title: Effects of dehydrouramil on protein phosphorylation and insulin secretion in rat islets of Langerhans.
abstract: Dehydrouramil hydrate hydrochloride (DHU), a stable analogue of alloxan, inhibited the phosphorylation of an endogenous protein of Mr 53,000 catalysed by a Ca2+-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase in extracts of islets of Langerhans. The concentration of DHU required for 50% inhibition was 0.09 mM. DHU did not inhibit islet cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and caused only slight inhibition of Ca2+-phospholipid-dependent protein kinase. Inhibition of Ca2+-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase was neither prevented nor reversed by dithiothreitol. DHU did not affect the ability of calmodulin to activate cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase. In intact islets, pre-exposure to DHU impaired the insulin-secretory response to glucose and blocked the potentiatory effect on insulin secretion of forskolin, an activator of adenylate cyclase, and of tetradecanoylphorbol acetate (TPA), an activator of Ca2+-phospholipid-dependent protein kinase. The increase in islet cyclic AMP elicited by forskolin was not affected by DHU. The data are consistent with the hypothesis that protein phosphorylation catalysed by a Ca2+-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase may play a central role in the regulation of insulin secretion.
mesh_terms: D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011744:Pyrimidinones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D007328:Insulin; D011506:Proteins; D011744:Pyrimidinones; D005576:Colforsin; C038159:5-amino-5-hydroxy-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)pyrimidinetrione; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011494:Protein Kinases; D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate