title: Priming effect of N-acetyl-S-(3-oxo-3-carboxy-n-propyl)cysteine in human neutrophils and tyrosyl phosphorylation of 45 kDa protein.
abstract: Human peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes were preincubated with N-acetylcystathionine and N-acetyl-S-(3-oxo-3-carboxy-n-propyl)cysteine (NAc-OCPC) found in the urine of a patient with cystathioninuria. NAc-OCPC significantly enhanced the N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine-induced superoxide generation, whereas N-acetylcystathionine did not enhance the superoxide generation. When the cells were incubated with NAc-OCPC, the tyrosyl phosphorylation of 45 kDa protein of the cell was markedly increased with time. The phosphorylation process was dependent on the concentration of NAc-OCPC. Both the superoxide generation and the tyrosyl phosphorylation of 45 kDa protein increased by NAc-OCPC were inhibited by genistein and herbimycin A, the inhibitors of protein tyrosine kinase, but were rather enhanced by staurosporine, an inhibitor of protein kinase C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Kochi Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sagara
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Masuoka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ubuka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kodama
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D013481:Superoxides / Q000097:blood; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001798:Blood Proteins; D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; C110306:N-acetyl-S-(3-oxo-3-carboxy-n-propyl)cysteine; D013481:Superoxides; D014443:Tyrosine; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C