title: Lysophospholipid receptor-dependent and -independent calcium signaling.
abstract: Changes in cellular Ca(2+) concentrations form a ubiquitous signal regulating numerous processes such as fertilization, differentiation, proliferation, contraction, and secretion. The Ca(2+) signal, highly organized in space and time, is generated by the cellular Ca(2+) signaling toolkit. Lysophospholipids, such as sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), sphingosylphosphorylcholine (SPC), or lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) use this toolkit in a specific manner to initiate their cellular responses. Acting as agonists at G protein-coupled receptors, S1P, SPC, and LPA increase the intracellular free Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) by using the classical, phospholipase C (PLC)-dependent pathway as well as PLC-independent pathways such as sphingosine kinase (SphK)/S1P. The S1P(1) receptor, via protein kinase C, inhibits the [Ca(2+)](i) transients caused by other receptors. Both S1P and SPC also act intracellularly to regulate [Ca(2+)](i). Intracellular S1P mobilizes Ca(2+) in intact cells independently of G protein-coupled S1P receptors, and Ca(2+) signaling by many agonists requires SphK-mediated S1P production. As shown for the FcepsilonRI receptor, PLC and SphK may contribute specific components to the overall [Ca(2+)](i) transient. Of the many open questions, identification of the intracellular S1P target site(s) appears to be of particular importance.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pharmakologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, 45122 Essen, Germany. meyer-heringdorf@uni-essen.de
authors.forename: Dagmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meyer Zu Heringdorf
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism; D049312:Receptors, Lysophospholipid / Q000502:physiology*; D000099157:Sphingosine Kinase
chemical_list: D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D049312:Receptors, Lysophospholipid; D000099157:Sphingosine Kinase