title: Immunological and molecular characterization of the cAMP-dependent protein kinases in AtT20 cells.
abstract: The properties of the cAMP-dependent protein kinases in AtT20 mouse pituitary tumor cells were characterized by a combination of immunological and biochemical techniques. Ninety per cent of the total cAMP-dependent protein kinase was in the 40,000 X g supernatant fraction. Protein kinases I and II were immunoprecipitated with specific antisera directed against their regulatory subunits. The immunoprecipitated kinases bound [3H]cAMP and were catalytically active when incubated with [gamma-32P]ATP-Mg and protamine or histone H2B. Immunoprecipitated protein kinases I and II bound [3H]cAMP with apparent Kb values of 1.5 and 15 nM, respectively. Regulatory subunit concentrations in AtT20 cells were measured by immunoprecipitation of [3H]cAMP-R complexes. R-I and R-II levels were 2.7 and 3.0 pmol of [3H]cAMP binding activity per mg of cytosolic protein, respectively, however, the ratio of protein kinase II to protein kinase I was 2.5 indicating the presence of a significant amount of free R-I. This was confirmed by DEAE-cellulose chromatography and the isolation of immunoreactive R-I devoid of protein kinase activity. A significant amount of R-I also coeluted with protein kinase II when AtT20 cell extracts were subjected to DEAE-cellulose chromatography. In quantitative immunoprecipitation experiments, 0.1 microliter of anti-brain R-II serum complexed up to 0.5 pmol of the [3H]cAMP-binding activity of protein kinase II prepared from bovine and rat brain, and AtT20 cells while 2 microliter of anti-brain R-II serum was required to precipitate an equal amount of protein kinase II from bovine skeletal muscle showing that the protein kinase II in AtT20 cells contained the neural-specific R-II subunit.
mesh_terms: D000345:Affinity Labels / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D001386:Azides / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D007106:Immune Sera; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051379:Mice; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000345:Affinity Labels; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D001386:Azides; D007106:Immune Sera; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; C017042:8-azidoadenosine-3',5'-monophosphate; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011494:Protein Kinases