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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 281: H2062-H2071, 2001;
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Vol. 281, Issue 5, H2062-H2071, November 2001

Protein kinase C isoform expression and activity in the mouse heart

Kathy L. Schreiber*, Louise Paquet*, Bruce G. Allen, and Hansjörg Rindt

Montreal Heart Institute, Research Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H1T 1C8

The expression of protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms in the developing murine ventricle was studied using Western blotting, assays of PKC activity, and immunoprecipitations. The abundance of two Ca2+-dependent isoforms, PKCalpha and PKCbeta II, as well as two Ca2+-independent isoforms, PKCdelta and PKCepsilon , decreased during postnatal development to <15% of the levels detected at embryonic day 18. The analysis of the subcellular distribution of the four isoforms showed that PKCdelta and PKCepsilon were associated preferentially with the particulate fraction in fetal ventricles, indicating a high intrinsic activation state of these isoforms at this developmental time point. The expression of PKCalpha in cardiomyocytes underwent a developmental change. Although preferentially expressed in neonatal cardiomyocytes, this isoform was downregulated in adult cardiomyocytes. In fast-performance liquid chromatography-purified ventricular extracts, the majority of PKC activity was Ca2+-independent in both fetal and adult ventricles. Immunoprecipitation assays indicated that PKCdelta and PKCepsilon were responsible for the majority of the Ca2+-independent activity. These studies indicate a prominent role for Ca2+-independent PKC isoforms in the mouse heart.

ventricle; postnatal development; immunoprecipitation

* K. L. Schreiber and L. Paquet contributed equally to this work.




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