title: The glucocorticoid dexamethasone and the tumor-promoting artificial sweetener saccharin stimulate protein kinase C from T51B rat liver cells.
abstract: Diacylglycerols, such as 1,2-diolein, and tumor-promoting phorbol compounds, such as TPA (12-0-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate), stimulate the Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase C from T51B rat liver cells, probably by sensitizing it to activation by Ca2+, and they reduce the liver cells' content of EDTA-extractable (i.e., soluble) protein kinase C activity. Evidence is presented that indicates that the glucocorticoid, dexamethasone, and the tumor-promoting artificial sweetener, saccharin, also trigger a Ca2+-dependent increase in the activity of the protein kinase C from T51B liver cells and reduce the cells' content of EDTA-extractable protein kinase C activity. However, these novel stimulators do not activate the enzyme by binding to the same site as diacylglycerols and TPA, although they do alter this site as indicated by an increase in the binding of the TPA analogue PDBu (phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002451:Cell Compartmentation / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000494:pharmacology; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D004848:Epithelium / Q000201:enzymology; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D012439:Saccharin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004075:Diglycerides; D003907:Dexamethasone; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D012439:Saccharin; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate