title: A single receptor encoded by vzg-1/lpA1/edg-2 couples to G proteins and mediates multiple cellular responses to lysophosphatidic acid.
abstract: Extracellular lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) produces diverse cellular responses in many cell types. Recent reports of several molecularly distinct G protein-coupled receptors have raised the possibility that the responses to LPA stimulation could be mediated by the combination of several uni-functional receptors. To address this issue, we analyzed one receptor encoded by ventricular zone gene-1 (vzg-1) (also referred to as lpA1/edg-2) by using heterologous expression in a neuronal and nonneuronal cell line. VZG-1 expression was necessary and sufficient in mediating multiple effects of LPA: [3H]-LPA binding, G protein activation, stress fiber formation, neurite retraction, serum response element activation, and increased DNA synthesis. These results demonstrate that a single receptor, encoded by vzg-1, can activate multiple LPA-dependent responses in cells from distinct tissue lineages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0636, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008246:Lysophospholipids / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000819:agonists / Q000502:physiology*; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D049368:Receptors, Lysophosphatidic Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D008246:Lysophospholipids; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D049368:Receptors, Lysophosphatidic Acid; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins