title: Translocation of protein kinase C in rat islets of Langerhans. Effects of a phorbol ester, carbachol and glucose.
abstract: In unstimulated rat islets (2 mM glucose), most of the ion-exchange purified protein kinase C (PKC) activity was associated with the cytosolic fraction. Both carbachol and phorbol myristate acetate caused a significant translocation of PKC activity from cytosolic to membrane fractions, but under the same conditions, glucose (20 mM) did not cause such a redistribution of PKC activity. PMA-induced translocation of PKC to the membrane fraction was also observed in electrically permeabilised islets, in which recovery of the enzyme activity was enhanced by buffering the intracellular Ca2+ concentration to 50 nM and supplying the permeabilised islets with protease inhibitors.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Sciences Division, King's College London, Kensington, England.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Persaud
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sugden
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Howell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002217:Carbachol; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D005947:Glucose; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate