scholarly journals A Small Novel A-Kinase Anchoring Protein (AKAP) That Localizes Specifically Protein Kinase A-Regulatory Subunit I (PKA-RI) to the Plasma Membrane

2012 ◽  
Vol 287 (52) ◽  
pp. 43789-43797 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pepijn P. Burgers ◽  
Yuliang Ma ◽  
Luigi Margarucci ◽  
Mason Mackey ◽  
Marcel A. G. van der Heyden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Regulatory Subunit ◽  
Anchoring Protein ◽  
Kinase A

scholarly journals A-kinase anchoring protein 8L interacts with mTORC1 and promotes cell growth

2020 ◽  
Vol 295 (23) ◽  
pp. 8096-8105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chase H. Melick ◽  
Delong Meng ◽  
Jenna L. Jewell
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Cell Growth ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Terminal Region ◽  
Regulatory Subunit ◽  
Interacting Protein ◽  
Regulatory Subunits ◽  
Anchoring Protein ◽  
Regulate Cell Growth ◽  
Kinase A

mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) senses nutrients to mediate anabolic processes within the cell. Exactly how mTORC1 promotes cell growth remains unclear. Here, we identified a novel mTORC1-interacting protein called protein kinase A anchoring protein 8L (AKAP8L). Using biochemical assays, we found that the N-terminal region of AKAP8L binds to mTORC1 in the cytoplasm. Importantly, loss of AKAP8L decreased mTORC1-mediated processes such as translation, cell growth, and cell proliferation. AKAPs anchor protein kinase A (PKA) through PKA regulatory subunits, and we show that AKAP8L can anchor PKA through regulatory subunit Iα. Reintroducing full-length AKAP8L into cells restored mTORC1-regulated processes, whereas reintroduction of AKAP8L missing the N-terminal region that confers the interaction with mTORC1 did not. Our results suggest a multifaceted role for AKAPs in the cell. We conclude that mTORC1 appears to regulate cell growth, perhaps in part through AKAP8L.

scholarly journals Anchoring of Protein Kinase A-Regulatory Subunit IIα to Subapically Positioned Centrosomes Mediates Apical Bile Canalicular Lumen Development in Response to Oncostatin M but Not cAMP

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 2745-2754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kacper A. Wojtal ◽  
Dick Hoekstra ◽  
Sven C.D. van IJzendoorn
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Membrane Trafficking ◽  
Oncostatin M ◽  
Regulatory Subunit ◽  
Apical Surface ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Anchoring Protein ◽  
Pka Regulatory Subunit ◽  
Kinase A

Oncostatin M and cAMP signaling stimulate apical surface-directed membrane trafficking and apical lumen development in hepatocytes, both in a protein kinase A (PKA)-dependent manner. Here, we show that oncostatin M, but not cAMP, promotes the A-kinase anchoring protein (AKAP)-dependent anchoring of the PKA regulatory subunit (R)IIα to subapical centrosomes and that this requires extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 activation. Stable expression of the RII-displacing peptide AKAP-IS, but not a scrambled peptide, inhibits the association of RIIα with centrosomal AKAPs and results in the repositioning of the centrosome from a subapical to a perinuclear location. Concomitantly, common endosomes, but not apical recycling endosomes, are repositioned from a subapical to a perinuclear location, without significant effects on constitutive or oncostatin M-stimulated basolateral-to-apical transcytosis. Importantly, however, the expression of the AKAP-IS peptide completely blocks oncostatin M-, but not cAMP-stimulated apical lumen development. Together, the data suggest that centrosomal anchoring of RIIα and the interrelated subapical positioning of these centrosomes is required for oncostatin M-, but not cAMP-mediated, bile canalicular lumen development in a manner that is uncoupled from oncostatin M-stimulated apical lumen-directed membrane trafficking. The results also imply that multiple PKA-mediated signaling pathways control apical lumen development and that subapical centrosome positioning is important in some of these pathways.

scholarly journals Inhibition of serine/threonine phosphatase enhances arachidonic acid-induced [Ca2+]i via protein kinase A

2009 ◽  
Vol 296 (1) ◽  
pp. C88-C96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoyuki Saino ◽  
Eileen L. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Regulatory Subunit ◽  
Calyculin A ◽  
Anchoring Protein ◽  
Pka Regulatory Subunit ◽  
Pp2a Inhibitor ◽  
Kinase A

Arachidonic acid (AA) regulates intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in a variety of cell types including salivary cells. In the present study, the effects of serine/threonine phosphatases on AA-induced Ca2+ signaling in mouse parotid acini were determined. Mice were euthanized with CO2. Treatment of acini with the serine/threonine phosphatase inhibitor calyculin A blocked both thapsigargin- and carbachol-induced Ca2+ entry but resulted in an enhancement of AA-induced Ca2+ release and entry. Effects were mimicked by the protein phosphatase-1 (PP1) inhibitor tautomycin but were inhibited by the PP2A inhibitor okadaic acid. The protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitor PKI(14-22) significantly attenuated AA-induced enhancement of Ca2+ release and entry in the presence of calyculin A, whereas it had no effect on calyculin A-induced inhibition of thapsigargin-induced Ca2+ responses. The ryanodine receptor (RyR) inhibitor, tetracaine, and StHt-31, a peptide known to competitively inhibit type II PKA regulatory subunit binding to PKA-anchoring protein (AKAP), abolished calyculin A enhancement of AA-induced Ca2+ release and entry. StHt-31 also abolished forskolin potentiation of 4-chloro-3-ethylphenol (4-CEP) and AA on Ca2+ release but had no effect on 8-(4-methoxyphenylthio)-2′- O-methyladenosine-3′,5′-cAMP potentiation of 4-CEP responses. Results suggest that inhibition of PP1 results in an enhancement of AA-induced [Ca2+]i via PKA, AKAP, and RyRs.

scholarly journals Targeting the Regulatory Subunit R2Alpha of Protein Kinase A in Human Glioblastoma through shRNA-Expressing Lentiviral Vectors

Viruses ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1361
Author(s):  
Maira Zorzan ◽  
Claudia Del Vecchio ◽  
Stefania Vogiatzis ◽  
Elisa Saccon ◽  
Cristina Parolin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Lentiviral Vectors ◽  
Brain Parenchyma ◽  
Regulatory Subunit ◽  
Glioblastoma Cells ◽  
Cellular Models ◽  
Therapeutic Setting ◽  
Promising Target ◽  
Kinase A

Glioblastoma is the most malignant and most common form of brain tumor, still today associated with a poor 14-months median survival from diagnosis. Protein kinase A, particularly its regulatory subunit R2Alpha, presents a typical intracellular distribution in glioblastoma cells compared to the healthy brain parenchyma and this peculiarity might be exploited in a therapeutic setting. In the present study, a third-generation lentiviral system for delivery of shRNA targeting the regulatory subunit R2Alpha of protein kinase A was developed. Generated lentiviral vectors are able to induce an efficient and stable downregulation of R2Alpha in different cellular models, including non-stem and stem-like glioblastoma cells. In addition, our data suggest a potential correlation between silencing of the regulatory subunit of protein kinase A and reduced viability of tumor cells, apparently due to a reduction in replication rate. Thus, our findings support the role of protein kinase A as a promising target for novel anti-glioma therapies.

The crystal structure of yeast regulatory subunit reveals key evolutionary insights into Protein Kinase A oligomerization

2021 ◽  
pp. 107732
Author(s):  
Nicolás González Bardeci ◽  
Enzo Tofolón ◽  
Felipe Trajtenberg ◽  
Julio Caramelo ◽  
Nicole Larrieux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Regulatory Subunit ◽  
Kinase A

scholarly journals The Role of Uncoupling Protein 1 in the Metabolism and Adiposity of RIIβ-Protein Kinase A-Deficient Mice

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 2302-2311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Nolan ◽  
Maria A. Sikorski ◽  
G. Stanley McKnight
Keyword(s):  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Uncoupling Protein ◽  
Mrna Level ◽  
Regulatory Subunit ◽  
Uncoupling Protein 1 ◽  
Brown Adipose ◽  
Kinase A

Abstract Mice lacking the RIIβ regulatory subunit of protein kinase A exhibit a 50% reduction in white adipose tissue stores compared with wild-type littermates and are resistant to diet-induced obesity. RIIβ−/− mice also have an increase in resting oxygen consumption along with a 4-fold increase in the brown adipose-specific mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1). In this study, we examined the basis for UCP1 induction and tested the hypothesis that the induced levels of UCP1 in RIIβ null mice are essential for the lean phenotype. The induction of UCP1 occurred at the protein but not the mRNA level and correlated with an increase in mitochondria in brown adipose tissue. Mice lacking both RIIβ and UCP1 (RIIβ−/−/Ucp1−/−) were created, and the key parameters of metabolism and body composition were studied. We discovered that RIIβ−/− mice exhibit nocturnal hyperactivity in addition to the increased oxygen consumption at rest. Disruption of UCP1 in RIIβ−/− mice reduced basal oxygen consumption but did not prevent the nocturnal hyperactivity. The double knockout animals also retained the lean phenotype of the RIIβ null mice, demonstrating that induction of UCP1 and increased resting oxygen consumption is not the cause of leanness in the RIIβ mutant mice.

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