Nuclear sphingomyelin-synthase and protein kinase C delta in melanoma cells |
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Authors: | Albi Elisabetta La Porta Caterina A M Cataldi Samuela Magni Mariapia Viola |
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Institution: | Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Physiopathology, Policlinico Monteluce, University of Perugia, Italy. |
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Abstract: | The aim of this research is to study the influence of protein kinase C delta on the nuclear phospholipids metabolism. Murine and human melanoma cells, in which overexpression of protein kinase delta was induced, were used. After purification of the nuclei, the phosphatidylcholine-dependent phospholipase C, sphingomyelin-synthase, and sphingomyelinase activities were measured. The results showed that the nuclear sphingomyelin-synthase activity increased and sphingomyelinase activity decreased in the protein kinase C delta overexpressive cells with respect to the controls. As a consequence, the ceramide pool decreased and diacylglycerol pool increased; this effect was not due to the phosphatidylcholine-dependent phospholipase C activity that did not change. The inhibition of sphingomyelinase could be due to protein kinase C delta as well as to existence of a sort of nuclear self-regulation between sphingomyelin-synthase and sphingomyelinase. The possible role of nuclear sphingomyelin-synthase in cell proliferation is discussed. |
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Keywords: | Ceramide Diacylglycerol Melanoma Sphingomyelinase Sphingomyelin-synthase |
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