Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-dependent protein kinase Cδ-Tyr 311 phosphorylation in cardiomyocyte caveolae

Abstract

Protein kinase Cδ (PKCδ) activation is generally attributed to lipid cofactor-dependent allosteric activation mechanisms at membranes. However, recent studies indicate that PKCδ also is dynamically regulated through tyrosine phosphorylation in H2O2- and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-treated cardiomyocytes. H2O2 activates Src and related Src-family kinases (SFKs), which function as dual PKCδ-Tyr311 and -Tyr332 kinases in vitro and contribute to H2O2-dependent PKCδ-Tyr 311/Tyr332 phosphorylation in cardiomyocytes and in mouse embryo fibroblasts. H2O2-dependent PKCδ-Tyr 311/Tyr332 phosphorylation is defective in SYF cells (deficient in SFKs) and restored by Src re-expression. PMA also promotes PKCδ-Tyr311 phosphorylation, but this is not associated with SFK activation or PKCδ-Tyr332 phosphorylation. Rather, PMA increases PKCδ-Tyr311 phosphorylation by delivering PKCδ to SFK-enriched caveolae. Cyclodextrin treatment disrupts caveolae and blocks PMA-dependent PKCδ-Tyr311 phosphorylation, without blocking H2O2-dependent PKCδ-Tyr311 phosphorylation. The enzyme that acts as a PKCδ-Tyr311 kinase without increasing PKCδ phosphorylation at Tyr332 in PMA-treated cardiomyocytes is uncertain. Although in vitro kinase assays implicate c-Abl as a selective PKCδ-Tyr311 kinase, PMA-dependent PKCδ-Tyr311 phosphorylation persists in cardiomyocytes treated with the c-Abl inhibitor ST1571 and c-Abl is not detected in caveolae; these results effectively exclude a c-Abl-dependent process. Finally, we show that 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycerol mimics the effect of PMA to drive PKCδ to caveolae and increase PKCδ-Tyr311 phosphorylation, whereas G protein-coupled receptor agonists such as norepinephrine and endothelin-1 do not. These results suggest that norepinephrine and endothelin-1 increase 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycerol accumulation and activate PKCδ exclusively in non-caveolae membranes. Collectively, these results identify stimulus-specific PKCδ localization and tyrosine phosphorylation mechanisms that could be targeted for therapeutic advantage. © 2008 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.