title: Modulation of prostaglandin G/H synthase expression in mesangial cells transfected by pp60c-src proto-oncogene.
abstract: The role of the protein tyrosine kinase pp60c-src in the expression of prostaglandin G/H synthase (PGHS), the key enzyme of prostaglandin synthesis, was investigated in rat renal mesangial cells. Transfection of mesangial cells with the proto-oncogene c-src resulted in nontransformed cells with constitutively enhanced pp60c-src kinase activity. As a control, mesangial cells were transfected with inactive pp60c-src, mutated in position 295 (lysine replaced by methionine). Expression of the constitutive isoform PGHS-1 was enhanced in cells overexpressing wild-type c-src compared to cells transfected with the kinase negative c-src mutant. Levels of other constitutively expressed proteins such as GAPDH and beta-actin were also enhanced. PGHS-2 was barely detectable in resting cells but was inducible by PDGF-AB, PDGF-BB, serotonin, FCS, and calcium ionophore A23187. Induction was diminished in pp60c-src kinase-overexpressing cells, independent of the stimulus used, suggesting interference at a late step in the signaling cascade. No induction of PGHS-2 mRNA was observed in mesangial cells transformed by the oncogene v-src. An increase in intracellular calcium levels is an early step in signal transduction by PDGF and serotonin in mesangial cells. c-src kinase overexpression reduced PDGF- and serotonin-mediated changes in Ca2+ signaling, indicating multiple targets of pp60c-src action. Overexpression of pp60c-src in mesangial cells thus affected basal protein expression, reflected by the enhanced PGHS-1 mRNA and protein expression. With regard to induction of PGHS-2, overexpression of pp60c-src reduced induction by stimuli coupled to different types of signaling pathways.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik IV, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
authors.forename: C O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Reiser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marx
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoppe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goppelt-Struebe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000235:genetics; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000166:cytology* / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src) / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D014162:Transfection / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src); D002118:Calcium