title: Isoform-specific membrane translocation of protein kinase C after ischemic preconditioning.
abstract: Mild cerebral anoxic/ischemic/stress insults promote 'tolerance' and thereby protect the brain from subsequent 'lethal' anoxic/ischemic insults. We examined whether specific activation of PKC alpha, delta, epsilon, or zeta isoforms is associated with ischemic preconditioning (IPC) in rat brain. IPC was produced by a 2-minute global cerebral ischemia. Membrane and cytosolic fractions of the hippocampi were immunoblotted using specific antibodies for PKCalpha, delta, epsilon, and zeta. PKCalpha showed a significant translocation to the membrane fraction from 30 min to 4 h and PKCdelta at 4 h following IPC. In contrast, the membrane/cytosol ratio of PKCepsilon showed a tendency to decrease at 30 min and 8 h, and the membrane/cytosol ratio of PKCzeta was significantly decreased from 30 min to 24 h following IPC. These findings indicate PKC isoform-specific membrane translocations in the hippocampus after brief global brain ischemia and suggest that activation of PKCalpha and PKCdelta may be associated with IPC-induced tolerance in the rat hippocampus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurkinen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Busto
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Goldsteins
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koistinaho
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pérez-Pinzón
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001831:Body Temperature; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D019194:Ischemic Preconditioning; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha; D051745:Protein Kinase C-delta; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon; D021381:Protein Transport; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000099221:Protein Kinase C zeta
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007527:Isoenzymes; D010100:Oxygen; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha; D051745:Protein Kinase C-delta; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon; D000099221:Protein Kinase C zeta; C497260:Prkcd protein, rat; C497257:Prkce protein, rat