A cDNA encoding Gi6a, the a subunit of a heterotrimeric guani nucleotide-binding protein, was expressed in Sf9 ceUls using recombinant baculovirus. G16a in membrane extracts of Sf9 ceUs activated phospholipase C-.81 (PLC-p81) in the presence of guanosine 5'-[Vthio]triphosphate; the system could not be activated by A13+, Mg2+, and F-. The Gi6a in the cYtosolic fraction of Sf9 ceHs did not stimul...

The regulation on power line communication (PLC) has been eased in Japan, and the frequency band between 2 and 30 MHz can be used for in-home PLC. Several different types of commercial PLC equipment are available in the market. Almost all of them include PLC adapters that interconvert Ethernet signals and power line signals. An in-home network can easily be constructed by using these PLC adapte...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces two secreted phospholipase C (PLC) enzymes. The expression of both PLCs is regulated by Pi. One of the PLCs is hemolytic, and one is nonhemolytic. Low-stringency hybridization studies suggested that the genes encoding these two PLCs shared DNA homology. This information was used to clone plcN, the gene encoding the 77-kilodalton nonhemolytic PLC, PLC-N. A fragmen...

Although integrin engagement initiates signaling events such as focal-adhesion kinase (FAK) and Src kinase activation, the role of phosphoinositide turnover in cell adhesion is less clear. To assess PLC-gamma1 function in this process, Plcg1(-/-) fibroblasts (Null) were compared with the same fibroblasts in which PLC-gamma1 was re-expressed (Null+). Following plating on fibronectin, Null cells ...

Study Design Survey of spine surgeons. Objective To determine the reliability with which international spine surgeons identify a posterior ligamentous complex (PLC) injury in a patient with a compression-type vertebral body fracture (type A). Methods A survey was sent to all AOSpine members from the six AO regions of the world. The survey consisted of 10 cases of type A fractures (2 subtype A1,...

mRNAs for isozymes of phospholipase C (PLC) were localized in rat brain by in situ hybridization with oligonucleotide probes for PLC isozymes I, II, and III of Rhee's group [Suh, P.-G., Ryu, S. H., Moon, K. H., Suh, H. W. & Rhee, S. G. (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85, 5419-5423 and (1988) Cell 54, 161-169], and isozyme I of Bennett and Crooke [Bennett, C. F., Balcarek, J. M., Varrichio, A....

In cell culture, a partially purified commercial preparation of phospholipase C (PLC) from Clostridium welchii inhibited fusion of myoblasts at concentrations of 12-50 microg per ml. At lower concentrations, PLC-treated cultures were indistinguishable from controls, and at concentrations above 100 microg per ml, PLC-treated cells detached from their substrates. The effect was reversible and fus...

PURPOSE To determine how retinoids regulate the phospholipase C (PLC) gene in the Drosophila visual system. METHODS Western blotting, activity analyses and immunocytochemistry were applied to Drosophila reared on various diets. RESULTS Western blots and activity analyses showed that retinoid deprivation decreases PLC, the product of the norpA gene, by approximately 1/3 to 1/2 in Drosophila....

Hepatic uptake of propionyl-L-carnitine (PLC) and L-carnitine (LC) was assessed with the impulse-response technique in the single-pass perfused rat liver. The experiments involved a rapid injection (impulse) of a mixture of the radiolabeled test compound (PLC or LC) and a reference compound (sucrose) into portal vein inflow and collection and radiochemical analysis (response) of the venous outf...

The results presented in this study establish an association between phospholipase C-beta (PLC-beta) and tight junction permeability across Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cell monolayers, an in vitro model for epithelial tissue. These results further show that PLC-beta modulates tight junction permeability by affecting actin filament organization. Hexadecylphosphocholine (HPC) inhibited PLC-b...