title: Characterization of protein kinase C and its role in catecholamine secretion from bovine adrenal-medullary cells.
abstract: Protein kinase C activity towards exogenous histone was detected in a cytosolic fraction of bovine adrenal medulla. The enzyme was dependent on Ca2+ and phosphatidylserine for its activity, with half-maximal activation being achieved at approx. 18 microM free Ca2+ and 8 micrograms of phosphatidylserine/ml. Both diolein and 4 beta-phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (TPA) decreased the Ca2+ requirement of the enzyme, half-maximal activation being obtained at approx. 12 microM and 9 microM free Ca2+ respectively in the presence of these agents. Many endogenous proteins in the adrenal-medullary cytosolic fraction were detected whose phosphorylation was dependent on the presence of both Ca2+ and phosphatidylserine. TPA stimulated catecholamine release from cultured bovine adrenal-chromaffin cells in a Ca2+-dependent manner. A23187 also stimulated catecholamine secretion, and at sub-optimal concentrations of TPA and A23187 a synergistic secretory response was obtained. These results are consistent with protein kinase C having a regulatory role in exocytosis in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Brocklehurst
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Pollard
mesh_terms: D000313:Adrenal Medulla / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D000818:Animals; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002838:Chromaffin System / Q000378:metabolism; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010718:Phosphatidylserines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D004075:Diglycerides; D010718:Phosphatidylserines; D011506:Proteins; D000001:Calcimycin; D011494:Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium; C013965:diolein