Cyclic 3’,5’-AMP stimulates the rate of tryptophanase synthesis in Escherichia coli treated with tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and induced with tryptophan. A maximal effect occurs at 4 X low4 M cyclic 3’,5’-AMP and a half-maximal response at 1.5 X lo-4 M. The action of cyclic 3’,5’-AMP is specific for tryptophanase since the over-all rate of protein and RNA...

In order to examine a possible contribution of cyclic AMP to acetylcholine (ACh) release from guinea pig ileum myenteric plexus, effects of adenylate cyclase inhibitors, phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors and dibutyryl cyclic AMP on the spontaneous and the various stimuli-induced ACh release were investigated. A PDE inhibitor, theophylline (1 mM) increased the ACh release induced by nicotine (6...

Plasma cyclic AMP levels were determined during a 40 minute secretin infusion (1 Cl.U kg-1h-1) followed by a 40 minute combined secretin (1 Cl.U kg-1h-1) caerulein (75 ng kg-1h-1) infusion. In nine healthy subjects, both secretin alone and secretin in combination with caerulein did not affect plasma cyclic AMP levels. The same was observed in six patients with chronic pancreatitis. By contrast,...

The level of cyclic AMP in primary cultures of bovine adrenal medulla cells is elevated by prostaglandin E1. Angiotensin II is commonly reported to act on receptors linked to phosphoinositide metabolism or to inhibition of adenylate cyclase. We have investigated the effect of angiotensin II on prostaglandin E1-stimulated cyclic AMP levels in these primary cultures. Rather than reducing cyclic A...

A protein kinase has been purified from the bovine corpus luteum by acid precipitation, ammonium sulfate fractionation and chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and hydroxylapatite columns. The enzyme has a molecular weight of approximately 159,000. DEAE-cellulose chromatography resolved the protein kinase activity into two peaks, designated as KI and KII. Both peaks possessed adenosine 3’,5’-monoph...

A protein kinase has been purified from the bovine corpus luteum by acid precipitation, ammonium sulfate fractionation and chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and hydroxylapatite columns. The enzyme has a molecular weight of approximately 159,000. DEAE-cellulose chromatography resolved the protein kinase activity into two peaks, designated as KI and KII. Both peaks possessed adenosine 3’,5’-monoph...

In liver cells isolated from fed female rats, glucagon (290nM) increased adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) content and decreased cyclic AMP binding 30 s after addition of hormones. Both returned to control values after 10 min. Glucagon also stimulated cyclic AMP-independent protein kinase activity at 30 s and decreased protein kinase activity assayed in the presence of 2 muM cyclic AMP...

The role of cyclic AMP in the regulation of aldosterone production by adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), angiotensin II (A II), potassium, and serotonin was examined in collagenase-dispersed adrenal glomerulosa cells. The ability of 8-bromo cyclic AMP and choleragen to stimulate maximum aldosterone production indicated that cyclic AMP could act as second messenger for certain of the aldosteron...

A modified procedure for purification of the adenosine 3’,5’-monophosphate-dependent (cyclic AMP-dependent) protein kinase from rabbit skeletal muscle is described. This procedure results in the separation of the enzyme into two peaks of activity on diethylaminoethylcellulose. No interconversion of these two peaks was observed. Both peaks exhibit dependence on cyclic AMP, but under certain cond...

Glucagon can stimulate gluconeogenesis from 2 mM lactate nearly 4-fold in isolated liver cells from fed rats; exogenous cyclic adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) is equally effective, but epinephrine can stimulate only 1.5-fold. Half-maximal effects are obtained with glucagon at 0.3 nM, cyclic AMP at 30 muM and epinephrine at 0.2 muM. Insulin reduces by 50% the stimulation by suboptimal...