title: Identification of lysophospholipid receptors in human platelets: the relation of two agonists, lysophosphatidic acid and sphingosine 1-phosphate.
abstract: Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and sphingosine 1-phosphate (Sph-1-P) are known as structurally related bio-active lipids activating platelets through their respective receptors. Although the receptors for LPA and Sph-1-P have been recently identified in various cells, the identification and characterization of ones in platelets have been reported only preliminarily. In this report, we first investigated the distinct modes of LPA and Sph-1-P actions in platelet activation and found that LPA functioned as a much stronger agonist than Sph-1-P, and high concentrations of Sph-1-P specifically desensitized LPA-induced intracellular Ca(2+) mobilization. In order to identify the responsible receptors underlying these observations, we analyzed the LPA and Sph-1-P receptors which might be expressed in human platelets, by RT-PCR. We found for the first time that Edg2, 4, 6 and 7 mRNA are expressed in human platelets.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomembrane, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12-Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Motohashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yatomi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Igarashi
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D007700:Kinetics; D008246:Lysophospholipids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D015539:Platelet Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000097:blood; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000097:blood* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D049368:Receptors, Lysophosphatidic Acid; D049312:Receptors, Lysophospholipid; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013110:Sphingosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D008246:Lysophospholipids; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D049368:Receptors, Lysophosphatidic Acid; D049312:Receptors, Lysophospholipid; C060506:sphingosine 1-phosphate; D013110:Sphingosine; D002118:Calcium