title: Transfected platelet-activating factor receptor activates mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase and MAP kinase kinase in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
abstract: The platelet-activating factor (PAF) was seen to potently activate mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase and MAP kinase kinase through the cloned guinea pig PAF receptor stably expressed in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Both 42- and 44-kDa MAP kinases were activated and tyrosine-phosphorylated in response to PAF. The PAF receptor also triggered the production of inositol phosphates and the release of arachidonic acid and inhibited cyclic AMP accumulation. Differential inhibitory effects of pertussis toxin (PTX) on these signals suggested that the PAF receptor couples to both PTX-sensitive and -insensitive G proteins in CHO cells. MAP kinase and MAP kinase activations were partially regulated by PTX-sensitive G proteins. The PAF receptor did not trigger any detectable increase in the GTP form of Ras under the conditions in which the human insulin receptor expressed in the same parent CHO cells potently increased the level. Since these agonists induced comparable MAP kinase activations through cognate receptors, Ras seems to play different roles in MAP kinase activation by the two different classes of receptors. The activation of MAP kinase by the cloned PAF receptor may explain part of the mechanisms underlying PAF-induced differentiation and proliferation in non-inflammatory cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gotoh
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D016466:CHO Cells; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006224:Cricetinae; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014162:Transfection; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; C039351:platelet activating factor receptor; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011494:Protein Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins