title: Regulation of transforming growth factor beta-induced responses by protein kinase A in pancreatic acinar cells.
abstract: TGF-beta is an important regulator of growth and differentiation in the pancreas and has been implicated in pancreatic tumorigenesis. We have recently demonstrated that TGF-beta can activate protein kinase A (PKA) in mink lung epithelial cells (Zhang L, Duan C, Binkley C, Li G, Uhler M, Logsdon C, Simeone D. Mol Cell Biol 24: 2169-2180, 2004). In this study, we sought to determine whether TGF-beta activates PKA in pancreatic acinar cells, the mechanism by which PKA is activated, and PKA's role in TGF-beta-mediated growth regulatory responses. TGF-beta rapidly activated PKA in pancreatic acini while having no effect on intracellular cAMP levels. Coimmunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated a physical interaction between a Smad3/Smad4 complex and the regulatory subunits of PKA. TGF-beta also induced activation of the PKA-dependent transcription factor CREB. Both the specific PKA inhibitor H89 and PKI peptide significantly blocked TGF-beta's ability to activate PKA and CREB. TGF-beta-mediated growth inhibition and TGF-beta-induced p21 and SnoN expression in pancreatic acinar cells were blocked by H89 and PKI peptide. This study demonstrates that this novel cross talk between TGF-beta and PKA signaling pathways may play an important role in regulating TGF-beta signaling in the pancreas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Molecular, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Huibin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Cheong J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Lizhi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Maria Dolors
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Sans
authors.forename: Diane M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Simeone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D046790:Pancreas, Exocrine / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C492004:Creb1 protein, mouse; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C486157:Skil protein, mouse; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins