Phorbol ester stimulates expression of the human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase gene |
| |
Authors: | Zabazarnykh M Yu Litvinov D Yu |
| |
Institution: | (1) Gabrichevsky Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, ul. Admirala Makarova 10, Moscow, 125212, Russia;(2) National Creative Research Initiatives Center for ARS Network, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151742, South Korea;(3) Russian Academy of Sciences, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Moscow, 119991, Russia |
| |
Abstract: | The effect of the phorbol ester phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) on expression of the human interferon (IFN)-inducible tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase (WRS) gene was studied. PMA caused an increase in the basal and IFN-induced WRS protein content in HeLa and HEK293 cultured cells. Besides, PMA upregulated WRS mRNA level in HeLa cells. Since PMA is known as a selective activator of protein kinase C (PKC) and is widely used to study the PKC-related pathways, these results show possible PKC involvement in regulation of the WRS gene expression. PKC inhibition by staurosporine (10 and 100 nM) had no effect on either basal or IFN-induced expression of WRS in either cell line. Consequently, PKC is not an indispensable element in WRS induction by IFN. Rather, PKC may activate WRS gene expression only by a distinct pathway. |
| |
Keywords: | tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate interferon Ap3A protein kinase C |
本文献已被 PubMed SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|