title: Characterization of a novel sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor, Edg-8.
abstract: Three G protein-coupled receptors (Edg-1, Edg-3, and Edg-5) for the lysolipid phosphoric acid mediator sphingosine 1-phosphate have been described by molecular cloning. Using a similar sequence that we found in the expressed sequence tag data base, we cloned and characterized of a fourth, high affinity, rat brain sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor, Edg-8. When HEK293T cells were co-transfected with Edg-8 and G protein DNAs, prepared membranes showed sphingosine 1- phosphate-dependent increases in [(35)S]guanosine 5'-(3-O-thio)triphosphate binding with an EC(50) of 90 nm. In a rat hepatoma Rh7777 cell line that exhibits modest endogenous responses to sphingosine 1-phosphate, this lipid mediator inhibited forskolin-driven rises in cAMP by greater than 90% when the cells were transfected with Edg-8 DNA (IC(50) 0.7 nm). This response is blocked fully by prior treatment of cultures with pertussis toxin, thus implicating signaling through G(i/o)alpha proteins. Furthermore, Xenopus oocytes exhibit a calcium response to sphingosine 1-phosphate after injection of Edg-8 mRNA, but only when oocytes are co-injected with chimeric G(q/i)alpha protein mRNA. Membranes from HEK293T and Rh7777 cell cultures expressing Edg-8 exhibited high affinity (K(D) = 2 nm) binding for radiolabeled sphingosine 1-phosphate. Rat Edg-8 RNA is expressed in spleen and throughout adult rat brain where in situ hybridization revealed it to be associated with white matter. Together our data demonstrate that Edg-8 is a high affinity sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor that couples to G(i/o)alpha proteins and is expressed predominantly by oligodendrocytes and/or fibrous astrocytes in the rat brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Heise
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ancellin
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: O'Dowd
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Shei
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Heavens
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Rigby
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hla
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mandala
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McAllister
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Lynch
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D004247:DNA; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D051381:Rats; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D049312:Receptors, Lysophospholipid; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D049312:Receptors, Lysophospholipid; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004247:DNA; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins