title: Expression and regulation of phospholipase D during neuronal differentiation of PC12 cells.
abstract: To assess a possible role for phospholipase D (PLD) in PC12 cell signal transduction and differentiation, we have investigated the expression of PLD in PC12 cells and found that the differentiation factor, nerve growth factor (NGF) increased PLD1 protein expression and phorbol 12-myristate 13 acetate (PMA)-induced PLD activity. During neuronal differentiation, this effect showed correlation to the protein expression levels of classical protein kinase C (PKC) isozymes, PKC-alpha and -beta II, but there was no significant increase in the protein level of RhoA, another regulatory factor for PLD activation. Interestingly, PLD1 was associated with PKC-alpha or beta II, and its association gradually increased as NGF-induced neuronal differentiation progressed. PKC inhibitor, Ro-31-8220, caused a significant inhibition of neurite outgrowth and PLD activity. Furthermore, PLD1 was constitutively associated with the Shc adaptor molecule, the overexpression of which is known to induce PLD activity and to induce neurite outgrowth. Taken together, the data in this study suggests that PLD1 is closely implicated in neuronal differentiation of PC12 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-dong, Socho-gu, Seoul 137-701, South Korea. dsmin@cmc.cuk.ac.kr
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Rhie
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Jo
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000502:physiology*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009474:Neurons / Q000201:enzymology*; D016716:PC12 Cells; D010739:Phospholipase D / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D010739:Phospholipase D