Abstract
Secretory granules isolated from anterior pituitary glands were examined for Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C) activity as well as the occurrence of granule-associated substrate proteins. Sheep adenohypophyses were fractionated by differential and sucrose-density-gradient centrifugation to yield a granule fraction enriched for luteinizing-hormone (lutropin)-containing secretory granules. Marker-enzyme analysis showed no detectable cytosolic contamination, although there were small amounts of plasma membranes (2-4%) and lysosomes (4-6%) associated with the preparation. As determined by histone-H1 phosphorylation after DEAE-cellulose DE-52 chromatography, protein kinase C activity with a marked dependence on Ca2+ and lipid (4-fold increase in their presence) was evident in the secretory-granule fraction. Phosphorylation in vitro of the secretory-granule fraction by endogenous and exogenous protein kinase C revealed a protein of M(r) 36,000, which by two-dimensional SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis showed multiple sites of phosphorylation. The M(r)-36,000 protein was not found in cytosolic or plasma-membrane fractions and was not phosphorylated by the catalytic subunit of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. Several secretory-granule proteins served as substrates for the catalytic subunit, the most prominent of which were of M(r) 63,000, 23,000 and 21,000. From these data, we suggest that phosphorylation of secretory-granule-associated proteins by protein kinase C and by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase may be important in secretion regulation in the anterior pituitary gland.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 53-61 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Biochemical Journal |
| Volume | 237 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 1986 |
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Protein kinase C and an endogenous substrate associated with adenohypophyseal secretory granules. / Turgeon, Judith L; Cooper, R. H.
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T1 - Protein kinase C and an endogenous substrate associated with adenohypophyseal secretory granules
AU - Turgeon, Judith L
AU - Cooper, R. H.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - Secretory granules isolated from anterior pituitary glands were examined for Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C) activity as well as the occurrence of granule-associated substrate proteins. Sheep adenohypophyses were fractionated by differential and sucrose-density-gradient centrifugation to yield a granule fraction enriched for luteinizing-hormone (lutropin)-containing secretory granules. Marker-enzyme analysis showed no detectable cytosolic contamination, although there were small amounts of plasma membranes (2-4%) and lysosomes (4-6%) associated with the preparation. As determined by histone-H1 phosphorylation after DEAE-cellulose DE-52 chromatography, protein kinase C activity with a marked dependence on Ca2+ and lipid (4-fold increase in their presence) was evident in the secretory-granule fraction. Phosphorylation in vitro of the secretory-granule fraction by endogenous and exogenous protein kinase C revealed a protein of M(r) 36,000, which by two-dimensional SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis showed multiple sites of phosphorylation. The M(r)-36,000 protein was not found in cytosolic or plasma-membrane fractions and was not phosphorylated by the catalytic subunit of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. Several secretory-granule proteins served as substrates for the catalytic subunit, the most prominent of which were of M(r) 63,000, 23,000 and 21,000. From these data, we suggest that phosphorylation of secretory-granule-associated proteins by protein kinase C and by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase may be important in secretion regulation in the anterior pituitary gland.
AB - Secretory granules isolated from anterior pituitary glands were examined for Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C) activity as well as the occurrence of granule-associated substrate proteins. Sheep adenohypophyses were fractionated by differential and sucrose-density-gradient centrifugation to yield a granule fraction enriched for luteinizing-hormone (lutropin)-containing secretory granules. Marker-enzyme analysis showed no detectable cytosolic contamination, although there were small amounts of plasma membranes (2-4%) and lysosomes (4-6%) associated with the preparation. As determined by histone-H1 phosphorylation after DEAE-cellulose DE-52 chromatography, protein kinase C activity with a marked dependence on Ca2+ and lipid (4-fold increase in their presence) was evident in the secretory-granule fraction. Phosphorylation in vitro of the secretory-granule fraction by endogenous and exogenous protein kinase C revealed a protein of M(r) 36,000, which by two-dimensional SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis showed multiple sites of phosphorylation. The M(r)-36,000 protein was not found in cytosolic or plasma-membrane fractions and was not phosphorylated by the catalytic subunit of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. Several secretory-granule proteins served as substrates for the catalytic subunit, the most prominent of which were of M(r) 63,000, 23,000 and 21,000. From these data, we suggest that phosphorylation of secretory-granule-associated proteins by protein kinase C and by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase may be important in secretion regulation in the anterior pituitary gland.
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