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  • Title: Protein kinase C-alpha but not protein kinase C-epsilon is differentially down-regulated by bryostatin 1 and tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate in SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells.
    Author: Jalava A, Lintunen M, Heikkilä J.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1993 Mar 15; 191(2):472-8. PubMed ID: 8461005.
    Abstract:
    SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells can be induced to differentiate by phorbol esters but not by bryostatins although both agents increase protein kinase C (PKC) activity in these cells to a similar extent. We examined whether this difference could be explained by differences in the responses of specific PKC isoenzymes. Both TPA and bryostatin 1 at 10 nM induced a rapid increase in membrane-associated PKC-alpha immunoreactivity which was sustained for 72 hours in TPA-treated cells, but was down-regulated within 24 hours in bryostatin-treated cells. TPA likewise induced a sustained phosphorylation of an 80 kDa PKC substrate whereas in bryostatin-treated cells the 80 kDa substrate was rapidly phosphorylated reaching a maximum at 6 hours followed by a decline to basal level within 48 hours. A higher concentration of TPA (300 nM), which results in a less differentiated phenotype, induced down-regulation of PKC-alpha within 24 hours. In contrast, both TPA and bryostatin 1 stimulated translocation and a partial down-regulation of PKC-epsilon with similar kinetics. These results suggest that the divergent actions of bryostatin 1 and TPA in SH-SY5Y cells are at least partially due to differential modulation of PKC-alpha but not PKC-epsilon by these two agents.
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