title: Epidermal adenylate cyclase system is regulated by diacylglycerol-protein kinase C signal, but not by calcium signal.
abstract: The breakdown of inositol phospholipids is an important transmembrane signalling system that is composed of two kinds of signals: the diacylglycerol-protein kinase C signal, and the inositol trisphosphate-Ca2+ signal. Using membrane-permeable diacylglycerol, I-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol (OAG), and calcium ionophore, A-23187, the effects of these chemicals on the epidermal adenylate cyclase system were investigated. OAG increased forskolin- and cholera toxin-induced cyclic AMP accumulations, but receptor adenylate cyclase responses were markedly decreased by treatment with OAG. The effects of OAG were inhibited by the protein kinase C inhibitor, H-7. Calcium ionophore, A-23187, had no effect on the epidermal adenylate cyclase responses. Combinations of OAG and A-23187 (as well as the calcium chelator, EGTA), showed that the action of OAG was mostly unaffected by the modulation of intracellular and extracellular Ca2+ concentrations. The results suggest that among the signals triggered by the breakdown of inositol phospholipids, only diacylglycerol-protein kinase C signal is involved in the regulation of the epidermal adenylate cyclase system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iizuka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kinouchi
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D003470:Culture Media; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000494:pharmacology; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D004817:Epidermis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D004075:Diglycerides; D000001:Calcimycin; D004533:Egtazic Acid; C038237:1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D002118:Calcium