title: Sphingosine 1-phosphate is released from the cytosol of rat platelets in a carrier-mediated manner.
abstract: Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is accumulated in platelets and released on stimulation by thrombin or Ca(2+). Thrombin-stimulated S1P release was inhibited by staurosporin, whereas Ca(2+)-stimulated release was not. When the platelet plasma membrane was permeabilized with streptolysin O (SLO), S1P leaked out with cytosol markers, whereas granular markers remained in the platelets. The SLO-induced S1P leakage required BSA, probably for solubilization of S1P in the medium. These results indicate that S1P is localized in the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane and that its release is a carrier-mediated process. We also used alpha-toxin (ATX), which makes smaller pores in the plasma membrane than SLO and depletes cytosolic ATP without BSA-dependent S1P leakage. The addition of ATP drove S1P release from ATX platelets. The ATP-driven S1P release from ATX platelets was greatly enhanced by thrombin. An ATP binding cassette transporter inhibitor, glyburide, prevents ATP- and thrombin-induced S1P release from platelets. Ca(2+) also stimulated S1P release from ATX platelets without ATP, whereas the Ca(2+)-induced release was not inhibited by glyburide. Our results indicate that two independent S1P release systems might exist in the platelet plasma membrane, an ATP-dependent system stimulated by thrombin and an ATP-independent system stimulated by Ca(2+).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Membrane Biology, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka 567-0047, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuyoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kihara
authors.forename: Takamitsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: Akihito
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005089:Exocytosis; D005260:Female; D008246:Lysophospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010978:Platelet Factor 4 / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013110:Sphingosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D013301:Streptolysins / Q000378:metabolism; D013917:Thrombin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008246:Lysophospholipids; D013301:Streptolysins; C025964:streptolysin O; C060506:sphingosine 1-phosphate; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D012701:Serotonin; D010978:Platelet Factor 4; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D013917:Thrombin; D013110:Sphingosine