Endocrinology, Vol 136, 4834-4841, Copyright © 1995 by Endocrine Society

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Forskolin inhibits protein kinase C-induced mitogen activated protein kinase activity in MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts

SR Siddhanti, JE Hartle 2nd and LD Quarles
Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.

We recently demonstrated that stimulation of DNA synthesis in MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts involves cross-talk between protein kinase C (PKC)- dependent pathways and activation of possible nonreceptor tyrosine kinases. In the current investigation we examined whether the Raf-1/MAP kinase kinase (MKK)/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade integrates cross-talk between G protein-coupled second messengers and protein tyrosine phosphorylation in osteoblasts. We investigated the effects on DNA synthesis, protein tyrosine phosphorylation, and Raf-1, MKK, and MAPK activities of PKC activation by phorbol 12-myristate 13- acetate (PMA) and of cAMP elevation by forskolin (FSK) in MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts. We found that PMA-stimulated DNA synthesis was associated with increments in tyrosine phosphorylation of p44mapk (ERK1) and p42mapk (ERK2) and activation of Raf-1, MKK, and MAPK in these cells. FSK treatment of osteoblasts, which raised intracellular cAMP levels and inhibited DNA synthesis, blocked PKC-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of p44mapk (ERK1) and p42mapk (ERK2) as well as inhibited PKC-stimulated MAPK and Raf-1 activities. Despite this, PMA activated the intermediate MKK step of the Raf-1/MKK/MAPK cascade in the presence of FSK. The differential inhibition of PMA-stimulated Raf- 1 and MKK activities by FSK suggests that PKC activates both Raf-1- dependent and -independent pathways in MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts. Moreover, the noncoordinate effects of FSK on PMA-stimulated MKK and MAPK activities indicates the presence of a additional distal cAMP-dependent inhibitory mechanisms.

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