PMID- 10433554 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990826 LR - 20071115 IS - 1044-5498 (Print) IS - 1044-5498 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 7 DP - 1999 Jul TI - 14-3-3Gamma interacts with and is phosphorylated by multiple protein kinase C isoforms in PDGF-stimulated human vascular smooth muscle cells. PG - 555-64 AB - It has recently been demonstrated that some members of the 14-3-3 protein family play an important role in signal transduction leading to cellular proliferation. We have previously shown that expression of 14-3-3gamma is induced by growth factors in human vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). In this study, we cloned the human homolog of 14-3-3gamma and observed many potential phosphorylation sites, suggesting the potential for post-translational modification. In VSMC treated with platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), 14-3-3gamma protein was expressed and phosphorylated in an activation-dependent manner. Platelet-derived growth factor-induced phosphorylation could be inhibited by phosphokinase C (PKC) inhibitory compounds, and 14-3-3gamma could be phosphorylated in the absence of PDGF by compounds that activate PKC. We also demonstrated interaction between 14-3-3gamma and several PKC isoforms (alpha, beta, gamma, theta, and delta), implicating these PKC family isoforms as the kinases responsible for PDGF-induced 14-3-3gamma phosphorylation. We found that 14-3-3gamma interacted with the signal transduction protein Raf-1, suggesting that 14-3-3gamma provides a link between this protein and PKC. Thus, 14-3-3gamma may represent a signal transduction protein that is regulated transcriptionally and post-transcriptionally by growth factors. FAU - Autieri, M V AU - Autieri MV AD - Department of Cardiology and Physiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA. mautieri@unix.temple.edu FAU - Carbone, C J AU - Carbone CJ LA - eng SI - GENBANK/AF142498 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - DNA Cell Biol JT - DNA and cell biology JID - 9004522 RN - 0 (14-3-3 Proteins) RN - 0 (Platelet-Derived Growth Factor) RN - 0 (Protein Isoforms) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - EC 1.14.16.2 (Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase) RN - EC 2.7.11.13 (Protein Kinase C) SB - IM MH - 14-3-3 Proteins MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cloning, Molecular MH - Humans MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Platelet-Derived Growth Factor/*pharmacology MH - Precipitin Tests MH - Protein Isoforms/*metabolism MH - Protein Kinase C/*metabolism MH - Proteins/*metabolism MH - Rats MH - Sequence Homology, Amino Acid MH - Time Factors MH - *Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase EDAT- 1999/08/05 00:00 MHDA- 1999/08/05 00:01 CRDT- 1999/08/05 00:00 PHST- 1999/08/05 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/08/05 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/08/05 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1089/104454999315105 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - DNA Cell Biol. 1999 Jul;18(7):555-64. doi: 10.1089/104454999315105.