Protein kinase C modulates parathyroid hormone- but not prostaglandin E2-mediated stimulation of cyclic AMP production via the inhibitory guanine nucleotide binding protein in UMR-106 osteosarcoma cells

Abstract

In UMR-106 osteosarcoma cells we found that PTH activated both the cAMP/protein kinase A and the Ca(2+)-dependent phosphoinositide/protein kinase C (PKC) pathways, but prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) activated only the cAMP pathway. Activation of PKC by the phorbol ester PMA had no effect on cAMP production but enhanced PTH-stimulated cAMP production by 50% or more; the effect on PGE2-induced cAMP was negligible. Inhibition of the alpha-subunit of the inhibitory guanine nucleotide binding protein (Gi) by pertussis toxin pretreatment also enhanced PTH-mediated cAMP production but had no effect on PGE2-induced cAMP production. These results suggest that although PTH-mediated adenylate cyclase activity is regulated via both the stimulatory (Gs) and inhibitory (Gi) guanine nucleotide binding proteins, only Gs regulates PGE2-mediated adenylate cyclase activity in UMR-106 cells. Costimulation with pertussis toxin and PMA did not increase PTH-stimulated cAMP production above that obtained with PMA alone. This implies a similar target of action for pertussis toxin and PMA, that is, the alpha-subunit of Gi. The alpha-subunit of Gi was found to be a substrate for in vitro PKC phosphorylation of membrane fractions from UMR-106 cells, seen as a +/- 40 kD band on SDS-PAGE. Stimulation of in situ 32P-labeled cells with either PMA or PTH also enhanced incorporation of 32P into the 40 kD band. Using the peptide antisera AS/7 and EC/2, we showed that pertussis toxin-labeled subunits of both Gi1 alpha/Gi2 alpha and Gi3 alpha could be immunoprecipitated, respectively, but immunoprecipitation of membrane proteins after in situ phosphorylation and stimulation with PMA precipitated only Gi2 alpha.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)