Dev Biol 1990 Aug 01;1402:272-80. doi: 10.1016/0012-1606(90)90077-v.

A synthetic peptide of the pseudosubstrate domain of protein kinase C blocks cytoplasmic alkalinization during activation of the sea urchin egg.

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Multiple second messenger pathways have been proposed for transduction of the sperm-egg fusion event during fertilization of sea urchin eggs. Cytoplasmic alkalinization due to increased Na(+)-H+ antiport has been causally linked to many of the metabolic events during fertilization. Two possible second messenger pathways coupling sperm-egg fusion and antiporter activity are activation of protein kinase C (PKC) and Ca2(+)-calmodulin kinase. A selective inhibitor of PKC is PKC(19-36), a synthetic peptide of the pseudosubstrate domain of the kinase. Injection of PKC(19-36) into unfertilized sea urchin eggs blocked cytoplasmic alkalinization during activation by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, a PKC agonist. The rise in pH during fertilization was partially blocked by PKC(19-36), which suggested that multiple pathways regulate the antiporter during fertilization. The use of fluorescein chromophores to measure intracellular pH in sea urchin eggs is also discussed.

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Genes referenced: LOC100887844 LOC586799 pkcl2