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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-12-20
pubmed:abstractText
The mechanisms which transduce intracellular signals for the accumulation of myofibrillar protein during the onset of myocardial cell hypertrophy are unknown. Although previous studies in skeletal muscle cells have suggested that the activation of protein kinase C induces de-differentiation, including the selective disassembly of myofibrils and inhibition of myofibrillar protein synthesis, the present study demonstrates that phorbol esters which activate protein kinase C lead to the accumulation of an individual contractile protein, myosin light chain-2 (MLC-2) and produce several features of myocardial cell hypertrophy. Utilizing immunoblotting and indirect immunocytofluorescence with MLC antisera, the present study demonstrates a several-fold increase in the content of MLC-2, and a marked increase in the assembly of MLC into organized contractile units in individual neonatal rat myocardial cells following treatment with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). The concentration of PMA required to elicit this response and the lack of a response with an inactive phorbol ester is consistent with the activation of a protein kinase C dependent pathway. Furthermore, PMA treatment results in the rapid induction of a program of immediate-early gene expression (including the c-fos and c-jun proto-oncogenes, and an inducible zinc finger containing gene, egr-l), and activates cardiac gene transcription as assessed by nuclear run-on analyses. The results of the present study suggest the possibility that a protein kinase C dependent pathway may be involved in the up-regulation of myofibrillar protein content and the activation of cardiac gene transcription during growth and hypertrophy of neonatal rat myocardium, and that the induction of a program of immediate-early gene expression may be linked to this response.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Early Growth Response Protein 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Egr1 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Immediate-Early Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Muscle Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Myosins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Kinase C, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-2828
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:geneSymbol
c-fos, c-jun, egr-1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
901-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Early Growth Response Protein 1, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Immediate-Early Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Muscle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Myosins, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Protein Kinase C, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Proto-Oncogenes, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Stimulation, Chemical, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:2122001-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Phorbol esters induce immediate-early genes and activate cardiac gene transcription in neonatal rat myocardial cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla 92093.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't