title: Exogenous sphingosine 1-phosphate induces neurite retraction possibly through a cell surface receptor in PC12 cells.
abstract: Exogenous sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), like lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), induced neurite retraction or cell rounding in differentiated PC12 cells. The lysosphingolipid-induced shape change was detected at as low as 1 nM; however, a significant accumulation of intracellular S1P was not detected until 1 microM S1P was applied. Moreover, although exogenous sphingosine caused a significant increase in intracellular S1P by sphingosine kinase-catalyzed phosphorylation, the effect on the shape change was marginal. Exposure of the cells to the immobilized S1P in which the lipid was covalently linked to a glass carrier also resulted in the shape change. These results suggest that the exogenous S1P-induced shape change does not require uptake of the lipid into the cells but possibly requires interaction with a cell surface receptor in the neuronal cells.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Signal Transduction, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan. kosato@news sb.gunma-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ui
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Okajima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D048429:Cell Size / Q000187:drug effects; D008246:Lysophospholipids / Q000494:pharmacology; D016501:Neurites / Q000502:physiology*; D016716:PC12 Cells; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013110:Sphingosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000099157:Sphingosine Kinase
chemical_list: D008246:Lysophospholipids; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D013110:Sphingosine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D000099157:Sphingosine Kinase; C060506:sphingosine 1-phosphate