title: Amblyomma americanum (L.): protein kinase C-independent fluid secretion by isolated salivary glands.
abstract: Protein kinase C activity was partially purified from tick salivary glands by fast protein liquid chromatography anion-exchange chromatography. Enzyme activity was stimulated by Ca2+, phosphatidylserine, and diacylglycerol with the highest activity observed in the presence of all three modulators. Enzyme activity was inhibited by a synthetic pseudosubstrate peptide with an amino acid sequence resembling the protein kinase C substrate phosphorylation site. The protein kinase C activator, 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (OAG), when added to whole in vitro salivary glands previously prelabeled with 32P, stimulated the phosphorylation of salivary gland proteins. Activators of protein kinase C (phorbol ester or OAG) did not stimulate fluid secretion by isolated tick salivary glands. OAG and phorbol ester had only minimal affects on the ability of dopamine to stimulate secretion by isolated salivary glands and dopamine's ability to increase salivary gland cyclic AMP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: McSwain
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Masaracchia
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Essenberg
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Sauer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000494:pharmacology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010718:Phosphatidylserines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013987:Ticks / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004075:Diglycerides; D010718:Phosphatidylserines; D010750:Phosphoproteins; C038237:1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium; D004298:Dopamine