title: Proteolytic activation of protein kinase C delta by an ICE-like protease in apoptotic cells.
abstract: These studies demonstrate that treatment of human U-937 cells with ionizing radiation (IR) is associated with activation of a cytoplasmic myelin basic protein (MBP) kinase. Characterization of the kinase by gel filtration and in-gel kinase assays support activation of a 40 kDa protein. Substrate and inhibitor studies further support the induction of protein kinase C (PKC)-like activity. The results of N-terminal amino acid sequencing of the purified protein demonstrate identity of the kinase with an internal region of PKC delta. Immunoblot analysis was used to confirm proteolytic cleavage of intact 78 kDa PKC delta in control cells to the 40 kDa C-terminal fragment after IR exposure. The finding that both IR-induced proteolytic activation of PKC delta and endonucleolytic DNA fragmentation are blocked by Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL supports an association with physiological cell death (PCD). Moreover, cleavage of PKC delta occurs adjacent to aspartic acid at a site (QDN) similar to that involved in proteolytic activation of interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme (ICE). The specific tetrapeptide ICE inhibitor (YVAD) blocked both proteolytic activation of PKC delta and internucleosomal DNA fragmentation in IR-treated cells. These findings demonstrate that PCD is associated with proteolytic activation of PKC delta by an ICE-like protease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Pharmacology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Emoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Manome
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meinhardt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kisaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kharbanda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ghayur
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kamen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weichselbaum
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D001665:Binding Sites; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D020170:Caspase 1; D002460:Cell Line; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004249:DNA Damage; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000528:radiation effects; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051745:Protein Kinase C-delta; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D010455:Peptides; C497258:PRKCD protein, human; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051745:Protein Kinase C-delta; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D020170:Caspase 1