title: Alterations in type-1 serine/threonine protein phosphatase PP1alpha in response to B-cell receptor stimulation.
abstract: In response to stimulation of B-cells through cell surface IgM, the activity of the serine/threonine protein phosphatase PP1, but not PP2A, was transiently decreased and reached a minimum 10-20 min after the stimulation. The decrease was more profound in the immature B-cell line WEHI-231, than in the mature B-cell line BAL-17. Under these conditions, PP1alpha, an isoform of PP1, showed unique alterations in the patterns of several spots with distinct isoelectic points in the Western blot after two-dimensional electrophoresis, whereas another isoform, PP1delta, did not show any alteration. PP1gamma1 and PP1gamma2 were not detected in B-cells. Similar alterations in these spots were observed in B-cells stimulated by PMA. When partially purified PP1 consisting of PP1alpha and PP1delta was incubated with [gamma-32P]ATP and PKC, radioactive spots of PP1alpha could be detected, but no spot of PP1delta was detected. Because differences in sequence among PP1 isoforms are mostly restricted to their C-terminals, phosphorylation rates of the C-terminal peptides containing the PKC-phosphorylation motif were compared. The C-terminal peptide of PP1alpha is a better substrate for PKC than those of PP1gamma1 and PP1gamma2, and is phosphorylated at the serine residue corresponding to Ser-325 of PP1alpha. The corresponding C-terminal region of PP1delta does not contain the phosphorylation site. On the other hand, there was a large difference in subcellular distribution of PP1delta, but not PP1alpha, between immature and mature B-cells. From these results, it was strongly suggested that PP1alpha is involved, via phosphorylation by PKC, in the regulation of signal transduction in response to the stimulation of B-cells through cell surface IgM.
authors.affiliation: Section of Biochemistry, Institute of Immunological Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takizawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuzawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002384:Catalysis; D015536:Down-Regulation; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000201:enzymology; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate