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Vol. 275, Issue 5, C1255-C1263, November 1998

Sphingosylphosphorylcholine stimulates mitogen-activated protein kinase via a Ca2+-dependent pathway

Ting-Yu Chin and Sheau-Huei Chueh

Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

In cultured porcine aortic smooth muscle cells, sphingosylphosphorylcholine (SPC), ATP, or bradykinin (BK) induced a rapid dose-dependent increase in the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) and also stimulated inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) generation. Pretreatment of cells with pertussis toxin blocked the SPC-induced IP3 generation and [Ca2+]i increase but had no effect on the action of ATP or BK. In addition, SPC stimulated the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and increased DNA synthesis, whereas neither ATP nor BK produced such effects. Both the SPC-induced MAPK activation and DNA synthesis were pertussis toxin sensitive. SPC-induced MAPK activation was blocked by treatment of cells with the phospholipase C inhibitor, U-73122, or the intracellular Ca2+-ATPase inhibitor, thapsigargin, but not by removal of extracellular Ca2+. Lysophosphatidic acid induced cellular responses similar to SPC in a pertussis toxin-sensitive manner in terms of [Ca2+]i increase, IP3 generation, MAPK activation, and DNA synthesis. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) also induced a [Ca2+]i increase, MAPK activation, and DNA synthesis in the same cells; however, the PDGF-induced MAPK activation was not sensitive to pertussis toxin and changes in [Ca2+]i. SPC-induced MAPK activation was inhibited by pretreatment of cells with staurosporine, W-7, or calmidazolium. Our results suggest that, in porcine aortic smooth muscle cells, MAPK is not activated by the increase in [Ca2+]i unless a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein is simultaneously stimulated, indicating the role of Ca2+ in pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein-mediated MAPK activation.

cytosolic calcium concentration; lysophosphatidic acid; ATP; bradykinin; platelet-derived growth factor; porcine aortic smooth muscle cells


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