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Endogenous membrane phosphorylation increases in serum‐stimulated 3T3 cells
Author(s) -
Mastro Andrea M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of cellular physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 174
eISSN - 1097-4652
pISSN - 0021-9541
DOI - 10.1002/jcp.1040990310
Subject(s) - phosphorylation , cycloheximide , autophosphorylation , dna synthesis , endogeny , biology , protein phosphorylation , prostaglandin , stimulation , microbiology and biotechnology , protein biosynthesis , dna , biochemistry , protein kinase a , endocrinology
Autophosphorylation of 3T3 cells, utilizing endogenous membrane protein kinase, can be detected by incubating the cells with μgM 32 P‐ATP. The phosphorylation activity of growing cells is two to four‐fold greater than quiescent ones. In this study, the increased phosphorylation activity of serum‐stimulated cells was examined. Phosphorylation, measured at times after serum stimulation of quiescent cultures, was found to increase in early G 1 and to reach a maximum prior to DNA synthesis. This increase in stimulated cells was dependent on RNA and protein synthesis but not on DNA synthesis. The increased activity decayed quickly (half‐life approximately 2–3 hours) in the presence of cycloheximide, while the basal activity in quiescent cells was relatively unchanged. Insulin, prostaglandin E 1 or prostaglandin F2α were also found to bring about the same increase in phosphorylation as serum, although in contrast with serum they caused only a small percentage of the culture to synthesize DNA. The results suggest that enhanced phosphorylation activity is a G 1 event. It does not depend on subsequent DNA synthesis. Phosphorylation may be one of the biochemical steps in G 1 , necessary but not sufficient for cells to move into S phase.