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Okadaic acid induction of the urokinase-type plasminogen activator gene occurs independently of cAMP-dependent protein kinase and protein kinase C and is sensitive to protein synthesis inhibition.

Urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) gene expression in LLC-PK1 cells is induced by activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (cAMP-PK) or protein kinase C (PK-C). To determine whether protein phosphatases can also modulate uPA gene expression, we tested okadaic acid, a potent specific inhibitor of protein phosphatases 1 and 2A, in the presence and absence of cAMP-PK and PK-C activators. Okadaic acid by itself induced uPA mRNA accumulation. This induction was strongly attenuated by the inhibition of protein synthesis. In contrast, the inhibition of protein synthesis enhanced induction by 8-bromo-cAMP and only delayed induction by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). In addition, down-regulation of PK-C by chronic treatment with TPA did not abrogate the okadaic acid-dependent induction. These results provide evidence for a novel signal transduction pathway leading to gene regulation that involves protein phosphorylation but is independent of both cAMP-PK and PK-C.[1]

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  1. Okadaic acid induction of the urokinase-type plasminogen activator gene occurs independently of cAMP-dependent protein kinase and protein kinase C and is sensitive to protein synthesis inhibition. Nagamine, Y., Ziegler, A. EMBO J. (1991) [Pubmed]
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