title: Differences in the regulation of phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C in normal and neoplastic keratinocytes.
abstract: The induction of epidermal differentiation by Ca2+ in vitro is associated with enhanced activity of phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PLC). Neoplastic keratinocyte cell lines expressing a mutant c-Ha-ras gene and normal keratinocytes transformed to the neoplastic phenotype by transduction with the v-Ha-ras gene (v-Ha-ras keratinocytes) have elevated constitutive activity of PLC that increases further in response to Ca2+, but the cells do not differentiate normally. PLC-gamma 1 (145 kDa) is the major isoform detected by immunoblotting of extracts from control, v-Ha-ras, and neoplastic keratinocyte cell lines cultured in 0.05 mM Ca2+ medium. The amount of PLC-gamma 1 protein was higher in neoplastic cell lines than in normal and v-Ha-ras keratinocytes that had similar PLC-gamma 1 protein levels. Thus, higher PLC-gamma 1 protein levels cannot account for the elevated constitutive activity PLC in v-Ha-ras keratinocytes. After induction of differentiation by Ca2+, the amount of PLC-gamma 1 protein increased in all cell types, and PLC-delta 1 (85 kDa), barely detectable in 0.05 mM Ca2+, increased. PLC-beta 1 was not detected at any Ca2+ concentration. PLC-gamma 1 and PLC-delta 1 mRNA did not increase after elevation of extracellular Ca2+, suggesting that posttranscriptional mechanisms can regulate PLC-gamma 1 and PLC-delta 1 protein levels in normal and neoplastic keratinocytes. Activation of protein kinase C by treatment with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) inhibited the stimulation of inositol phosphate (InsP) formation by Ca2+ but did not alter basal InsP levels in normal keratinocytes. In contrast, TPA treatment reduced both Ca(2+)-stimulated and basal InsP formation in neoplastic cells lines and v-Ha-ras keratinocytes. In both normal and v-Ha-ras keratinocytes labeled with [32P]orthophosphate, antibodies against PLC-gamma 1 immunoprecipitated a complex of 32P-labeled proteins. The relative labeling of the PLC-gamma 1 band was greater in normal than in v-Ha-ras keratinocytes. Furthermore, treatment with TPA specifically increased the relative phosphorylation of PLC-gamma 1 in v-Ha-ras keratinocytes but not in normal keratinocytes. These results suggest that the negative regulation of constitutive activity of PLC by protein kinase C differs in normal and neoplastic keratinocytes and that this could be the mechanism of increased PLC activity produced by an oncogenic ras gene in keratinocytes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Punnonen
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Denning
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yuspa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015870:Gene Expression; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D007527:Isoenzymes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium