Activation of hormone receptors was recently found to evoke oscillations of the cAMP concentration ([cAMP]) beneath the plasma membrane of insulin-secreting cells. Here we investigate how different time courses of cAMP signals influence the generation of cytoplasmic Ca2+ signals and nuclear translocation of the PKA (protein kinase A) catalytic subunit in individual INS-1 β-cells. [cAMP] was measured with a fluorescent translocation biosensor and ratiometric evanescent wave microscopy. Analysis of PKA nuclear translocation was performed with epifluorescence microscopy and FlAsH (fluorescein arsenical helix binder) labelling of tetracysteine-tagged PKA-Cα subunit. Both oscillatory and stable elevations of [cAMP] induced by intermittent or constant inhibition of phosphodiesterases with isobutylmethylxanthine evoked Ca2+ spiking. During [cAMP] oscillations, the Ca2+ spiking was restricted to the periods of elevated [cAMP]. In contrast, only stable [cAMP] elevation induced nuclear entry of FlAsH-labelled PKA-Cα. These results indicate that oscillations of [cAMP] lead to selective target activation by restricting the spatial redistribution of PKA.
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July 21 2006
cAMP oscillations restrict protein kinase A redistribution in insulin-secreting cells
O. Dyachok;
O. Dyachok
*Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Biomedical Centre, Box 571, SE-75123 Uppsala, Sweden
†Department of Biophysics, National T. Shevchenko University of Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine
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J. Sågetorp;
J. Sågetorp
*Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Biomedical Centre, Box 571, SE-75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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Y. Isakov;
Y. Isakov
*Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Biomedical Centre, Box 571, SE-75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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A. Tengholm
A. Tengholm
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*Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Biomedical Centre, Box 571, SE-75123 Uppsala, Sweden
1To whom correspondence should be addressed (email anders.tengholm@mcb.uu.se).
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
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March 28 2006
Online ISSN: 1470-8752
Print ISSN: 0300-5127
© 2006 The Biochemical Society
2006
Biochem Soc Trans (2006) 34 (4): 498–501.
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March 28 2006
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O. Dyachok, J. Sågetorp, Y. Isakov, A. Tengholm; cAMP oscillations restrict protein kinase A redistribution in insulin-secreting cells. Biochem Soc Trans 1 August 2006; 34 (4): 498–501. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/BST0340498
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