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Phosphorylation of p90 and p52 in response to phorbol-esters in Swiss/3T3 cells overexpressing protein kinase C-alpha

H Eldar and E Livneh

Department of Chemical Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Cell lines stably overexpressing protein kinase C (PKC)-alpha were previously described by us. These cell lines were generated by the introduction of the full length cDNA coding for PKC-alpha into Swiss/3T3 cells. Here we show that activation of PKC-alpha by phorbol- esters induced in these cells specific phosphorylation of two cellular proteins p90 and p52. Phosphorylation of p80 (MARCKS protein), previously identified as a substrate for PKC, was also enhanced. Phosphorylated p90 and p52 proteins were associated with particulate membrane-enriched fractions and were extractable with the use of nonionic detergents. Time course analysis of phorbol-ester induced phosphorylation of p90 and p52 revealed maximal stimulation of phosphorylation after 15-30 min. Phosphamino acid analysis showed that phosphorylation of p90 and p52 occurred mainly on serine residues. Phosphorylation of p52 was also on threonine residues. Whereas, phorbol ester activation induced phosphorylation of both p90 and p52, the mitogens platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) enhanced phosphorylation of p90, but not p52. Thus, our studies showed the involvement of PKC-alpha in the regulation of p90 and p52 phosphorylation and provided direct evidence for the role of PKC-alpha in cellular signaling by PDGF and FGF. Moreover, the fact that phosphorylation of p52 was specific to phorbol ester activation may suggest its involvement in tumor promotion. Characterization of p90 and p52 will enable us to reveal the phosphorylation cascade activated downstream to PKC-alpha and to determine their role in mitogenic signaling and tumor promotion.

Volume 3, Issue 9, pp. 1049-1056, 09/01/1992
Copyright © 1992 by The American Society for Cell Biology




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