title: Activation of phorbol ester responsive form of protein kinase C zeta in association with Ca(2+)-induced differentiation of primary cultured mouse epidermal cells.
abstract: In primary cultured mouse epidermal cells, protein kinase C (PKC) zeta consists of multiple forms: a low salt-eluted PKC zeta (1-PKC zeta, 79 and 85 kDa) and a high salt-eluted PKC zeta (h-PKC zeta, 79 and 85 kDa) by anion-exchange column chromatography (K. Nishikawa et al., Cell. Signal. 7, 491-504, 1995). In the present study, PKC isozyme-specific responses during terminal differentiation of epidermal cells, which were induced by the increase of Ca(2+)-concentration in culture medium, were examined. After 24 hr-treatment with 1.8 mM Ca2+, 79-kDa 1-PKC zeta in the particulate fraction was apparently shifted to the 85-kDa form. The phosphatidylserine-dependent kinase activity of this 1-PKC zeta was increased in association with the shift. These results suggest the pivotal role of 1-PKC zeta in the particulate fraction in the Ca(2+)-induced epidermal cell differentiation processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagumo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D004817:Epidermis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D007527:Isoenzymes; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium