title: Inhibition of protein kinase C by tamoxifen.
abstract: The antiestrogen drug tamoxifen inhibits rat brain protein kinase C in vitro, whether the enzyme is activated by Ca2+ and phospholipid (50% inhibitory dose, 100 microM), 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate and phospholipid (50% inhibitory dose, 40 microM), or teleocidin and phospholipid. Tamoxifen does not inhibit the Ca2+- and phospholipid-independent phosphorylation of protamine sulfate by protein kinase C, indicating that the drug does not interact with the active site of the enzyme. The binding of [3H]phorbol dibutyrate to high-affinity membrane receptors of cultured mouse fibroblast cells is inhibited by tamoxifen (50% inhibitory dose, 5 microM). Our findings suggest that the growth-inhibitory and cytotoxic effects of tamoxifen, which have been observed at microM concentrations of the drug, may be in part due to its effects on protein kinase C.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: O'Brian
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Liskamp
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Weinstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000378:metabolism; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D051381:Rats; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
chemical_list: D010703:Phorbol Esters; D010743:Phospholipids; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D013629:Tamoxifen; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate