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Multiple signaling pathways in bovine chromaffin cells regulate tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation at Ser19, Ser31, and Ser40

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Intact bovine adrenal medullary chromaffin cells were preincubated with32PO4, and the multiplesite phosphorylation of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) was studied. Up to eight32P-labeled peptides were produced by tryptic hydrolysis of TH; however, all of the tryptic phosphopeptides were derived from four phosphorylation sites—Ser8, Ser19, Ser31 and Ser40. In situ regulation of32P incorporation into the latter three sites was demonstrated with a diverse set of pharmacological agents.32P incorporation into Ser19 was preferentially increased by brief exposures to depolarizing secretagogues. Longer treatments also increased Ser31 and Ser40 phosphorylation. Nicotine, muscarine and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide—reflecting cholinergic and non-cholinergic components of sympatho-adrenal transmission—each produced different patterns of multiple-site phosphorylation of TH. Nicotine, bradykinin and histamine increased32P incorporation at each of the three sites whereas muscarine, angiotensin II, endothelin III, prostaglandin E1, GABA and ATP selectively increased Ser31 phosphorylation. Nerve growth factor did not influence TH phosphorylation in chromaffin cells from adult adrenal glands but selectively increased Ser31 phosphorylation in chromaffin cells isolated from calf adrenal glands.32P incorporation into Ser40 was selectively increased by forskolin and other cAMP-acting agents whereas vasoactive intestinal polypeptide increased Ser31 and Ser40 phosphorylation. Thus, the phosphorylation of TH in bovine chromaffin cells appears to be regulated at three sites by three separate intracellular signaling pathways—Ser19 via Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II; Ser31 via ERK (MAP2 kinases); and Ser40 via cAMP-dependent protein kinase. These signaling pathways, as well as the extracellular signals that were effective in stimulating them, are similar to those previously described for TH in rat pheochromocytoma cells. However, several of the pharmacological agents produced different patterns of multiple-site TH phosphorylation in the bovine chromaffin cells. These differences between tissues could be accounted for by differences in the coupling/access between the extracellular signal transduction systems and the intracellular signaling pathways as opposed to differences in the intracellular signaling pathwaysper se.

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Haycock, J.W. Multiple signaling pathways in bovine chromaffin cells regulate tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation at Ser19, Ser31, and Ser40 . Neurochem Res 18, 15–26 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00966919

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