Protein kinase C beta from Friend erythroleukemia cells is associated with chromatin and DNA

Certain protein kinase C (PKC) isotypes are localized to the nucleus during cellular proliferation in murine erythroid cells, as well as in human promyelocytic leukemia and erythroleukemia cells. Because the structure of these PKC isotypes contains a conserved cysteine-rich region that contains the...

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Published in:Molecular and cellular biochemistry 1995-10, Vol.151 (2), p.107-111
Main Authors: Mallia, C M, Jeter, Jr, J R, Fields, A P, Wilson, R B, Beckman, B S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blotting, Western
Cell Fractionation
Cell Nucleus - enzymology
Cellulose
Chromatin - isolation & purification
Chromatin - metabolism
Chromatography, Affinity
DNA - metabolism
DNA-Binding Proteins - metabolism
Humans
Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute - enzymology
Potassium Chloride
Protein Kinase C - metabolism
Protein Kinase C beta
Tumor Cells, Cultured
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Summary:Certain protein kinase C (PKC) isotypes are localized to the nucleus during cellular proliferation in murine erythroid cells, as well as in human promyelocytic leukemia and erythroleukemia cells. Because the structure of these PKC isotypes contains a conserved cysteine-rich region that contains the zinc finger DNA binding motif, we tested the hypothesis that selected PKC isotypes found in Friend erythroleukemia cells can bind to DNA. Cell lysates from murine Friend erythroleukemia cells, which express alpha, beta I, and beta II PKC, expressed greater amounts of the beta isoforms than the alpha isoform of PKC in their nuclei, and PKC beta I was found in the chromatin of these cells. Lysates of these cells were tested for their ability to bind to a DNA-cellulose column. Bound proteins were eluted with a step gradient of increasing KCl concentrations, and eluant fractions were then subjected to immunoblot analysis using isotype-specific antibodies to the alpha and beta I isotypes of PKC. DNA binding was detected for the PKC beta I isotype, which is present in the nucleus, but not for the more abundant PKC alpha isotype, which resides primarily in the cytoplasm. These results demonstrate that PKC can associate with DNA, and that this association is isotype specific in Friend erythroleukemia cells.
ISSN:0300-8177
1573-4919
DOI:10.1007/BF01322332