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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
28
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-7-11
pubmed:abstractText
We have reported that ceramide mediates binding of atypical protein kinase C (PKC) zeta to its inhibitor protein, PAR-4 (prostate apoptosis response-4), thereby inducing apoptosis in differentiating embryonic stem cells. Using a novel method of lipid vesicle-mediated affinity chromatography, we showed here that endogenous ceramide binds directly to the PKCzeta.PAR-4 complex. Ceramide and its analogs activated PKCzeta prior to binding to PAR-4, as determined by increased levels of phosphorylated PKCzeta and glycogen synthase kinase-3beta and emergence of a PAR-4-to-phosphorylated PKCzeta fluorescence resonance energy transfer signal that co-localizes with ceramide. Elevated expression and activation of PKCzeta increased cell survival, whereas expression of PAR-4 promoted apoptosis. This suggests that PKCzeta counteracts apoptosis, unless its ceramide-induced activation is compromised by binding to PAR-4. A luciferase reporter assay showed that ceramide analogs activate nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB unless PAR-4-dependent inhibition of PKCzeta suppresses NF-kappaB activation. Taken together, our results show that direct physical association with ceramide and PAR-4 regulates the activity of PKCzeta. They also indicate that this interaction regulates the activity of glycogen synthase kinase-3beta and NF-kappaB.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Actins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ceramides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Complementary, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Intracellular Signaling Peptides..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lipids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Luciferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NF-kappa B, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphatidylserines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Kinase C, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/prostate apoptosis response-4..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/protein kinase C zeta
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
280
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
26415-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Ceramides, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Chromatography, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Lipid Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Lipids, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Phosphatidylserines, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Protein Kinase C, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15901738-Transfection
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Direct binding to ceramide activates protein kinase Czeta before the formation of a pro-apoptotic complex with PAR-4 in differentiating stem cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural