title: Type I A-kinase is activated by platelet-derived growth factor in mesangial cells.
abstract: In the glomerular mesangial cell, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) activates several signal transduction pathways. We examined the effect of PDGF on cAMP production and on cAMP-dependent protein kinase (A-kinase) activation. In mesangial cells, PDGF stimulated cAMP production in a dose- and time-dependent manner. This effect of PDGF was not prevented by pre-incubation with 50 microM indomethicin. PDGF also activated type I A-kinase, the predominate A-kinase isoform in mesangial cells, measured either by a decrease in A-kinase photoaffinity labeling with 8-azido-[32P]-cAMP, or by an increase in A-kinase substrate phosphorylation. The activation of A-kinase by PDGF is not dependent on the intermediate production of prostaglandins or cGMP. These data suggest that A-kinase participates in PDGF-induced signaling events in mesangial cells.
authors.affiliation: The Institute for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Augusta, Georgia 30912, USA.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Throckmorton
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dickinson
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Dransfield
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000345:Affinity Labels / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001386:Azides / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism*; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D000345:Affinity Labels; D001386:Azides; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; C017042:8-azidoadenosine-3',5'-monophosphate; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine; D007213:Indomethacin