title: Opioid peptide gene expression in the primary hereditary cardiomyopathy of the Syrian hamster. I. Regulation of prodynorphin gene expression by nuclear protein kinase C.
abstract: Prodynorphin gene expression was investigated in adult ventricular myocytes isolated from normal (F1B) or cardiomyopathic (BIO 14.6) hamsters. Prodynorphin mRNA levels were higher in cardiomyopathic than in control myocytes and were stimulated by treatment of control cells with the protein kinase C (PKC) activator 1, 2-dioctanoyl-sn-glycerol. Both chelerythrine and calphostin C, two PKC inhibitors, abolished the stimulatory effect of the diglyceride and significantly reduced prodynorphin gene expression in cardiomyopathic myocytes. Nuclear run-off experiments indicated that the prodynorphin gene was regulated at the transcriptional level and that treatment of nuclei isolated from control cells with 1, 2-dioctanoyl-sn-glycerol increased prodynorphin gene transcription, whereas chelerythrine or calphostin C abolished this transcriptional effect. Direct exposure of nuclei isolated from cardiomyopathic myocytes to these inhibitors markedly down-regulated the rate of gene transcription. The expression of PKC-alpha, -delta, and -epsilon, as well as PKC activity, were increased in nuclei of cardiomyopathic myocytes compared with nuclei from control cells. The levels of both intracellular and secreted dynorphin B, a biologically active product of the gene, were higher in cardiomyopathic than in control cells and were stimulated or inhibited by cell treatment with 1,2-dioctanoyl-sn-glycerol or PKC inhibitors, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biological Chemistry "A. Bonsignore," School of Medicine, University of Sassari, Viale San Pietro 43/B, 07100 Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ventura
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pintus
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Fiori
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bennardini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pinna
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gaspa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000235:genetics*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000201:enzymology; D006224:Cricetinae; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000378:metabolism; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000235:genetics*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004075:Diglycerides; D004745:Enkephalins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007527:Isoenzymes; D011498:Protein Precursors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C033660:preproenkephalin; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase