title: Increasing molecular diversity of secreted phospholipases A(2) and their receptors and binding proteins.
abstract: Secreted phospholipases A(2) (sPLA(2)s) form a large family of structurally related enzymes which are widespread in nature. Snake venoms are known for decades to contain a tremendous molecular diversity of sPLA(2)s which can exert a myriad of toxic and pharmacological effects. Recent studies indicate that mammalian cells also express a variety of sPLA(2)s with ten distinct members identified so far, in addition to the various other intracellular PLA(2)s. Furthermore, scanning of nucleic acid databases fueled by the different genome projects indicates that several sPLA(2)s are also present in invertebrate animals like Drosophila melanogaster as well as in plants. All of these sPLA(2)s catalyze the hydrolysis of glycerophospholipids at the sn-2 position to release free fatty acids and lysophospholipids, and thus could be important for the biosynthesis of biologically active lipid mediators. However, the recent identification of a variety of membrane and soluble proteins that bind to sPLA(2)s suggests that the sPLA(2) enzymes could also function as high affinity ligands. So far, most of the binding data have been accumulated with venom sPLA(2)s and group IB and IIA mammalian sPLA(2)s. Collectively, venom sPLA(2)s have been shown to bind to membrane and soluble mammalian proteins of the C-type lectin superfamily (M-type sPLA(2) receptor and lung surfactant proteins), to pentraxin and reticulocalbin proteins, to factor Xa and to N-type receptors. Venom sPLA(2)s also associate with three distinct types of sPLA(2) inhibitors purified from snake serum that belong to the C-type lectin superfamily, to the three-finger protein superfamily and to proteins containing leucine-rich repeats. On the other hand, mammalian group IB and IIA sPLA(2)s can bind to the M-type receptor, and group IIA sPLA(2)s can associate with lung surfactant proteins, factor Xa and proteoglycans including glypican and decorin, a mammalian protein containing a leucine-rich repeat.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, 660 route des Lucioles, Sophia Antipolis, 06560, Valbonne, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Valentin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lambeau
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants; D011485:Protein Binding; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000737:chemistry*; D054507:Receptors, Phospholipase A2; D012910:Snake Venoms / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; C516360:PLA2R1 protein, human; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D054507:Receptors, Phospholipase A2; D012910:Snake Venoms; D010741:Phospholipases A