title: Okadaic acid induction of the urokinase-type plasminogen activator gene occurs independently of cAMP-dependent protein kinase and protein kinase C and is sensitive to protein synthesis inhibition.
abstract: Urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) gene expression in LLC-PK1 cells is induced by activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (cAMP-PK) or protein kinase C (PK-C). To determine whether protein phosphatases can also modulate uPA gene expression, we tested okadaic acid, a potent specific inhibitor of protein phosphatases 1 and 2A, in the presence and absence of cAMP-PK and PK-C activators. Okadaic acid by itself induced uPA mRNA accumulation. This induction was strongly attenuated by the inhibition of protein synthesis. In contrast, the inhibition of protein synthesis enhanced induction by 8-bromo-cAMP and only delayed induction by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). In addition, down-regulation of PK-C by chronic treatment with TPA did not abrogate the okadaic acid-dependent induction. These results provide evidence for a novel signal transduction pathway leading to gene regulation that involves protein phosphorylation but is independent of both cAMP-PK and PK-C.
authors.affiliation: Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagamine
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ziegler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D019319:Okadaic Acid; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004988:Ethers, Cyclic; D011498:Protein Precursors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019319:Okadaic Acid; D011494:Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate