Differential regulation of basic protein phosphorylation by calcium phospholipid and cyclic-AMP-dependent protein kinases.
Myelin basic protein, an 80-kilodalton (kDa) protein in rat oligodendrocytes, and an 80-kDa basic protein in neuroblastoma x neonatal Chinese hamster brain explant hybrids were phosphorylated extensively when the cells were treated with either phorbol esters (TPA) or diacylglycerols (e.g., oleyoyl-acetylglycerol). TPA-stimulated phosphorylation was inhibited by pre-incubation with 50 microM psychosine (galactosyl-sphingosine), confirming that it is mediated through the phospholipid-dependent protein kinase C (PK-C). Surprisingly, phosphorylation of these proteins was inhibited by incubation of cells with agents which result in activation of cyclic-AMP-dependent protein kinase (dibutyryl cyclic AMP or forskolin). In contrast, phosphorylation of other nonbasic proteins, for example, the oligodendrocyte-specific 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide phosphohydrolase, was stimulated under these conditions (Vartanian et al.: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 85:939, 1988). The possible role of cyclic AMP in activating specific phosphatases or restricting the availability of diacylglycerol for PK-C activation is discussed.
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D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009185:Myelin Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011609:Psychosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
D004338:Drug Combinations; D009185:Myelin Proteins; D010743:Phospholipids; D005576:Colforsin; D011609:Psychosine; D011494:Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium