title: Phosphatidylinositol transfer protein alpha regulates growth and apoptosis of NIH3T3 cells: involvement of a cannabinoid 1-like receptor.
abstract: Mouse fibroblast cells overexpressing phosphatidylinositol transfer protein alpha [PI-TPalpha; sense PI-TPalpha (SPIalpha) cells] show a significantly increased rate of proliferation and an extreme resistance toward ultraviolet- or tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced apoptosis. The conditioned medium (CM) from SPIalpha cells or the neutral lipid extract from CM stimulated the proliferation of quiescent wild-type NIH3T3 cells. CM was also highly effective in increasing resistance toward induced apoptosis in both wild-type cells and the highly apoptosis-sensitive SPIbeta cells (i.e., wild-type cells overexpressing PI-TPbeta). CM from SPIalpha cells grown in the presence of NS398, a specific cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor, expressed a diminished mitogenic and antiapoptotic activity. This strongly suggests that at least one of the bioactive factor(s) is an eicosanoid. In accordance, SPIalpha cells express enhanced levels of COX-1 and COX-2. The antiapoptotic activity of CM from SPIalpha cells tested on SPIbeta cells was inhibited by approximately 50% by pertussis toxin and suramin as well as by SR141716A, a specific antagonist of the cannabinoid 1 receptor. These inhibitors had virtually no effect on the COX-2-independent antiapoptotic activity of CM from SPIalpha cells. The latter results imply that PI-TPalpha mediates the production of a COX-2-dependent eicosanoid that activates a G-protein-coupled receptor, most probably a cannabinoid 1-like receptor.
authors.affiliation: Center for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, Department of Lipid Biochemistry, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Martijn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schenning
authors.forename: Claudia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: van Tiel
authors.forename: Daniëlle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Van Manen
authors.forename: Jord C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Stam
authors.forename: Barend M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Gadella
authors.forename: Karel W A
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Wirtz
authors.forename: Gerry T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Snoek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology*; D002470:Cell Survival; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D049294:Phospholipid Transfer Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D043882:Receptors, Cannabinoid / Q000378:metabolism*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D049294:Phospholipid Transfer Proteins; D043882:Receptors, Cannabinoid; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; C496512:Ptgs1 protein, mouse