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Prostaglandin E''-induced activation of adenosine 3'-5' cyclic monophosphate-dependent protein kinase of a murine macrophage-like cell line (P388D/sub 1/)

Journal Article · · J. Immunol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5443941

Changes in the activities of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent protein kinases in response to prostaglandin (PG)E/sub 2/-induced elevation of intracellular cAMP level were investigated with a murine macrophage-like cell line, P388D/sub 1/. Photoaffinity labeling with 8-azido-(/sup 32/P)cAMP showed that untreated P388D/sub 1/ cells possess two types of cAMP-binding proteins of m.w. 49,000 and 52,000, respectively, in the cytosol fraction in a ratio of 1:8. They must represent regulatory subunits (RI and RII, respectively) of cAMP-dependent protein kinases. Photoaffinity labeling of these fractions with 8-azido-(/sup 32/P)cAMP confirmed the separation of two types of isoenzymes, because each cAMP-dependent protein kinase active fraction was associated with only one type of regulatory subunit. The exposure of P388D/sub 1/ cells to exogenously added PGE/sub 2/ (1 ..mu..M) caused about 7.5-fold increase in the intracellular cAMP level within 30 sec. The enzyme assay of the cytosol demonstrated that the activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinases closely follows the kinetics of the intracellular cAMP level, which was measured by radioimmunoassay. The PGE/sub 2/-induced increase in the intracellular cAMP level appeared to activate preferentially the type I isoenzyme, inasmuch as the enzymatic activity of this type separated by the affinity chromatography of the cytosol of PGE/sub 2/-exposed cells was lower in the presence than in the absence of cAMP, whereas the type II enzyme activity remained responsive to exogenously added cAMP.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City
OSTI ID:
5443941
Journal Information:
J. Immunol.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Immunol.; (United States) Vol. 139:10; ISSN JOIMA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English