title: Regulation of the Hippo-YAP pathway by G-protein-coupled receptor signaling.
abstract: The Hippo pathway is crucial in organ size control, and its dysregulation contributes to tumorigenesis. However, upstream signals that regulate the mammalian Hippo pathway have remained elusive. Here, we report that the Hippo pathway is regulated by G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling. Serum-borne lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and sphingosine 1-phosphophate (S1P) act through G12/13-coupled receptors to inhibit the Hippo pathway kinases Lats1/2, thereby activating YAP and TAZ transcription coactivators, which are oncoproteins repressed by Lats1/2. YAP and TAZ are involved in LPA-induced gene expression, cell migration, and proliferation. In contrast, stimulation of Gs-coupled receptors by glucagon or epinephrine activates Lats1/2 kinase activity, thereby inhibiting YAP function. Thus, GPCR signaling can either activate or inhibit the Hippo-YAP pathway depending on the coupled G protein. Our study identifies extracellular diffusible signals that modulate the Hippo pathway and also establishes the Hippo-YAP pathway as a critical signaling branch downstream of GPCR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Fa-Xing
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Nattapon
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Panupinthu
authors.forename: Jenna L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Jewell
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lian
authors.forename: Lloyd H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jiagang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Haixin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tumaneng
authors.forename: Hairi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiang-Dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Gordon B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: Kun-Liang
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Guan
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases; D000818:Animals; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002460:Cell Line; D002465:Cell Movement; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D006801:Humans; D008246:Lysophospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009929:Organ Size; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / Q000378:metabolism*; D044967:Serum / Q000737:chemistry; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013110:Sphingosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D008246:Lysophospholipids; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D014157:Transcription Factors; C456659:YY1AP1 protein, human; C060506:sphingosine 1-phosphate; D000217:Acyltransferases; C108675:TAFAZZIN protein, human; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D013110:Sphingosine; C032881:lysophosphatidic acid