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The Role of Protein Kinase CK2 in Development and Disease Progression: A Critical Review. J Dev Biol 2022; 10:jdb10030031. [PMID: 35997395 PMCID: PMC9397010 DOI: 10.3390/jdb10030031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Protein kinase CK2 (CK2) is a ubiquitous holoenzyme involved in a wide array of developmental processes. The involvement of CK2 in events such as neurogenesis, cardiogenesis, skeletogenesis, and spermatogenesis is essential for the viability of almost all organisms, and its role has been conserved throughout evolution. Further into adulthood, CK2 continues to function as a key regulator of pathways affecting crucial processes such as osteogenesis, adipogenesis, chondrogenesis, neuron differentiation, and the immune response. Due to its vast role in a multitude of pathways, aberrant functioning of this kinase leads to embryonic lethality and numerous diseases and disorders, including cancer and neurological disorders. As a result, CK2 is a popular target for interventions aiming to treat the aforementioned diseases. Specifically, two CK2 inhibitors, namely CX-4945 and CIBG-300, are in the early stages of clinical testing and exhibit promise for treating cancer and other disorders. Further, other researchers around the world are focusing on CK2 to treat bone disorders. This review summarizes the current understanding of CK2 in development, the structure of CK2, the targets and signaling pathways of CK2, the implication of CK2 in disease progression, and the recent therapeutics developed to inhibit the dysregulation of CK2 function in various diseases.
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Inhibition of Protein Kinase CK2 Prevents Adipogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Like C3H/10T1/2 Cells. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2017; 10:ph10010022. [PMID: 28208768 PMCID: PMC5374426 DOI: 10.3390/ph10010022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Revised: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Protein kinase CK2 as a holoenzyme is composed of two catalytic α- or α'-subunits and two non-catalytic β-subunits. Knock-out experiments revealed that CK2α and CK2β are required for embryonic development. Little is known about the role of CK2 during differentiation of stem cells. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent cells which can be differentiated into adipocytes in vitro. Thus, MSCs and in particular C3H/10T1/2 cells are excellent tools to study a possible role of CK2 in adipogenesis. We found downregulation of the CK2 catalytic subunits as well as a decrease in CK2 kinase activity with progression of differentiation. Inhibition of CK2 using the potent inhibitor CX-4945 impeded differentiation of C3H/10T1/2 cells into adipocytes. The inhibited cells lacked the observed decrease in CK2 expression, but showed a constant expression of all three CK2 subunits. Furthermore, inhibition of CK2 resulted in decreased cell proliferation in the early differentiation phase. Analysis of the main signaling cascade revealed an elevated expression of C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ and reduced expression of the adipogenic master regulators C/EBPα and PPARγ2. Thus, CK2 seems to be implicated in the regulation of different steps early in the adipogenic differentiation of MSC.
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Götz C, Montenarh M. Protein kinase CK2 in development and differentiation. Biomed Rep 2016; 6:127-133. [PMID: 28357063 DOI: 10.3892/br.2016.829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Among the human kinomes, protein kinase CK2 (formerly termed casein kinase II) is considered to be essential, as it is implicated in the regulation of various cellular processes. Experiments with pharmacological inhibitors of the kinase activity of CK2 provide evidence that CK2 is essential for development and differentiation. Therefore, the present review addresses the role of CK2 during embryogenesis, neuronal, adipogenic, osteogenic and myogenic differentiation in established model cell lines, and in embryonic, neural and mesenchymal stem cells. CK2 kinase activity appears to be essential in the early stages of differentiation, as CK2 inhibition at early time points generally prevents differentiation. In addition, the present review reports on target proteins of CK2 in embryogenesis and differentiation.
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- Claudia Götz
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saarland University, D-66424 Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saarland University, D-66424 Homburg, Germany
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Protein kinase CK2 is necessary for the adipogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2015; 1853:2207-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2014] [Revised: 05/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Protein kinase CK2 is implicated in early steps of the differentiation of pre-adipocytes into adipocytes. Mol Cell Biochem 2012; 365:37-45. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-012-1241-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2011] [Accepted: 01/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Protein kinase CK2 is a pleiotropic, ubiquitous and constitutively active protein kinase that can use both ATP and GTP as phosphoryl donors with specificity for serine/threonine residues in the vicinity of acidic amino acids. Recent results show that the enzyme is involved in transcription, signaling, proliferation and in various steps of development. The tetrameric holoenzyme (alpha2beta2) consists of two catalytic alpha-subunits and two regulatory beta-subunits. The structure of the catalytic subunit with the fixed positioning of the activation segment in the active conformation through its own aminoterminal region suggests a regulation at the transcriptional level making a regulation by second messengers unlikely. The high conservation of the catalytic subunit from yeast to man and its role in the tetrameric complex supports this notion. The regulatory beta-subunit has been far less conserved throughout evolution. Furthermore the existence of different CK2beta-related proteins together with the observation of deregulated CK2beta levels in tumor cells and the reported association of CK2beta protein with key proteins in signal transduction, e.g. A-Raf, Mos, pg90rsk etc. are suggestive for an additional physiological role of CK2beta protein beside being the regulatory compound in the tetrameric holoenzyme.
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- B Guerra
- Biokemisk Institut, Odense Universitet, Denmark
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Hehn BM, Young AV, Pelech SL, Sanghera JS, Shah RM. Developmental alterations in casein kinase 2 activity during the morphogenesis of quail secondary palate. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 1997; 247:102-8. [PMID: 8986307 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0185(199701)247:1<102::aid-ar12>3.0.co;2-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND During the progression of avian secondary palate morphogenesis, the rate of cell proliferation declines, whereas the production and accumulation of extracellular matrices increases. To investigate the regulation of these events, we examined the quail secondary palate for the activity of casein kinase 2 (CK 2), a pleiotropic serine/threonine second messenger independent enzyme implicated in cell growth and differentiation. METHODS Quail palatal shelves were dissected between days 5 and 9 of incubation, which is the period of palate morphogenesis in quail, and prepared either for light microscopic observations or homogenized, cleared by ultracentrifugation, and then subjected to fractionation on a MonoQ column by fast protein liquid chromatography and Western immunoblotting. RESULTS Histological examination showed that the palatal shelves appeared on day 5 of incubation and approximated by day 8 of incubation. Fractionation of palate extract using a Mono-Q column revealed the presence of a major peak of phosvitin phosphotransferase activity which eluted with 0.5 M NaCl. This activity peak coincided with the presence of a 42 kDa subunit of CK 2 as determined by Western blotting with a CK 2 specific antibody. The CK 2 activity towards phosvitin was elevated on days 5 and 6 and then rapidly declined by day 9. The decrease in CK 2 activity did not correlate with a decrease in CK 2 protein during palate development indicating that the differential activity of the CK 2 enzyme observed during quail palate development may be due to post-translational modifications of the enzyme. A high positive correlation was found between the CK 2 phosphotransferase activity and both the proliferation index and DNA synthesis during palate development. CONCLUSION On the basis of literature analysis and the results of the present study, it was suggested that the activity of CK 2 may be regulated along with protein kinase A to coordinate cell proliferation and the synthesis of extracellular matrices during palate development in quail.
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- B M Hehn
- Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Young AV, Hehn BM, Sanghera JS, Pelech SL, Shah RM. Changes in casein kinase 2 activity during development of the secondary palate in the hamster. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 1996; 245:724-30. [PMID: 8837731 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0185(199608)245:4<724::aid-ar13>3.0.co;2-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Casein kinase 2 (CK 2) is a serine/threonine kinase that has been ubiquitously conserved in all eukaryotic cells. The exact functions of this enzyme have not yet been clarified; however, studies have repeatedly suggested that it may play crucial roles in the regulation of cell proliferation. During the formation of the secondary palate in the hamster, bursts of cell proliferation occur during the initial half of vertical shelf development, which decrease during the subsequent steps of palate morphogenesis, thus indicating that the cell cycle in the developing vertical palate may be tightly regulated. METHODS In the present study, palatal shelves were dissected at 12-hour intervals between days 10 and 12 of gestation, which is the period of vertical shelf development in the hamster. The palates were homogenized and cleared by ultracentrifugation and the resultant supernatants were fractionated on a Mono Q column by fast protein liquid chromatography. RESULTS Using phosvitin as a substrate, the phosphotransferase activity in the fractionated samples decreased steadily from days 10 to 11, increased to a fivefold peak on day 11:12, and then decreased on day 12 of gestation. Western blot analysis using two CK 2 specific antibodies demonstrated that both the 42-kDa (alpha) and the 38-kDa (alpha') subunits of the CK 2 holoenzyme were found throughout the formation of the vertical palatal shelves in the hamster. The amount of alpha and alpha' subunits appears to remain constant, which suggested that the differential activity of the CK 2 enzyme may be due to posttranslational modifications. CK 2 activity correlated well with DNA synthesis (i.e., cell proliferation) rates from days 10 to 11, but not from days 11 to 12 of gestation. CONCLUSIONS It is proposed that the activity of CK 2 may regulate the rate of cell proliferation by stimulation of progression through G1 phase of the cell cycle and may also relate to the effects of various growth factors during the vertical development of mammalian palate.
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- A V Young
- Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Santos JA, Logarinho E, Tapia C, Allende CC, Allende JE, Sunkel CE. The casein kinase 1 alpha gene of Drosophila melanogaster is developmentally regulated and the kinase activity of the protein induced by DNA damage. J Cell Sci 1996; 109 ( Pt 7):1847-56. [PMID: 8832407 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.109.7.1847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We report the molecular cloning and characterisation of the first CK1(casein kinase) gene of Drosophila melanogaster (dmCK1). The protein sequence (DMCK1) shares significant homology with other mammalian CK1 protein kinases of the alpha sub-class. The dmCK1 gene is expressed only in adult females and during early embryonic development as a single transcript. Western blot analysis of total protein extracts of different stages of development show that the gene product is likewise present during early embryogenesis and in adult females. Kinase activity studies show that DMCK1 is active when in vitro translated but inactive when immunoprecipitated from total early embryo extracts. However, after dephosphorylation treatment the immunoprecipitates show high kinase activity. More significantly, DMCK1 kinase activity present in the immunoprecipitates can be specifically activated by gamma-irradiation of early embryos. Also, when DMCK1 is immunoprecipitated after irradiation it appears to undergo phosphorylation. Immunolocalization of DMCK1 in early embryos shows that the protein is predominantly cytoplasmic but after irradiation there is a significant relocalization to the interphase nucleus. The results suggest a possible requirement of the Drosophila CK1 alpha for mechanisms associated with DNA repair during early embryogenesis.
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- J A Santos
- Centro de Citologia Experimental da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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Singh LP, Denslow ND, Wahba AJ. Modulation of rabbit reticulocyte guanine nucleotide exchange factor activity by casein kinases 1 and 2 and glycogen synthase kinase 3. Biochemistry 1996; 35:3206-12. [PMID: 8605155 DOI: 10.1021/bi9522099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The in vitro phosphorylation of the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (eIF-2B) by casein kinase 2 (CK-2) was previously shown to stimulate the binding of GTP to eIF-2B and increase nucleotide exchange [Singh, L. P., Aroor, A. R., & Wahba, A. J. (1994) Biochemistry 33, 9152-9157]. The present study examines the in vitro phosphorylation of the 82-kDa subunit of eIF-2B by CK-1 and glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK-3) and the effects of this covalent modification on nucleotide exchange. Phosphorylation with CK-1 adds approximately 0.27 mol of phosphate/mol of eIF-2B and doubles guanine nucleotide exchange activity. Treatment of the phosphorylated eIF-2B with alkaline phosphatase reduces its activity by a factor of 4, and rephosphorylation with CK-1 (0.49 mol of phosphate/mol of eIF-2B) restores its specific activity to that of the phosphorylated protein. GSK-3 phosphorylates the 82-kDa subunit of both isolated and alkaline phosphatase-treated eIF-2B; however, the stoichiometry of phosphorylation is much less (approximately 0. 12 mol/mol of eIF-2B in both preparations) than that obtained with CK-1 or CK-2. Phosphorylation of eIF-2B with GSK-3 neither stimulates nor inhibits GDP/GTP exchange. The results of this study indicate that phosphorylation of eIF-2B with CK-1 and/or CK-2 is required for GTP binding to the protein. Evidence is also presented for a mechanism of regulation of eIF-2B activity whereby phosphorylation by GSK-3 influences the activity of the protein and partially suppresses phosphorylation by CK-1 or CK-2.
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- L P Singh
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216, USA
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Gruppuso PA, Boylan JM. Developmental changes in the activity and cellular localization of hepatic casein kinase II in the rat. J Cell Biochem 1995; 58:65-72. [PMID: 7642724 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.240580109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The activity and cellular localization of hepatic casein kinase II (CKII) was examined during late fetal development in the rat. Cultured fetal hepatocytes displayed constitutive CKII activity which was not further activated by growth factor exposure. Similarly, fetal liver CKII showed approximately fivefold greater activity than adult liver. The fetal hepatic activity was, to a large degree, localized to a nuclear fraction. Postnuclear cytosol preparations from fetal and adult liver showed similar CKII activity. In all cases, FPLC ion exchange chromatography followed by Western immunoblotting showed that immunoreactive CKII coincided with kinase activity. However, parallel determinations of CKII activity and immunoreactive CKII levels showed a higher (five- to sixfold) CKII specific activity in nuclear extracts compared to cytosol. In summary, fetal hepatic CKII demonstrates coincident nuclear localization and activation. We hypothesize that the regulation of hepatic CKII is relevant to the mitogen-independent proliferation displayed by fetal rat hepatocytes.
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- P A Gruppuso
- Department of Pediatrics, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903, USA
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Gavrilova NJ, Setchenska MS. Casein and tyrosine kinase activities of developing chick embryo liver. Effect of triiodothyronine. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 107:613-6. [PMID: 8205383 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(94)90194-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cytosol cAMP-independent quercetin-inhibited protein kinase of developing chick embryo liver was measured at three embryonic ages (days 12, 14 and 18) in the presence of casein and poly (Glu-Na, Tyr) 4:1 as substrates. In the early embryonic stages the tyrosine kinase was almost as active as casein kinase, but on day 18 the tyrosine phosphorylation was only 25% of the casein phosphorylation. Both kinase activities strongly increased by the end of embryonic development: 7-fold with casein and 2.6-fold with poly (Glu-Na, Tyr) 4:1. Triiodothyronine caused twice the stimulation of casein and tyrosine phosphorylation on day 12, but had no effect on day 18.
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- N J Gavrilova
- Central Laboratory of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
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Song Q, Combest WL, Gilbert LI. Spermine and polylysine enhanced phosphorylation of calmodulin and tubulin in an insect endocrine gland. Mol Cell Endocrinol 1994; 99:1-10. [PMID: 8187951 DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(94)90139-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Spermine-stimulated and heparin-inhibited phosphorylation of both exogenous casein and endogenous protein substrates of the prothoracic gland were measured in prothoracic gland cytosolic fractions from fifth instar larvae and early pupae of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. The results reveal a striking increase in casein kinase II (CKII) activity, i.e. approximately 3-fold above basal level in the presence of 5 mM spermine, with the highest activity exhibited by gland fractions from day 0-2 larvae, newly pupated animals and day 1 pupae. These results were verified by the results from Western blot analysis using a CKII alpha-subunit specific antibody and a 10 a.a. synthetic peptide that is a specific substrate for CKII. Several endogenous proteins were found to be substrates for CKII when assayed in the presence of spermine or polylysine. A 19 kDa peptide was shown to be calmodulin (CaM) by using the purified Manduca brain CaM as an indicator, and was only phosphorylated in the presence of polylysine. A 52 kDa protein was identified as tubulin by immunoprecipitation with a tubulin-specific monoclonal antibody, and was shown to be phosphorylated in the presence of spermine and polylysine. The possible roles of phosphocalmodulin and phosphotubulin are discussed in the context of prothoracic gland function.
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- Q Song
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-3280
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Van Lint J, Agostinis P, Merlevede W, Vandenheede JR. Early responses in mitogenic signaling, bombesin induced protein phosphorylations in Swiss 3T3 cells. ADVANCES IN ENZYME REGULATION 1993; 33:143-55. [PMID: 8395134 DOI: 10.1016/0065-2571(93)90014-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The amphibian tetradecapeptide bombesin as well as the bombesin-related mammalian peptides are potent mitogens for Swiss 3T3 cells. Other sole mitogens for Swiss 3T3 cells, such as PDGF and FGF, invariably signal through a tyrosine kinase receptor. The bombesin receptor has been cloned from Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts and was shown to be a member of the family of G-protein-linked neuropeptide receptors, whose sequence does not reveal a protein kinase domain. Upon binding to its receptor, bombesin evokes a complex cascade of early biochemical events including inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-induced mobilization of intracellular Ca2+, Na+ and K+ fluxes, PK-C activation, transmodulation of the EGF-receptor, accumulation and expression of the proto-oncogenes c-fos and c-myc and cAMP production. The intermediates in this signaling pathway are still largely unknown. Since many hormones and neuropeptides that signal through similar receptors with seven membrane spanning domains are by themselves not mitogenic for Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts, we suggest that bombesin acts through a rather special signaling pathway. Although its receptor does not feature a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase domain, bombesin rapidly stimulates the tyrosine phosphorylation of multiple protein substrates, which are however quite distinct from the usual targets of tyrosine kinase receptors. Yet, a similar cascade of Ser/Thr protein kinases is activated downstream of these differentiating tyrosine kinase events, since, like EGF or insulin, bombesin rapidly stimulates the activity of two MBP kinases as well as several S6 peptide kinases. The present report furthermore implicates CK-2 in the early signal transduction pathway of this mitogen, and it is postulated that the activation of CK-2 may be an intrinsic property of "sole mitogens" like bombesin, as it may be a compulsory event leading to cell division. In that respect, CK-2 may also be the point of integration of multiple signaling pathways, initiated by several different growth factors which by their synergistic actions make cell proliferation possible.
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- J Van Lint
- Afdeling Biochemie, Faculteit Geneeskunde, Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, Belgium
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The present review on casein kinases focuses mainly on the possible metabolic role of CK-2, with special emphasis on its behavior in pathological tissues. From these data at least three ways to regulate CK-2 activity emerge: (i) CK-2 activity changes during embryogenesis, being high at certain stages of development and showing basal activity values at others; (ii) CK-2 activity can be enhanced in vitro by treatment of tissue culture cells with various growth factors and serum and (iii) CK-2 activity is constitutively enhanced in rapidly proliferating cells. The regulated CK-2 activity changes during embryogenesis cannot be explained as yet. In the case of the constitutive high expression of CK-2 in tumors, genetic changes may be responsible, e.g. through alterations of the regulatory genetic elements and/or regulation by specific transcription factors. In the case of serum induction, no genetic changes are necessarily involved; the observed changes may be entirely due to a signal transduction pathway where CK-2 could be phosphorylated by another kinase(s). CK-2 cDNAs from various organisms have been isolated and characterized. From the deduced amino acid sequence it turns out that CK-2 subunits are highly conserved during evolution. The relationship between CK-2 alpha from humans and plants is still 73%. Similar relationships are reported for the beta-subunit. Chromosomal assignment of CK-2 alpha shows two gene loci, one of which is a pseudogene. They are located on different chromosomes. Expression of the CK-2 subunits in Escherichia coli and the Baculo expression system is shown. The recombinant subunits can self-assemble to a functional holoenzyme in vitro. Biochemical and biophysical analysis of the recombinant beta-subunit suggests it to be trifunctional in association with the alpha-subunit affecting: (i) stability, (ii) enzyme specificity and (iii) enzyme activity. The question where CK-2 and its subunits are located throughout the cell cycle has also been addressed, mainly because of the large discrepancies that still exist between results obtained by different investigators. Tissue-specific expression of CK-2 at the mRNA and at the protein level has also been given attention. The fact that the enzyme activity is surprisingly high in brain and low in heart and lung may be indicative of involvement of CK-2 in processes other than proliferation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- O G Issinger
- Medizinische Fakultät, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg (Saar), Germany
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Molecular cloning of casein kinase II alpha subunit from Dictyostelium discoideum and its expression in the life cycle. Mol Cell Biol 1992. [PMID: 1448100 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.12.12.5711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A Dictyostelium discoideum cDNA encoding an alpha-type subunit of casein kinase II was isolated, and its cDNA was used to study developmental expression of casein kinase II during the Dictyostelium life cycle. The 1.3-kb cDNA insert contained an open reading frame of 337 amino acids (M(r) 39,900). The deduced amino acid sequence has high homology with those of casein kinase II alpha subunits from other species. Genomic Southern blot analysis suggested that there is a single gene encoding casein kinase II alpha subunit in D. discoideum. Northern (RNA) blot analysis showed that the casein kinase II alpha-subunit gene is expressed constitutively as a 1.9-kb mRNA throughout vegetative growth and multicellular development. Casein kinase purified from normal vegetative cells contained a major protein band of approximately 36 kDa, which was recognized by antisera raised against rat testis casein kinase II. Comparison of the in vitro transcription/translation product of the alpha-subunit cDNA clone and the purified 36-kDa protein by partial proteolysis indicated that the isolated cDNA clone encodes the Dictyostelium casein kinase II alpha subunit. No protein corresponding to a beta subunit was detected in purified casein kinase. Immunoblot analysis using anti-rat casein kinase II sera showed that the alpha subunit of casein kinase II is expressed constitutively like its mRNA during the life cycle of D. discoideum. Casein kinase II activity measured by using a specific peptide substrate paralleled the level of alpha subunit detected by immunoblotting during the life cycle, with a maximum variation of approximately 2-fold. We were unable to obtain disruptants of the casein kinase II alpha gene, suggesting that there is a single casein kinase II alpha gene, which is essential for vegetative growth of D. discoideum.
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Kikkawa U, Mann SK, Firtel RA, Hunter T. Molecular cloning of casein kinase II alpha subunit from Dictyostelium discoideum and its expression in the life cycle. Mol Cell Biol 1992; 12:5711-23. [PMID: 1448100 PMCID: PMC360511 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.12.12.5711-5723.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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A Dictyostelium discoideum cDNA encoding an alpha-type subunit of casein kinase II was isolated, and its cDNA was used to study developmental expression of casein kinase II during the Dictyostelium life cycle. The 1.3-kb cDNA insert contained an open reading frame of 337 amino acids (M(r) 39,900). The deduced amino acid sequence has high homology with those of casein kinase II alpha subunits from other species. Genomic Southern blot analysis suggested that there is a single gene encoding casein kinase II alpha subunit in D. discoideum. Northern (RNA) blot analysis showed that the casein kinase II alpha-subunit gene is expressed constitutively as a 1.9-kb mRNA throughout vegetative growth and multicellular development. Casein kinase purified from normal vegetative cells contained a major protein band of approximately 36 kDa, which was recognized by antisera raised against rat testis casein kinase II. Comparison of the in vitro transcription/translation product of the alpha-subunit cDNA clone and the purified 36-kDa protein by partial proteolysis indicated that the isolated cDNA clone encodes the Dictyostelium casein kinase II alpha subunit. No protein corresponding to a beta subunit was detected in purified casein kinase. Immunoblot analysis using anti-rat casein kinase II sera showed that the alpha subunit of casein kinase II is expressed constitutively like its mRNA during the life cycle of D. discoideum. Casein kinase II activity measured by using a specific peptide substrate paralleled the level of alpha subunit detected by immunoblotting during the life cycle, with a maximum variation of approximately 2-fold. We were unable to obtain disruptants of the casein kinase II alpha gene, suggesting that there is a single casein kinase II alpha gene, which is essential for vegetative growth of D. discoideum.
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- U Kikkawa
- Molecular Biology and Virology Laboratory, Salk Institute, San Diego, California 92186-5800
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Gavrilova NJ, Setchenska MS, Dimitrova M. Effect of triiodothyronine on camp-dependent and camp-independent protein kinase activities in developing chick embryo liver. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992; 102:245-8. [PMID: 1354575 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(92)90128-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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1. Changes in liver cytosol cAMP-dependent kinase and cAMP-independent growth-related quercetin-inhibited casein kinase activities during chick embryo development were studied. 2. Both kinase activities were found to increase continuously during the experimental period. 3. Upon treatment of embryos with triiodothyronine, an activation of cAMP-dependent kinase A and cAMP-independent casein kinase was observed which was most pronounced on days 12 and 14.
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- N J Gavrilova
- Central Laboratory of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
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Agostinis P, Van Lint J, Sarno S, De Witte P, Vandenheede J, Merlevede W. Rapid stimulation of Ser/Thr protein kinases following treatment of Swiss 3T3 cells with bombesin. Involvement of casein kinase-2 in the signaling pathway of bombesin. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)50153-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Vasiliev AO, Kapkov DV, Kandror KV, Stepanov AS. Expression and regulation of casein kinase 2 during heat shock in Verticillium dahliae. Mol Reprod Dev 1992; 31:42-7. [PMID: 1562326 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1080310108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A homogeneous preparation of casein kinase 2 has been isolated from the phytopathogenic fungus Verticillium dahliae (the parasite of cotton). The enzyme consists of three subunits with molecular masses of 53, 41, and 38 kDa. Highly specific immune serum against casein kinase 2 has been obtained. By means of immunoblotting, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and immunochemical isolation on protein A-Sepharose, it is shown that the amount of casein kinase 2 increases under heat shock conditions (at least in part due to the synthesis de novo), while the synthesis of the majority of other proteins falls. The activity of casein kinase 2 is supressed during heat shock and so does not correlate with its content. The results give an evidence for the two-step model of casein kinase 2 regulation during heat shock.
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- A O Vasiliev
- A.N. Bakh Institute of Biochemistry, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow
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Rowles J, Slaughter C, Moomaw C, Hsu J, Cobb MH. Purification of casein kinase I and isolation of cDNAs encoding multiple casein kinase I-like enzymes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991; 88:9548-52. [PMID: 1946367 PMCID: PMC52755 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.21.9548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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We have purified casein kinase I (CKI) over 6000-fold from bovine thymus and have sequenced seven tryptic peptides that account for nearly 25% of the primary sequence of the enzyme. By using PCR, partial cDNAs encoding CKI and a related enzyme (CKI-delta) were isolated. A product that may correspond to an alternatively spliced form of CKI was also detected. The CKI PCR product was used to probe a bovine brain cDNA library from which cDNAs corresponding to CKI (CKI-alpha) and two homologous enzymes (CKI-beta and CKI-gamma) were identified. The finding that there are at least four CKI-like enzymes suggests that CKI activity in tissues or cell extracts may be composed of multiple related but distinct protein kinases. This group of enzymes is not similar to any other known protein kinases and may, therefore, represent an additional branch of the protein kinase family.
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- J Rowles
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Pharmacology, Dallas 75235-9041
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Casein kinase II from Caenorhabditis elegans. Cloning, characterization, and developmental regulation of the gene encoding the beta subunit. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)55062-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Maridor G, Park W, Krek W, Nigg EA. Casein kinase II. cDNA sequences, developmental expression, and tissue distribution of mRNAs for alpha, alpha', and beta subunits of the chicken enzyme. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)52252-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Pinna LA. Casein kinase 2: an 'eminence grise' in cellular regulation? BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1990; 1054:267-84. [PMID: 2207178 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(90)90098-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 698] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- L A Pinna
- Dipartimento di Chimica Biologica, Università di Padova, Italy
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Malek SN, Katumuluwa AI, Pasternack GR. Identification and preliminary characterization of two related proliferation-associated nuclear phosphoproteins. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)38312-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Casein kinase II from Caenorhabditis elegans. Properties and developmental regulation of the enzyme; cloning and sequence analyses of cDNA and the gene for the catalytic subunit. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)34086-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Hoang T, Bergeron M. Protein phosphorylation in developing and regenerating rat kidney. CELL AND TISSUE KINETICS 1990; 23:105-12. [PMID: 2156623 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.1990.tb01337.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Renal cytosolic extracts from rats of different ages and mononephrectomized rats were incubated with gamma-[32P]ATP and analysed by high resolution two-dimensional electrophoresis and autoradiography. Extracts from new-born and young rats showed a great number of phosphorylated proteins migrating between the origin and Mr 52,000. Among these proteins, the group co-migrating with phosphorylase b (Mr 97,000) was particularly evident in new-born and days-old rats. In extracts from mature rats, other proteins of lower molecular weight, particularly those migrating between Mr 60,000 and 44,000, became intensely phosphorylated. The number and intensity of phosphorylated proteins from extracts of normal and nephrectomized rats, however, did not vary. Activity of cAMP-dependent protein kinase and [3H]cAMP binding was also modified during neonatal development but not in compensatory renal growth. Since cAMP-PK and protein phosphorylation are known to be regulated in response to hormonal stimulations, these results may provide good indications for the understanding of hormonal involvement in kidney growth.
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- T Hoang
- Département de Physiologie, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Martín ME, Alcázar A, Salinas M. Subcellular and regional distribution of casein kinase II and initiation factor 2 activities during rat brain development. Int J Dev Neurosci 1990; 8:47-54. [PMID: 2296847 DOI: 10.1016/0736-5748(90)90022-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The possible relationship between the subcellular and regional distribution of the activities of initiation factor 2 and casein kinase II, responsible for the phosphorylation of the beta subunit of the factor, has been studied during postnatal rat brain development. Both activities have been measured in four brain regions: diencephalon, hemispheres, cerebellum and brain stem, and in two subcellular fractions: postmicrosomal supernatant and the protein fraction associated with ribosomes, or crude initiation factors fraction. The specific activity of both the factor and the protein kinase is much higher in the protein fraction associated with ribosomes than in the soluble fraction and slightly higher in the hemispheres than in the other three regions. Changes in the activity of both proteins are in parallel with development, the activities increase in the postmicrosomal supernatant and decrease in the fraction associated with ribosomes from suckling (5-day-old) to adult (60-day-old) animals. The total activity of the factor and its kinase, calculated by summation of the activities of both subcellular fractions, does not change during development, and the distribution of activities between the two subcellular fractions observed during brain development, appears as an attractive regulation mechanism for the function of both proteins.
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- M E Martín
- Departamento de Investigación, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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Clark SJ, Ashford AJ, Price NT, Proud CG. Casein kinase-2 phosphorylates serine-2 in the beta-subunit of initiation factor-2. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1989; 1010:377-80. [PMID: 2493264 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(89)90065-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We have previously presented evidence which suggests that casein kinase-2 phosphorylates a serine residue near the N-terminus of the beta-subunit of the initiation factor eIF-2 (Clark, S.J. et al. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 968, 211-219). We now report further data which confirm that it is serine-2 which is phosphorylated by casein kinase-2. This data includes (1) the electrophoretic mobilities of the phosphopeptides produced by different cleavage techniques, (2) the amino acid composition of the principal phosphopeptide generated by treatment with cyanogen bromide and (3) the resistance of this phosphopeptide to Edman degradation.
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- S J Clark
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, U.K
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Mamrack MD. Stimulation of enzymatic activity in filament preparations of casein kinase II by polylysine, melittin, and spermine. Mol Cell Biochem 1989; 85:147-57. [PMID: 2725485 DOI: 10.1007/bf00577110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Casein kinase II (CKII) has been purified from bovine heart tissue. Under conditions of low salt (0.05 M NaCl, 10 mM MgCl2), CKII forms structured aggregates that appear as filaments similar to results obtained with Drosophila CKII [C.V.C. Glover (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261:14349]. The aggregates have been analyzed by sucrose density gradients and electron microscopy. Filament preparations of the enzyme have reduced but measurable kinase activity. The addition of salt restores activity. Various modulators of CKII activity have been examined with the enzyme in the low salt, polymerized form. The polyamines spermine or spermidine stimulated CKII activity as much as six fold; putrescine had no effect. Polylysine of varying lengths activated CKII 4-6 fold. Melittin, the basic polypeptide from bee venom, was also an effective activator. Activation of filament preparations was also observed if the CKII specific peptide (RRREEETEEE) was used as the substrate in place of casein. These results with filament preparations provide an alternative in vitro system for the study of possible regulatory aspects of CKII.
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Pérez M, Grande J, Itarte E. Casein kinase 2 activity increases in the prereplicative phase of liver regeneration. FEBS Lett 1988; 238:273-6. [PMID: 3169262 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(88)80495-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Cytosolic casein kinase activity increased up to 2-fold in the first 6 h after partial hepatectomy and then decreased to control values. This increase was due mainly to casein kinase 2, which reached maximal values at 6-8 h of liver regeneration. In contrast, casein kinase 1 showed a smaller increase at 4 h and then started to decrease reaching values of about 70% of control at 16 h. The increase in total casein kinase 2 was accompanied with an activation of the enzyme, as determined by the low/high beta-casein activity ratio assay. Administration of an acute dose of glucagon to control rats also increased the activity ratio but failed to cause any rise in total casein kinase 2 activity.
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- M Pérez
- Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
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