title: The roles of protein kinase C and tyrosine kinases in mediating endothelin-1-stimulated phospholipase D activity in rat myometrium: differential inhibition by ceramides and cyclic AMP.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to investigate the mechanisms that regulate the activation of phospholipase D (PLD) by endothelin (ET)-1 in rat myometrium. We previously reported that ET-1 exerted part ( approximately 50%) of its effect via protein kinase C (PKC) activation. We now show that in addition to ET-1 and 4beta-phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu), pervanadate also stimulated PLD activity. Stimulation by pervanadate was not affected by the PKC inhibitor Ro-31-8220 but was abolished by protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) inhibitors genistein and tyrphostin-47. Genistein partially reduced (52%) ET-1 stimulation, which was further attenuated (96%) by Ro-31-8220, indicating that PTKs may account for the PKC-independent arm of ET-1-stimulated PLD activity. Cell-permeable ceramides reduced ( approximately 50%) the activation of PLD by ET-1 and PDBu but not that by pervanadate. Inhibition was also achieved by sphingomyelinase but not with sphingosine. Inhibition by genistein and D-erythro-N-hexanoyl-sphingosine was additive, whereas inhibition by Ro-31-8220 and D-erythro-N-hexanoyl-sphingosine was not, indicating that ceramide affected the PKC-dependent process involved in PLD activation by ET-1. Forskolin, as well as dibutyryl-cAMP and iloprost, attenuated (approximately 50%) the activation of PLD by ET-1 and pervanadate but not that by PDBu. Inhibition by forskolin was prevented by H-89, an inhibitor of protein kinase A. Inhibition by forskolin and ceramide was additive, whereas inhibition by genistein and forskolin was not, indicating that the cAMP/protein kinase A cascade affected the PTK-dependent process involved in PLD activation by ET-1. The data illustrate a cross-talk between separate signaling pathways, resulting in positive and negative regulation of PLD in rat myometrium.
authors.affiliation: Signalisation et Régulations Cellulaires, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique EP 1088, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay Cedex, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Le Stunff
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dokhac
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harbon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002518:Ceramides / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology; D004347:Drug Interactions; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000032:analysis; D009215:Myometrium / Q000378:metabolism*; D010298:Parity; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000032:analysis; D010739:Phospholipase D / Q000378:metabolism*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002518:Ceramides; D019332:Endothelin-1; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D010739:Phospholipase D