title: Distribution of the regulatory subunit of type II cAMP-dependent protein kinase in Y-79 retinoblastoma cells. Effect of butyrate.
abstract: An indirect immunofluorescence technique was employed to determine the intracellular distribution of the regulatory subunit of type II cyclic adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase (RII) in Y-79 human retinoblastoma cells growing in monolayer culture. During the initial phases of growth (6 hr-6 days after seeding), RII was confined to the cytoplasmic areas of the Y-79 cells, seemingly, the Golgi apparatus. Treatment of cells for 3-5 days with 4 mM butyrate resulted in translocation of RII from cytoplasm to nuclei (mainly nucleoli) of cells. In a later stage of growth (24-day-old cultures), RII immunofluorescence was significantly decreased in all compartments within the untreated cells. In contrast, about 70% of the butyrate-treated cells yet showed nucleoli and/or cytoplasmic localization of RII at this stage. The nucleolar appearance of RII was parallel to the growth arrest and differentiation induced by butyrate.
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002087:Butyrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020148:Butyric Acid; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D002466:Cell Nucleolus / Q000378:metabolism; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002087:Butyrates; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C015482:protein kinase modulator; D020148:Butyric Acid