title: Destabilization of natriuretic peptide C-receptor mRNA by phorbol myristate acetate.
abstract: Natriuretic peptide C receptor (NPR-C) expression in rat mesangial cells is downregulated by platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and the protein kinase C agonist phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). This study shows that PDGF and PMA diminish NPR-C mRNA abundance and that PMA does so by accelerating the degradation of the transcript. Exposure to PMA (0.1 microM) decreased mesangial cell NPR-C mRNA levels by more than 50% within 3 h and 125I-atrial natriuretic peptide binding by approximately 50% within 6 h. Disappearance of NPR-C transcripts after PMA treatment was more than twice as rapid as that seen after inhibition of RNA transcription with actinomycin D. Treatment with PDGF A/B (10 ng/ml) also produced downregulation of NPR-C mRNA, but the rate of transcript disappearance was similar to that seen after actinomycin D. Coincubation with actinomycin D inhibited the rapid disappearance of NPR-C mRNA with PMA. NPR-C mRNA levels increased four- to eightfold within 6 h after treatment with the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide, but simultaneous treatment with PMA or PDGF still decreased the level of NPR-C mRNA despite the presence of cycloheximide. These results indicate that NPR-C expression is rapidly regulated by changes in the rate of catabolism of its mRNA through a protein kinase C-activated mechanism that depends on transcription. Treatment with cycloheximide induces NPR-C mRNA, but downregulation of this mRNA by either PDGF or PMA does not depend on synthesis of new protein.
authors.affiliation: Medical Service, Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Wackym
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Budisavljevic
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004355:Drug Stability; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D045283:Natriuretic Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D045283:Natriuretic Agents; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D003609:Dactinomycin; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D003513:Cycloheximide; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate