title: Protein kinase C from small intestine epithelial cells.
abstract: Protein kinase C activity has been identified in cytosolic and membrane fractions from rat and rabbit small intestine epithelial cells. The cytosolic fraction comprised about the 75% of total activity. Protein kinase C activity was resolved from other protein kinase activities by ion exchange chromatography. Phosphatidylserine or phosphatidylinositol were required for protein kinase C to be active. In addition, the activity was enhanced by the presence of a diacylglycerol. Diolein and dimyristin were the most effective (13-14 fold activation). In the presence of phosphatidylserine and diolein, the Ka for activation by Ca2+ was 10(-7)M. The phorbol ester TPA substituted for diacylglycerol in activating protein kinase C. Brush border and basolateral membranes contained protein kinase C activity, although the specific activity of the basal lateral membranes was four-fold higher than the specific activity of the brush border membranes. The presence of PKC in small intestine epithelial cells might have important implications in the Ca2+ mediated control of ionic transport in this tissue.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000494:pharmacology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004848:Epithelium / Q000201:enzymology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000494:pharmacology; D010718:Phosphatidylserines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000032:analysis*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D004075:Diglycerides; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D010718:Phosphatidylserines; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium; C013965:diolein