title: Protein kinase C activation down-regulates natriuretic peptide receptor C expression via transcriptional and post-translational pathways.
abstract: Natriuretic peptide receptor C (NPR-C) mRNA expression and ANP-binding activity via NPR-C are significantly down-regulated in HeLa cells with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) treatment. Stabilization of the NPR-C mRNA by PMA indicated that down-regulation of its mRNA was mediated through negative transcriptional regulation. Despite the significant loss of the mRNA, reduction of NPR-C-specific ANP-binding activity after PMA exposure (4 h) was accompanied by a slight decrease in total NPR-C protein (with a 5% loss) and was also produced in the presence of actinomycin D or cycloheximide. The inhibitory effect of a long PMA exposure (18 h) paralleled with a decrease in total NPR-C protein is suggested to be dependent on reduction of de novo NPR-C synthesis. PMA-induced transcriptional and post-translational down-regulation of NPR-C was effectively reversible in the presence of the protein kinase C inhibitor GF109203X. These findings demonstrate that protein kinase C activation down-regulated NPR-C expression through transcriptional and post-translational pathways and that immediate functional receptor loss was mediated via a post-translational mechanism, such as enhanced receptor internalization.
authors.affiliation: Lead Generation Research Laboratory, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akatsuka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Omori
mesh_terms: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000494:pharmacology; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D017461:Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D017461:Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor; C073616:atrial natriuretic factor receptor C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate