title: Nuclear translocation of PKC zeta during ischemia and its inhibition by wortmannin, an inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.
abstract: Protein kinase C zeta (PKC zeta), a member of the atypical PKC subgroup, is insensitive to Ca2+, diacylglycerol, and phorbol esters, but is activated by phospholipids such as phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate, a product of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase). Here we show that PKC zeta translocates from the cytosol to the 1000 x g pellet (nuclear-myofibrillar) fraction during ischemia for 40 min in Langendorff-perfused rat hearts. In addition, immunohistochemical observation shows that ischemia induces the translocation of PKC zeta to the nucleus. The nuclear translocation during ischemia is inhibited in a dose-dependent manner by wortmannin (10(-9)-10(-7) M), an inhibitor of PI3-kinase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizukami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000201:enzymology*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000201:enzymology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology*; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000077191:Wortmannin; D000099221:Protein Kinase C zeta
chemical_list: D000730:Androstadienes; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007527:Isoenzymes; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D011493:Protein Kinase C; D000077191:Wortmannin; D000099221:Protein Kinase C zeta