scholarly journals A study of 3′:5′-cyclic mononucleotide-dependent protein kinase from canine prostate glands

1974 ◽  
Vol 144 (2) ◽  
pp. 377-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
B K Tsang ◽  
R L Singhal

1. An adenosine 3′:5′-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP)-dependent protein kinase, located predominantly in the cytosol, was studied in canine prostate. 2. The enzyme exhibited cyclic AMP-binding activity, and could be isolated by chromatography on diethylaminoethyl cellulose. 3. The enzyme was maximally stimulated (fourfold) by 1μm-cyclic AMP, and half-maximal activation of the enzyme was observed in presence of 50nm-cyclic AMP. 4. Equilibrium studies at pH5.0 indicated the presence of one major class of binding site for cyclic AMP, with an association constant of approx. 108m-1. 5. Stimulation of the enzyme was also observed with the 3′:5′-cyclic monophosphate derivatives of cytidine, inosine, guanosine and uridine as well as with dibutyryl cyclic AMP, but higher concentrations of these cyclic nucleotides were required to provide the same degree of activation as that seen with cyclic AMP. 6. Comparing α-casein, protamine and different histone subfractions as substrates, highest cyclic AMP stimulation was demonstrated with histones. 7. Although maximum velocity of the enzyme was enhanced approximately fivefold in presence of cyclic AMP, kinetic studies indicated that the apparent Km for histone (0.5mg/ml) remained the same whether determined in the presence or absence of the cyclic nucleotide. 8. In addition, cyclic AMP did not significantly change the apparent Km for ATP (1.2×10-5m). 9. The purified enzyme showed an absolute requirement for bivalent metal ion. Substitution of Mn2+for Mg2+decreased basal protein kinase activity as well as the stimulation noted with cyclic AMP. Similarly, the basal activity was lowered when Mg2+was replaced by Ca2+and cyclic AMP produced only little stimulation of the prostatic enzyme.

1981 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitoshi Kikutani ◽  
Tadamitsu Kishimoto ◽  
Nobuo Sakaguchi ◽  
Yoshio Nishizawa ◽  
Peter Ralph ◽  
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1973 ◽  
Vol 136 (4) ◽  
pp. 993-998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm C. Richardson ◽  
Dennis Schulster

A method has been developed for investigation of the effect of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) on the state of activation of a cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase within cells of the adrenal cortex. Enzyme activity was measured in terms of the quantity of32P transferred from [γ-32P]ATP to histone under conditions in which bound cyclic AMP did not dissociate from the regulatory subunit of the protein kinase ACTH (1×10-2i.u./ml) caused a rapid and complete activation of the cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase activity within 2min of hormone addition to the isolated cells. In response to a range of ACTH concentrations a sigmoid log dose–response curve for protein kinase activation was obtained, with half-maximal stimulation attained at about 1×10-3i.u./ml. However, some low doses of ACTH that elicited a marked (but submaximal) steroidogenic response failed to cause a clear stimulation of protein kinase activity in isolated adrenal cells. Theophylline (2mm) potentiated the effect of ACTH on protein kinase activity. The results implicate an important role for protein kinase in ACTH action on the adrenocortical cell.


1994 ◽  
Vol 267 (1) ◽  
pp. C236-C244 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Geiger ◽  
C. Nolte ◽  
U. Walter

Stimulation of Ca2+ mobilization and entry by agonists such as ADP, thrombin, and thromboxane is an early step of platelet activation. Here, we compared the effects of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)-elevating prostaglandins, guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP)-elevating nitrovasodilators, membrane-permeant selective activators of cAMP- or cGMP-dependent protein kinases, and physiological endothelium-derived factors on the agonist-evoked Ca2+ mobilization and entry in human platelets. Prostaglandin E1, the prostacyclin analogue Iloprost, the nitric oxide (NO) donor 3-morpholinosydnonimine hydrochloride, and selective activators of cGMP- or cAMP-dependent protein kinase strongly inhibited the agonist-evoked Ca2+ mobilization from intracellular stores and associated late Ca2+ entry but had little effects on the rapid (1st) phase of ADP-evoked Ca2+ entry. During coincubation of platelets with endothelial cells, endothelium-derived factors that were released strongly inhibited platelet agonist-evoked Ca2+ mobilization and only moderately affected the rapid phase of ADP-evoked Ca2+ entry. These effects were partially prevented when endothelial cells were preincubated with cyclooxygenase and/or NO synthase inhibitors. Endothelial cells therefore produce sufficient quantities of labile platelet inhibitors whose effects on the platelet Ca2+ response resemble those observed with selective cAMP- and cGMP-dependent protein kinase activators.


1977 ◽  
Vol 162 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
K M Gautvik ◽  
E Walaas ◽  
O Walaas

1. The effects of thyroliberin were studied in cultured rat pituitary-tumour cells that synthesize and secrete prolactin (the GH4C1 cell strain). 2. Prolactin and cyclic AMP were measured by radioimmunological methods, and a cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase was characterized by using histone as substrate. 3. Prolactin release was studied after 5-60min of treatment, and synthesis after 48h of treatment with thyroliberin. One-half maximum stimulation of release and synthesis were observed at 0.25 and at 4nM respectively. 4. Cyclic AMP was temporarily increased in cell suspensions after treatment with thyroliberin, and one-half maximum stimulation was observed at 25nM. 5. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP increased prolactin release and synthesis, one-half maximum effects being obtained at 20 micronM. 6. A cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase, which was one-half maximally stimulated at 30 nM-cyclic AMP, was demonstrated. 7. An increase in the activity ratio (-cyclic AMP/+cyclic AMP) of the cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase was observed after treatment with thyroliberin. Total protein kinase activity in the presence of cyclic AMP was unaltered. The time-course of enzyme activation was similar to that of cyclic AMP formation and corresponded to the time when prolactin release was first observed. 8. It is concluded that thyroliberin induces cyclic AMP formation, resulting in the activation of a cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase.


1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 3369-3373
Author(s):  
R B Wilson ◽  
A A Brenner ◽  
T B White ◽  
M J Engler ◽  
J P Gaughran ◽  
...  

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae SRK1 gene, when expressed on a low-copy shuttle vector, partially suppresses the phenotype associated with elevated levels of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase activity and suppresses the temperature-sensitive cell cycle arrest of the ins1 mutant. SRK1 is located on chromosome IV, 3 centimorgans from gcn2. A mutant carrying a deletion mutation in srk1 is viable. SRK1 encodes a 140-kDa protein with homology to the dis3+ protein from Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The ability of SRK1 to alleviate partially the defects caused by high levels of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and the similarity of its encoded protein to dis3+ suggest that SRK1 may have a role in protein phosphatase function.


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