Abstract
Phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA), a protein kinase C (PKC) activator, elevated basal cyclic AMP levels and enhanced isoproterenol-, prostaglandin E1- (PGE1), forskolin- and cholera toxin-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation in Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed human B-lymphocytes. Staurosporine, a PKC inhibitor, significantly antagonized the increase in cyclic AMP accumulation produced by PMA, whereas the inactive phorbol ester, 4α-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate (4αPDD), had no effect. Basal levels of cyclic AMP and the accumulation of cyclic AMP produced by PMA, isoproterenol, PGE1, cholera toxin and the combination of these compounds with PMA were not significantly different between schizophrenics and controls. The cyclic AMP response to forskolin in the presence and absence of PMA was significantly greater in EBV-transformed human B-lymphocytes from schizophrenics. These results suggest that activation of adenylyl cyclase by forskolin is elevated in EBV-transformed B-lymphocytes derived from schizophrenics and that this elevation is further enhanced through a PKC-dependent phosphorylation mechanism.
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Received: 20 May 1996/Final version: 6 November 1996
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Natsukari, N., Kulaga, H., Baker, I. et al. Increased cyclic AMP response to forskolin in Epstein-Barr virus-transformed human B-lymphocytes derived from schizophrenics. Psychopharmacology 130, 235–241 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002130050234
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002130050234