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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 263: G742-G749, 1992;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 263, Issue 5 742-G749, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Protein kinase C regulation of IEC-6 cell ornithine decarboxylase

G. E. Groblewski, D. K. Ways and E. R. Seidel
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858.

Experiments were performed to immunologically identify protein kinase C (PKC) in cultured IEC-6 cells. Polyclonal antibodies specific to PKC revealed an immunoreactive band of approximately 84 kDa in both cytosolic and solubilized particulate fractions. Treatment with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA; 10 nM x 60 min) increased the intensity of the 84-kDa band by 25% in the solubilized particulate fraction while decreasing it by 36% in the cytosolic fraction. Prolonged 24-h treatment with 300 nM PMA completely abolished the 84-kDa band in both fractions. Isoform-specific antisera demonstrated that alpha- and epsilon-isoforms of PKC were expressed in IEC-6 cells. Treatment of quiescent cultures with PMA induced a maximal 400% increase in ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity. Similarly, addition of exogenous phospholipase C (PLC) to quiescent cells stimulated ODC activity. Downregulation of PKC with 300 nM PMA x 24 h inhibited basal, serum, and PLC-stimulated ODC activity by 70%. Northern analysis revealed that PKC downregulation was correlated with a marked reduction in ODC mRNA levels, suggesting regulation of ODC enzyme at this level. Despite their ability to modulate ODC activity in quiescent cultures, neither PMA nor PLC induced [3H]thymidine incorporation at 24 h. Furthermore, downregulation of PKC did not attenuate thymidine incorporation. However, chronic PMA treatment caused the cells to contact-inhibit at a 30% lower cell density, 3.16 x 10(6) vs. 2.1 x 10(6) cells/35-mm plate, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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