Cyclic AMP-dependent protein phosphorylation in the rat anterior pituitary

Synapse ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott T. Cain ◽  
James Cliff Pryor ◽  
Charles B. Nemeroff
1992 ◽  
Vol 285 (3) ◽  
pp. 973-978 ◽  
Author(s):  
P M Jones ◽  
S J Persaud ◽  
S L Howell

Increasing the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration of electrically permeabilized rat islets of Langerhans caused rapid increases in insulin secretion and in 32P incorporation into islet proteins. However, the secretory responsiveness of permeabilized islets was relatively transient, with insulin secretion approaching basal levels within 20-30 min despite the continued presence of stimulatory concentrations of Ca2+. The loss of Ca2(+)-induced insulin secretion was accompanied by a marked reduction in Ca2(+)-dependent protein phosphorylation, but not in cyclic AMP-dependent protein phosphorylation. Similarly, permeabilized islets which were no longer responsive to Ca2+ were able to mount appropriate secretory responses to cyclic AMP and to a protein kinase C-activating phorbol ester. These results suggest that prolonged exposure to elevated cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations results in a specific desensitization of the secretory mechanism to Ca2+, perhaps as a result of a decrease in Ca2(+)-dependent kinase activity. Furthermore, these studies suggest that secretory responses of B-cells to cyclic AMP and activators of protein kinase C are not dependent upon the responsiveness of the cells to changes in cytosolic Ca2+.


1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.J. Haslam ◽  
J.E.B. Fox ◽  
S.E. Salama ◽  
J.A. Lynham

The relationships between the phosphorylation of specific platelet polypeptides and platelet function were studied using washed human platelets labelled by preincubation with [32p] Pi. Platelet polypeptides were separated by SDS-PAGE and 32P incorporation into them determined by autoradiography. Whereas induction of platelet aggregation alone did not affect protein phosphorylation, induction of the release reaction increased 3P incorporation into several polypeptides (P75,P47,P40,P27,P20,P19), including the P-light chain of platelet myosin (P20). These changes were inhibited by drugs that blocked Ca2 movements and may be due to activation of Ca2+-dependent protein kinases. Compounds that inhibited platelet function by increasing cyclic AMP (e.g. PCE1) also suppressed these reactions but, in addition, increased phosphorylation of other polypeptides (P50,P49,P36,P24,P22). Type I and Type II cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinases were present in platelets and may mediate Che latter effects of cyclic AMP. Subcellular fractionation of 32p-labelled platelets that had been exposed to PCE1 showed that P24 was present in membranes that could take up Ca2+ by an ATP-dependent mechanism. Membranes from PCE1-treated platelets took up Ca2+ more rapidly than control membranes. Thus, the cyclic AMP-dependent phosphorylation of P24 may stimulate the removal of Ca2+ from platelet cytosol and suppress Ca2+-dependent phosphorylation reactions necessary for release of granule constituents.


1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (S1) ◽  
pp. S362-S366 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Bender ◽  
J. T. Neary ◽  
M. D. Norenberg

In a hypoosmotic model of astrocyte swelling, we found that Ca2+ and intracellular signals such as diacylglycerol and inositol phosphate, as well as protein phosphorylation systems, are implicated in the generation and (or) modulation of volume regulatory processes. Cyclic AMP, which also has a significant effect on astrocyte volume regulation, in addition influences some of these second messengers.Key words: astrocyte, Ca2+-dependent protein kinases, Ca2+ influx, cell volume, cyclic AMP, inositol phosphates, protein phosphorylation.


1982 ◽  
Vol 202 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidney Roberts ◽  
Beatrice S. Morelos

Studies were carried out to elucidate the mechanisms underlying the diminished phosphorylation of cerebral ribosomal protein in experimental hyperphenylalaninaemia [Roberts & Morelos (1980) Biochem. J.190, 405–419]. Administration of N6,O2′-dibutyryl cyclic AMP or 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, which increased phosphorylation of the S6 protein of cerebral 40S ribosomal subunits in control infant rats, did not counteract the decreased phosphorylation of this ribosomal protein resulting from intraperitoneal administration of a loading dose of l-phenylalanine. N2,O2′-Dibutyryl cyclic GMP had no effect on cerebral ribosomal-protein phosphorylation in either control or hyperphenylalaninaemic animals. The phenylalanine-induced decrease in ribosomal-protein phosphorylation was associated with decreased protein kinase activity in cerebral cytosolic and microsomal preparations. However, the maximal protein kinase response to cyclic AMP added in vitro was unaltered by prior administration of phenylalanine in vivo. The heat-stable protein inhibitor of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinases decreased the activity of these enzymes by about 90% and eliminated the phenylalanine-induced difference in protein kinase activity in the absence of added cyclic AMP. Intracisternal administration of doses of dibutyryl cyclic AMP or 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine which increased the cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase activity ratio in control infant rats was without effect on this index in phenylalanine-treated animals. Dibutyryl cyclic GMP had no effect on the protein kinase activity ratio in either group of animals. These results suggest that inhibition of cerebral cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinases by abnormally high concentrations of phenylalanine may contribute to the decrease in cerebral ribosomal-protein phosphorylation in experimental hyperphenylalaninaemia.


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