title: Lysophosphatidic acid and autotaxin stimulate cell motility of neoplastic and non-neoplastic cells through LPA1.
abstract: Autotaxin (ATX) is a tumor cell motility-stimulating factor originally isolated from melanoma cell supernatant that has been implicated in regulation of invasive and metastatic properties of cancer cells. Recently, we showed that ATX is identical to lysophospholipase D, which converts lysophosphatidylcholine to a potent bioactive phospholipid mediator, lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), raising the possibility that autocrine or paracrine production of LPA by ATX contributes to tumor cell motility. Here we demonstrate that LPA and ATX mediate cell motility-stimulating activity through the LPA receptor, LPA(1). In fibroblasts isolated from lpa(1)(-/-) mice, but not from wild-type or lpa(2)(-/-), cell motility stimulated with LPA and ATX was completely absent. In the lpa(1)(-/-) cells, LPA-stimulated lamellipodia formation was markedly diminished with a concomitant decrease in Rac1 activation. LPA stimulated the motility of multiple human cancer cell lines expressing LPA(1), and the motility was attenuated by an LPA(1)-selective antagonist, Ki16425. The present study suggests that ATX and LPA(1) represent potential targets for cancer therapy.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hama
authors.forename: Junken
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukaya
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kishi
authors.forename: Teruyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Rika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamori
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Jerold
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002465:Cell Movement; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002633:Chemotaxis; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D005956:Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase / Q000502:physiology*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000502:physiology*; D007555:Isoxazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D008246:Lysophospholipids / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008954:Models, Biological; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000502:physiology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D043264:Phosphodiesterase I; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D011422:Propionates / Q000494:pharmacology; D011755:Pyrophosphatases; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015398:Signal Transduction; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology; D013997:Time Factors; D020830:rac1 GTP-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D020742:rhoA GTP-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D000099189:Lysophospholipase D
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium; D005956:Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase; D006023:Glycoproteins; D007555:Isoxazoles; D008246:Lysophospholipids; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D043264:Phosphodiesterase I; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D011422:Propionates; D011755:Pyrophosphatases; D020830:rac1 GTP-Binding Protein; D020742:rhoA GTP-Binding Protein; D000099189:Lysophospholipase D; C477898:3-(4-(4-((1-(2-chlorophenyl)ethoxy)carbonyl amino)-3-methyl-5-isoxazolyl) benzylsulfanyl) propanoic acid; C032881:lysophosphatidic acid