Stimulation of nuclear import by simian virus 40-transformed cell extracts is dependent on protein kinase activity.
AUTOR(ES)
Feldherr, C
RESUMO
We previously reported that both the nuclear import rate of large karyophilic gold particles and the functional size of the pores are significantly greater in simian virus 40-transformed fibroblasts (the SV-T2 cell line) than in nontransformed BALB/c 3T3 cells. In this study, we found that cytosolic fractions obtained from SV-T2 cultures can increase nuclear transport capacity (both import rate and pore size) when microinjected into BALB/c 3T3 cells. The transport-enhancing function of the extracts can be abolished by the protein kinase inhibitors staurosporine and K252a as well as 5'-p-fluorosulfonylbenzoyladenosine and protein phosphatase 2A, which, although less specific, also interfere with kinase activity. Increases in transport capacity of the same magnitude as that produced by the SV-T2 extracts were obtained by microinjecting protein kinase A or C or recombinant mitogen-activated protein kinase. These data provide further support for the interpretation that the enhancer is a protein kinase. From experiments performed with specific kinase inhibitor peptides, it appears likely that protein kinase C is the active factor in the SV-T2 cytosolic fractions; however, this will require further verification. It was also determined, by using gold particles coated with bovine serum albumin conjugated to synthetic nuclear localization signal peptides that lacked phosphorylation sites, that the enhancer affects the transport machinery rather than the activity of the nuclear localization signals.
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