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Selective activation of the γ-subspecies of protein kinase C from bovine cerebellum by arachidonic acid and its lipoxygenase metabolites

  • Mark S. Shearman*
  • , Zvi Naor
  • , Kazuo Sekiguchi
  • , Akira Kishimoto
  • , Yasutomi Nishizuka
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Kobe University

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Abstract

The γ-subspecies of protein kinase C (PKC) apparently is expressed only in central nervous tissues, and at a high level in the cerebellum and hippocampus. γ-PKC from bovine cerebellum, but not the α-or βI/βII-subspecies, is activated by micromolar concentrations of arachidonic acid (AA), in the absence of both phospholipid and diacylglycerol. A significant component of this activation is also calcium independent. Other unsaturated fatty acids are much less active in this respect. Among the AA metabolites tested, lipoxin A (5(S),6(R),15(S)-11-cis-isomer) was a potent, selective activator of the γ-subspecies, and also, to a lesser extent, 12(S)-hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic acid could support activation. These results raise the possibility that AA and some of its lipoxygenase metabolites may function as messenger molecules in neurones to activate the γ-subspecies of PKC.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)177-182
Number of pages6
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume243
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Jan 1989
Externally publishedYes

Funding

Funders
Ajinomoto Central Research Laboratories
Biotechnology Laboratories of Takeda Chemical Industries
Department of Biochemistry
Meiji Institute of Health Sciences
Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories
New Lead Research Laboratories of Sankyo Company
Yamanouchi Foundation for Research on Metabolic Disorders
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Kobe University
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

    Keywords

    • Arachidonic acid
    • Lipoxygenase metabolite
    • Protein kinase C

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