Rapid activation by erythropoietin of protein kinase C in nuclei of erythroid progenitor cells |
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Authors: | M Mason-Garcia C L Weill B S Beckman |
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Institution: | Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana. |
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Abstract: | The glycoprotein hormone erythropoietin (Ep) regulates the proliferation and differentiation of erythroid progenitor cells by a signal transduction system which is not well understood. It has recently been reported that prolactin, a mitogen and trophic hormone for liver, will activate a nuclear protein kinase C in hepatocytes. As similarities exist in the actions of Ep and prolactin in their target cells, we tested the hypothesis that Ep could activate protein kinase C in nuclei isolated from erythroid progenitor cells. In a pure population of such nuclei, Ep induced a rapid, time- and dose-dependent increase in phosphorylation of endogenous nuclear substrate which could be blocked by inhibitors of protein kinase C or by antibody to Ep. Other known activators of protein kinase C were also effective in this system. These findings show that Ep may exert its effects by a novel signalling pathway, the activation of a nuclear protein kinase C. |
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