scholarly journals Diradylglycerols stimulate phospholipase A2 and subsequent exocytosis in ram spermatozoa. Evidence that the effect is not mediated via protein kinase C

1994 ◽  
Vol 297 (1) ◽  
pp. 225-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
E R S Roldan ◽  
C Fragio
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Phospholipase A2 ◽  
Kinase Inhibitor ◽  
Ionophore A23187 ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Acrosomal Exocytosis ◽  
Phospholipase A2 Activity

We tested the hypothesis that the role of diacylglycerol (DAG) in sperm acrosomal exocytosis is related to the activation of phospholipase A2, and that this effect is not mediated via protein kinase C. Treatment of [14C]arachidonic acid-labelled ram spermatozoa with Ca2+ and the ionophore A23187 stimulated both liberation of arachidonic acid and acrosomal exocytosis. No changes in [14C]DAG or [14C]monoacylglycerol were found after stimulation of spermatozoa, thus suggesting that arachidonic acid may be released exclusively via phospholipase A2. An increase in the endogenous levels of diradylglycerols (DRGs), resulting from exposure either to the DAG kinase inhibitor R 59022 or to exogenous 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol or 1,2-dioctanoyl-sn-glycerol, led to an increase in both phospholipase A2 activity and exocytosis when cells were stimulated with A23187 and Ca2+. Addition of DRGs that do not stimulate protein kinase C(1,3-dioctanoylglycerol, 1-O-hexadecyl-2-acetyl-rac-glycerol) also resulted in an increase in phospholipase A2 activity and exocytosis. On the other hand, phorbol esters (phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate; phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate) did not enhance enzyme activity or exocytosis. Finally, exposure to 1-O-hexadecyl-2-O-methyl-rac-glycerol, a compound known to inhibit protein kinase C, did not affect phospholipase A2 activity or acrosomal exocytosis. We therefore conclude that in spermatozoa the messenger role of DAG is related to the activation of phospholipase A2, which in turn would generate an array of metabolites directly or indirectly involved in bringing about exocytosis of the acrosome.

Role of protein kinase C in the regulation of phospholipase A2 activity in human platelets

1990 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
CAROLINE P. D. WHEELER-JONES ◽  
YATIN PATEL ◽  
VIJAY V. KAKKAR ◽  
SUSHILA KRISHNAMURTHI
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Phospholipase A2 ◽  
Human Platelets ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Phospholipase A2 Activity

scholarly journals Endothelial inositol phosphate generation and prostacyclin production in response to G-protein activation by AlF4−

1989 ◽  
Vol 264 (3) ◽  
pp. 703-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
M K Magnússon ◽  
H Halldórsson ◽  
M Kjeld ◽  
G Thorgeirsson
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Pertussis Toxin ◽  
Inositol Phosphates ◽  
Inositol Phosphate ◽  
Ionophore A23187 ◽  
Kinase C

In order to elucidate the role of guanine-nucleotide-binding proteins (G-proteins) in endothelial prostacyclin (PGI2) production, human umbilical vein endothelial cells, prelabelled with either [3H]inositol or [3H]arachidonic acid, were stimulated with the non-specific G-protein activator aluminium fluoride (AlF4-). AlF4- caused a dose- and time-dependent generation of inositol phosphates, release of arachidonic acid and production of PGI2. The curves for the three events were similar. When the cells were stimulated in low extracellular calcium (60 nM), they released [3H]arachidonic acid and produced PGI2, but depleting the intracellular Ca2+ stores by pretreatment with the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 totally inhibited both events, although the cells still responded when extracellular Ca2+ was added. The Ca2+ ionophore did not inhibit the generation of inositol phosphates in cells maintained at low extracellular Ca2+. Pertussis toxin pretreatment (14 h) altered neither inositol phosphate nor PGI2 production in response to AlF4-. To investigate the functional role of the diacylglycerol/protein kinase C arm of the phosphoinositide system, the cells were pretreated with the protein kinase C activator 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) or the protein kinase C inhibitor 1-(5-isoquinolinylsulphonyl)-2-methylpiperazine (H7). TPA inhibited the AlF4(-)-induced inositol phosphate generation but stimulated both the release of arachidonic acid and the production of PGI2. H7 had opposite effects both on inositol phosphate generation and on PGI2 production. These results suggest that AlF4(-)-induced PGI2 production is mediated by a pertussis-toxin-insensitive G-protein which activates the phosphoinositide second messenger system. This production of PGI2 can be modulated by protein kinase C activation, both at the level of inositol phosphate generation and at the level of arachidonic acid release.

Role of protein kinase C in T-cell antigen receptor regulation of p21ras: evidence that two p21ras regulatory pathways coexist in T cells

1992 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 3305-3312
Author(s):  
M Izquierdo ◽  
J Downward ◽  
J D Graves ◽  
D A Cantrell
Keyword(s):  
T Cells ◽  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Kinase Inhibitor ◽  
Antigen Receptor ◽  
Permeabilized Cell ◽  
Regulatory Pathways ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Stimulation Of

T-lymphocyte activation via the antigen receptor complex (TCR) results in accumulation of p21ras in the active GTP-bound state. Stimulation of protein kinase C (PKC) can also activate p21ras, and it has been proposed that the TCR effect on p21ras occurs as a consequence of TCR regulation of PKC. To test the role of PKC in TCR regulation of p21ras, a permeabilized cell system was used to examine TCR regulation of p21ras under conditions in which TCR activation of PKC was blocked, first by using a PKC pseudosubstrate peptide inhibitor and second by using ionic conditions that prevent phosphatidyl inositol hydrolysis and hence diacylglycerol production and PKC stimulation. The data show that TCR-induced p21ras activation is not mediated exclusively by PKC. Thus, in the absence of PKC stimulation, the TCR was still able to induce accumulation of p21ras-GTP complexes, and this stimulation correlated with an inactivation of p21ras GTPase-activating proteins. The protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor herbimycin could prevent the non-PKC-mediated, TCR-induced stimulation of p21ras. These data indicate that two mechanisms for p21ras regulation coexist in T cells: one PKC mediated and one not. The TCR can apparently couple to p21ras via a non-PKC-controlled route that may involve tyrosine kinases.

scholarly journals Hydrogen peroxide-induced c-fos expression is mediated by arachidonic acid release: role of protein kinase C

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 1259-1263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gadiparthi N. Rao ◽  
Bernard Lassegue ◽  
Kathy K. Griendling ◽  
R. Wayne Alexander ◽  
Bradford C. Berk
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Arachidonic Acid Release ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Acid Release ◽  
Fos Expression

scholarly journals Plasma from uninephrectomized rats stimulates phospholipid methylation and arachidonic acid release in renal-cortical slices

1989 ◽  
Vol 260 (2) ◽  
pp. 365-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Banfić ◽  
Z Gatalica
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Phospholipase A2 ◽  
Arachidonic Acid Release ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Graded Response ◽  
Acid Release ◽  
Cortical Slices

Phospholipid methylation and arachidonic acid release in renal-cortical slices was investigated in vitro after addition of plasma from uninephrectomized or sham-operated rats. Plasma from uninephrectomized rats (‘uni-plasma’) stimulated phospholipid methylation when obtained within the first 3 h after uninephrectomy. With different amounts of added plasma a graded response in phospholipid methylation was obtained. Addition of 50 nM-12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate for 10 min to intact slices also stimulated phospholipid methylation, whereas incubation of slices before addition of ‘uni-plasma’ with 100 microM-1-(5-isoquinolinylsulphonyl)-2-methylpiperazine prevented it, suggesting that protein kinase C stimulates phospholipid methylation in renal-cortical slices. Plasma from uninephrectomized rats also stimulates [3H]arachidonic acid release from phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PtdEtn) via activation of phospholipase A2. Two mechanisms of phospholipase A2 activation are proposed: first, in which it is activated by protein kinase C and releases 3H radioactivity from PtdCho, and second, in which phospholipase A2 is stimulated by Ca2+ ions and releases 3H radioactivity from PtdEtn.

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