title: Stimulation of a Ca(2+)-calmodulin-activated histone 3 arginine kinase in quiescent rat heart endothelial cells compared to actively dividing cells.
abstract: A Ca(2+)-calmodulin-activated histone 3 kinase was partially purified from nuclear extracts of dividing and quiescent rat heart endothelial cells. The histone 3 phosphorylating activity was 20-100-fold higher in quiescent than in dividing cells. Base hydrolysis followed by amino acid analysis revealed that histone 3 was phosphorylated on arginine. Further investigations were conducted to determine whether phosphorylation of histone 3 also occurred in vivo. Cells were incubated for 3 h in a phosphate-free medium supplemented with [32P]phosphoric acid. It was observed that the nuclear content of arginine-phosphorylated histone 3 was considerably higher in quiescent than in dividing rat heart endothelial cells. The histone 3 arginine kinase is a component of a complex containing a Ca(2+)-dependent calmodulin-binding protein of apparent molecular mass of 85 kDa. Using polyclonal antibodies to an 85-kDa protein, also the major Ca(2+)-dependent calmodulin-binding component of the histone 3 arginine kinase from calf thymus, an immunoreactive protein of identical apparent molecular mass was found to be present in equal amounts both in dividing and quiescent cells. We propose that the 85-kDa protein is either the histone 3 arginine kinase or one of its subunits and that phosphorylation of histone 3 is involved with cell cycle exit in eukaryotes.
authors.affiliation: Macromolecular Laboratory, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University of Chicago, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA.
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Wakim
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Grutkoski
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Vaughan
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Engelmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D015153:Blotting, Western; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002455:Cell Division; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000201:enzymology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D006321:Heart; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D006657:Histones; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; C015441:phospho-L-arginine; D001120:Arginine; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; C095895:calcium-calmodulin-activated histone 3 arginine kinase