conditions, staurosporine induced no detectable phosphorylation of endogenous proteins. TPA induced a translocation of PKC from cytosol to membrane whereas an optimal concentration of staurosporine to induce ODC did not induce an obvious translocation of PKC. Indomethacin, a cyclooxygenase inhibitor, inhibited staurosporine-caused ODC induction, but not TPA-caused ODC induction. Staurosporine induced specific morphological changes of epidermal cells both in normal and in PKC-down-regulated cells. These results indicate that staurosporine induces ODC activity in a PKC-dependent manner and morphological changes possibly through a PKC-independent mechanism. The mechanism of ODC induction caused by staurosporine may be in some way different from that caused by TPA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D000078404:Epidermal Cells; D004817:Epidermis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D009955:Ornithine Decarboxylase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019311:Staurosporine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D007546:Isoquinolines; D010879:Piperazines; D011506:Proteins; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D009955:Ornithine Decarboxylase; D019311:Staurosporine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D007213:Indomethacin