Erythropoietin and testicular steroidogenesis: the role of second messengers

1995 ◽  
Vol 132 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Foresta ◽  
Roberto Mioni ◽  
Paola Bordon ◽  
Francesco Gottardello ◽  
Andrea Nogara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Leydig Cells ◽  
Second Messengers ◽  
Indirect Evidence ◽  
Calcium Flux ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Testicular Steroidogenesis

Foresta C, Mioni R, Bordon P, Gottardello F, Nogara A, Rossato M. Erythropoietin and testicular steroidogenesis: the role of second messengers. Eur J Endocrinol 1995;132:103–8. ISSN 0804–4643 It has been demonstrated that erythropoietin (EPO) influences rat and human Leydig cell steroidogenesis, stimulating testosterone production through a direct and specific receptor-mediated mechanism. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanism by which recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) exerts its stimulatory effect on rat Leydig cells. Recombinant human EPO did not induce, at any dose tested (10−10 to 10−13 mol/l), an increase in either cAMP or cGMP, suggesting that in Leydig cells the effect of rHuEPO does not involve the adenylate or guanylate–cyclase systems. The role of transmembrane calcium flux in rHuEPO-stimulated steroidogenesis was studied by evaluating the effect of calcium channel blocker, verapamil, and by the 45Ca2+ uptake method. Verapamil did not influence rHuEPO-induced testosterone secretion and rHuEPO did not modify calcium recycling, indicating that calcium transmembrane flux is not involved in the rHuEPO effect. The protein kinase C inhibitor staurosporine (10, 30, 100 and 300 nmol/l) inhibited rHuEPO-stimulated testicular steroidogenesis in a dose-dependent manner. This indirect evidence suggests that the stimulatory effect of rHuEPO on rat Leydig cells may involve protein kinase C activation. Carlo Foresta, Institute of Internal Medicine, Via Ospedale Civile 105, 35128 Padova, Italy

The role of protein kinase C in GH secretion induced by GH-releasing factor and GH-releasing peptides in cultured ovine somatotrophs

1997 ◽  
Vol 154 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Wu ◽  
I J Clarke ◽  
C Chen
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Adenylyl Cyclase Activity ◽  
Down Regulation ◽  
Gh Secretion ◽  
Calphostin C ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Pka Pathway

Abstract The involvement of protein kinase C (PKC) in the action of GH-releasing factor (GRF) and synthetic GH-releasing peptides (GHRP-2 and GHRP-6) was investigated in ovine somatotrophs in primary culture. In partially purified sheep somatotrophs, GRF and GHRP-2 caused translocation of PKC activity from the cytosol to the cell membranes and caused GH release in a dose- and time-dependent manner. GHRP-6 did not cause PKC translocation. The PKC inhibitors, calphostin C, staurosporine and chelerythrine, partially reduced GH release in response to GRF and GHRP-2 at doses which selectively inhibit PKC activity. These inhibitors totally abolished GH release caused by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). Down-regulation of PKC by the treatment of cells with phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate for 16 h caused a significant (P<0·001) reduction in total PKC activity and totally abolished PKC translocation in response to a challenge with GRF, GHRP-2 or PMA. In addition, down-regulation abolished GH release in response to GRF, GHRP-2 or GHRP-6. Treatment of cells with H89, a selective PKA inhibitor, totally blocked GH release caused by either GRF or GHRP-2 and partially reduced PMA-induced GH release. H89 had no effect on PKC translocation caused by GRF, GHRP-2 or PMA and did not affect GH release caused by GHRP-6. These data suggest that GHRP-2 and GRF activate PKC in addition to stimulating adenylyl cyclase activity. Although the cAMP–protein kinase A (PKA) pathway is the major signalling pathway employed by GRF and GHRP-2, the activation of PKC may potentiate signalling via the cAMP–PKA pathway in ovine GH secretion. Importantly, the effect of PMA in increasing the secretion of GH from ovine somatotrophs is effected, in part, by up-regulation of the cAMP–PKA pathway. We conclude that there is cross-talk between the PKC pathway and the cAMP–PKA pathway in ovine somatotrophs during the action of GRF or GHRP. Journal of Endocrinology (1997) 154, 219–230

The role of protein kinase C in LHRH-induced LH and FSH release and LHRH self-priming in rat anterior pituitary glands in vitro

1988 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Johnson ◽  
R. Mitchell ◽  
G. Fink
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Phorbol Esters ◽  
Polymyxin B ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Concentration Dependent Manner ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Pituitary Glands

ABSTRACT We have investigated the role of protein kinase C (PKC) in LHRH-induced LH and FSH secretion and LHRH priming. Hemipituitary glands from pro-oestrous rats were incubated with agents known to affect PKC and with or without LHRH, during which time the secretion of gonadotrophins was measured. Phorbol esters and phospholipase C, activators of PKC, released LH and FSH in a concentration-dependent manner and potentiated the LHRH-induced secretion of gonadotrophins in parallel with their ability to release these hormones alone. Inhibitors of PKC had either no effect on LH release (1-(5-isoquinolinesulphonyl)-2-methylpiperazine hydrochloride) or they augmented LHRH-induced gonadotrophin release (polymyxin B and 8-(N,N-diethylamino) octyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate). Neither the activators nor the inhibitors of PKC, when present with LHRH, caused any change in LHRH priming, even though the activators alone produced a release of gonadotrophins that showed a temporal pattern similar to that produced by LHRH priming. The profiles of effects on LH and FSH secretion were always qualitatively similar. These results show that PKC may be involved in general regulation of gonadotrophin release but that it is not important in acute responses to LHRH nor in LHRH self-priming. J. Endocr. (1988) 116, 231–239

Role of protein kinase C in the pigment cell of the lizard (Anolis carolinensis)

1987 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Lucas ◽  
A. J. Thody ◽  
S. Shuster
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Adenylate Cyclase ◽  
Pigment Cell ◽  
Anolis Carolinensis ◽  
Regulatory Subunit ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Kinase C

ABSTRACT The role of protein kinase C in melanosome dispersion was examined using the melanophores of the lizard Anolis carolinensis and an in-vitro rate method of bioassay. The phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA), which directly activates protein kinase C, was able to potentiate the melanophore response to α-MSH in a dose-dependent manner. Similarly, the stimulatory response to forskolin, which activates the adenylate cyclase catalytic subunit, was also potentiated by TPA. The response of the melanophore to cyclic AMP, however, remained unaltered by any dose of TPA. We thus propose that the potentiation of α-MSH potency by TPA is through an interaction of protein kinase C with adenylate cyclase and, more specifically, that this interaction may be at the level of the linkage of the nucleotide regulatory subunit Ns with the catalytic moiety C of adenylate cyclase. J. Endocr. (1987) 112, 283–287

Long-term regulation of Na(+)-H+ exchange in vascular smooth muscle cells: role of protein kinase C

1991 ◽  
Vol 260 (3) ◽  
pp. C562-C569 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mitsuka ◽  
B. C. Berk
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Vascular Smooth Muscle ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Measured Exposure

Regulation of intracellular pH (pHi) plays an important role in vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) contractile tone and growth. We have shown that pHi in proliferating VSMC is more alkaline (7.25) than in growth-arrested cells (7.10). To study the Na(+)-H+ exchanger in the growth-dependent regulation of VSMC pHi, ethylisopropylamiloride (EIPA)-sensitive Na+ influx was measured. Exposure of growth-arrested VSMC to 10% serum initially increased Na+ influx (145% of baseline at 30 min), which then decreased (52% of baseline at 24 h). Serum-induced alterations in the kinetic properties of the Na(+)-H+ exchanger were studied by analysis of its external Na+ binding site properties. Exposure of growth-arrested VSMC to 10% serum for 24 h increased the Km for external Na+ from 54 to 380 mM, with a change in the Vmax from 155 to 199 nmol Na+.mg protein-1.min-1. The change in Km was due to activation of protein kinase C (PKC). Phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate caused a 48% decrease in EIPA-sensitive influx, the inactive 4 alpha-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate had no effect, and the PKC inhibitor sphingosine reversed the effect. Therefore, the Na(+)-H+ exchanger in VSMC is regulated in a growth-dependent manner via PKC.

scholarly journals The possible role of protein kinase C and phospholipids in the regulation of steroid production in rat Leydig cells

FEBS Letters ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 203 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Axel P.N. Themmen ◽  
Jos W. Hoogerbrugge ◽  
Focko F.G. Rommerts ◽  
Henk J. van der Molen
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Leydig Cells ◽  
Steroid Production ◽  
Kinase C

Arachidonic acid and free fatty acids as second messengers and the role of protein kinase C

1995 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wasiuddin A. Khan ◽  
Gerard C. Blobe ◽  
Yusuf A. Hannun
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Free Fatty Acids ◽  
Second Messengers ◽  
Kinase C

Role of cytosolic Ca2+ and protein kinase C in developing myogenic contraction in isolated rat small arteries

1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (3) ◽  
pp. H1165-H1172 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Karibe ◽  
J. Watanabe ◽  
S. Horiguchi ◽  
M. Takeuchi ◽  
S. Suzuki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Second Messengers ◽  
Pressure Change ◽  
Fluorescence Ratio ◽  
Small Arteries ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Myogenic Activity

Cytosolic Ca2+ and protein kinase C (PKC) may regulate the myogenic contraction of arterial myocytes. The role of these second messengers is examined in skeletal muscle small arteries, which have strong myogenic activity, and mesenteric small arteries, which have weak myogenic activity. The vessels were isolated and cannulated. The inner diameter was measured with a video-digitizing system. Cytosolic Ca2+ concentration was assessed by fura 2. Skeletal muscle small arteries dilated from 122 +/- 6 to 153 +/- 6 microm immediately after the transmural pressure change from 40 to 100 mmHg and constricted to 121 +/- 5 microm (myogenic contraction) with an increase in the 340/380 fluorescence ratio (by approximately 33%) in control vessels. Nifedipine abolished myogenic contraction and the increase in the fluorescence ratio. PKC inhibitors (H7 and staurosporine) abolished myogenic contraction but did not depress the increase in the fluorescence ratio. In mesenteric small arteries, myogenic contraction was insignificant in control vessels. A relatively low dose of PKC activator (4.4 +/- 1.4 nmol/l) elicited myogenic contraction, but a higher dose (21 +/- 6 nmol/l) depressed it. Thus the cytosolic Ca2+ increase and PKC activity may cooperatively act on the myogenic contraction of skeletal muscle small arteries. The activity of PKC should play an important role in myogenic contraction of rat small arteries.

Bradykinin and vasopressin activate phospholipase D in rat Leydig cells by a protein kinase C-dependent mechanism

1993 ◽  
Vol 136 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Vinggaard ◽  
H. S. Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Phospholipase D ◽  
Leydig Cells ◽  
Platelet Activating Factor ◽  
Ionophore A23187 ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Dependent Mechanism

ABSTRACT In the present study we report that bradykinin stimulated phospholipase D activity in rat Leydig cells. Bradykinin added for 8 min stimulated choline formation in a dose-dependent manner and, in the presence of ethanol, bradykinin (100 nmol/l) stimulated transphosphatidylation by phospholipase D resulting in the formation of phosphatidylethanol. This stimulation was abolished after down-regulation of protein kinase C by long-term pretreatment for 22 h with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). The stimulation of phospholipase D by the simultaneous addition for 8 min of maximum concentrations of PMA and vasopressin (AVP), PMA and bradykinin, or AVP and bradykinin produced no additive phosphatidylethanol or choline response, suggesting that AVP, bradykinin and PMA stimulated phospholipase D-catalysed phosphatidylcholine hydrolysis by a similar protein kinase C-dependent mechanism. Furthermore, LH (10 ng/ml), insulin (500 nmol/l), GH (100 ng/ml), interleukin-1β (5 U/ml) and platelet-activating factor (200 nmol/l) were found not to activate phospholipase D, whereas the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 (10 μmol/l) stimulated phosphatidylethanol formation, suggesting that Ca2+ might be a regulator of phospholipase D in Leydig cells. Journal of Endocrinology (1993) 136, 119–126

Protein kinase C in ATP regulation of lung surfactant secretion in type II cells

1995 ◽  
Vol 268 (1) ◽  
pp. L108-L116 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Chander ◽  
N. Sen ◽  
A. M. Wu ◽  
A. R. Spitzer
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Phorbol Esters ◽  
Indirect Evidence ◽  
Alveolar Type ◽  
Type Ii Cells ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Surfactant Secretion

Previous studies provided indirect evidence for a role for protein kinase C (PKC) in ATP stimulation of surfactant secretion. The present study demonstrates that ATP increases PKC activity in the membrane fraction and decreases PKC activity in the cytosol fraction of alveolar type II cells, indicating translocation of PKC to the membranes. The kinetics of ATP concentration dependence of increases in phosphatidylcholine secretion and diacylglycerol content were similar, suggesting direct correlation between these two parameters. ATP also increased membrane PKC activity in a concentration-dependent manner. Almost one-half of the PKC activity in the cytosol and membrane fractions was Ca2+ independent. The ATP-induced increase was greater in membrane-associated Ca(2+)-dependent enzyme (233%) than in Ca(2+)-independent enzyme (121%). Desensitization of PKC by exposure of cells to phorbol esters decreased PKC activity in the membrane and cytosol fractions. In cells pretreated for 3 h with phorbol esters, PKC activity was near minimum, and ATP-stimulated secretion was lowest (; 40% of that observed in untreated cells). These results indicate that a major part of ATP-stimulated surfactant secretion in type II cells is mediated via activation of PKC.

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