The present experiments were designed to detail factors regulating phosphate transport in cultured mouse proximal tubule cells by determining the response to parathyroid hormone (PTH), dopamine, and second messenger agonists and inhibitors. Both PTH and dopamine inhibited phosphate transport by over 30%. The inhibitory effect of PTH was completely abolished in the presence of chelerythrine, a P...

Approximately 30% of cancer deaths result from the failure to control local and regional tumors. The goal of radiotherapy is to maximize local and regional tumor cell killing while minimizing normal tissue destruction. Attempts to enhance radiation-mediated tumor cell killing using halogenated pyrimidines, antimetabolites, and other DNA-damaging agents or sensitizers of hypoxic tumor cells have...

Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide 38 (PACAP38) is a potent activator of cyclic AMP formation in the chick brain. The peptide also stimulates inositol phosphates accumulation and protein kinase C (PKC) activity in the chick cerebral cortex. In this work, we analyzed whether PACAP38-induced increase in cyclic AMP production in the chick cerebrum can be modified by a PKC pathway. ...

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The involvement of protein kinase C (PKC) in exocytosis of the mammalian sperm acrosome is still a controversial issue. Work carried out thus far has failed to provide direct evidence for the activation of this enzyme upon stimulation with natural agonists of acrosomal exocytosis. We have therefore used progesterone stimulation of the acrosome reaction in human spermatozoa to clarify this issue...

BACKGROUND Exercise preconditioning (EP) can provide powerful protection to the heart. Evidence supports the contention that EP directly enhances myocardial tolerance to ischaemia through a protein kinase C (PKC)-mediated mechanism. However, studies investigating the role of isoform-specific PKC after EP are lacking. METHODS AND RESULTS In this study, a male Sprague-Dawley rat model of EP was...

Sildenafil citrate (Viagra) is the most widely used pharmacological drug for treating erectile dysfunction in men. It has potent cardioprotective effects against ischemia-reperfusion injury via nitric oxide and opening of mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K(+) channels. We further investigated the role of protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent signaling pathway in sildenafil-induced cardioprotection. Rabbi...