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Ashton AW. Preparing to strike: Acute events in signaling by the serpentine receptor for thromboxane A 2. Pharmacol Ther 2023:108478. [PMID: 37321373 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2023.108478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Over the last two decades, awareness of the (patho)physiological roles of thromboxane A2 signaling has been greatly extended. From humble beginnings as a short-lived stimulus that activates platelets and causes vasoconstriction to a dichotomous receptor system involving multiple endogenous ligands capable of modifying tissue homeostasis and disease generation in almost every tissue of the body. Thromboxane A2 receptor (TP) signal transduction is associated with the pathogenesis of cancer, atherosclerosis, heart disease, asthma, and host response to parasitic infection amongst others. The two receptors mediating these cellular responses (TPα and TPβ) are derived from a single gene (TBXA2R) through alternative splicing. Recently, knowledge about the mechanism(s) of signal propagation by the two receptors has undergone a revolution in understanding. Not only have the structural relationships associated with G-protein coupling been established but the modulation of that signaling by post-translational modification to the receptor has come sharply into focus. Moreover, the signaling of the receptor unrelated to G-protein coupling has become a burgeoning field of endeavor with over 70 interacting proteins currently identified. These data are reshaping the concept of TP signaling from a mere guanine nucleotide exchange factors for Gα activation to a nexus for the convergence of diverse and poorly characterized signaling pathways. This review summarizes the advances in understanding in TP signaling, and the potential for new growth in a field that after almost 50 years is finally coming of age.
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- Anthony W Ashton
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Rm 128, 100 E Lancaster Ave, Wynnewood, PA 19096, USA; Division of Perinatal Research, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia.
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Chen R, Chen T, Wang T, Dai X, Zhang S, Jiang D, Meng K, Wang Y, Geng T, Xu J, Zhou K, Wang Y. Tongmai Yangxin pill reduces myocardial No-reflow via endothelium-dependent NO-cGMP signaling by activation of the cAMP/PKA pathway. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2021; 267:113462. [PMID: 33058924 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2020.113462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The Tongmai Yangxin pill (TMYX) is derived from the Zhigancao decoction recorded in Shang han lun by Zhang Zhongjing during the Han dynasty. TMYX is used for the clinical treatment of chest pain, heartache, and qi-yin-deficiency coronary heart disease. Previous studies have confirmed that TMYX can improve vascular endothelial function in patients with coronary heart disease by upregulating nitric oxide activity and then regulating vascular tension. Whether TMYX can further improve myocardial NR by upregulating NO activity and then dilating blood vessels remains unclear. AIM OF THE STUDY This study aimed to reveal whether TMYX can further improve myocardial NR by upregulating NO activity and then dilating blood vessels. The underlying cAMP/PKA and NO-cGMP signaling pathway-dependent mechanism is also explored. MATERIALS AND METHODS The left anterior descending coronary arteries of healthy adult male SD rats were ligated to establish the NR model. TMYX (4.0 g/kg) was orally administered throughout the experiment. Cardiac function was measured through echocardiography. Thioflavin S, Evans Blue, and TTC staining were used to evaluate the NR and ischemic areas. Pathological changes in the myocardium were assessed by hematoxylin-eosin staining. An automated biochemical analyzer and kit were used to detect the activities of myocardial enzymes and myocardial oxidants, including CK, CK-MB, LDH, reactive oxygen species, superoxide dismutase, malonaldehyde, and NO. The expression levels of genes and proteins related to the cAMP/PKA and NO/cGMP signaling pathways were detected via real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR and Western blot analysis, respectively. A microvascular tension sensor was used to detect coronary artery diastolic function in vitro. RESULTS TMYX elevated the EF, FS, LVOT peak, LVPWd and LVPWs values, decreased the LVIDd, LVIDs, LV-mass, IVSd, and LV Vols values, demonstrating cardio-protective effects, and reduced the NR and ischemic areas. Pathological staining showed that TMYX could significantly reduce inflammatory cell number and interstitial edema. The activities of CK, LDH, and MDA were reduced, NO activity was increased, and oxidative stress was suppressed after treatment with TMYX. TMYX not only enhanced the expression of Gs-α, AC, PKA, and eNOS but also increased the expression of sGC and PKG. Furthermore, TMYX treatment significantly decreased ROCK expression. We further showed that TMYX (25-200 mg/mL) relaxed isolated coronary microvessels. CONCLUSIONS TMYX attenuates myocardial NR after ischemia and reperfusion by activating the cAMP/PKA and NO/cGMP signaling pathways, further upregulating NO activity and relaxing coronary microvessels.
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- Rui Chen
- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
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- Tianjin Zhongxin Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd, Research Institute Branch, Tianjin, 300457, China.
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- Tianjin Zhongxin Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd, Drug Marketing Co., Ltd, Tianjin, 300193, China.
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, 300193, China.
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Yang YM, Kuen DS, Chung Y, Kurose H, Kim SG. Gα 12/13 signaling in metabolic diseases. Exp Mol Med 2020; 52:896-910. [PMID: 32576930 PMCID: PMC7338450 DOI: 10.1038/s12276-020-0454-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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As the key governors of diverse physiological processes, G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have drawn attention as primary targets for several diseases, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Heterotrimeric G proteins converge signals from ~800 members of the GPCR family. Among the members of the G protein α family, the Gα12 family members comprising Gα12 and Gα13 have been referred to as gep oncogenes. Gα12/13 levels are altered in metabolic organs, including the liver and muscles, in metabolic diseases. The roles of Gα12/13 in metabolic diseases have been investigated. In this review, we highlight findings demonstrating Gα12/13 amplifying or dampening regulators of phenotype changes. We discuss the molecular basis of G protein biology in the context of posttranslational modifications to heterotrimeric G proteins and the cell signaling axis. We also highlight findings providing insights into the organ-specific, metabolic and pathological roles of G proteins in changes associated with specific cells, energy homeostasis, glucose metabolism, liver fibrosis and the immune and cardiovascular systems. This review summarizes the currently available knowledge on the importance of Gα12/13 in the physiology and pathogenesis of metabolic diseases, which is presented according to the basic understanding of their metabolic actions and underlying cellular and molecular bases. Understanding the activities of two members of a vital category of proteins called G proteins, which initiate metabolic changes when signaling molecules bind to cells, could lead to new therapies for many diseases. Researchers in South Korea and Japan, led by Sang Geon Kim at Seoul National University, review the significance of the Gα12 and Gα13 proteins in diseases characterised by significant changes in metabolism, including liver conditions and disorders of the cardiovascular and immune systems. Specific roles for the proteins have been identified by a variety of methods, including studying the effect of disabling the genes that code for them in mice. Recent insights suggest that drugs interfering with the activity of these Gα proteins might help treat many conditions in which the molecular signalling networks involving the proteins are disrupted.
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- Yoon Mee Yang
- College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea.
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G protein subunit phosphorylation as a regulatory mechanism in heterotrimeric G protein signaling in mammals, yeast, and plants. Biochem J 2018; 475:3331-3357. [PMID: 30413679 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20160819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Revised: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Heterotrimeric G proteins composed of Gα, Gβ, and Gγ subunits are vital eukaryotic signaling elements that convey information from ligand-regulated G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) to cellular effectors. Heterotrimeric G protein-based signaling pathways are fundamental to human health [Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (2007) 1768, 994-1005] and are the target of >30% of pharmaceuticals in clinical use [Biotechnology Advances (2013) 31, 1676-1694; Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (2017) 16, 829-842]. This review focuses on phosphorylation of G protein subunits as a regulatory mechanism in mammals, budding yeast, and plants. This is a re-emerging field, as evidence for phosphoregulation of mammalian G protein subunits from biochemical studies in the early 1990s can now be complemented with contemporary phosphoproteomics and genetic approaches applied to a diversity of model systems. In addition, new evidence implicates a family of plant kinases, the receptor-like kinases, which are monophyletic with the interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase/Pelle kinases of metazoans, as possible GPCRs that signal via subunit phosphorylation. We describe early and modern observations on G protein subunit phosphorylation and its functional consequences in these three classes of organisms, and suggest future research directions.
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Shellhammer JP, Morin-Kensicki E, Matson JP, Yin G, Isom DG, Campbell SL, Mohney RP, Dohlman HG. Amino acid metabolites that regulate G protein signaling during osmotic stress. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006829. [PMID: 28558063 PMCID: PMC5469498 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Revised: 06/13/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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All cells respond to osmotic stress by implementing molecular signaling events to protect the organism. Failure to properly adapt can lead to pathologies such as hypertension and ischemia-reperfusion injury. Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are activated in response to osmotic stress, as well as by signals acting through G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). For proper adaptation, the action of these kinases must be coordinated. To identify second messengers of stress adaptation, we conducted a mass spectrometry-based global metabolomics profiling analysis, quantifying nearly 300 metabolites in the yeast S. cerevisiae. We show that three branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) metabolites increase in response to osmotic stress and require the MAPK Hog1. Ectopic addition of these BCAA derivatives promotes phosphorylation of the G protein α subunit and dampens G protein-dependent transcription, similar to that seen in response to osmotic stress. Conversely, genetic ablation of Hog1 activity or the BCAA-regulatory enzymes leads to diminished phosphorylation of Gα and increased transcription. Taken together, our results define a new class of candidate second messengers that mediate cross talk between osmotic stress and GPCR signaling pathways.
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- James P. Shellhammer
- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Metabolon, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Unsworth AJ, Kriek N, Bye AP, Naran K, Sage T, Flora GD, Gibbins JM. PPARγ agonists negatively regulate αIIbβ3 integrin outside-in signaling and platelet function through up-regulation of protein kinase A activity. J Thromb Haemost 2017; 15:356-369. [PMID: 27896950 PMCID: PMC5396324 DOI: 10.1111/jth.13578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Essentials peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) agonists inhibit platelet function. PPARγ agonists negatively regulate outside-in signaling via integrin αIIbβ3. PPARγ agonists disrupt the interaction of Gα13 with integrin β3. This is attributed to an upregulation of protein kinase A activity. SUMMARY Background Agonists for the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPARγ) have been shown to have inhibitory effects on platelet activity following stimulation by GPVI and GPCR agonists. Objectives Profound effects on thrombus formation led us to suspect a role for PPARγ agonists in the regulation of integrin αIIbβ3 mediated signaling. Both GPVI and GPCR signaling pathways lead to αIIbβ3 activation, and signaling through αIIbβ3 plays a critical role in platelet function and normal hemostasis. Methods The effects of PPARγ agonists on the regulation of αIIbβ3 outside-in signaling was determined by monitoring the ability of platelets to adhere and spread on fibrinogen and undergo clot retraction. Effects on signaling components downstream of αIIbβ3 activation were also determined following adhesion to fibrinogen by Western blotting. Results Treatment of platelets with PPARγ agonists inhibited platelet adhesion and spreading on fibrinogen and diminished clot retraction. A reduction in phosphorylation of several components of αIIbβ3 signaling, including the integrin β3 subunit, Syk, PLCγ2, focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and Akt, was also observed as a result of reduced interaction of the integrin β3 subunit with Gα13. Studies of VASP phosphorylation revealed that this was because of an increase in PKA activity following treatment with PPARγ receptor agonists. Conclusions This study provides further evidence for antiplatelet actions of PPARγ agonists, identifies a negative regulatory role for PPARγ agonists in the control of integrin αIIbβ3 outside-in signaling, and provides a molecular basis by which the PPARγ agonists negatively regulate platelet activation and thrombus formation.
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- A. J. Unsworth
- Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic ResearchSchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of ReadingReadingUK
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- Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic ResearchSchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of ReadingReadingUK
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- Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic ResearchSchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of ReadingReadingUK
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- Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic ResearchSchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of ReadingReadingUK
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- Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic ResearchSchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of ReadingReadingUK
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- Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic ResearchSchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of ReadingReadingUK
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- Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic ResearchSchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of ReadingReadingUK
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Schiemer J, Bohm A, Lin L, Merrill-Skoloff G, Flaumenhaft R, Huang JS, Le Breton GC, Chishti AH. Gα13 Switch Region 2 Relieves Talin Autoinhibition to Activate αIIbβ3 Integrin. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:26598-26612. [PMID: 27803165 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.747279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Revised: 10/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Integrins function as bi-directional signaling transducers that regulate cell-cell and cell-matrix signals across the membrane. A key modulator of integrin activation is talin, a large cytoskeletal protein that exists in an autoinhibited state in quiescent cells. Talin is a large 235-kDa protein composed of an N-terminal 45-kDa FERM (4.1, ezrin-, radixin-, and moesin-related protein) domain, also known as the talin head domain, and a series of helical bundles known as the rod domain. The talin head domain consists of four distinct lobes designated as F0-F3. Integrin binding and activation are mediated through the F3 region, a critically regulated domain in talin. Regulation of the F3 lobe is accomplished through autoinhibition via anti-parallel dimerization. In the anti-parallel dimerization model, the rod domain region of one talin molecule binds to the F3 lobe on an adjacent talin molecule, thus achieving the state of autoinhibition. Platelet functionality requires integrin activation for adherence and thrombus formation, and thus regulation of talin presents a critical node where pharmacological intervention is possible. A major mechanism of integrin activation in platelets is through heterotrimeric G protein signaling regulating hemostasis and thrombosis. Here, we provide evidence that switch region 2 (SR2) of the ubiquitously expressed G protein (Gα13) directly interacts with talin, relieves its state of autoinhibition, and triggers integrin activation. Biochemical analysis of Gα13 shows SR2 binds directly to the F3 lobe of talin's head domain and competes with the rod domain for binding. Intramolecular FRET analysis shows Gα13 can relieve autoinhibition in a cellular milieu. Finally, a myristoylated SR2 peptide shows demonstrable decrease in thrombosis in vivo Altogether, we present a mechanistic basis for the regulation of talin through Gα13.
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- James Schiemer
- From the Department of Developmental, Molecular, and Chemical Biology.,Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Programs in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
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- From the Department of Developmental, Molecular, and Chemical Biology
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- From the Department of Developmental, Molecular, and Chemical Biology.,Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and Molecular Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111
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- the Division of Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- the Division of Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- the Research Resources Center, Protein Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, and
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- the Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612
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- From the Department of Developmental, Molecular, and Chemical Biology, .,Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Programs in Cellular and Molecular Physiology.,Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and Molecular Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111
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Budnik I, Shenkman B, Savion N. Role of G protein signaling in the formation of the fibrin(ogen)–integrin αIIbβ3–actin cytoskeleton complex in platelets. Platelets 2016; 27:563-75. [DOI: 10.3109/09537104.2016.1147544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Ivan Budnik
- Goldschleger Eye Research Institute and the Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Department of Pathophysiology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- National Hemophilia Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Goldschleger Eye Research Institute and the Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Raslan Z, Magwenzi S, Aburima A, Taskén K, Naseem KM. Targeting of type I protein kinase A to lipid rafts is required for platelet inhibition by the 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate-signaling pathway. J Thromb Haemost 2015; 13:1721-34. [PMID: 26176741 DOI: 10.1111/jth.13042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Platelet adhesion to von Willebrand factor (VWF) is modulated by 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signaling through protein kinase A (PKA)-mediated phosphorylation of glycoprotein (GP)Ibβ. A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs) are proposed to control the localization and substrate specificity of individual PKA isoforms. However, the role of PKA isoforms in regulating the phosphorylation of GPIbβ and platelet response to VWF is unknown. OBJECTIVES We wished to determine the role of PKA isoforms in the phosphorylation of GPIbβ and platelet activation by VWF as a model for exploring the selective partitioning of cAMP signaling in platelets. RESULTS The two isoforms of PKA in platelets, type I (PKA-I) and type II (PKA-II), were differentially localized, with a small pool of PKA-I found in lipid rafts. Using a combination of Far Western blotting, immunoprecipitation, proximity ligation assay and cAMP pull-down we identified moesin as an AKAP that potentially localizes PKA-I to rafts. Introduction of cell-permeable anchoring disruptor peptide, RI anchoring disruptor (RIAD-Arg11 ), to block PKA-I/AKAP interactions, uncoupled PKA-RI from moesin, displaced PKA-RI from rafts and reduced kinase activity in rafts. Examination of GPIbβ demonstrated that it was phosphorylated in response to low concentrations of PGI2 in a PKA-dependent manner and occurred primarily in lipid raft fractions. RIAD-Arg11 caused a significant reduction in raft-localized phosphoGPIbβ and diminished the ability of PGI2 to regulate VWF-mediated aggregation and thrombus formation in vitro. CONCLUSION We propose that PKA-I-specific AKAPs in platelets, including moesin, organize a selective localization of PKA-I required for phosphorylation of GPIbβ and contribute to inhibition of platelet VWF interactions.
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- Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK
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- Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK
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- Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK
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- Biotechnology Centre of Oslo, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen Inflammation Research Centre, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway, Nordic EMBL Partnership, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK
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MLCP (myosin light chain phosphatase) regulates platelet function through its ability to control myosin IIa phosphorylation. Recent evidence suggests that MLCP is a de facto target for signalling events stimulated by cAMP. In the present mini-review, we discuss the mechanisms by which cAMP signalling maintains MLCP in an active state to control platelet contractile machinery.
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Blood platelet activation must be tightly regulated to ensure a balance between haemostasis and thrombosis. The cAMP signalling pathway is the most powerful endogenous regulator of blood platelet activation. PKA (protein kinase A), the foremost effector of cAMP signalling in platelets, phosphorylates a number of proteins that are thought to modulate multiple aspects of platelet activation. In the present mini-review, we outline our current understanding of cAMP-mediated platelet inhibition and discuss some of the issues that require clarification.
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The zinc-binding region of IL-2 inducible T cell kinase (Itk) is required for interaction with Gα13 and activation of serum response factor. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2013; 45:1074-82. [PMID: 23454662 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2013.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Revised: 02/04/2013] [Accepted: 02/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Tec family kinases play critical roles in the activation of immune cells. In particular, Itk is important for the activation of T cells via the T cell Receptor (TcR), however, molecules that cooperate with Itk to activate downstream targets remain little explored. Here we show that Itk interacts with the heterotrimeric G-protein α subunit Gα13 during TcR triggering. This interaction requires membrane localization of both partners, and is partially dependent on GDP- and GTP-bound states of Gα13. Furthermore, we find that Itk interacts with Gα13 via the zinc binding regions within its Tec homology domain. The interaction between Itk and Gα13 also results in tyrosine phosphorylation of Gα13, however this is not required for the interaction. Itk enhances Gα13 mediated activation of serum response factor (SRF) transcriptional activity dependent on its ability to interact with Gα13, but its kinase activity is not required to enhance SRF activity. These data reveal a new pathway regulated by Itk in cells, and suggest cross talk between Itk and G-protein signaling downstream of the TcR.
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Li XD, Cheng YT, Yang YJ, Meng XM, Zhao JL, Zhang HT, Wu YJ, You SJ, Wu YL. PKA-mediated eNOS phosphorylation in the protection of ischemic preconditioning against no-reflow. Microvasc Res 2012; 84:44-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2012.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Revised: 02/23/2012] [Accepted: 04/06/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Endothelial prostacyclin and nitric oxide potently inhibit platelet functions. Prostacyclin and nitric oxide actions are mediated by platelet adenylyl and guanylyl cyclases, which synthesize cyclic AMP (cAMP) and cyclic GMP (cGMP), respectively. Cyclic nucleotides stimulate cAMP-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase A [PKA]I and PKAII) and cGMP-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase G [PKG]I) to phosphorylate a broad panel of substrate proteins. Substrate phosphorylation results in the inactivation of small G-proteins of the Ras and Rho families, inhibition of the release of Ca(2+) from intracellular stores, and modulation of actin cytoskeleton dynamics. Thus, PKA/PKG substrates translate prostacyclin and nitric oxide signals into a block of platelet adhesion, granule release, and aggregation. cAMP and cGMP are degraded by phosphodiesterases, which might restrict signaling to specific subcellular compartments. An emerging principle of cyclic nucleotide signaling in platelets is the high degree of interconnection between activating and cAMP/cGMP-dependent inhibitory signaling pathways at all levels, including cAMP/cGMP synthesis and breakdown, and PKA/PKG-mediated substrate phosphorylation. Furthermore, defects in cAMP/cGMP pathways might contribute to platelet hyperreactivity in cardiovascular disease. This article focuses on recent insights into the regulation of the cAMP/cGMP signaling network and on new targets of PKA and PKG in platelets.
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- A Smolenski
- UCD Conway Institute, UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland.
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Morin RD, Mendez-Lago M, Mungall AJ, Goya R, Mungall KL, Corbett R, Johnson NA, Severson TM, Chiu R, Field M, Jackman S, Krzywinski M, Scott DW, Trinh DL, Tamura-Wells J, Li S, Firme M, Rogic S, Griffith M, Chan S, Yakovenko O, Meyer IM, Zhao EY, Smailus D, Moksa M, Chittaranjan S, Rimsza L, Brooks-Wilson A, Spinelli JJ, Ben-Neriah S, Meissner B, Woolcock B, Boyle M, McDonald H, Tam A, Zhao Y, Delaney A, Zeng T, Tse K, Butterfield Y, Birol I, Holt R, Schein J, Horsman DE, Moore R, Jones SJ, Connors JM, Hirst M, Gascoyne RD, Marra MA. Frequent mutation of histone-modifying genes in non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Nature 2011; 476:298-303. [PMID: 21796119 PMCID: PMC3210554 DOI: 10.1038/nature10351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1243] [Impact Index Per Article: 95.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2010] [Accepted: 07/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Follicular lymphoma (FL) and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) are the two most common non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs). Here we sequenced tumour and matched normal DNA from 13 DLBCL cases and one FL case to identify genes with mutations in B-cell NHL. We analysed RNA-seq data from these and another 113 NHLs to identify genes with candidate mutations, and then re-sequenced tumour and matched normal DNA from these cases to confirm 109 genes with multiple somatic mutations. Genes with roles in histone modification were frequent targets of somatic mutation. For example, 32% of DLBCL and 89% of FL cases had somatic mutations in MLL2, which encodes a histone methyltransferase, and 11.4% and 13.4% of DLBCL and FL cases, respectively, had mutations in MEF2B, a calcium-regulated gene that cooperates with CREBBP and EP300 in acetylating histones. Our analysis suggests a previously unappreciated disruption of chromatin biology in lymphomagenesis.
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- Ryan D. Morin
- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Department of Pathology, University of Arizona
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
- Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University
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- Cancer Control Research, BC Cancer Agency
- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
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- Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, BC Cancer Agency
- Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia
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- Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
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Tkachenko E, Sabouri-Ghomi M, Pertz O, Kim C, Gutierrez E, Machacek M, Groisman A, Danuser G, Ginsberg MH. Protein kinase A governs a RhoA-RhoGDI protrusion-retraction pacemaker in migrating cells. Nat Cell Biol 2011; 13:660-7. [PMID: 21572420 PMCID: PMC3746034 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2010] [Accepted: 03/04/2011] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The cyclical protrusion and retraction of the leading edge is a hallmark of many migrating cells involved in processes such as development, inflammation, and tumorigenesis. The molecular identity of signaling mechanisms that control these cycles has remained unknown. Here, we used live cell imaging of biosensors to monitor spontaneous morphodynamic and signaling activities, and employed correlative image analysis to examine the role of cAMP-activated Protein Kinase A (PKA) in protrusion regulation. PKA activity at the leading edge is closely synchronized with rapid protrusion and with the activity of RhoA. Ensuing PKA phosphorylation of RhoA and the resulting increased interaction between RhoA and RhoGDI establishes a negative feedback that controls the cycling of RhoA activity at the leading edge. Thus, cooperation between PKA, RhoA, and a RhoGDI forms a pacemaker that governs the morphodynamic behavior of migrating cells.
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- Eugene Tkachenko
- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0726, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Hoofnagle MH, Neppl RL, Berzin EL, Teg Pipes GC, Olson EN, Wamhoff BW, Somlyo AV, Owens GK. Myocardin is differentially required for the development of smooth muscle cells and cardiomyocytes. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 300:H1707-21. [PMID: 21357509 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01192.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Myocardin is a serum response factor (SRF) coactivator exclusively expressed in cardiomyocytes and smooth muscle cells (SMCs). However, there is highly controversial evidence as to whether myocardin is essential for normal differentiation of these cell types, and there are no data showing whether cardiac or SMC subtypes exhibit differential myocardin requirements during development. Results of the present studies showed the virtual absence of myocardin(-/-) visceral SMCs or ventricular myocytes in chimeric myocardin knockout (KO) mice generated by injection of myocardin(-/-) embryonic stem cells (ESCs) into wild-type (WT; i.e., myocardin(+/+) ESC) blastocysts. In contrast, myocardin(-/-) ESCs readily formed vascular SMC, albeit at a reduced frequency compared with WT ESCs. In addition, myocardin(-/-) ESCs competed equally with WT ESCs in forming atrial myocytes. The ultrastructural features of myocardin(-/-) vascular SMCs and cardiomyocytes were unchanged from their WT counterparts as determined using a unique X-ray microprobe transmission electron microscopic method developed by our laboratory. Myocardin(-/-) ESC-derived SMCs also showed normal contractile properties in an in vitro embryoid body SMC differentiation model, other than impaired thromboxane A2 responsiveness. Together, these results provide novel evidence that myocardin is essential for development of visceral SMCs and ventricular myocytes but is dispensable for development of atrial myocytes and vascular SMCs in the setting of chimeric KO mice. In addition, results suggest that as yet undefined defects in development and/or maturation of ventricular cardiomyocytes may have contributed to early embryonic lethality observed in conventional myocardin KO mice and that observed deficiencies in development of vascular SMC may have been secondary to these defects.
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- Mark H Hoofnagle
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physic, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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The Role of β-adrenergic Receptors in the Cardioprotective Effects of Beta-Preconditioning (βPC). Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 2011; 25:31-46. [DOI: 10.1007/s10557-010-6275-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Horváth B, Lenzsér G, Benyó B, Németh T, Benko R, Iring A, Hermán P, Komjáti K, Lacza Z, Sándor P, Benyó Z. Hypersensitivity to thromboxane receptor mediated cerebral vasomotion and CBF oscillations during acute NO-deficiency in rats. PLoS One 2010; 5:e14477. [PMID: 21217826 PMCID: PMC3013104 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2010] [Accepted: 12/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Low frequency (4-12 cpm) spontaneous fluctuations of the cerebrovascular tone (vasomotion) and oscillations of the cerebral blood flow (CBF) have been reported in diseases associated with endothelial dysfunction. Since endothelium-derived nitric oxide (NO) suppresses constitutively the release and vascular effects of thromboxane A(2) (TXA(2)), NO-deficiency is often associated with activation of thromboxane receptors (TP). In the present study we hypothesized that in the absence of NO, overactivation of the TP-receptor mediated cerebrovascular signaling pathway contributes to the development of vasomotion and CBF oscillations. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Effects of pharmacological modulation of TP-receptor activation and its downstream signaling pathway have been investigated on CBF oscillations (measured by laser-Doppler flowmetry in anesthetized rats) and vasomotion (measured by isometric tension recording in isolated rat middle cerebral arteries, MCAs) both under physiological conditions and after acute inhibition of NO synthesis. Administration of the TP-receptor agonist U-46619 (1 µg/kg i.v.) to control animals failed to induce any changes of the systemic or cerebral circulatory parameters. Inhibition of the NO synthesis by nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 100 mg/kg i.v.) resulted in increased mean arterial blood pressure and a decreased CBF accompanied by appearance of CBF-oscillations with a dominant frequency of 148±2 mHz. U-46619 significantly augmented the CBF-oscillations induced by L-NAME while inhibition of endogenous TXA(2) synthesis by ozagrel (10 mg/kg i.v.) attenuated it. In isolated MCAs U-46619 in a concentration of 100 nM, which induced weak and stable contraction under physiological conditions, evoked sustained vasomotion in the absence of NO, which effect could be completely reversed by inhibition of Rho-kinase by 10 µM Y-27632. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE These results suggest that hypersensitivity of the TP-receptor-Rho-kinase signaling pathway contributes to the development of low frequency cerebral vasomotion which may propagate to vasospasm in pathophysiological states associated with NO-deficiency.
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- Béla Horváth
- Institute of Human Physiology and Clinical Experimental Research, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
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Peng X, Zhou Z, Hu J, Fink DJ, Mata M. Soluble Nogo receptor down-regulates expression of neuronal Nogo-A to enhance axonal regeneration. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:2783-95. [PMID: 19901030 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.046425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Nogo-A, a member of the reticulon family, is present in neurons and oligodendrocytes. Nogo-A in central nervous system (CNS) myelin prevents axonal regeneration through interaction with Nogo receptor 1, but the function of Nogo-A in neurons is less known. We found that after axonal injury, Nogo-A is increased in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons unable to regenerate following a dorsal root injury or a sciatic nerve ligation-cut injury and that exposure in vitro to CNS myelin dramatically enhanced neuronal Nogo-A mRNA and protein through activation of RhoA while inhibiting neurite growth. Knocking down neuronal Nogo-A by small interfering RNA results in a marked increase of neurite outgrowth. We constructed a nonreplicating herpes simplex virus vector (QHNgSR) to express a truncated soluble fragment of Nogo receptor 1 (NgSR). NgSR released from QHNgSR prevented myelin inhibition of neurite extension by hippocampal and DRG neurons in vitro. NgSR prevents RhoA activation by myelin and decreases neuronal Nogo-A. Subcutaneous inoculation of QHNgSR to transduce DRG neurons resulted in improved regeneration of myelinated fibers in both the dorsal root and the spinal dorsal root entry zone, with concomitant improvement in sensory behavior. The results indicate that neuronal Nogo-A is an important intermediate in neurite growth dynamics and its expression is regulated by signals related to axonal injury and regeneration, that CNS myelin appears to activate signaling events that mimic axonal injury, and that NgSR released from QHNgSR may be used to improve recovery after injury.
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- Xiangmin Peng
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, and Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Modulation of Rho guanine exchange factor Lfc activity by protein kinase A-mediated phosphorylation. Mol Cell Biol 2009; 29:5963-73. [PMID: 19667072 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01268-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Lfc is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Rho that demonstrates an unusual ability to associate with microtubules. While several phosphorylated residues have been detected in the Lfc polypeptide, the mechanism(s) by which phosphorylation regulates the exchange activity of Lfc remains unclear. We confirm that Lfc is a phosphorylated protein and demonstrate that 14-3-3 interacts directly and in a phosphorylation-dependent manner with Lfc. We identify AKAP121 as an Lfc-binding protein and show that Lfc is phosphorylated in an AKAP-dependent manner by protein kinase A (PKA). Forskolin treatment induced 14-3-3 binding to Lfc and suppressed the exchange activity of wild-type Lfc on RhoA. Importantly, a mutant of Lfc that is unable to associate with 14-3-3 proteins was resistant to inhibition by forskolin. Tctex-1, a dynein motor light chain, binds to Lfc in a competitive manner with 14-3-3.
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Sadat U. Signaling pathways of cardioprotective ischemic preconditioning. Int J Surg 2009; 7:490-8. [PMID: 19540944 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2009.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2009] [Revised: 06/10/2009] [Accepted: 06/11/2009] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury is a major contributory factor to cardiac dysfunction and infarct size that determines patient prognosis after acute myocardial infarction. During the last 20 years, since the appearance of the first publication on ischemic preconditioning (IP), our knowledge of this phenomenon has increased exponentially. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION Basic scientific experiments and preliminary clinical trials in humans suggest that IP confers resistance to subsequent sustained ischemic insults not only in the regional tissue but also in distant organs (remote ischemic preconditioning), which may provide a simple, cost-effective means of reducing the risk of perioperative myocardial ischemia. The mechanism may be humoral, neural, or a combination of both, and involves adenosine, bradykinin, protein kinases and K(ATP) channels, although the precise end-effector remains unclear. This review describes different signaling pathways involved in acute ischemic preconditioning in detail.
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- Umar Sadat
- Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
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Suzuki H, Kimura K, Shirai H, Eguchi K, Higuchi S, Hinoki A, Ishimaru K, Brailoiu E, Dhanasekaran DN, Stemmle LN, Fields TA, Frank GD, Autieri MV, Eguchi S. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase inhibits G12/13 and rho-kinase activated by the angiotensin II type-1 receptor: implication in vascular migration. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2008; 29:217-24. [PMID: 19095998 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.108.181024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although, endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase (eNOS) is believed to antagonize vascular remodeling induced by the angiotensin II (AngII) type-1 receptor, the exact signaling mechanism remains unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS By expressing eNOS to vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) via adenovirus, we investigated a signal transduction mechanism of the eNOS gene transfer in preventing vascular remodeling induced by AngII. We found marked inhibition of AngII-induced Rho/Rho-kinase activation and subsequent VSMC migration by eNOS gene transfer whereas G(q)-dependent transactivation of the epidermal growth factor receptor by AngII remains intact. This could be explained by the specific inhibition of G(12/13) activation by eNOS-mediated G(12/13) phosphorylation. CONCLUSIONS The eNOS/NO cascade specifically targets the Rho/Rho-kinase system via inhibition of G(12/13) to prevent vascular migration induced by AngII, representing a novel signal cross-talk in cardiovascular protection by NO.
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- Hiroyuki Suzuki
- Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Physiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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Neppl RL, Lubomirov LT, Momotani K, Pfitzer G, Eto M, Somlyo AV. Thromboxane A2-induced bi-directional regulation of cerebral arterial tone. J Biol Chem 2008; 284:6348-60. [PMID: 19095646 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m807040200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Myosin light chain phosphatase plays a critical role in modulating smooth muscle contraction in response to a variety of physiologic stimuli. A downstream target of the RhoA/Rho-kinase and nitric oxide (NO)/cGMP/cyclic GMP-dependent kinase (cGKI) pathways, myosin light chain phosphatase activity reflects the sum of both calcium sensitization and desensitization pathways through phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of the myosin phosphatase targeting subunit (MYPT1). As cerebral blood flow is highly spatio-temporally modulated under normal physiologic conditions, severe perturbations in normal cerebral blood flow, such as in cerebral vasospasm, can induce neurological deficits. In nonpermeabilized cerebral vessels stimulated with U-46619, a stable mimetic of endogenous thromboxane A2 implicated in the etiology of cerebral vasospasm, we observed significant increases in contractile force, RhoA activation, regulatory light chain phosphorylation, as well as phosphorylation of MYPT1 at Thr-696, Thr-853, and surprisingly Ser-695. Inhibition of nitric oxide signaling completely abrogated basal MYPT1 Ser-695 phosphorylation and significantly increased and potentiated U-46619-induced MYPT1 Thr-853 phosphorylation and contractile force, indicating that NO/cGMP/cGKI signaling maintains basal vascular tone through active inhibition of calcium sensitization. Surprisingly, a fall in Ser-695 phosphorylation did not result in an increase in phosphorylation of the Thr-696 site. Although activation of cGKI with exogenous cyclic nucleotides inhibited thromboxane A2-induced MYPT1 membrane association, RhoA activation, contractile force, and regulatory light chain phosphorylation, the anticipated decreases in MYPT1 phosphorylation at Thr-696/Thr-853 were not observed, indicating that the vasorelaxant effects of cGKI are not through dephosphorylation of MYPT1. Thus, thromboxane A2 signaling within the intact cerebral vasculature induces "buffered" vasoconstrictions, in which both the RhoA/Rho-kinase calcium-sensitizing and the NO/cGMP/cGKI calcium-desensitizing pathways are activated.
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- Ronald L Neppl
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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Molecular Mechanisms of Axonal Growth. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2008; 621:1-16. [DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-76715-4_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The critical roles of cyclic AMP/cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase in platelet physiology. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s11515-008-0098-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Kamanova J, Kofronova O, Masin J, Genth H, Vojtova J, Linhartova I, Benada O, Just I, Sebo P. Adenylate cyclase toxin subverts phagocyte function by RhoA inhibition and unproductive ruffling. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2008; 181:5587-97. [PMID: 18832717 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.8.5587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA or ACT) is a key virulence factor of pathogenic Bordetellae. It penetrates phagocytes expressing the alpha(M)beta(2) integrin (CD11b/CD18, Mac-1 or CR3) and paralyzes their bactericidal capacities by uncontrolled conversion of ATP into a key signaling molecule, cAMP. Using pull-down activity assays and transfections with mutant Rho family GTPases, we show that cAMP signaling of CyaA causes transient and selective inactivation of RhoA in mouse macrophages in the absence of detectable activation of Rac1, Rac2, or RhoG. This CyaA/cAMP-induced drop of RhoA activity yielded dephosphorylation of the actin filament severing protein cofilin and massive actin cytoskeleton rearrangements, which were paralleled by rapidly manifested macrophage ruffling and a rapid and unexpected loss of macropinocytic fluid phase uptake. As shown in this study for the first time, CyaA/cAMP signaling further caused a rapid and near-complete block of complement-mediated phagocytosis. Induction of unproductive membrane ruffling, hence, represents a novel sophisticated mechanism of down-modulation of bactericidal activities of macrophages and a new paradigm for action of bacterial toxins that hijack host cell signaling by manipulating cellular cAMP levels.
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- Jana Kamanova
- Cellular and Molecular Microbiology Division, Institute of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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Qiao J, Holian O, Lee BS, Huang F, Zhang J, Lum H. Phosphorylation of GTP dissociation inhibitor by PKA negatively regulates RhoA. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2008; 295:C1161-8. [PMID: 18768928 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00139.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The cAMP-PKA cascade is a recognized signaling pathway important in inhibition of inflammatory injury events such as endothelial permeability and leucocyte trafficking, and a critical target of regulation is believed to be inhibition of Rho proteins. Here, we hypothesize that PKA directly phosphorylates GTP dissociation inhibitor (GDI) to negatively regulate Rho activity. Amino acid analysis of GDIalpha showed two potential protein kinase A (PKA) phosphorylation motifs, Ser(174) and Thr(182). Using in vitro kinase assay and mass spectrometry, we found that the purified PKA catalytic subunit phosphorylated GDIalpha-GST fusion protein and PKA motif-containing GDIalpha peptide at Ser(174), but not Thr(182). Transfection of COS-7 cells with mutated full-length GDIalpha at Ser(174) to Ala(174) (GDIalpha-Ser(174A)) abrogated the ability of cAMP to phosphorylate GDIalpha. However, mutation of Thr(182) to Ala(182) (GDIalpha-Thr(182A)) did not abrogate, and cAMP increased phosphorylation of GDIalpha to a similar extent as wild-type GDIalpha transfectants. The mutant GDIalpha-Ser(174A), but not GDIalpha-Thr(182A), was unable to prevent cAMP-mediated inhibition of Rho-dependent serum-response element reporter activity. Furthermore, the mutant GDIalpha-Ser(174A) was unable to prevent the thrombin-induced RhoA activation. Coprecipitation studies indicated that neither mutation of the PKA consensus sites nor phosphorylation alter GDIalpha binding with RhoA, suggesting that phosphorylation of Ser(174) regulated preformed GDIalpha-RhoA complexes. The findings provide strong support that the selective phosphorylation at Ser(174) by PKA is a signaling pathway in the negative regulation of RhoA activity and therefore could be a potential protective mechanism for inflammatory injury.
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- Jing Qiao
- Dept. of Pharmacology, Rush Univ. Medical Center, 1735 W. Harrison St., Cohn Research Bldg.; Rm 416, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Wikström K, Kavanagh DJ, Reid HM, Kinsella BT. Differential regulation of RhoA-mediated signaling by the TPalpha and TPbeta isoforms of the human thromboxane A2 receptor: independent modulation of TPalpha signaling by prostacyclin and nitric oxide. Cell Signal 2008; 20:1497-512. [PMID: 18502100 PMCID: PMC2681257 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2008.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2008] [Revised: 04/02/2008] [Accepted: 04/07/2008] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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In humans, thromboxane (TX) A2 signals through the
TPα and TPβ isoforms of the TXA2 receptor that exhibit common
and distinct roles. For example, Gq/phospholipase (PL)Cβ signaling by TPα is
directly inhibited by the vasodilators prostacyclin and nitric oxide (NO)
whereas that signaling by TPβ is unaffected. Herein, we investigated whether TPα
and/or TPβ regulate G12/Rho activation and whether that
signaling might be differentially regulated by prostacyclin and/or NO. Both TPα
and TPβ independently regulated RhoA activation and signaling in clonal cells
over-expressing TPα or TPβ and in primary human aortic smooth muscle cells (1°
AoSMCs). While RhoA-signaling by TPα was directly impaired by prostacyclin and
NO through protein kinase (PK)A- and PKG-dependent phosphorylation,
respectively, signaling by TPβ was not directly affected by either agent.
Collectively, while TPα and TPβ contribute to RhoA activation, our findings
support the hypothesis that TPα is involved in the dynamic regulation of
haemostasis and vascular tone, such as in response to prostacyclin and NO.
Conversely, the role of TPβ in such processes remains unsolved. Data herein
provide essential new insights into the physiologic roles of TPα and TPβ and,
through studies in AoSMCs, reveal an additional mode of regulation of VSM
contractile responses by TXA2.
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- Katarina Wikström
- UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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van Helden SFG, Oud MM, Joosten B, Peterse N, Figdor CG, van Leeuwen FN. PGE2-mediated podosome loss in dendritic cells is dependent on actomyosin contraction downstream of the RhoA-Rho-kinase axis. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:1096-106. [PMID: 18334555 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.020289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Podosomes are dynamic adhesion structures found in dendritic cells (DCs) and other cells of the myeloid lineage. We previously showed that prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), an important proinflammatory mediator produced during DC maturation, induces podosome disassembly within minutes after stimulation. Here, we demonstrate that this response is mediated by cAMP elevation, occurs downstream of Rho kinase and is dependent on myosin II. Whereas PGE2 stimulation leads to activation of the small GTPase RhoA, decreased levels of Rac1-GTP and Cdc42-GTP are observed. These results show that PGE2 stimulation leads to activation of the RhoA-Rho-kinase axis to promote actomyosin-based contraction and subsequent podosome dissolution. Because podosome disassembly is accompanied by de novo formation of focal adhesions, we propose that the disassembly/formation of these two different adhesion structures is oppositely regulated by actomyosin contractility and relative activities of RhoA, Rac1 and Cdc42.
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- Suzanne F G van Helden
- Department of Tumor Immunology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Fiedler SE, Bajpai M, Carr DW. Identification and characterization of RHOA-interacting proteins in bovine spermatozoa. Biol Reprod 2007; 78:184-92. [PMID: 17928627 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.062943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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In somatic cells, RHOA mediates actin dynamics through a GNA13-mediated signaling cascade involving RHO kinase (ROCK), LIM kinase (LIMK), and cofilin. RHOA can be negatively regulated by protein kinase A (PRKA), and it interacts with members of the A-kinase anchoring (AKAP) family via intermediary proteins. In spermatozoa, actin polymerization precedes the acrosome reaction, which is necessary for normal fertility. The present study was undertaken to determine whether the GNA13-mediated RHOA signaling pathway may be involved in acrosome reaction in bovine caudal sperm, and whether AKAPs may be involved in its targeting and regulation. GNA13, RHOA, ROCK2, LIMK2, and cofilin were all detected by Western blot in bovine caudal sperm. Overlay, immunoprecipitation, and subsequent mass spectrometry analysis identified several RHOA-interacting proteins, including proacrosin, angiotensin-converting enzyme, tubulin, aldolase C, and AKAP4. Using overlay and pulldown techniques, we demonstrate that phosphorylation of AKAP3 increases its interaction with the RHOA-interacting proteins PRKAR2 (the type II regulatory subunit of PRKA, formerly RII) and ropporin (ROPN1, a PRKAR2-like protein, or R2D2). Varying calcium concentrations in pulldown assays did not significantly alter binding to R2D2 proteins. These data suggest that the actin-regulating GNA13-mediated RHOA-ROCK-LIMK-cofilin pathway is present in bovine spermatozoa, that RHOA interacts with proteins involved in capacitation and the acrosome reaction, and that RHOA signaling in sperm may be targeted by AKAPs. Finally, AKAP3 binding to PRKAR2 and ROPN1 is regulated by phosphorylation in vitro.
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- Sarah E Fiedler
- Department of Medicine, Oregon Health & Sciences University and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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Yuan W, López Bernal A. Cyclic AMP signalling pathways in the regulation of uterine relaxation. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2007; 7 Suppl 1:S10. [PMID: 17570154 PMCID: PMC1892051 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-7-s1-s10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Studying the mechanism(s) of uterine relaxation is important and will be helpful in the prevention of obstetric difficulties such as preterm labour, which remains a major cause of perinatal mortality and morbidity. Multiple signalling pathways regulate the balance between maintaining relative uterine quiescence during gestation, and the transition to the contractile state at the onset of parturition. Elevation of intracellular cyclic AMP promotes myometrial relaxation, and thus quiescence, via effects on multiple intracellular targets including calcium channels, potassium channels and myosin light chain kinase. A complete understanding of cAMP regulatory pathways (synthesis and hydrolysis) would assist in the development of better tocolytics to delay or inhibit preterm labour. Here we review the enzymes involved in cAMP homoeostasis (adenylyl cyclases and phosphodiesterases) and possible myometrial substrates for the cAMP dependent protein kinase. We must emphasise the need to identify novel pharmacological targets in human pregnant myometrium to achieve safe and selective uterine relaxation when this is indicated in preterm labour or other obstetric complications.
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- Wei Yuan
- University of Bristol, Clinical Science at South Bristol (Obstetrics and Gynaecology), St Michael's Hospital and Dorothy Hodgkin Building, Whitson Street, Bristol, BS1 3NY, UK
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- University of Bristol, Clinical Science at South Bristol (Obstetrics and Gynaecology), St Michael's Hospital and Dorothy Hodgkin Building, Whitson Street, Bristol, BS1 3NY, UK
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Kelly P, Casey PJ, Meigs TE. Biologic functions of the G12 subfamily of heterotrimeric g proteins: growth, migration, and metastasis. Biochemistry 2007; 46:6677-87. [PMID: 17503779 DOI: 10.1021/bi700235f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The G12 subfamily of heterotrimeric G proteins has been the subject of intense scientific interest for more than 15 years. During this period, studies have revealed more than 20 potential G12-interacting proteins and numerous signaling axes emanating from the G12 proteins, Galpha12 and Galpha13. In addition, more recent studies have begun to illuminate the various and sundry functions that the G12 subfamily plays in biology. In this review, we summarize the diverse range of proteins that have been identified as Galpha12 and/or Galpha13 interactors and describe ongoing studies designed to dissect the biological roles of specific Galpha-effector protein interactions. Further, we describe and discuss the expanding role of G12 proteins in the biology of cells, focusing on the distinct properties of this subfamily in regulating cell proliferation, cell migration, and metastatic invasion.
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- Patrick Kelly
- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Appert-Collin A, Baisamy L, Diviani D. Regulation of g protein-coupled receptor signaling by a-kinase anchoring proteins. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2007; 26:631-46. [PMID: 17118802 DOI: 10.1080/10799890600923211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Specificity of transduction events is controlled at the molecular level by scaffold, anchoring, and adaptor proteins, which position signaling enzymes at proper subcellular localization. This allows their efficient catalytic activation and accurate substrate selection. A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs) are group of functionally related proteins that compartmentalize the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) and other signaling enyzmes at precise subcellular sites in close proximity to their physiological substrate(s) and favor specific phosphorylation events. Recent evidence suggests that AKAP transduction complexes play a key role in regulating G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling. Regulation can occur at multiple levels because AKAPs have been shown both to directly modulate GPCR function and to act as downstream effectors of GPCR signaling. In this minireview, we focus on the molecular mechanisms through which AKAP-signaling complexes modulate GPCR transduction cascades.
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- Aline Appert-Collin
- Département de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie, Faculté de Médecine, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Huang JS, Dong L, Kozasa T, Le Breton GC. Signaling through G(alpha)13 switch region I is essential for protease-activated receptor 1-mediated human platelet shape change, aggregation, and secretion. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:10210-22. [PMID: 17298951 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m605678200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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This study investigated the involvement of Galpha(13) switch region I (SRI) in protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1)-mediated platelet function and signaling. To this end, myristoylated peptides representing the Galpha(13) SRI (Myr-G(13)SRI(pep)) and its random counterpart were evaluated for their effects on PAR1 activation. Initial studies demonstrated that Myr-G(13)SRI(pep) and Myr-G(13)SRI(Random-pep) were equally taken up by human platelets and did not interfere with PAR1-ligand interaction. Subsequent experiments revealed that Myr-G(13)SRI(pep) specifically bound to platelet RhoA guanine nucleotide exchange factor (p115RhoGEF) and blocked PAR1-mediated RhoA activation in platelets and human embryonic kidney cells. These results suggest a direct interaction of Galpha(13) SRI with p115RhoGEF and a mechanism for Myr-G(13)SRI(pep) inhibition of RhoA activation. Platelet function studies demonstrated that Myr-G(13)SRI(pep) specifically inhibited PAR1-stimulated shape change, aggregation, and secretion in a dose-dependent manner but did not inhibit platelet activation induced by either ADP or A23187. It was also found that Myr-G(13)SRI(pep) inhibited low dose, but not high dose, thrombin-induced aggregation. Additional experiments showed that PAR1-mediated calcium mobilization was partially blocked by Myr-G(13)SRI(pep) but not by the Rho kinase inhibitor Y-27632. Finally, Myr-G(13)SRI(pep) effectively inhibited PAR1-induced stress fiber formation and cell contraction in endothelial cells. Collectively, these results suggest the following: 1) interaction of Galpha(13) SRI with p115RhoGEF is required for G(13)-mediated RhoA activation in platelets; 2) signaling through the G(13) pathway is critical for PAR1-mediated human platelet functional changes and low dose thrombin-induced aggregation; and 3) G(13) signaling elicits calcium mobilization in human platelets through a Rho kinase-independent mechanism.
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- Jin-Sheng Huang
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612
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Azam MA, Yoshioka K, Ohkura S, Takuwa N, Sugimoto N, Sato K, Takuwa Y. Ca2+-independent, inhibitory effects of cyclic adenosine 5'-monophosphate on Ca2+ regulation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase C2alpha, Rho, and myosin phosphatase in vascular smooth muscle. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2006; 320:907-16. [PMID: 17110524 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.106.111443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We have recently demonstrated in vascular smooth muscle (VSM) that membrane depolarization by high KCl induces Ca(2+)-dependent Rho activation and myosin phosphatase (MLCP) inhibition (Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+)-sensitization) through the mechanisms involving phosphorylation of myosin-targeting protein 1 (MYPT1) and 17-kDa protein kinase C (PKC)-potentiated inhibitory protein of PP1 (CPI-17). In the present study, we investigated whether and how cAMP affected Ca(2+)-dependent MLCP inhibition by examining the effects of forskolin, cell-permeable dibutyryl cAMP (dbcAMP), and isoproterenol. Forskolin, but not its inactive analog 1,9-dideoxyforskolin, inhibited KCl-induced contraction and the 20-kDa myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation without inhibiting Ca(2+) mobilization in rabbit aortic VSM. dbcAMP mimicked these forskolin effects. We recently suggested that Ca(2+)-mediated Rho activation is dependent on class II alpha-isoform of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K-C2alpha). Forskolin inhibited KCl-induced stimulation of PI3K-C2alpha activity. KCl-induced membrane depolarization stimulated Rho in a manner dependent on a PI3K but not PKC and stimulated phosphorylation of MYPT1 at Thr(850) and CPI-17 at Thr(38) in manners dependent on both PI3K and Rho kinase, but not PKC. Forskolin, dbcAMP, and isoproterenol inhibited KCl-induced Rho activation and phosphorylation of MYPT1 and CPI-17. Consistent with these data, forskolin, isoproterenol, a PI3K inhibitor, or a Rho kinase inhibitor, but not a PKC inhibitor, abolished KCl-induced diphosphorylation of MLC. These observations indicate that cAMP inhibits Ca(2+)-mediated activation of the MLCP-regulating signaling pathway comprising PI3K-C2alpha, Rho, and Rho kinase in a manner independent of Ca(2+) and point to the novel mechanism of the cAMP actions in the regulation of vascular smooth muscle contraction.
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- Mohammed Ali Azam
- Department of Physiology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8640, Japan
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The prevailing dogma is that heterotrimeric G proteins exclusively transduce signals from the seven-transmembrane motif-containing cell surface receptors, also known as G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). New evidence indicates that Galpha(13), the alpha subunit of the G protein G(13), breaks away from this traditional exclusive signaling alliance with GPCRs to transmit signals from receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), such as platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR). Galpha(13) is involved in cell migration in response to GPCRs activated by lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) or thrombin. A new report indicates that Galpha(13) is also required for cell migration induced by the growth factors, such as PDGF, EGF, or VEGF. GPCR coupling is not required for such RTK-to-Galpha(13) signaling. This new identity for Galpha(13) as a signal transducer for both GPCRs and RTKs may be a forerunner for similar findings involving other Galpha subunits. This expanding role of G proteins in both GPCR signaling and RTK signaling is likely to have a great impact not only on our understanding of cell signaling in general, but also more specifically where the dysregulation of signaling by GPCRs, RTKs, and G proteins cause pathophysiological changes such as in the case of tumorigenesis, tumor progression and/or metastasis.
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- Danny N Dhanasekaran
- Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
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Honma S, Saika M, Ohkubo S, Kurose H, Nakahata N. Thromboxane A2 receptor-mediated G12/13-dependent glial morphological change. Eur J Pharmacol 2006; 545:100-8. [PMID: 16876780 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.06.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2005] [Revised: 06/15/2006] [Accepted: 06/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Glial cells express thromboxane A(2) receptor, but its physiological role remains unknown. The present study was performed to examine thromboxane A(2) receptor-mediated morphological change in 1321N1 human astrocytoma cells. Thromboxane A(2) receptor agonists U46619 and STA(2) caused a rapid morphological change to spindle shape from stellate form of the cells pretreated with dibutyryl cyclic AMP, but neither carbachol nor histamine caused the change, suggesting that G(q) pathway may not mainly contribute to the change. Rho kinase inhibitor Y-27632 inhibited U46619-induced morphological change, and U46619 increased the GTP-bound form of RhoA accompanied with actin stress fiber formation. These responses were reduced by expression of p115-RGS that inhibits G(12)/(13) signaling pathway. U46619 also caused the phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and [(3)H]thymidine incorporation mainly through G(12)/(13)-Rho pathway. These results suggest that stimulation of thromboxane A(2) receptor causes the morphological change with proliferation mainly through G(12)/(13) activation in glial cells.
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- Shigeyoshi Honma
- Department of Cellular Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Phosphorylation of Ser19 on the 20-kDa regulatory light chain of myosin II (MLC20) by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent myosin light-chain kinase (MLCK) is essential for initiation of smooth muscle contraction. The initial [Ca2+]i transient is rapidly dissipated and MLCK inactivated, whereas MLC20 and muscle contraction are well maintained. Sustained contraction does not reflect Ca2+ sensitization because complete inhibition of MLC phosphatase activity in the absence of Ca2+ induces smooth muscle contraction. This contraction is suppressed by staurosporine, implying participation of a Ca2+-independent MLCK. Thus, sustained contraction, as with agonist-induced contraction at experimentally fixed Ca2+ concentrations, involves (a) G protein activation, (b) regulated inhibition of MLC phosphatase, and (c) MLC20 phosphorylation via a Ca2+-independent MLCK. The pathways that lead to inhibition of MLC phosphatase by G(q/13)-coupled receptors are initiated by sequential activation of Galpha(q)/alpha13, RhoGEF, and RhoA, and involve Rho kinase-mediated phosphorylation of the regulatory subunit of MLC phosphatase (MYPT1) and/or PKC-mediated phosphorylation of CPI-17, an endogenous inhibitor of MLC phosphatase. Sustained MLC20 phosphorylation is probably induced by the Ca2+-independent MLCK, ZIP kinase. The pathways initiated by G(i)-coupled receptors involve sequential activation of Gbetagamma(i), PI 3-kinase, and the Ca2+-independent MLCK, integrin-linked kinase. The last phosphorylates MLC20 directly and inhibits MLC phosphatase by phosphorylating CPI-17. PKA and PKG, which mediate relaxation, act upstream to desensitize the receptors (VPAC2 and NPR-C), inhibit adenylyl and guanylyl cyclase activities, and stimulate cAMP-specific PDE3 and PDE4 and cGMP-specific PDE5 activities. These kinases also act downstream to inhibit (a) initial contraction by inhibiting Ca2+ mobilization and (b) sustained contraction by inhibiting RhoA and targets downstream of RhoA. This increases MLC phosphatase activity and induces MLC20 dephosphorylation and muscle relaxation.
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- Karnam S Murthy
- Department of Physiology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA.
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Diviani D, Baisamy L, Appert-Collin A. AKAP-Lbc: a molecular scaffold for the integration of cyclic AMP and Rho transduction pathways. Eur J Cell Biol 2006; 85:603-10. [PMID: 16460837 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2006.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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A Kinase-anchoring proteins (AKAPs) are a family of functionally related proteins involved in the targeting of the PKA holoenzyme towards specific physiological substrates. We have recently identified a novel anchoring protein expressed in cardiomyocytes, called AKAP-Lbc, that functions as a PKA-targeting protein as well as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) that activates the GTPase RhoA. Here, we discuss the most recent findings elucidating the molecular mechanisms and the transduction pathways involved in the regulation of the AKAP-Lbc signaling complex inside cells. We could show that AKAP-Lbc is regulated in a bi-directional manner by signals that activate or deactivate its Rho-GEF activity. Activation of AKAP-Lbc occurs in response to agonists that stimulate G proteins coupled receptors linked to the heterotrimeric G protein G12, whereas inactivation occurs through mechanisms that require phosphorylation of AKAP-Lbc by anchored PKA and subsequent recruitment of the regulatory protein 14-3-3. Interestingly, we could demonstrate that AKAP-Lbc can form homo-oligomers inside cells and that 14-3-3 can inhibit the Rho-GEF activity of AKAP-Lbc only when the anchoring protein adopts an oligomeric conformation. These findings reveal the molecular architecture of the AKAP-Lbc transduction complex and provide a mechanistic explanation of how upstream signaling pathways can be integrated within the AKAP-Lbc transduction complex to precisely modulate the activation of Rho.
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- Dario Diviani
- Département de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie, Faculté de Médecine, Rue du Bugnon 27, CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Tamma G, Carmosino M, Svelto M, Valenti G. Bradykinin signaling counteracts cAMP-elicited aquaporin 2 translocation in renal cells. J Am Soc Nephrol 2005; 16:2881-9. [PMID: 16093449 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2005020190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Bradykinin (BK) is one of the most important peptides regulating vascular tone, water, and ionic balance in the body, playing a key role in controlling BP. It is interesting that patients with essential hypertension excrete less BK than normotensive individuals. For elucidating the mechanism by which BK regulates renal water transport that contributes to its antihypertensive effect, aquaporin 2 (AQP2)-transfected collecting duct CD8 cells, expressing the BK type II receptor (BK2R), were used as an experimental model. In CD8 cells, BK pretreatment impaired forskolin-induced AQP2 translocation to the apical plasma membrane. For clarifying the signal transduction cascade associated with this effect, whether BK induced an increase in cytosolic calcium, via the G protein Gq, known to be coupled to BK2R, first was investigated. Spectrofluorometry using fura-2-AM revealed that 100 nM BK elicited a significant increase in Ca(i), which was abolished by the receptor antagonist HOE-140. BK acts through BK2R coupled to both Gq and Galpha13, a known upstream effector of Rho protein. In CD8 cells, BK causes an increase in Rho activity, likely as a result of Galpha13 activation. This results in stabilization of the cortical F-actin network, thus impairing AQP2 trafficking. These effects counteract physiologic vasopressin stimulation, which instead has an opposite effect on actin network organization through Rho inactivation.
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- Grazia Tamma
- Dipartimento di Fisiologia Generale e Ambientale, Via Amendola 165/A, Bari 70126, Italy
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Phosphorylation of myosin II plays an important role in many cell functions, including smooth muscle contraction. The level of myosin II phosphorylation is determined by activities of myosin light chain kinase and myosin phosphatase (MP). MP is composed of 3 subunits: a catalytic subunit of type 1 phosphatase, PPlc; a targeting subunit, termed myosin phosphatase target subunit, MYPT; and a smaller subunit, M20, of unknown function. Most of the properties of MP are due to MYPT and include binding of PP1c and substrate. Other interactions are discussed. A recent discovery is the existence of an MYPT family and members include, MYPT1, MYPT2, MBS85, MYPT3 and TIMAP. Characteristics of each are outlined. An important discovery was that the activity of MP could be regulated and both activation and inhibition were reported. Activation occurs in response to elevated cyclic nucleotide levels and various mechanisms are presented. Inhibition of MP is a major component of Ca2+-sensitization in smooth muscle and various molecular mechanisms are discussed. Two mechanisms are cited frequently: (1) Phosphorylation of an inhibitory site on MYPT1, Thr696 (human isoform) and resulting inhibition of PP1c activity. Several kinases can phosphorylate Thr696, including Rho-kinase that serves an important role in smooth muscle function; and (2) Inhibition of MP by the protein kinase C-potentiated inhibitor protein of 17 kDa (CPI-17). Examples where these mechanisms are implicated in smooth muscle function are presented. The critical role of RhoA/Rho-kinase signaling in various systems is discussed, in particular those vascular smooth muscle disorders involving hypercontractility.
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- Masaaki Ito
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan.
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Diviani D, Abuin L, Cotecchia S, Pansier L. Anchoring of both PKA and 14-3-3 inhibits the Rho-GEF activity of the AKAP-Lbc signaling complex. EMBO J 2004; 23:2811-20. [PMID: 15229649 PMCID: PMC514948 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2004] [Accepted: 06/03/2004] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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A-kinase anchoring proteins (AKAPs) target the cAMP-regulated protein kinase (PKA) to its physiological substrates. We recently identified a novel anchoring protein, called AKAP-Lbc, which functions as a PKA-targeting protein as well as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for RhoA. We demonstrated that AKAP-Lbc Rho-GEF activity is stimulated by the alpha subunit of the heterotrimeric G protein G12. Here, we identified 14-3-3 as a novel regulatory protein interacting with AKAP-Lbc. Elevation of the cellular concentration of cAMP activates the PKA holoenzyme anchored to AKAP-Lbc, which phosphorylates the anchoring protein on the serine 1565. This phosphorylation event induces the recruitment of 14-3-3, which inhibits the Rho-GEF activity of AKAP-Lbc. AKAP-Lbc mutants that fail to interact with PKA or with 14-3-3 show a higher basal Rho-GEF activity as compared to the wild-type protein. This suggests that, under basal conditions, 14-3-3 maintains AKAP-Lbc in an inactive state. Therefore, while it is known that AKAP-Lbc activity can be stimulated by Galpha12, in this study we demonstrated that it is inhibited by the anchoring of both PKA and 14-3-3.
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- Dario Diviani
- Département de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie, Faculté de Médecine, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Moriki N, Ito M, Seko T, Kureishi Y, Okamoto R, Nakakuki T, Kongo M, Isaka N, Kaibuchi K, Nakano T. RhoA activation in vascular smooth muscle cells from stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats. Hypertens Res 2004; 27:263-70. [PMID: 15127884 DOI: 10.1291/hypres.27.263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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RhoA is commonly activated in the aorta in various hypertensive models, indicating that RhoA seems to be a molecular switch in hypertension. The molecular mechanisms for RhoA activation in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) were here investigated using cultured aortic smooth muscle cells (VSMC). The level of the active form of RhoA was higher in VSMC from SHRSP than in those from Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY). The phosphorylation level of myosin phosphatase target subunit 1 (MYPT1) at the inhibitory site was also significantly higher in SHRSP, and the phosphorylation levels in both VSMCs were strongly inhibited to a similar extent by treatment with Y-27632, a Rho-kinase inhibitor. The expression levels of RhoA/Rho-kinase related molecules, namely RhoA, Rho-kinase, MYPT1, CPI-17 (inhibitory phosphoprotein for myosin phosphatase) and myosin light chain kinase, were not different between SHRSP and WKY. Valsartan, an angiotensin II (Ang II)- type 1 receptor antagonist, selectively and significantly reduced the RhoA activation in VSMC from SHRSP. The expression levels of the Rho GDP-dissociation inhibitor (RhoGDI) and leukemia-associated Rho-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor (RhoGEF) did not differ between SHRSP and WKY. In cyclic nucleotide signaling, cyclic GMP (cGMP)-dependent protein kinase Ialpha (cGKIalpha) was significantly downregulated in SHRSP cells, although there were no changes in the expression levels of guanylate cyclase beta and cyclic AMP (cAMP)-dependent protein kinase or the intracellular contents of cGMP and cAMP between the two rat models. These results suggest that the possible mechanisms underlying RhoA activation in VSMC from SHRSP are autocrine/paracrine regulation by Ang II and/or cGKIalpha downregulation.
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- Nobuyuki Moriki
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
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Sanada S, Asanuma H, Tsukamoto O, Minamino T, Node K, Takashima S, Fukushima T, Ogai A, Shinozaki Y, Fujita M, Hirata A, Okuda H, Shimokawa H, Tomoike H, Hori M, Kitakaze M. Protein kinase A as another mediator of ischemic preconditioning independent of protein kinase C. Circulation 2004; 110:51-7. [PMID: 15210595 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000133390.12306.c7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND We and others have reported that transient accumulation of cyclic AMP (cAMP) in the myocardium during ischemic preconditioning (IP) limits infarct size independent of protein kinase C (PKC). Accumulation of cAMP activates protein kinase A (PKA), which has been demonstrated to cause reversible inhibition of RhoA and Rho-kinase. We investigated the involvement of PKA and Rho-kinase in the infarct limitation by IP. METHODS AND RESULTS Dogs were subjected to 90-minute ischemia and 6-hour reperfusion. We examined the effect on Rho-kinase activity during sustained ischemia and infarct size of (1) preischemic transient coronary occlusion (IP), (2) preischemic activation of PKA/PKC, (3) inhibition of PKA/PKC during IP, and (4) inhibition of Rho-kinase or actin cytoskeletal deactivation during myocardial ischemia. Either IP or dibutyryl-cAMP treatment activated PKA, which was dose-dependently inhibited by 2 PKA inhibitors (H89 and Rp-cAMP). IP and preischemic PKA activation substantially reduced infarct size, which was blunted by preischemic PKA inhibition. IP and preischemic PKA activation, but not PKC activation, caused a substantial decrease of Rho-kinase activation during sustained ischemia. These changes were cancelled by preischemic inhibition of PKA but not PKC. Furthermore, either Rho-kinase inhibition (hydroxyfasudil or Y27632) or actin cytoskeletal deactivation (cytochalasin-D) during sustained ischemia achieved the same infarct limitation as preischemic PKA activation without affecting systemic hemodynamic parameters, the area at risk, or collateral blood flow. CONCLUSIONS Transient preischemic activation of PKA reduces infarct size through Rho-kinase inhibition and actin cytoskeletal deactivation during sustained ischemia, implicating a novel mechanism for cardioprotection by ischemic preconditioning independent of PKC and a potential new therapeutic target.
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- Shoji Sanada
- Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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Integrin engagement stimulates the activity of numerous signaling molecules, including the Rho family of GTPases, tyrosine phosphatases, cAMP-dependent protein kinase and protein kinase C, and stimulates production of PtdIns(4,5)P2. Integrins promote actin assembly via the recruitment of molecules that directly activate the actin polymerization machinery or physically link it to sites of cell adhesion.
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- Kris A DeMali
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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Hartshorne DJ, Ito M, Erdödi F. Role of protein phosphatase type 1 in contractile functions: myosin phosphatase. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:37211-4. [PMID: 15136561 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r400018200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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- David J Hartshorne
- Muscle Biology Group, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
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Endou K, Iizuka K, Yoshii A, Tsukagoshi H, Ishizuka T, Dobashi K, Nakazawa T, Mori M. 8-Bromo-cAMP decreases the Ca2+ sensitivity of airway smooth muscle contraction through a mechanism distinct from inhibition of Rho-kinase. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2004; 287:L641-8. [PMID: 15121638 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00287.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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To clarify whether cyclic AMP (cAMP)/cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) activation and Rho-kinase inhibition share a common mechanism to decrease the Ca2+ sensitivity of airway smooth muscle contraction, we examined the effects of 8-bromoadenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-BrcAMP), a stable cAMP analog, and (+)-(R)-trans-4-(1-aminoethyl)-N-(4-pyridyl) cyclohexane carboxamide dihydrochloride, monohydrate (Y-27632), a Rho-kinase inhibitor, on carbachol (CCh)-, guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTPgammaS)-, 4beta-phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu)-, and leukotriene D4 (LTD4)-induced Ca2+ sensitization in alpha-toxin-permeabilized rabbit tracheal and human bronchial smooth muscle. In rabbit trachea, CCh-induced smooth muscle contraction was inhibited by 8-BrcAMP and Y-27632 to a similar extent. However, GTPgammaS-induced smooth muscle contraction was resistant to 8-BrcAMP. In the presence of a saturating concentration of Y-27632, PDBu-induced smooth muscle contraction was completely reversed by 8-BrcAMP. Conversely, PDBu-induced smooth muscle contraction was resistant to Y-27632. In the presence of a saturating concentration of 8-BrcAMP, GTPgammaS-induced Ca2+ sensitization was also reversed by Y-27632. The 8-BrcAMP had no effect on the ATP-triggered contraction of tracheal smooth muscle that had been treated with calyculin A in rigor solutions. The 8-BrcAMP and Y-27632 additively accelerated the relaxation rate of PDBu- and GTPgammaS-treated smooth muscle under myosin light chain kinase-inhibited conditions. In human bronchus, LTD4-induced smooth muscle contraction was inhibited by both 8-BrcAMP and Y-27632. We conclude that cAMP/PKA-induced Ca2+ desensitization contains at least two mechanisms: 1) inhibition of the muscarinic receptor signaling upstream from Rho activation and 2) cAMP/PKA's preferential reversal of PKC-mediated Ca2+ sensitization in airway smooth muscle.
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- Katsuaki Endou
- Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan
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Somlyo AP, Somlyo AV. Ca2+ sensitivity of smooth muscle and nonmuscle myosin II: modulated by G proteins, kinases, and myosin phosphatase. Physiol Rev 2003; 83:1325-58. [PMID: 14506307 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00023.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1528] [Impact Index Per Article: 72.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Ca2+ sensitivity of smooth muscle and nonmuscle myosin II reflects the ratio of activities of myosin light-chain kinase (MLCK) to myosin light-chain phosphatase (MLCP) and is a major, regulated determinant of numerous cellular processes. We conclude that the majority of phenotypes attributed to the monomeric G protein RhoA and mediated by its effector, Rho-kinase (ROK), reflect Ca2+ sensitization: inhibition of myosin II dephosphorylation in the presence of basal (Ca2+ dependent or independent) or increased MLCK activity. We outline the pathway from receptors through trimeric G proteins (Galphaq, Galpha12, Galpha13) to activation, by guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs), from GDP. RhoA. GDI to GTP. RhoA and hence to ROK through a mechanism involving association of GEF, RhoA, and ROK in multimolecular complexes at the lipid cell membrane. Specific domains of GEFs interact with trimeric G proteins, and some GEFs are activated by Tyr kinases whose inhibition can inhibit Rho signaling. Inhibition of MLCP, directly by ROK or by phosphorylation of the phosphatase inhibitor CPI-17, increases phosphorylation of the myosin II regulatory light chain and thus the activity of smooth muscle and nonmuscle actomyosin ATPase and motility. We summarize relevant effects of p21-activated kinase, LIM-kinase, and focal adhesion kinase. Mechanisms of Ca2+ desensitization are outlined with emphasis on the antagonism between cGMP-activated kinase and the RhoA/ROK pathway. We suggest that the RhoA/ROK pathway is constitutively active in a number of organs under physiological conditions; its aberrations play major roles in several disease states, particularly impacting on Ca2+ sensitization of smooth muscle in hypertension and possibly asthma and on cancer neoangiogenesis and cancer progression. It is a potentially important therapeutic target and a subject for translational research.
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- Andrew P Somlyo
- Dept. of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, Univ. of Virginia, PO Box 800736, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0736.
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