Cyclic AMP responses are suppressed in mammalian cells expressing the yeast low Km cAMP-phosphodiesterase gene.
A genomic DNA fragment from Saccharomyces cerevisiae which contains the SRA5 (=PDE2) gene, coding for a low Km cAMP-phosphodiesterase, was transfected into Chinese hamster ovary cells. Clones carring the cAMP-phosphodiesterase gene were capable of growth in the presence of cholera toxin, which slows the growth of untransfected cells by elevating their cAMP levels. The cholera toxin-resistant transfected cell lines expressed high levels of cAMP-phosphodiesterase mRNA and cAMP-phosphodiesterase activity. Basal intracellular cAMP levels were not significantly affected by the presence of the yeast cAMP-phosphodiesterase gene, but elevation of cAMP levels in response to cholera toxin or prostaglandin E1 was suppressed. Induction of the cAMP-responsive tyrosine aminotransferase promoter by cholera toxin was also blocked in cell lines carrying the yeast cAMP-phosphodiesterase gene. Cholera toxin-resistant transfected cell lines were sensitive to the growth inhibitory effects of N6,02'-dibutyryladenosine 3',5'-monophosphate, which can be used to bypass the effects of the yeast cAMP-phosphodiesterase.
Van Lookeren Campagne
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Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032.
Wu
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Fleischmann
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Gottesman
M M
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Chason
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Kessin
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D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000235:genetics*; D000527:Alprostadil / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006224:Cricetinae; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015870:Gene Expression; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D007700:Kinetics; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
D003994:Bucladesine; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases; D000527:Alprostadil; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine