title: Involvement of protein kinase C alpha (PKC alpha) in the early action of angiotensin II type 2 (AT2) effects on neurite outgrowth in NG108-15 cells: AT2-receptor inhibits PKC alpha and p21ras activity.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms may be among the putative candidates implicated in the primary effects of the Ang II type 2 (AT2) receptor. Western blot analyses revealed the presence of PKC alpha,epsilon, iota, and zeta in NG108-15 cells. After a 3-d treatment with 3 nm Gö6976, a specific inhibitor of classical PKC isoforms, cells were characterized by the presence of one elongated process similar to that observed after treatment with Ang II or with CGP42112, a selective AT2 receptor agonist. Similar findings were observed in cells expressing a dominant-negative mutant of PKC alpha (K368A). Inhibition of PKC alpha in NG108-15 cells also decreased cell number and proliferation. In conditions of acute stimulation, Ang II induced a time-dependent and transient inhibition of PKC alpha activity, as well as a decrease in PKC alpha levels associated with the membrane. Treatment of cells with Gö6976 was also found to inhibit p21(ras) (between 1-10 min) but stimulated Rap1 activity (1-5 min) in a time-course similar to that of Ang II. Incubation of NG108-15 cells with Gö6976 (3 nm) inhibited basal p42/p44(mapk) phosphorylation, but failed to interfere with its activation by the AT(2) receptor, indicating that inhibition of PKC alpha is not directly involved in the Rap1-MEK-p42/p44(mapk) cascade. Taken together, these results indicate that PKC alpha is a primary target of the AT2 receptor. Inhibition of PKC alpha leads to a decrease in both p21(ras) activity and cell proliferation, which may facilitate AT2 receptor signaling through p42/p44(mapk), thereby leading to neurite outgrowth.
authors.affiliation: Service of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1H 5N4.
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Beaudry
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gendron
authors.forename: Marie-Odile
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Guimond
authors.forename: Marcel D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Payet
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gallo-Payet
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D016501:Neurites / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009474:Neurons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras) / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D044139:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2 / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D020827:rap1 GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002227:Carbazoles; D007211:Indoles; D044139:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2; D000804:Angiotensin II; C081021:Go 6976; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras); D020827:rap1 GTP-Binding Proteins