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. 1989 Jun 15;260(3):915–922. doi: 10.1042/bj2600915

Effect of secretagogues on chromogranin A synthesis in bovine cultured chromaffin cells. Possible regulation by protein kinase C.

J P Simon 1, M F Bader 1, D Aunis 1
PMCID: PMC1138763  PMID: 2764913

Abstract

Chromogranin A is a major component of storage granules in many different secretory cell types. After [35S]methionine labelling of proteins from cultured bovine chromaffin cells, chromogranin A was immunoprecipitated with specific antibodies, and the radioactivity incorporated into chromogranin A was determined and used as an index of its synthesis rate. Depolarization of cells with nicotine or high K+ evoked a Ca2+-dependent increase in chromogranin A synthesis, whereas muscarine, which does not evoke significant Ca2+ influx from bovine chromaffin cells, had no effect on chromogranin A synthesis. Forskolin, an activator of adenylate cyclase, affected neither the basal nor the nicotine-stimulated rate of chromogranin A synthesis. In contrast, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA), an activator of protein kinase C, significantly enhanced the incorporation of radioactivity into chromogranin A. Sphingosine, an inhibitor of protein kinase C, abolished both nicotine-stimulated and TPA-induced chromogranin A synthesis. In addition, long-term treatment of chromaffin cells with TPA decreased protein kinase C activity and inhibited the nicotine-stimulated chromogranin A synthesis. These results suggest that protein kinase C may play an important role in the control of chromogranin A synthesis.

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