Myosin II heavy chain (MHC)-specific protein kinase C (MHC-PKC) isolated from the ameba, Dictyostelium discoideum, regulates myosin II assembly and localization in response to the chemoattractant cAMP (Abu-Elneel et al. 1996. J. Biol. Chem. 271:977- 984). Recent studies have indicated that cAMP-induced cGMP accumulation plays a role in the regulation of myosin II phosphorylation and localization (Liu, G., and P. Newell. 1991. J. Cell. Sci. 98: 483-490). This report describes the roles of cAMP and cGMP in the regulation of MHC-PKC membrane association, phosphorylation, and activity (hereafter termed MHC-PKC activities). cAMP stimulation of Dictyostelium cells resulted in translocation of MHC-PKC from the cytosol to the membrane fraction, as well as increasing in MHC-PKC phosphorylation and in its kinase activity. We present evidence that MHC is phosphorylated by MHC-PKC in the cell cortex which leads to myosin II dissociation from the cytoskeleton. Use of Dictyostelium mutants that exhibit aberrant cAMP-induced increases in cGMP accumulation revealed that MHC-PKC activities are regulated by cGMP. Dictyostelium streamer F mutant (stmF), which produces a prolonged peak of cGMP accumulation upon cAMP stimulation, exhibits prolonged increases in MHC-PKC activities. In contrast, Dictyostelium KI-10 mutant that lacks the normal cAMP-induced cGMP response, or KI-4 mutant that shows nearly normal cAMP-induced cGMP response but has aberrant cGMP binding activity, show no changes in MHC-PKC activities. We provide evidence that cGMP may affect MHC-PKC activities via the activation of cGMP-dependent protein kinase which, in turn, phosphorylates MHC-PKC. The results presented here indicate that cAMP-induced cGMP accumulation regulates myosin II phosphorylation and localization via the regulation of MHC-PKC.
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August 15 1996
Chemoattractant-mediated increases in cGMP induce changes in Dictyostelium myosin II heavy chain-specific protein kinase C activities.
A Dembinsky,
A Dembinsky
Department of Biochemistry, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
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H Rubin,
H Rubin
Department of Biochemistry, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
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S Ravid
S Ravid
Department of Biochemistry, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
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A Dembinsky
Department of Biochemistry, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
H Rubin
Department of Biochemistry, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
S Ravid
Department of Biochemistry, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
Online ISSN: 1540-8140
Print ISSN: 0021-9525
J Cell Biol (1996) 134 (4): 911–921.
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A Dembinsky, H Rubin, S Ravid; Chemoattractant-mediated increases in cGMP induce changes in Dictyostelium myosin II heavy chain-specific protein kinase C activities.. J Cell Biol 15 August 1996; 134 (4): 911–921. doi: https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.134.4.911
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