title: Protein kinases mediate nitric oxide-induced apoptosis in the insect cell line IPLB-LdFB.
abstract: The involvement of protein kinases (PKA, PKC and PKB) in nitric oxide (NO)-induced apoptosis with sodium nitroprusside plus N-acetyl-L-cysteine in the IPLB-LdFB cell line from the insect Lymantria dispar was investigated. The presence of protein kinase-like molecules was demonstrated by Western blot analysis. The role of the kinases in programmed cell death was analysed in cytofluorimetric experiments by incubating the insect cells with H-89 (a specific inhibitor of PKA), calphostin C (an inhibitor of PKC) or wortmannin (an inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase). The results show that PKA is correlated with the induction and PKC and PKB with the prevention of NO-induced insect cell death. Moreover, NO-induced apoptosis involves the release of cytochrome c.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Biology, Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malagoli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Conte
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ottaviani
mesh_terms: D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000378:metabolism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D009036:Moths / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D026423:S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013449:Sulfonamides; D000077191:Wortmannin
chemical_list: D000730:Androstadienes; D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007546:Isoquinolines; D009281:Naphthalenes; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D013449:Sulfonamides; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D026423:S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; C058819:calphostin C; C063509:N-(2-(4-bromocinnamylamino)ethyl)-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide; D000077191:Wortmannin