title: Involvement of the alpha isoenzyme of protein kinase C in the growth inhibition induced by phorbol esters in MH1C1 hepatoma cells.
abstract: MH1C1 rat hepatoma cells express the alpha isoenzyme as the only phorbol-ester sensitive isoform of protein kinase C (PKC). In this cell line, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) induced a marked, dose-dependent growth inhibition. The administration of the PKC inhibitor staurosporine was able to mimic the effect of the phorbol ester on cell growth in a dose-dependent fashion, whereas the PKC activator arachidonic acid stimulated cell proliferation. Exposure of cells to an antisense oligonucleotide specific for alpha PKC caused a significant impairment of cell growth. These data suggest that the alpha PKC activity is required for proliferation of MH1C1 cells.
authors: University of Milan, Institute of Pharmacology, Italy.
authors: G P
authors: GP
authors: Perletti
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Smeraldi
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Porro
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Piccinini
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha; D051381:Rats; D019311:Staurosporine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D007527:Isoenzymes; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha; D019311:Staurosporine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate