title: Mitogen-activated S6 kinase is stimulated via protein kinase C-dependent and independent pathways in Swiss 3T3 cells.
abstract: Soluble extracts prepared from quiescent Swiss mouse 3T3 cells that had been briefly exposed to various mitogens exhibited a 2- to 3-fold elevation in phosphorylating activities toward ribosomal protein S6 and a synthetic peptide, Arg-Arg-Leu-Ser-Ser-Leu-Arg-Ala (RRLSSLRA), patterned after a phosphorylation site sequence from S6. Optimal activation of the phosphorylating activity occurred within 15-20 min of exposure of the cells to platelet-derived growth factor (10 ng/ml), epidermal growth factor (100 nM), and insulin (100 nM), and 2-5 min after 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) (100 nM) treatment. Fractionation of the cytosolic extracts from mitogen- or TPA-treated cells on Sephacryl S-300, TSK-400, and DEAE-Sephacel columns gave results suggesting that a single stimulated kinase accounted for the enhanced S6 and RRLSSLRA phosphorylating activities. The mitogen-activated kinase had an apparent Mr of about 85,000 as determined with Sephacryl S-300, but eluted with an apparent Mr of 26,000 from a TSK-400 high pressure liquid chromatography column. The S6 kinase was also stimulated in cytosols from insulin-like growth factor 1- (100 nM), vasopressin- (250 nM), prostaglandin F2 alpha- (250 nM), and 10% fetal calf serum-treated cells but not from quiescent cells exposed to beta-transforming growth factor (2 ng/ml). TPA, vasopressin and prostaglandin F2 alpha appeared to stimulate this kinase via a protein kinase C-dependent mechanism, since the responses to these hormones, but not to platelet-derived growth factor, epidermal growth factor, and insulin, were lost in protein kinase C-depleted cells.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Pelech
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Krebs
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008934:Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008934:Mitogens; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D013002:Somatomedins; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate