Phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase inhibitor D609 differentially affects MAP kinases and immediate-early genes in PC12 cells.
The effects of tricyclodecan-9-yl xanthogenate (D609), an inhibitor of phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipases, on PC12 cells were investigated. D609 repressed nerve growth factor (NGF)-mediated induction of c-fos mRNA with an IC50 approximately 50 microg/ml. Interestingly, maximal c-fos-suppressing doses of D609 did not affect activity of extracellular signal-regulated kinases. Surprisingly, D609 enhanced the extracellular acidification rate of PC12 cells, even in the absence of NGF. D609 alone induced c-jun mRNA with the same potency as it repressed the NGF-induced expression of c-fos. Like NGF, D609 alone induced c-jun even in the presence of dominant-negative Ras. Immediate-early induction of c-jun mRNA by NGF and D609 was abrogated by pretreatment with the kinase inhibitor olomoucine. Jun kinase, which is inhibited by olomoucine, was found to be activated by D609. Thus, D609 might induce c-jun in PC12 cells as a consequence of Jun kinase activation through a Ras-independent pathway. Under the same conditions, D609 repressed NGF-mediated induction of c-fos mRNA.
Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5401, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D017781:Genes, Immediate-Early; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D009636:Norbornanes; D016716:PC12 Cells; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000378:metabolism*; D010740:Phospholipases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000235:genetics; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D013859:Thiocarbamates; D013871:Thiones / Q000494:pharmacology*
D001952:Bridged-Ring Compounds; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009636:Norbornanes; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D013859:Thiocarbamates; D013871:Thiones; C046498:tricyclodecane-9-yl-xanthogenate; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D010740:Phospholipases