Specific activation of beta-casein kinase by the inflammatory cytokines interleukin 1 and tumour necrosis factor.

Abstract

Increases (5-fold) in the rate of phosphorylation of beta-casein were observed in extracts of human gingival fibroblasts that had been stimulated by interleukin 1 (IL-1) or tumour necrosis factor (TNF). The induced kinase was cytosolic and had little activity on alpha-casein. Its chromatographic behaviour on anion-exchange and gel-filtration columns was similar to that of beta-casein kinase, an enzyme detected originally in MRC-5 cells stimulated by IL-1 and TNF. Phosphopeptide maps of beta-casein confirmed that the kinase activated in gingival fibroblasts had the same substrate specificity as beta-casein kinase. In gingival fibroblasts, beta-casein kinase activity was maximum after 15 min of stimulation by IL-1 or TNF, and remained activated for several hours. Activations of small heat-shock protein (hsp27) kinase and mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase were also maximum 15 min after stimulation, but decreased to background levels within the next 30 min. Study of the effects of 21 agents other than IL-1 or TNF showed that none activated beta-casein kinase, whereas several activated MAP kinase or hsp27 kinase. beta-Casein kinase was also detected in extracts of bovine articular chondrocytes and human endothelial cells stimulated by IL-1 or TNF. Semi-purified preparations of fibroblast beta-casein kinase were not inactivated by phosphatases in vitro. Our results suggest that it may be involved in responses specific to IL-1 and TNF in a wide range of cell types and that its activation probably involves mechanisms other than its phosphorylation.

• Authors: F Guesdon, R J Waller, J Saklatvala
• Journal: The Biochemical journal (Biochem J) Vol. 304 ( Pt 3) Pg. 761-8 (Dec 15 1994) ISSN: 0264-6021 [Print] England
• PMID: 7818478 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Interleukin-1
• Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
• Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
• Protein Kinases
• MAP-kinase-activated kinase 2
• Casein Kinases
• Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
• Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases
• Phosphoprotein Phosphatases

Topics

• Animals
• Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases (drug effects, metabolism)
• Cartilage, Articular (cytology, drug effects, enzymology)
• Casein Kinases
• Cattle
• Cells, Cultured
• Chromatography
• Endothelium, Vascular (cytology, drug effects, enzymology)
• Enzyme Activation
• Fibroblasts (drug effects, enzymology)
• Gingiva (cytology, drug effects, enzymology)
• Humans
• Interleukin-1 (pharmacology)
• Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
• Kinetics
• Phosphoprotein Phosphatases (pharmacology)
• Protein Kinases (drug effects, metabolism)
• Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases (drug effects, metabolism)
• Signal Transduction (drug effects, physiology)
• Substrate Specificity
• Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (pharmacology)