title: Cholecystokinin-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of PKC-delta in pancreatic acinar cells is regulated bidirectionally by PKC activation.
abstract: PKC-delta is important in cell growth, apoptosis, and secretion. Recent studies show its stability is regulated by tyrosine phosphorylation (TYR-P), which can be stimulated by a number of agents. Many of these stimuli also activate phospholipase C (PLC) cascades and little is known about the relationship between these cascades and PKC-delta TYR-P. Cholecystokinin (CCK) stimulates PKCs but it is unknown if it causes PKC-delta TYR-P and if so, the relationship between these cascades is unknown. In rat pancreatic acini, CCK-8 stimulated rapid PKC-delta TYR-P by activation of the low affinity CCK(A) receptor state. TPA had a similar effect. BAPTA did not decrease CCK-stimulated PKC-delta TYR-P but instead, increased it. A23187 did not stimulate PKC-delta TYR-P. Wortmannin and LY 294002 did not alter CCK-stimulated PKC-delta TYR-P. GF 109203X, at low concentrations, increased PKC-delta TYR-P stimulated by CCK or TPA and at higher concentrations, inhibited it. The cPKC inhibitors, Gö 6976 and safingol, caused a similar increase in TPA- and CCK-stimulated PKC-delta TYR-P. These results demonstrate that CCK(A) receptor activation causes PKC-delta TYR-P through activation of only one of its two receptor affinity states. This PKC-delta TYR-P is not directly influenced by changes in [Ca(2+)](i); however, the resultant activation of PKC-alpha has an inhibitory effect. Therefore, CCK activates both stimulatory and inhibitory PKC cascades regulating PKC-delta TYR-P and, hence, likely plays an important role in regulating PKC-delta degradation and cellular abundance.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiología, Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres 10071, Spain.
authors.forename: Jose A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tapia
authors.forename: María J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bragado
authors.forename: Luis J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: García-Marín
authors.forename: Robert T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002766:Cholecystokinin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D046508:Culture Techniques; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051745:Protein Kinase C-delta; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D043886:Receptor, Cholecystokinin A; D011949:Receptors, Cholecystokinin / Q000378:metabolism; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D043886:Receptor, Cholecystokinin A; D011949:Receptors, Cholecystokinin; C410885:cholecystokinin 8; D002766:Cholecystokinin; D010770:Phosphotransferases; C497260:Prkcd protein, rat; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051745:Protein Kinase C-delta; D002118:Calcium