Inhibitors of intracellular cyclic AMP accumulation affect differentiation of sporogenous mutants of Dictyostelium discoideum Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Sporogenous mutants of Dictyostelium discoideum strain V12M2 were used to determine whether the intracellular levels of cyclic AMP or other second messengers regulate differentiation. Increasing external concentrations of cyclic AMP promoted spore formation. Caffeine and progesterone, which lower intracellular cyclic AMP levels by different mechanisms, blocked spore formation and favored stalk cell formation. In contrast, differentiation of both spore and stalk cells occurred normally in the presence of agents that disrupt calcium/calmodulin or protein kinase C-based second messenger systems. The data are in accord with the view that (1) intracellular cyclic AMP is essential for terminal differentiation of both cell types, and (2) higher levels are required for formation of spores than for stalk cells. 1986.

published proceedings

  • FEMS Microbiology Letters

author list (cited authors)

  • Riley, B. B., & Barclay, S. L.

citation count

  • 13

complete list of authors

  • Riley, Bruce B||Barclay, Stephen L

publication date

  • January 1986