KEPI, a PKC-dependent protein phosphatase 1 inhibitor regulated by morphine

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cDNAs encoding KEPI, a novel protein kinase C (PKC)-potentiated inhibitory protein for type 1 Ser/Thr protein phosphatase (PP1), were identified. They were found among morphine-regulated brain mRNAs identified using subtracted differential display techniques. Full-length rat, mouse, and human cDNA and genomic sequences were elucidated with library screening and data base searching. Rat, mouse, and human KEPI cDNAs encode 164-165 amino acid proteins with calculated isoelectric points of 5.2. Each species' amino acid sequence contains consensus sequences for phosphorylation by PKC (KVT72VK), protein kinase A (RKLS154) and casein kinase II (S43SRE, S120EEE). Multiple KEPI N-terminal myristoylation consensus sites provide potential regions for membrane anchoring. Subcellular fractionation and Western analyses revealed that most KEPI immunoreactivity was associated with P2 and P3 membrane-enriched fractions and little in cytosolic fractions. 2.6-kb KEPI mRNAs were detected in brain, especially in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus, and in heart and skeletal muscle. Brain KEPI mRNA was up-regulated by both acute and chronic morphine treatments. The human KEPI gene contains four exons extending over more than 100 kb of genomic sequence on 6q24-q25, near the μ opiate receptor gene. These sequences displayed sufficient homology with the porcine PP1 inhibitor CPI-17 that we asked whether KEPI could share the ability of CPI-17 to modulate PP1 activity in a PKC-dependent fashion. Recombinant mouse KEPI is phosphorylated by PKC with a Km of 2.6 μM and a t1/2 of 20 min. Phospho-KEPI inhibits PP1α with an IC50 of 2.7 nM, a potency more than 600-fold greater than that displayed by unphosphorylated KEPI. Neither phosphonor dephospho-KEPI inhibits protein phosphatase 2A. Up-regulation of KEPI expression by morphine, an agonist at PKC-regulating G-protein-coupled μ receptors, provides a novel signaling paradigm in which the half-lives of serine/threonine phosphorylation events can be influenced by activities at Gi/Go-coupled receptors that modulate KEPI expression, KEPI phosphorylation, and KEPI regulation of PP1 activity.

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Liu, Q. R., Zhang, P. W., Zhen, Q., Walther, D., Wang, X. B., & Uhl, G. R. (2002). KEPI, a PKC-dependent protein phosphatase 1 inhibitor regulated by morphine. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277(15), 13312–13320. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M107558200

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