| 2002 |
PKCβ is specifically required for BCR-mediated NF-κB activation; PKCβ-deficient B cells fail to recruit the IKK complex into lipid rafts, activate IKK, or degrade IκB, placing PKCβ upstream of IKK in the BCR survival signaling pathway. |
PKCβ knockout mice, lipid raft fractionation, IKK activity assays, IκB degradation assays |
Nature immunology |
High |
12118249
|
| 2001 |
PKCβ acts as a feedback inhibitor of Btk activation by phosphorylating a conserved serine in the Tec homology domain linker of Btk; mutation of this site enhances Btk tyrosine phosphorylation, membrane association, and augmented BCR/FcεRI-mediated signaling. |
PKCβ knockout mice, site-directed mutagenesis of Btk phosphorylation site, Ca2+ signaling assays, membrane fractionation |
The EMBO journal |
High |
11598012
|
| 2010 |
PKCβI phosphorylates histone H3 at threonine 6 (H3T6ph) during androgen receptor (AR)-dependent gene activation, preventing LSD1 from demethylating H3K4 (but not H3K9), thereby writing a new chromatin mark that maintains active methylation states. PKCβI is recruited to AR target gene promoters after androgen stimulation, requiring prior activation by the gatekeeper kinase PRK1. |
In vitro histone peptide LSD1 demethylation assays, ChIP, RNAi knockdown, in vivo tumor xenograft, in vitro kinase assay |
Nature |
High |
20228790
|
| 2013 |
In differentiated osteoclasts, RANKL activates PKCβ, which phosphorylates the transcription factor TFEB on three serine residues in its C-terminal 15 amino acids, stabilizing and activating TFEB to promote lysosomal biogenesis necessary for bone resorption. |
Cell-based phosphorylation assays, osteoclast-specific gene deletion in mice, cell size/lysosomal gene expression assays, Western blot |
Genes & development |
High |
23599343
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| 2013 |
PKCβ phosphorylates Ser582 in the helical domain of the PI3Kγ catalytic subunit p110γ in response to FcεRI clustering and/or store-operated Ca2+ influx in mast cells, correlating with release of the p84 adapter subunit from the p84-p110γ complex and increased p110γ activity, thereby disconnecting PI3Kγ from its canonical GPCR inputs. |
In vitro kinase assay, phospho-mimicking mutagenesis, Co-IP, hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry, PKCβ knockout cells |
PLoS biology |
High |
23824069
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| 2006 |
RACK1 anchors activated PKCβ specifically on melanosome membranes, allowing PKCβ (but not PKCα) to phosphorylate tyrosinase on specific serine residues on its cytoplasmic domain, activating melanogenesis. Disruption of RACK1-PKCβ interaction with DECA or siRNA knockdown of RACK1 decreases tyrosinase activity. |
Melanosome purification, co-immunoprecipitation, siRNA knockdown of RACK1, tyrosinase activity assays, DECA pharmacological disruption |
Journal of cell science |
High |
15252133
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| 2010 |
In B cells, TRPC3 serves as both a Ca2+-permeable channel and a direct protein scaffold for PKCβ at the plasma membrane; TRPC3 deficiency impairs DAG-activated Ca2+ currents and the sustained BCR-stimulated translocation of PKCβ to the plasma membrane, preventing downstream ERK activation. |
TRPC3-deficient DT40 B cells, electrophysiology, PKCβ translocation imaging, Co-IP (direct PKCβ-TRPC3 association), ERK activation assays |
Journal of cell science |
High |
20179100
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| 2011 |
PKCα and PKCβ phosphorylate RIG-I at S8 and T170, suppressing TRIM25 binding and K63-linked ubiquitination of RIG-I, thereby negatively regulating RIG-I antiviral IFN signaling under normal conditions. PKCα/β interact with RIG-I under normal (unstimulated) conditions. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, site-directed mutagenesis of RIG-I S8/T170, gene silencing, pharmacological inhibition, IFN induction assays, VSV infection resistance assays |
Journal of virology |
High |
22114345
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| 2022 |
tPA activates PKCβ, which phosphorylates occludin at serine 490 (S490) in the ischemic penumbra, increasing cerebrovascular permeability and the risk of hemorrhagic transformation. Blocking S490 phosphorylation with a non-phosphorylatable occludin (S490A) or PKCβ inhibition reduces permeability and intracerebral hemorrhage. |
Mouse MCAO model (tPA-/- mice), intraventricular tPA injection, S490A occludin knock-in, PKCβ pharmacological inhibition, permeability assays, Western blot |
Blood |
High |
35576527
|
| 2010 |
H2O2 activates a PKCβ/p66Shc/NF-κB signaling cascade in osteoblastic cells; p66Shc is an essential mediator of H2O2-induced apoptosis and NF-κB activation downstream of PKCβ. Estrogens and androgens attenuate these effects by suppressing PKCβ phosphorylation via a non-nuclear (membrane-initiated) mechanism. |
H2O2 treatment of mesenchymal/osteoblastic cell models, siRNA knockdown of p66Shc, polymeric estradiol (non-nuclear ER action), Western blot, apoptosis assays |
Molecular endocrinology |
Medium |
20685851
|
| 2012 |
PRKCB (PKCβ) phosphorylates histone H3T6 to globally maintain H3K4 trimethylation at gene promoters in Ewing sarcoma cells; transcriptional activation of PRKCB is directly regulated by the EWSR1-FLI1 chimeric oncogene. PRKCB loss induces apoptosis in vitro and prevents tumor growth in vivo. |
Gene expression profiling, ChIP for H3T6ph/H3K4me3, siRNA/shRNA knockdown of PRKCB, in vivo xenograft models |
Cancer research |
Medium |
22930730
|
| 2010 |
PKCβ activates HuR (ELAV protein) via phosphorylation in the diabetic retina, increasing HuR binding to VEGF mRNA and stabilizing it, leading to enhanced VEGF protein expression. PKCβ inhibition blocks this PKCβ/HuR/VEGF pathway. |
Streptozotocin diabetic rat model, immunoprecipitation/RT-PCR (RNP complexes), PKCβ inhibitor treatment, Western blot for HuR phosphorylation |
Biochemical pharmacology |
Medium |
20599775
|
| 2012 |
PKCβ activation induced by diabetes decreases GLP-1 receptor (GLP-1R) expression in glomerular endothelial cells by increasing its ubiquitination-dependent degradation and enhancing phospho-c-Raf(Ser338)/ERK1/2 activation by angiotensin II. |
EC-PKCβ2 transgenic mice, siRNA knockdown of GLP-1R, Western blot, ubiquitination assays |
Diabetes |
Medium |
22826029
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| 2013 |
PKCβ activates the RhoA/Rho-kinase/MLC2 pathway in brain microvascular endothelial cells exposed to high glucose, leading to decreased occludin expression, cytoskeletal changes, and blood-brain barrier dysfunction. |
siRNA knockdown of PKCβ, PKCβ inhibitor (LY333531), transendothelial electrical resistance, FITC-dextran permeability, Rho activity assays, Western blot |
Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism |
Medium |
23963366
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| 2004 |
PKCβ activation in osteoblastic cells mediates PTH-, TNF-α-, and IL-1β-stimulated IL-6 promoter activation and PTH-stimulated bone resorption; PTH/TNF-α/IL-1β induces translocation of PKCβI (but not PKCα) to the plasma membrane, and this translocation is blocked by a selective PKCβ antagonist (LY379196). |
PKCβ translocation assays, IL-6 promoter-luciferase reporter, selective PKCβ inhibitor (LY379196), fetal rat bone organ culture resorption assay |
Experimental cell research |
Medium |
11478844
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| 2017 |
PKCβ-dependent activation of FAK is required for B cell mechanosensing; PMA-induced PKCβ activation can bypass Btk and PLCγ2 to activate FAK, which potentiates B cell spreading and adhesion. FAK inactivation or deficiency impairs B cell discrimination of substrate stiffness. |
PKCβ pharmacological activation (PMA), FAK inhibitor/KO, B cell spreading assays on substrates of varying stiffness, signaling Western blots |
eLife |
Medium |
28755662
|
| 2006 |
RBCK1 binds PKCβI and is a key regulator of PKCβI function in cardiac myocytes; RBCK1 overexpression induces cardiac cell hypertrophy in a PKCβ-dependent manner, and RNAi of RBCK1 inhibits phenylephrine-induced hypertrophy. RBCK1 association with PKCβI increases transiently upon phenylephrine stimulation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, adenoviral RBCK1 overexpression, siRNA knockdown of RBCK1, PKCβ-selective antagonist treatment, cardiomyocyte cell size measurements |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
17121852
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| 1999 |
PKCβ mediates PMA-dependent stimulation of Na+,K+-ATPase in proximal tubule cells, while PKCζ mediates dopamine-dependent inhibition; these two isoforms exert opposing effects on Na+,K+-ATPase activity, as demonstrated with isoform-specific inhibitor peptides and LY333531. |
Isoform-specific PKC inhibitor peptides, LY333531 (PKCβ inhibitor), Na+,K+-ATPase activity assays |
FEBS letters |
Medium |
10452527
|
| 2013 |
PRKCB (PKCβ) activation negatively modulates mitochondrial membrane potential and inhibits autophagy; pharmacological PRKCB inhibition and PRKCB knockout MEFs show increased autophagy and increased mitochondrial membrane potential, placing PRKCB upstream of mitochondrial energy status in the regulation of autophagy. |
PKCβ pharmacological inhibitor, prkcb knockout MEFs, autophagy flux assays, mitochondrial membrane potential measurements |
Autophagy |
Medium |
23778835
|
| 2016 |
PKCβ mediates MIF-induced IL-8 production in bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells via MIF receptor CD74; this IL-8 supports AML blast survival, placing PKCβ in a MIF→CD74→PKCβ→IL-8 stromal signaling axis. |
Recombinant MIF treatment, MIF inhibitor (ISO-1), PKCβ inhibitor, co-culture assays, cytokine ELISA |
Cancer research |
Medium |
27872094
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| 2008 |
PKCβ contributes to lung ischemia/reperfusion injury by coordinated activation of ERK1/2 and JNK MAPKs and induction of Egr-1 (early growth response-1) and its downstream target genes, particularly in mononuclear phagocytes; PKCβ null mice and ruboxistaurin treatment reduce these responses and improve survival. |
PKCβ knockout mice, ruboxistaurin pharmacological inhibition, murine single-lung I/R model, MAPK phosphorylation Western blots, Egr-1 expression assays |
The Journal of clinical investigation |
Medium |
15173888
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| 2008 |
PKCβII mediates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury at least in part via JNK phosphorylation and caspase-3 activation; PKCβ null mice and ruboxistaurin treatment show decreased infarct size, improved LV function, and reduced JNK phosphorylation/caspase-3 activation. |
PKCβ knockout mice, ruboxistaurin treatment, coronary artery occlusion/reperfusion model, JNK/caspase-3 Western blots, infarct size measurement |
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology |
Medium |
18245560
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| 2005 |
PKCβ is required for neointimal expansion after acute arterial injury; PKCβII regulates vascular smooth muscle cell migration and proliferation, at least in part via ERK1/2 MAPK and Egr-1 transcription factor activation. |
PKCβ knockout mice, ruboxistaurin treatment, femoral artery denudation injury model, ERK1/2 and Egr-1 expression assays, in vitro SMC assays |
Circulation research |
Medium |
15662033
|
| 2008 |
PKCβII activation in aortic endothelial cells is a critical upstream regulator of Egr-1 and MMP-2 in response to oxLDL via a PKCβ-JNK MAPK pathway; loss of PKCβ in apoE-/- mice reduces atherosclerotic lesion area with concomitant reductions in Egr-1 and MMP-2. |
PKCβ/apoE double-KO mice, ruboxistaurin pharmacological inhibition, primary endothelial cell PKCβ/JNK inhibitor experiments, MMP-2 activity assays, lesion quantification |
FASEB journal |
Medium |
19036858
|
| 2015 |
PKCβ activation in diabetes reduces IL-18BP expression in endothelial cells, leading to unrestrained IL-18 signaling, VCAM-1 upregulation, and increased monocyte adhesion; siRNA, ruboxistaurin, and IL-18 neutralizing antibody each prevent elevated VCAM-1 and monocyte adherence. |
ApoE-/- diabetic mouse model with ruboxistaurin, siRNA knockdown of PKCβ/GLP-1R, EC/macrophage high-glucose treatment, monocyte adhesion assays, VCAM-1 Western blot |
Cardiovascular research |
Medium |
25808972
|
| 2016 |
Usp9X is required for induction of PKCβ kinase activity after BCR-dependent activation in B lymphocytes; in Usp9X knockout B cells, PKCβ activity is reduced, leading to decreased CARMA1 phosphorylation, reduced CARMA1/Bcl-10/MALT-1 complex formation, and impaired NF-κB-dependent cell survival. |
Usp9X conditional knockout mice, BCR stimulation, CARMA1 phosphorylation/complex assays, NF-κB reporter, B cell survival assays |
Journal of immunology |
Medium |
26936881
|
| 2015 |
PKCβ specifically interacts with and activates PKD1 in GPCR-stimulated neutrophils; PKCβ-PKD1 interaction and signaling are required for GPCR-mediated phosphorylation of the cofilin phosphatase SSH2, actin cytoskeletal reorganization, and neutrophil chemotaxis. |
Co-IP of PKCβ-PKD1, siRNA knockdown, pharmacological inhibition, neutrophil chemotaxis assays, cofilin phosphorylation assays |
Molecular biology of the cell |
Medium |
25568344
|
| 2011 |
PKCβ phosphorylates glycine transporter 1 (GlyT1) on serine/threonine residues (not tyrosine); while classical PKCα/β regulate GlyT1 uptake, PKCβ-specific inhibitors selectively block GlyT1 phosphorylation without affecting glycine uptake, suggesting distinct roles for PKCα versus PKCβ in GlyT1 regulation. |
[32P]-orthophosphate metabolic labeling, isoform-selective PKC inhibitors (Gö6976, LY333531), glycine uptake assays in stably-transfected cells |
Neurochemistry international |
Medium |
21864610
|
| 2001 |
Conditional expression of PKCβ in cardiac myocytes increases peak Ca2+ transient amplitude, extent and rate of shortening, and rate of relengthening, without altering phospholamban phosphorylation or SR Ca2+ uptake rates; at 10 months, maximum tension is depressed with increased myofilament protein phosphorylation. |
Transgenic mouse model with conditional PKCβ expression, Ca2+ transient measurements, sarcomere shortening assays, SR vesicle Ca2+-uptake assays, skinned fiber mechanics, Western blot |
American journal of physiology. Cell physiology |
Medium |
11287324
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| 2016 |
PKCβ-mediated phosphorylation of p66Shc occurs at Ser139 and Ser213 (not Ser36 as previously proposed), regulating p66Shc pro-oxidant and pro-apoptotic function; phosphomimetic mutation of Thr206 and Ser213 produces gain-of-function with increased ROS and cell death. |
In vitro kinase assay, site-directed mutagenesis of p66Shc phosphorylation sites, ROS measurements, cell death assays, PKCβ knockout cells |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
27624939
|
| 2002 |
PKCβ activation mediates HNE (4-hydroxynonenal)-induced MCP-1 release from murine macrophages, a distinct mechanism from LPS-induced MCP-1 secretion (which involves PKCδ). |
PKC isoform activity assays, pharmacological PKC inhibitors, MCP-1 ELISA in macrophages |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Low |
12056801
|
| 2008 |
Listeria monocytogenes PI-PLC promotes escape from the macrophage phagosome by generating diacylglycerol that activates host PKCβ; in PKCβ knockout macrophages, Listeria uses a PC-PLC-dependent (PKCβ-independent) pathway instead, demonstrating that PI-PLC-facilitated escape specifically requires host PKCβ. |
PKCβ knockout bone marrow-derived macrophages, bacterial escape assays, PI-PLC and PC-PLC mutant Listeria strains |
Microbial pathogenesis |
Medium |
18996181
|
| 2002 |
Stress-induced AChE-R splice variant interacts intraneuronally with the scaffold protein RACK1, and through RACK1, with PKCβII in stress-responsive brain regions; elevated AChE-R is associated with increased RACK1/PKCβII co-localization and prolonged fear-induced behavioral inhibition. |
Co-immunoprecipitation of RACK1-PKCβII, antisense prevention of AChE-R, transgenic mice overexpressing AChE-R, immunohistochemistry, open-field behavioral testing |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
Medium |
12509514
|
| 1999 |
Glycated albumin (Amadori-modified) activates PKCβ (specifically PKCβ1 membrane translocation) in glomerular mesangial cells under physiological glucose concentrations, and this PKCβ activation is causally linked to increased collagen type IV production, as demonstrated by beta-specific PKC inhibitors. |
PKCβ-specific inhibitor (LY-379196), PKCβ1 membrane fractionation, PKC activity assay, collagen IV production assay |
The American journal of physiology |
Medium |
10330050
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| 2020 |
Chronic morphine activates MOR-PLC-PKCβ signaling, which phosphorylates TRPM8 at consensus PKC sites S1040 and S1041; this reduces TRPM8 desensitization and promotes TRPM8 hyperexcitability and cold hyperalgesia. Site-directed mutation of S1040/S1041 prevents MOR-induced TRPM8 desensitization reduction. |
Site-directed mutagenesis of TRPM8 S1040/S1041, PKCβ pharmacological inhibition, DRG neuronal electrophysiology, cold hyperalgesia behavioral assays in mice |
Molecular brain |
Medium |
32290846
|
| 2014 |
PKCβ positively regulates RANKL-induced osteoclastogenesis by phosphorylating and inactivating GSK-3β, leading to NFATc1 induction. PKCβ expression increases in response to RANKL, and pharmacological or siRNA inhibition of PKCβ suppresses GSK-3β phosphorylation, NFATc1, and osteoclast differentiation. |
PKCβ pharmacological inhibition, siRNA knockdown, GSK-3β phosphorylation Western blot, NFATc1 induction assays, RANKL-injected mouse calvaria model |
Molecules and cells |
Medium |
25256217
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| 2004 |
PKCβ mediates serine phosphorylation of IRS-1 in adipocytes; overexpression of PKCβ induces IRS-1 mobility shift and serine phosphorylation and decreases insulin-stimulated glucose uptake, while dominant-negative PKCβ blocks these effects and enhances glucose uptake. |
In vitro PKC phosphorylation of immunoprecipitated IRS-1, PKCβ overexpression and dominant-negative PKCβ in adipocytes, 2-DOG uptake assays, Western blot |
Endocrine research |
Medium |
15473137
|
| 2020 |
PKCβ mediates pulmonary vasoconstriction through interaction with the scaffolding protein PICK1 at mitochondria; PKCβ acutely translocates to mitochondria upon stimulation and activates mitoKATP channels, leading to mitochondrial ROS generation that drives vasoconstriction and pulmonary hypertension after intermittent hypoxia. |
Subcellular fractionation, proximity ligation assay (PKCβ-PICK1), mitoKATP inhibitors, antioxidant/PKCβ inhibitor in vivo, PKCβ inhibitor LY-333531, pulmonary artery contractility assays |
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology |
Medium |
32048876
|
| 2021 |
lncRNA VEAL2 competes with diacylglycerol for binding to PRKCB2 and regulates its kinase activity; VEAL2 overexpression and knockdown modulate endothelial tubulogenesis and permeability, and VEAL2 can rescue PRKCB2-mediated turnover of junctional proteins. |
VEAL2 pulldown using PRKCB2 as bait, zebrafish veal2 knockout (cranial hemorrhage), HUVEC overexpression/knockdown, kinase activity assays, hyperglycemic HUVEC model |
The EMBO journal |
Medium |
34180064
|