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KMID : 0578319970070050594
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Molecules and Cells
1997 Volume.7 No. 5 p.594 ~ p.598
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Integrin-mediated Activation of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Is Independent of the Activation of Protein Kinase Cε During the spreading of HeLa Cells on a Gelatin Substratum
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Kim, Jee-Young
Lee, Young-Sup/Park, jinseo/Chung, Jang-Soo
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Abstract
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Spreading of HeLa cells on a gelatin substratum is initiated by the activation of protein kinase Cε(PKCε)upon contact of the cells with the matrix. In this study, we examined the functional role of PKCε in the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP kinase) and its relationship to cell spreading. MAP kinase isoforms, Erk-1, and -2, are activated upon attachment of HeLa cells to gelatin. Inhibition of PKC with calphostin C blocked cell spreading without any effect on MAP kinase activation. In contrast, inhibition of MAP kinase kinase blocked adhesion-induced MAP kinase activation, but showed no effect on either translocation of PKCε or cell spreading. Thus, activation of PKCε that occurs upon HeLa cell attachment to gelatin is related to cell spreading but not to the activation of MAP kinase, and MAP kinase is activated upon HeLa cell attachment in the absence of cell spreading.
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