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Differential expression of the protein kinase A subunits in normal adrenal glands and adrenocortical adenomas.


ABSTRACT: Somatic mutations in protein kinase A catalytic ? subunit (PRKACA) were found to be causative for 30-40% of cortisol-producing adenomas (CPA) of the adrenal gland, rendering PKA signalling constitutively active. In its resting state, PKA is a stable and inactive heterotetramer, consisting of two catalytic and two regulatory subunits with the latter inhibiting PKA activity. The human genome encodes three different PKA catalytic subunits and four different regulatory subunits that are preferentially expressed in different organs. In normal adrenal glands all regulatory subunits are expressed, while CPA exhibit reduced protein levels of the regulatory subunit II?. In this study, we linked for the first time the loss of RII? protein levels to the PRKACA mutation status and found the down-regulation of RII? to arise post-transcriptionally. We further found the PKA subunit expression pattern of different tumours is also present in the zones of the normal adrenal cortex and demonstrate that the different PKA subunits have a differential expression pattern in each zone of the normal adrenal gland, indicating potential specific roles of these subunits in the regulation of different hormones secretion.

SUBMITTER: Weigand I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5427838 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Differential expression of the protein kinase A subunits in normal adrenal glands and adrenocortical adenomas.

Weigand Isabel I   Ronchi Cristina L CL   Rizk-Rabin Marthe M   Dalmazi Guido Di GD   Wild Vanessa V   Bathon Kerstin K   Rubin Beatrice B   Calebiro Davide D   Beuschlein Felix F   Bertherat Jérôme J   Fassnacht Martin M   Sbiera Silviu S  

Scientific reports 20170308 1


Somatic mutations in protein kinase A catalytic α subunit (PRKACA) were found to be causative for 30-40% of cortisol-producing adenomas (CPA) of the adrenal gland, rendering PKA signalling constitutively active. In its resting state, PKA is a stable and inactive heterotetramer, consisting of two catalytic and two regulatory subunits with the latter inhibiting PKA activity. The human genome encodes three different PKA catalytic subunits and four different regulatory subunits that are preferential  ...[more]

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