Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 38, 2446-2454, Copyright © 1997 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Activation of protein kinase C alpha and delta by bile acids: correlation with bile acid structure and diacylglycerol formation

YP Rao, RT Stravitz, ZR Vlahcevic, EC Gurley, JJ Sando and PB Hylemon
Department of Microbiology/Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia, and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond 23298, USA.

The feedback repression of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase transcriptional activity and mRNA levels by taurocholate (TCA) occurs via a protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent signal. To determine whether bile acids could activate PKC indirectly via generation of diacylglycerol (DG), their effects on DG levels in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes were determined using a DG kinase assay. To determine whether bile acids might activate PKC isozymes more directly, their effects on PKC alpha and delta purified from baculovirus expression systems were examined in phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylcholine/Triton X-100 (PS/PC/TX) mixed micelles. Addition of tauroursodeoxycholate (TUDCA), taurocholate (TCA), or taurodeoxycholate (TDCA) (50 microM) to the cells rapidly (15 min) increased DG content in cultured rat hepatocytes to 105%, 155%, and 130%, respectively, as compared to untreated control cultures. Addition of TCA increased PKC alpha specific activity with EC50 of approximately 400 nM; maximal activity was observed with 5 microM. Other taurine-conjugated bile acids (5 microM) increased PKC alpha specific activity (pmol/min/microg protein) in proportion to their relative hydrophobicity: PS/PC/TX 17 +/- 2; + TUDCA 29 +/- 18; + TCA 68 +/-13; + TDCA 166 +/- 21; and, taurochenodeoxycholate 178 +/- 20 (P vs. PS/PC/TX = 0.54, 0.019, 0.002, and 0.001, respectively); unconjugated bile acids gave similar results (r2 for activity vs. hydrophobicity index 0.59). Taurine-conjugated bile acid interaction enthalpies, as determined by dimyristoyl- phosphatidylcholine chromatography, were more highly correlated (r2 = 0.96) with PKC alpha activation than with the hydrophobicity index. TCA also stimulated the activity of purified PKCdelta with EC50 of approximately 150 nM and maximally (2.7-fold) at 1 microM. Free and taurine-conjugated bile acids (1 microM) increased PKCdelta activity according to their hydrophobicity index (r2 = 0.89) and interaction enthalpies (r2 = 0.96).
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