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RECEPTORS AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION

G_q/G₁₃ signaling by ET-1 in smooth muscle: MYPT1 phosphorylation via ET_A and CPI-17 dephosphorylation via ET_B

Departments of Physiology and Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School, Richmond, Virginia 23298

Submitted 23 April 2004 ; accepted in final form 12 June 2004

We analyzed the signaling pathways initiated by endothelin receptors ET_A and ET_B in intestinal circular and longitudinal smooth muscle cells. The response to endothelin-1 (ET-1) consisted of two phases in both cell types. The initial, transient phase of contraction and phosphorylation of 20-kDa myosin light chain (MLC₂₀) was mediated additively by ET_A and ET_B receptors and initiated by G_q-, Ca²⁺/calmodulin-dependent activation of MLC kinase. In contrast, the sustained phase was mediated selectively by ET_A receptors via a pathway involving sequential activation of G₁₃, RhoA, and Rho kinase, resulting in phosphorylation of MYPT1 at Thr⁶⁹⁶ and phosphorylation of MLC₂₀. Although PKC was activated, CPI-17 was not phosphorylated and hence did not contribute to inhibition of MLC phosphatase. The absence of CPI-17 phosphorylation by PKC reflected active dephosphorylation of CPI-17 by protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A). PP2A was activated via a pathway involving ET_B-dependent stimulation of p38 MAPK activity. CPI-17 phosphorylation was unmasked in the presence of the ET_B antagonist BQ-788, but not the ET_A antagonist BQ-123, and in the presence of a low concentration of okadaic acid, which selectively inactivates PP2A. The resultant phosphorylation of CPI-17 was blocked by bisindolylmaleimide, providing direct confirmation that it was PKC dependent. We conclude that the two phases of the intestinal smooth muscle response to ET-1 involve distinct receptors, G proteins, and signaling pathways. The sustained response is mediated via selective ET_A-dependent phosphorylation of MYPT1. In contrast, ET_B initiates an inhibitory pathway involving p38 MAPK-dependent activation of PP2A that causes dephosphorylation of CPI-17.

endothelin receptor type A; endothelin receptor type B; myosin phosphatase targeting subunit

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