title: Inhibitory effect of calcium-binding protein regucalcin on protein kinase activity in the nuclei of regenerating rat liver.
abstract: The effect of Ca2+-binding protein regucalcin on protein kinase activity in the nuclei of normal and regenerating rat livers was investigated. Protein kinase activity in the nuclei isolated from normal rat liver was significantly increased by addition of Ca2+ (500 microM) and calmodulin (10 microg/ml) in the enzyme reaction mixture. Nuclear protein kinase activity was significantly decreased in the presence of EGTA (1.0 mM), trifluoperazine (TFP; 20 microM), dibucaine (10(-4) M), or staurosporine (10(-7) M), indicating that Ca2+-dependent protein kinases are present in the nuclei. Protein kinase activity was significantly elevated in the liver nuclei obtained at 6 to 48 h after a partial hepatectomy. Hepatectomy-increased nuclear protein kinase activity was significantly decreased in the presence of EGTA (1.0 mM), TFP (20 microM), or staurosporine (10(-7) M) in the enzyme reaction mixture. The presence of regucalcin (0.1-0.5 microM) caused a significant decrease in protein kinase activity in the nuclei obtained from normal and regenerating rat livers. Meanwhile, the nuclear protein kinase activity from normal and regenerating livers was significantly elevated in the presence of anti-regucalcin monoclonal antibody (50-200 ng/ml). The present study suggests that regucalcin plays a role in the regulation of protein kinase activity in the nuclei of proliferative liver cells.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Endocrinology and Molecular Metabolism, Graduate School of Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka City, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katsumata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008115:Liver Regeneration / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D019311:Staurosporine / Q000494:pharmacology; D015238:Sulfotransferases; D014268:Trifluoperazine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D014268:Trifluoperazine; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D015238:Sulfotransferases; C028152:alcohol sulfotransferase; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C513325:Rgn protein, rat; D019311:Staurosporine