The role of protein kinase C in laminin-mediated neurite outgrowth

Benjamin S. Weeks; Paul J. Wilson; Cathleen C. Heffernan; Ammar Ahmad; Kris Mahadeo

doi:10.1006/bbrc.1999.0293

The role of protein kinase C in laminin-mediated neurite outgrowth

Benjamin S. Weeks, Paul J. Wilson, Cathleen C. Heffernan, Ammar Ahmad, Kris Mahadeo

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Abstract

Laminin is a potent stimulator of neurite outgrowth in rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells. Here, we investigated the role of protein kinase C (PKC) in the mechanism of laminin-mediated neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells. Phorbol ester activators of PKC have been shown to have divergent effects on laminin-mediated neurite outgrowth. Therefore, we tested the effect of the nonphorbol PKC activator, indolactam V. At 1.0 μM indolactam V inhibited laminin-mediated neurite outgrowth by 85%. Further, the PKC inhibitor H7 blocked the inhibitory effect of indolactam V on laminin-mediated neurite outgrowth. Direct measurement of protein kinase C activity in the soluble (cytosolic) and particulate (membrane) fractions of PC12 cells showed that laminin failed to alter protein kinase C activity. These data demonstrate that PKC activation inhibits laminin-mediated neurite outgrowth and that laminin does not activate PKC in PC12 cells.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	98-103
Number of pages	6
Journal	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume	256
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1006/bbrc.1999.0293
State	Published - Mar 5 1999
Externally published	Yes

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