specific inhibitor of protein kinase C. Calphostin C-induced apoptosis was associated with
synchronous down-regulation of Bcl-2 and Bcl-x L as well as activation of caspase-3 but not
caspase-1. The exposure to calphostin C led to activation of stress-activated protein kinase/c-
Jun NH 2-terminal kinase (SAPK/JNK) and p38 kinase and concurrent inhibition of
extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK). Upstream of ERK, Shc was shown to be …