title: Growth factor-like action of lysophosphatidic acid: mitogenic signalling mediated by G proteins.
abstract: Several classes of growth factors can be distinguished that act through different signal transduction pathways. One class is constituted by the peptide growth factors that bind to receptors with ligand-dependent protein tyrosine kinase activity. Another class of mitogens activates a phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C via a receptor-linked G protein. An intriguing member of this class is lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). LPA mitogenicity is not dependent on other mitogens and is blocked by pertussis toxin. LPA evokes at least three separate signalling cascades: (i) activation of a pertussis toxin-insensitive G protein mediating phosphoinositide hydrolysis; (ii) release of arachidonic acid in a GTP-dependent manner, but independent of prior phosphoinositide hydrolysis; and (iii) activation of a pertussis toxin-sensitive Gi protein mediating inhibition of adenylate cyclase. The peptide bradykinin mimics LPA in inducing responses (i) and (ii), but fails to activate Gi and to stimulate DNA synthesis. Our results suggest that the mitogenic action of LPA occurs through Gi or a related pertussis toxin substrate and that, unexpectedly, the phosphoinositide hydrolysis pathway is neither required nor sufficient, by itself, for mitogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cellular Biochemistry, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Moolenaar
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: van Corven
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects*; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008246:Lysophospholipids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008934:Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D010712:Phosphatidic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D008246:Lysophospholipids; D008934:Mitogens; D010712:Phosphatidic Acids; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins