title: Sphingosine-1-phosphate stimulates human glioma cell proliferation through Gi-coupled receptors: role of ERK MAP kinase and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase beta.
abstract: The regulation of glioma cell proliferation by sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) was studied using the human glioblastoma cell line U-373 MG. U-373 MG cells responded mitogenically to nanomolar concentrations of S1P, and express mRNA encoding the S1P receptors S1P1/endothelial differentiation gene (EDG)-1, S1P3/EDG-3 and S1P2/EDG-5. S1P-induced proliferation required extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation and was partially sensitive to pertussis toxin and wortmannin, indicating involvement of a Gi-coupled receptor and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. Moreover, S1P1, S1P3 and S1P2 receptors are expressed in the majority of human glioblastomas as determined by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis. Thus, S1P signaling through EDG receptors may contribute to glioblastoma growth in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, 4164 Graves Hall, 333 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. van-brocklyn.1@osu.edu
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Brocklyn
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Letterle
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Prior
mesh_terms: D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D019206:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go / Q000502:physiology*; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008246:Lysophospholipids; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D049312:Receptors, Lysophospholipid; D013110:Sphingosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D000077191:Wortmannin
chemical_list: D000730:Androstadienes; D008246:Lysophospholipids; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D049312:Receptors, Lysophospholipid; C060506:sphingosine 1-phosphate; D004247:DNA; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019206:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go; D013110:Sphingosine; D000077191:Wortmannin