J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 10, 4523-4526, Apr, 1988
Cell type-specific expression of protein kinase C isozymes in the rabbit cerebellum
H Hidaka, T Tanaka, K Onoda, M Hagiwara, M Watanabe, H Ohta, Y Ito, M Tsurudome and T Yoshida
Department of Pharmacology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.
Monoclonal antibodies raised against rabbit brain protein kinase C were
classified into at least three types, MC-1a, MC-2a, and MC-3a, which
selectively interact with hydroxyapatite column chromatographically
resolved isozymes type I, II, and III of protein kinase C, respectively,
determined on the basis of immunoblotting experiments. Immunoprecipitating
analysis revealed that MC-1a, -2a, and -3a interacted with protein kinase C
expressed in the brain and MC-2a and - 3a, but MC-1a immunoprecipitated the
protein kinase from rabbit spleen. Immunocytochemical localization of the
protein kinase isozymes in the rabbit cerebellum and spleen was studied
using these monoclonal antibodies. Staining with MC-1a was restricted to
Purkinje cells of the rabbit cerebellum, and there was no reaction product
in the Purkinje cells with either MC-2a or MC-3a. Cells in the granular
layer of the cerebellum were labeled with MC-2a, and oligodendroglia in the
white matter of the cerebellum was stained with MC-3a. The rabbit spleen
contained no product reacting with MC-1a, but MC-2a and MC-3a reacted with
lymphocytes in the mantle zone and the periarterial lymphatic sheath of the
white pulp, respectively. These results suggest that expression of the
protein kinase C isozyme in the rabbit cerebellum may depend on the cell
type.