title: Role of protein kinase C in glial cell proliferation.
abstract: Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) has been shown to stimulate DNA synthesis and cell proliferation in a population of glial cells isolated from newborn rat brain. The non-tumor promoter 4 alpha-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate (4 alpha-PDD), on the other hand, was without an effect. The cultures treated with PMA displayed an extensive process formation and an increase in cell content. The tumor promoter-induced [3H]thymidine incorporation into acid-precipitable material was completely blocked by 1-(5-isoquinolinylsulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine (H-7), a potent inhibitor of protein kinase C (PKC), thereby suggesting a role for PKC in the control of DNA synthesis in glial cells. Subcellular fractionation and in vitro assay of PKC activity revealed a translocation of the enzyme from cytosol to particulate fraction in PMA-treated cultures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Bhat
mesh_terms: D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007546:Isoquinolines; D010879:Piperazines; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate