title: Involvement of protein kinase Cepsilon in the stimulation of anionic amino acid transport in cultured human fibroblasts.
abstract: Protein kinase C (PKC) activation stimulates transport system X-AG for anionic amino acids in cultured human fibroblasts (Franchi-Gazzola, R., Visigalli, R., Bussolati, O., and Gazzola, G. C. (1994) FEBS Lett. 352, 109-112). To identify which PKC isoform is responsible for this effect, aspartate transport through system X-AG, PKC activity, and the subcellular distribution of PKC isoforms have been studied before and after treatment with phorbol 12, 13-dibutyrate (PDBu) in fibroblasts maintained at low serum for 1 (control cells) or 7 days (quiescent cells). In control cells aspartate transport and PKC activity in the particulate fraction were stimulated by short term PDBu treatment; both stimulatory effects were down-regulated by a prolonged exposure to the phorbol. In contrast, in quiescent cells aspartate transport and particulate PKC activity were higher than control under basal conditions, unaffected by a short term PDBu treatment, and lowered by a prolonged incubation with the phorbol. In both control and quiescent cells a short term PDBu treatment modified PKCalpha distribution, increasing its membrane-associated fraction. PKCdelta was mostly in the soluble fraction and scarcely sensitive to PDBu. A brief exposure to PDBu increased membrane-associated PKCepsilon in control but not in quiescent cells. In these cells epsilon isoform was found exclusively in the particulate fraction even in PDBu-untreated cells. A prolonged PDBu treatment caused a partial down-regulation of membrane-associated PKCepsilon in control cells and its marked decrease in quiescent cells. It is concluded that PKC-dependent changes in system X-AG activity parallel the behavior of PKCepsilon, thus suggesting a specific role for this isoform in system X-AG regulation.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Patologia Generale, Università degli Studi di Parma, I-43100 Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Franchi-Gazzola
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Visigalli
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bussolati
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Gazzola
mesh_terms: D026905:Amino Acid Transport Systems; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D001692:Biological Transport; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate / Q000378:metabolism; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon
chemical_list: D026905:Amino Acid Transport Systems; D000596:Amino Acids; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007527:Isoenzymes; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; C497255:PRKCE protein, human; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon