title: A possible role for p190RhoGAP in PKCepsilon-induced morphological effects.
abstract: We have previously shown that protein kinase C (PKC) epsilon induces neurite outgrowth via its regulatory domain. This is accompanied by PKC-induced stress fibre loss. Here, we show that the regulatory domain (RD) of PKCepsilon induces processes also in NIH-3T3 fibroblasts, similar to what has been observed with p190RhoGAP. This study also shows that p190RhoGAP induces neurite outgrowth in SK-N-BE(2) neuroblastoma cells. We therefore investigated whether p190RhoGAP may be downstream of PKCepsilon. We could detect a co-localization of p190RhoGAP and PKCepsilon at membrane ruffles and an increased association between the proteins in fibroblasts treated with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). The association is also seen in neuroblastoma cells, and nerve growth factor (NGF) treatment of SH-SYSY/TrkA cells decreases the interaction. However, overexpressed PKCepsilon did not coprecipitate overexpressed p190RhoGAP in CHO cells, indicating that the proteins do not interact directly. This raises the possibility that p190RhoGAP is involved in mediating the morphological effects of PKCepsilon.
authors.affiliation: Lund University, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Molecular Medicine, Entrance 78, 3rd Floor, Malmö University Hospital, UMAS, SE-205 02, Malmö, Sweden.
authors.forename: Ulrika
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Trollér
authors.forename: Arathi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raghunath
authors.forename: Christer
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Larsson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D016466:CHO Cells; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D020932:Nerve Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D016501:Neurites / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects*; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000187:drug effects; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C074560:ARHGAP35 protein, human; C513041:Arhgap35 protein, mouse; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D020932:Nerve Growth Factor; C497256:Prkce protein, mouse; C497255:PRKCE protein, human; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051744:Protein Kinase C-epsilon; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate