Table 1

Protein phosphatase activity in NRK cell extracts

TreatmentActivity %
Control100
1 μM inhibitor 248 ± 4.3
4 nM okadaic acid60.6 ± 3.8
1 mM cAMP102.8 ± 5.7

Activity was measured with 32P-labeled phosphorylase a in NRK cell extracts, pretreated with or without the drugs in vitro, and expressed as the percentage of phosphate released by untreated cell lysates (180–240 nmol/mg/h). Data are average of three to four experiments.