title: Tyrosine phosphorylation of platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 induced by lysophosphatidylcholine in cultured endothelial cells.
abstract: Lysophosphatidylcholine (lyso-PC), a biologically active phospholipid, appears to modulate various endothelial cell functions through tyrosine kinase-dependent signaling pathways. In cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAEC), we have found that a 130 kDa protein (p130) was rapidly tyrosine phosphorylated within 2 min and sustained for, at least, 1 hr in response to 10 mumol/L of lyso-PC but not to phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). Prolonged preexposure to PMA did not affect lyso-PC-induced p130 tyrosine phosphorylation, suggesting that mechanisms independent of protein kinase C may be involved. Fractionation of the cell lysates revealed that p130 was detectable in the membrane fraction but not in the cytosolic fraction. Immunoprecipitation followed by immunoblotting of lyso-PC-treated BAEC identified p130 as bovine PECAM-1. Tyrosine phosphorylation of PECAM-1 appears to be one of the earliest events elicited by lyso-PC, and may play a role in lyso-PC-induced modulation of endothelial functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ochi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kume
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moriwaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kita
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta; D002417:Cattle; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism*; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007163:Immunosorbent Techniques; D008244:Lysophosphatidylcholines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D019000:Phosphotyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D008244:Lysophosphatidylcholines; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate