title: Stimulation of protein kinase C (PKC) activity in resting Swiss 3T3 cells by prostaglandin F2 alpha.
abstract: Prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha), a mitogen for resting Swiss 3T3 cells, rapidly stimulates phosphorylation of an 80 kDa protein (80 K). 1-Oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol (OAG) and 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) both protein kinase C (PKC) activators, also elicit 80 K phosphorylation. In contrast PGE1, PGE2 or PGF2 beta, which are non-mitogenic in these cells, had little or no action on this event. However PGE1 and PGE2 potentiate the PGF2 alpha proliferative effect but do not enhance its action on 80 K phosphorylation. These results suggest that PGF2 alpha mitogenic induction involves PKC signalling pathway activation while its enhancement by PGE1 or PGE2 occurs through a different mechanism(s).
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingenieria Genética y Biologia Molecular (INGEBI), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jimenez de Asua
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000527:Alprostadil / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000494:pharmacology; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D051379:Mice; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004075:Diglycerides; C038237:1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol; D004247:DNA; D015237:Dinoprost; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D000527:Alprostadil; D015232:Dinoprostone; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate