Abstract

The regulation of endogenous protein phosphorylation by parathyroid hormone (PTH) was investigated using confluent monolayer cultures of chick kidney cells. Homogenates and subcellular fractions of PTH (bovine 1-34)-treated cells were subjected to an endogenous protein phosphorylation assay using ((gamma- 32P]ATP in the presence or absence of 2.0 microM cAMP or 0.5 mM Ca2+ with 25 micrograms/ml of phosphatidylserine and reactions terminated with sodium dodecyl sulfate. In other experiments, cultures were incubated in a phosphate-free 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid-buffered saline containing 50 muCi/ml of [32P]PO4 and incubations were terminated with sodium dodecyl sulfate. Protein phosphorylation was assessed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and autoradiography. Cyclic AMP stimulated 32P incorporation into proteins having molecular weights of 17,000, 22,000, 35,000, 42,000, 54,000, 75,000, 80,000, 120,000, and 143,000. Calcium-phosphatidylserine stimulated the phosphorylation of proteins of 20,000, 52,000, 58,000, 60,000, and 143,000. The protein phosphorylation patterns in cultured kidney cells and freshly isolated kidney tissue were quite similar. Treatment of cultured cells with 5-50 ng/ml of PTH resulted in stimulated phosphorylation of the 35,000 and 42,000 dalton proteins as assessed by endogenous phosphorylation in homogenates. In intact cells incubated with [32P]PO4, PTH stimulated most noticeably the phosphorylation of the 35,000-dalton protein. Based on studies with cultured and fresh kidney cells, the majority of the substrate proteins for cAMP and calcium-dependent protein kinases were located in the cytoplasm with the exception of the 42,000-dalton protein which was located in the brush-border-plasma membrane fraction. The cytoplasmic cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity was responsible for the majority of PTH-stimulated protein phosphorylation.

Highlights

  • The regulation of endogenous protein phosphoryla- diated by the stimulation of a cortical adenylate cyclase and tion by parathyroid hormone (PTH) was investigated include an acute increase in urinary excretion of phosphate using confluent monolayer cultures of chick kidney and bicarbonate and an increase in the reabsorption of calcium cells

  • Effect of P T H Treatment of Intact Cells on Subsequent CyclicAMP-stimulated Protein Phosphorylatioin Cell Homogenates-In order to identify proteins phosphorylated in response to PTHin intact cells, cultures were incubated with the hormone for various times

  • The biological actions of PTH on the kidney are thought to be largely mediated by stimulation of adenylate cyclase and elevation of intracellular cyclic AMP

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Summary

Protein Phosphorylation inChick Kidney

The abbreviations used are: PTH, parathyroid hormone, the synthetic peptide containing the first 34 amino acids of the bovine sequence; Mes, 2-(N-morpho1ino)ethanesulfonicacid; MEM, Work in our laboratory has shown that treatment of priminimal essential .medium; Hepes, 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-l-piperazineethanesulfonic acid; EGTA, ethylene glycol bis(P-aminoethyl ether)N , N ,N‘,N’-tetraacetic acid; SDS, sodium dodecyl sulfate. Miscellaneous Techniques-In all experiments, protein concentra- Cyclic AMP- and Calcium-stimulated Protein Phosphotion was quantitated by the method of Lowry et al [40]

RESULTS
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FRESH KIDNEY CELLS
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