title: Increases in p11 and annexin II proteins correlate with differentiation in the PC12 pheochromocytoma.
abstract: Regulation of p11 and annexin II by nerve growth factor, staurosporine, and epidermal growth factor was examined in PC12 rat adrenal pheochromocytoma cells using immunoblot analysis. Nerve growth factor, which is known to induce neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells, stimulated a five-fold increase in p11 and the higher levels of p11 were characteristic of PC12 cells exposed to nerve growth factor for up to ten days. Nerve growth factor induced an even greater increase (13.6-fold) in annexin II. Staurosporine, a protein kinase inhibitor that at high concentrations induces neurite formation, was as effective as nerve growth factor in increasing the intracellular levels of p11 and annexin II. Epidermal growth factor was less effective than nerve growth factor and staurosporine, producing only a two-fold increase in p11 and a three-fold increase in annexin II. The ineffectiveness of epidermal growth factor in increasing intracellular levels of p11 and annexin II is consistent with the fact that epidermal growth factor does not stimulate neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells. Evidence presented here suggests that p11 and/or annexin II may play a role in PC12 cell differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Indiana State University, Terre Haute 47809.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Prentice
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms; D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D017306:Annexin A2; D017302:Annexins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002460:Cell Line; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010452:Peptide Biosynthesis; D010455:Peptides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010673:Pheochromocytoma; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D051381:Rats; D009418:S100 Proteins; D019311:Staurosporine; D000099248:S100 Calcium Binding Protein A10
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D017306:Annexin A2; D017302:Annexins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D010455:Peptides; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D009418:S100 Proteins; D019311:Staurosporine; D000099248:S100 Calcium Binding Protein A10