Diacylglycerol's affair with protein kinase C turns 25

Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2004 Apr;25(4):175-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tips.2004.02.010.

Abstract

This year marks the 25-year anniversary of the discovery by Nishizuka and co-workers that diacylglycerol activates the ubiquitous signal transducer protein kinase C. This discovery placed the lipid second messenger-protein kinase C signaling pathway center stage alongside the cAMP-protein kinase A pathway, which was already established as a fundamental mechanism for transducing extracellular signals.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Diglycerides / pharmacology*
  • Enzyme Activation / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Protein Kinase C* / drug effects
  • Protein Kinase C* / metabolism
  • Protein Kinase C* / physiology
  • Research / trends
  • Second Messenger Systems / drug effects
  • Second Messenger Systems / physiology*
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*

Substances

  • Diglycerides
  • Protein Kinase C