title: Stimulation of nuclear sphingosine kinase activity by platelet-derived growth factor.
abstract: Subcellular fractionation revealed that a significant fraction of total sphingosine kinase, the enzyme that phosphorylates sphingosine to form the bioactive lipid metabolite sphingosine-1-phosphate, resides in the nuclei of Swiss 3T3 cells, localized to both the nuclear envelope and the nucleoplasm. Platelet-derived growth factor, in addition to rapidly stimulating cytosolic sphingosine kinase, also induced a large increase in nucleoplasm-associated activity after 12-24 h that correlated with progression of cells to the S-phase of the cell cycle and translocation of sphingosine kinase-green fluorescent protein fusion protein to the nuclear envelope. Our results add sphingosine kinase to the growing list of lipid-metabolizing enzymes associated with the nucleus, and suggest that sphingosine-1-phosphate may also play a role in signal transduction in the nucleus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kleuser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maceyka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Milstien
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spiegel
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000201:enzymology*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism*; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D021381:Protein Transport; D016196:S Phase; D000099157:Sphingosine Kinase
chemical_list: D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D000099157:Sphingosine Kinase