title: Inhibition of stimulus-dependent epidermal growth factor receptor and transforming growth factor-alpha mRNA accumulation by the protein kinase C inhibitor staurosporine.
abstract: The ability of staurosporine, a potent inhibitor of protein kinase C, to block certain cellular events initiated by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) was examined. Treatment of MDA468 breast cancer cells with TPA decreases EGF binding to the cell surface and this effect is blocked by pretreatment with staurosporine with an IC50 of 30 nM. Either 10(-9) M EGF or 100 ng/ml TPA stimulated the accumulation of both EGF receptor and TGF-alpha mRNA and staurosporine (50 nM) completely abolished these mRNA accumulations. Staurosporine did not block EGF-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of its receptor as measured by immunoblotting with anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies. The ability of staurosporine to block the mRNA responses of either EGF or TPA suggests that these two agents have common signaling pathways and it implies a role for protein kinase C in the control of EGF receptor and TGF-alpha expression.
authors: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors: J D
authors: JD
authors: Bjorge
authors: J E
authors: JE
authors: Kudlow
authors: G B
authors: GB
authors: Mills
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: Paterson
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects*; D019311:Staurosporine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D014443:Tyrosine; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D019311:Staurosporine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate