title: Stimulation of protein phosphorylation in mixed glial cell primary cultures and subcultures by the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate.
abstract: Glial cell primary cultures consisting of protoplasmic and fibrous astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and progenitor glial cells incubated in medium containing 0.5% foetal calf serum and treated with 25 nM 12-o-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) for periods between 15 and 60 min showed a stimulation of protein phosphorylation which was most prominent in a polypeptide with a molecular weight of about 80,000 Da. Glial subcultures consisting mainly of Type 2 astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and progenitor glia showed a similar TPA stimulation of 80,000 Da protein phosphorylation detectable within 1 min of phorbol ester addition. TPA treatment of primary glial cultures led to an enhancement of phospholipid turnover but exposure of primary glial cultures to concentrations of TPA up to 250 nM caused no morphological change in protoplasmic astrocytes. 4-Phorbol (4-PH) or dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) was without effect on protein phosphorylation or lipid turnover in glial cultures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of York, U.K.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Rumsby
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Suckling
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011494:Protein Kinases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate