title: Nerve growth factor-induced transient increase in the phosphorylation of ribosomal protein S6 mediated through a mechanism independent of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and protein kinase C.
abstract: Treatment of PC12h cells with nerve growth factor (NGF) induced a transient increase in the phosphorylation of a 35,000-dalton protein. This transient increase was observed also when extracts of NGF-treated cells were incubated with [gamma-32P]ATP. In the intact-cell phosphorylation system, treatment with N,2'-dibutyryladenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (dBcAMP) or 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) also induced a transient increase in the phosphorylation of the 35,000-dalton protein, but the effect was less than that of NGF. An effect comparable to that of NGF was obtained by the combination of dBcAMP and TPA. Pretreatment of PC12h cells with dBcAMP plus TPA for 3 days, which deprived the cells of their ability to respond to a rechallenge with dBcAMP, TPA, or dBcAMP plus TPA by increasing the rate of 35,000-dalton protein phosphorylation, caused only a slight attenuation of the NGF effect, directly indicating a minimal role of cyclic AMP (cAMP)-dependent protein kinase and protein kinase C in the mechanism of the NGF action. Pretreatment of the cells with K-252a, a protein kinase inhibitor, at a concentration of 300 nM almost completely blocked the action of NGF, but scarcely affected the action of dBcAMP, TPA, or dBcAMP plus TPA in intact-cell phosphorylation experiments. This NGF-sensitive 35,000-dalton protein was a ribosomal protein and identified as ribosomal protein S6. The results lead us to conclude that NGF activates some NGF-sensitive component(s), probably some specific protein kinase(s) other than cAMP-dependent protein kinase or protein kinase C, which is suppressed by K-252a and directly or indirectly activates a 35,000-dalton protein kinase(s) [S6 kinase(s)] to increase the rate of phosphorylation of the 35,000-dalton ribosomal protein (S6).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Ohu University School of Dentistry, Koriyama, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hagino
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms; D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D002474:Cell-Free System; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology*; D026121:Indole Alkaloids; D007700:Kinetics; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D038601:Ribosomal Protein S6; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002227:Carbazoles; D026121:Indole Alkaloids; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D038601:Ribosomal Protein S6; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; D003994:Bucladesine; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; C049985:staurosporine aglycone; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011494:Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate