DIRECT CYTOCHEMICAL-LOCALIZATION OF CATALYTIC SUBUNITS DISSOCIATED FROM CAMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN-KINASE IN REUBER H-35 HEPATOMA-CELLS .2. TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL KINETICS
DIRECT CYTOCHEMICAL-LOCALIZATION OF CATALYTIC SUBUNITS DISSOCIATED FROM CAMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN-KINASE IN REUBER H-35 HEPATOMA-CELLS .2. TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL KINETICS
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DOI:
10.1083/jcb.93.3.727
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
7.8
通讯作者:
FLETCHER, WH
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作者:
BYUS, CV;FLETCHER, WH
The activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase was the predominant mode by which cAMP leads to alterations of a large variety of cellular functions. Kinase activation results in the release of the catalytic subunit which as the free enzyme possesses phosphotransferase activity for a variety of specific protein substrates. Using a sensitive and specific cytofluorometric technique the appearance of free catalytic subunit was monitored in Reuber H35 [rat] hepatoma cells in culture after incubation with N6-1''-O-dibutyryl-cAMP (DBcAMP), 8-bromoadenosine-3'':5''-cyclic monophosphate (8-BrcAMP), and glucagon. The cytochemical method employs the heat-stable inhibitor of the free catalytic subunit which has been conjugated to fluorescein isothiocyanate (F:PKI) and was validated as described. The temporal and spatial kinetics of the free catalytic subunit was studied following activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase by increasing concentrations of DBcAMP, 8-BrcAMP and glucagon. Under similar conditions protein kinase activation was assessed biochemically in H35 cell supernatants by assaying the protein kinase activity ratio. Incubation of the hepatoma cells with DBcAMP (0.1 mM) led to an increase in the activity ratio from 0.2 in control cultures to a value of nearly 1.0 within a 1- to 2-h period. During this same period using the F:PKI probe, a significant increase in cytoplasmic and nucleolar fluorescence indicative of the release of the free catalytic subunit was coincidentally observed. In contrast to the rapid appearance of catalytic subunit in the cytoplasm and nucleolus of the cell within 5-15 min of the addition of DBcAMP, discernible nucleoplasmic fluorescence did not occur until after 1 h. H35 cell cultures incubated with 8-BrcAMP (0.01-1.0 mM) exhibited a more rapid activation of the protein kinase measured cytochemically compared to the cells treated with DBcAMP. Cultures incubated with 8-BrcAMP had significantly increased cytoplasmic and nucleolar fluorescence compared to unstimulated cells within 1 min of the addition of the analogue and reached a maximal level within 15 min. By employing microspectrophotometry a distinct dose-dependent increase in cellular flourescence (i.e., free catalytic subunit) was oberved as the concentration of 8-BrcAMP was increased from 0.01-1.0 mM at 1, 5, 15 and 60 min following stimulation. The addition of glucagon (10-6 M) to the culture led to the activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase as determined by an increase in the activity ratio. This increase was paralleled throughout the incubation period by a marked elevation in cytoplasmic and nucleolar fluorescence. Evidently, both cyclic nucleotide analogues and a polypeptide hormone lead to the activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase in similar intracellular compartments in these cells.