title: Lysophosphatidic acid potentiates ACh receptor currents by G-protein-mediated activation of protein kinase C.
abstract: The effect of lysophosphatidic acid (lysoPA) on acetylcholine (ACh)-evoked currents was examined using normal and mutant Torpedo nicotinic ACh receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes. LysoPA enhanced ACh-evoked currents in a washing time- and dose-dependent manner at concentrations of 0.1-3 microM, reaching a maximum of 210% 30 min after treatment, and instead, higher concentrations of lysoPA potentiated to a lesser extent or inhibited the currents. Dose-response curve to ACh was not affected by treatment with lysoPA. Current potentiation by lysoPA was fully inhibited by a broad G-protein inhibitor, guanosine-5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate) (GDPbetaS), but not by a Gi/o-protein inhibitor, pertussis toxin (PTX). Additionally, the selective protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor, GF109203X, blocked the potentiation, although the effect of lysoPA was not affected by the selective cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) inhibitor, H-89, or mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor, PD98059. LysoPA (3 microM) enhanced currents to 130% in Ca2+-free extracellular solution, and to 150% still in the mutant ACh receptors lacking PKC phosphorylation sites. The potentiation was also completely blocked by GF109203X. These results indicate that lysoPA potentiates ACh receptor currents by PTX-insensitive G-protein-mediated activation of Ca2+-dependent/-independent PKCs with subsequent phosphorylation of the receptors and by an unknown factor or process activated by PKC activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishizaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sumikawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D008246:Lysophospholipids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009154:Mutation; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000187:drug effects*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D014101:Torpedo; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology; D014981:Xenopus
chemical_list: D008246:Lysophospholipids; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins