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Growth factor pre-treatment differentially regulates phosphoinositide turnover downstream of lysophospholipid receptor and metabotropic glutamate receptors in cultured rat cerebrocortical astrocytes.

Reactive gliosis is an aspect of neural plasticity and growth factor (GF) stimulation of astrocytes in vitro is widely regarded as a model system to study astrocyte plasticity. Astrocytes express receptors for several ligands including lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), agonists for the G-protein-coupled lysophospholipid receptors (lpRs). Activation of lpRs by LPA or S1P leads to multiple pharmacological effects including the influx of calcium, phosphoinositide (PI) hydrolysis, phosphorylation of extracellular receptor regulated kinase (ERK), release of arachidonic acid, and induces mitogenesis. Treatment of astrocytes in vitro with a growth factor cocktail (containing epidermal growth factor [EGF], basic fibroblast growth factor [bFGF] and insulin) led to a marked attenuation of lpR-induced PI hydrolysis. In contrast, under identical conditions, GF treatment led to marked potentiation of PI hydrolysis downstream of activation of another abundantly expressed G-protein coupled receptor, mGluR5. Quantitative gene expression analysis of GF-treated or control astrocytes by TaqMan RT-PCR indicated that GF treatment did not change gene expression of lpa1 and s1p1, but increased gene expression of s1p5 which is expressed at very low levels in basal conditions. These results suggest that GF differentially affected PLC activation downstream of mGluR5 versus lpR activation and that the changes in mRNA levels of lpRs do not account for marked attenuation of agonist-induced phosphoinositide turnover.

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Mapping the phosphoinositide-binding site on chick cofilin explains how PIP2 regulates the cofilin-actin interaction.

Cofilin plays a key role in the choreography of actin dynamics via its ability to sever actin filaments and increase the rate of monomer dissociation from pointed ends. The exact manner by which phosphoinositides bind to cofilin and inhibit its interaction with actin has proven difficult to ascertain. We determined the structure of chick cofilin and used NMR chemical shift mapping and structure-directed mutagenesis to unambiguously locate its recognition site for phosphoinositides (PIs). This structurally unique recognition site requires both the acyl chain and head group of the PI for a productive interaction, and it is not inhibited by phosphorylation of cofilin. We propose that the interaction of cofilin with membrane-bound PIs abrogates its binding to both actin and actin-interacting protein 1, and facilitates spatiotemporal regulation of cofilin activity.

Actin Depolymerizing Factors↗

Bone marrow stromal cells increase astrocyte survival via upregulation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase/threonine protein kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathways and stimulate astrocyte trophic factor gene expression after anaerobic insult.

Transplantation of bone marrow stromal cells improves animal neurological functional recovery after stroke. Astrocytes are known to provide structural, trophic and metabolic support for neurons. Thus astrocytes are critical for neural survival during post-ischemia. However, information on the effects of bone marrow stromal cells on astrocytic survival post-ischemia is unavailable. We investigated the influence of rat bone marrow stromal cells on rat astrocytic apoptosis and survival post-ischemia employing an anaerobic chamber. Our data indicate that rat bone marrow stromal cells reduce cell death and apoptosis, and increase the DNA proliferation rate in astrocytes post-ischemia. Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase/extracellular signal regulated kinase and phosphoinositide 3-kinase/threonine protein kinase pathways are involved in cell survival. Western blot showed that rat bone marrow stromal cells activate these two pathways in astrocytes post-ischemia, and upregulate total extracellular signal regulated kinase 1/2 and threonine protein kinase. Since astrocytes produce various neurotrophic factors, we performed reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction to investigate rat bone marrow stromal cells' effect on astrocyte growth factor gene expression post-ischemia. We observed that brain-derived neurotrophic factor, vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor gene expression was enhanced by rat bone marrow stromal cell coculture. These data suggest that bone marrow stromal cells increase astrocytic survival post-ischemic injury. This protective function might involve the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase and phosphoinositide 3-kinase/threonine protein kinase pathways. Upregulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor, vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor may also contribute to astrocyte survival.

Anaerobiosis↗

Phosphoinositide metabolism in hereditary ovalocytic red blood cell membranes.

Metabolic depletion of hereditary ovalocytes leads, similar to normal red cells, to decreased intracellular concentrations of ATP and GSH as well as degradation of the phosphoinositides to phosphatidylinositol and diacylglycerol. In contrast to normal red cells, however, loss of ATP does not induce any gross shape transformations; even after extensive depletion the ovalocytes retain their initial elongated stomatocytic character. The mechanical properties of hereditary ovalocytes are associated with a deletion of nine amino acid residues in band 3. Since the deletion appears to increase the stiffness of a normally flexible region of band 3, connecting the N-terminal cytoplasmic domain with the membrane spanning domain, our results indicate that shape changes require a flexible attachment of the cytoskeleton to the membrane-spanning band 3. The results also imply that metabolism of phosphoinositide cannot be the only determinant of cell shape, as suggested by the bilayer-couple hypothesis, but also other factors are involved in metabolically induced shape transformations.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗

Modification of heart sarcolemmal phosphoinositide pathway by lysophosphatidylcholine.

Although lysophosphatidylcholine (lyso-PtdCho) accumulates in the sarcolemmal (SL) membrane and alters its function during myocardial ischemia and diabetic cardiomyopathy, the effects of lyso-PtdCho on SL signalling processes have not yet been investigated. The present study was carried out to examine the actions of lyso-PtdCho on the rat heart SL membrane enzymes involved in the phosphoinositide pathway. Different lyso-PtdCho species (10 to 200 microM) inhibited the activities of both phosphatidylinositol kinase and phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate kinase in the SL membrane in a concentration-dependent manner. The inhibitory potency of lyso-PtdCho compounds for phosphatidylinositol kinase was lyso-PtdCho plasmalogen > 1-oleoyl-lyso-PtdCho > 1-stearoyl-lyso-PtdCho > 1-palmitoyl-lyso-PtdCho, and that for phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate kinase was lyso-PtdCho plasmalogen > 1-oleoyl-lyso-PtdCho > 1-palmitoyl-lyso-PtdCho > 1-stearoyl-lyso-PtdCho. The inhibitory effect of lyso-PtdCho on phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate kinase was greater than that on phosphatidylinositol kinase. Lyso-PtdCho structural analogues, such as phosphatidylcholine, lysophosphatidic acid, lysophosphatidylethanolamine, L-alpha-glycerophosphate, oleate and phosphorylcholine, did not affect the phosphoinositide kinases, suggesting that the intact structure of lyso-PtdCho was required for the inhibition of the kinases. The detrimental action of lyso-PtdCho on PtdIns kinase was potentiated by acidosis. Unlike Ca2+, ATP (0.1 and 4 mM) increased lyso-PtdCho-induced deactivation of the kinases. Both enzyme activities were found to be depressed in the ischemic-reperfused or diabetic hearts. None of the tested lyso-PtdCho species altered phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PtdIns(4,5)P2) hydrolysis by SL phospholipase C. These results indicate that accumulation of lyso-PtdCho in the SL membrane under pathological conditions may diminish the availability of the PtdIns(4,5)P2 substrate for the production of second messengers by receptor-linked phospholipase C.

1-Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase↗

Structure and function of phosphoinositide 3-kinases.

Phosphoinositide kinases (PI3Ks) play an important role in mitogenic signaling and cell survival, cytoskeletal remodeling, metabolic control and vesicular trafficking. Here we summarize the structure-function relationships delineating the activation process of class I PI3Ks involving various domains of adapter subunits, Ras, and interacting proteins. The resulting product, PtdIns(3,4,5)P3, targets Akt/protein kinase B (PKB), Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk), phosphoinositide-dependent kinases (PDK), integrin-linked kinase (ILK), atypical protein kinases C (PKC), phospholipase Cgamma and more. Surface receptor-activated PI3Ks function in mammals, insects, nematodes and slime mold, but not yeast. While many members of the class II family have been identified and characterized biochemically, it is presently unknown how these C2-domain containing PI3Ks are activated, and which PI substrate they phosphorylate in vivo. PtdIns 3-P is produced by Vps34p/class III PI3Ks and operates via the PtdIns 3-P-binding proteins early endosomal antigen (EEA1), yeast Vac1p, Vps27p, Pip1p in lysosomal protein targeting. Besides the production of D3 phosphorylated lipids, PI3Ks have an intrinsic protein kinase activity. For trimeric GTP-binding protein-activated PI3Kgamma, protein kinase activity seems to be sufficient to trigger mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). Recent disruption of PI3K genes in slime mold, Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster and mice further underlines the importance of PI3K signaling systems and elucidates the role of PI3K signaling in multicellular organisms.

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Chronic methamphetamine administration reduces histamine-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis in mouse frontal cortex.

In the present study, it was hypothesized that in vivo pretreatment with repeated methamphetamine would alter the agonist-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis in mouse frontal cortical slices. Male ICR mice that received the methamphetamine injection (1.0mg/kg, intraperitoneally) once a day for five consecutive days showed behavioral sensitization to the same dose of methamphetamine 5 days after the last injection of the initial chronic treatment regimen (test day 10). On test day 10, the reduction of histamine (0.1-1.0mM)-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis in the mouse frontal cortex was observed. The reduction was specific to histamine, but not to norepinephrine (10 microM-0.1mM) or L-glutamate (0.1-0.5mM). The reduction occurred without any change in the expression level of histamine H(1) receptor mRNA. The reduction recovered 25 days after the last injection of the initial chronic treatment regimen (test day 30). The direct application to the slices of a pharmacologically effective concentration of methamphetamine in vitro (10 microM) did not alter the histamine signal transduction. The present results suggest that the reduction is probably one of neuroadaptations in the frontal cortex contributing to behavioral sensitization.

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Tumor promoter phorbol 12-myristate, 13-acetate inhibits phosphoinositide hydrolysis and cytosolic Ca2+ rise induced by the activation of muscarinic receptors in PC12 cells.

Preincubation of PC12 cells (used both before and after differentiation by NGF) with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) was without effect on the basal concentration of inositol phosphates (metabolites of phosphoinositide hydrolysis) and of free cytosolic Ca2+, but inhibited considerably the increases induced by the cholinergic agonist carbachol via the activation of the muscarinic receptor. Inasmuch as binding was unaffected, this inhibition might occur at the level of receptor coupling to its transduction mechanism(s). Inhibition appeared within 1 min and was maximal after 3 min. The concentrations of PMA needed (10(-9)-10(-8)M) were in the range believed to cause specifically the activation of protein kinase C. The muscarinic receptor, via the hydrolysis of phosphoinositides and the generation of diacylglycerol, participates in the regulation of the latter enzyme. Our data suggest therefore that the receptor operates under stringent feedback control by the metabolites generated as a consequence of its activation.

Animals↗

Phosphoinositide phosphorylation precedes growth in rat mammary tumors.

DMBA-induced rat mammary tumors were used to study the possible association of phosphoinositide phosphorylation to tumor growth. These membranous enzymatic activities were measured during various stages of tumor growth induced by pharmacological manipulation of plasma prolactin level. An increase in phosphorylation of both phosphatidyl inositol and phosphatidyl inositol 4-phosphate preceded the growth induced by prolactin concomitantly with an increase in tyrosine phosphorylation. Good correlation (r = 0.87) existed between the tyrosine kinase activity and phosphatidyl inositol kinase activity of 21 individual tumors taken from animals at different stages of hormonal manipulation. Phosphoinositide phosphorylation was inhibited by quercetin and was not affected by cAMP, similar to tyrosine kinase. Phosphorylation of angiotensin II by tyrosine kinase was inhibited by 0.2 mg/ml phosphatidyl inositol 4 phosphate or phosphatidyl inositol 4,5-bisphosphate.

1-Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase↗

Dissociation between beta-adrenoceptor-mediated cyclic AMP accumulation and inhibition of histamine-stimulated phosphoinositide metabolism in airways smooth muscle.

Spasmogen-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis represents one of the major signalling pathways mediating pharmacomechanical coupling in airways smooth muscle (ASM), and cyclic AMP-induced inhibition of phosphoinositidase C has been proposed as an important mechanism underlying the bronchodilator properties of beta2-adrenoceptor agonists. To examine this hypothesis in more detail we have undertaken a direct comparison of the effects of salbutamol and salmeterol, short- and long-acting beta2-adrenoceptor agonists respectively, on cyclic AMP accumulation and histamine-stimulated [3H]-inositol phospholipid hydrolysis in bovine tracheal smooth muscle (BTSM) slices. Although salmeterol displayed a similarly greater potency over salbutamol for both stimulation of cyclic AMP, and inhibition of [3H]-inositol phosphate accumulation, there was a clear disparity between these agents with respect to both their efficacies and the duration of their effects. Hence while salmeterol caused a more protracted, but initially smaller increase in cyclic AMP accumulation compared to salbutamol, the inhibition of histamine-stimulated [3H]-inositol phosphate accumulation observed with salmeterol was of identical duration to salbutamol and was more marked than that of salbutamol at early time points. These data suggest that cyclic AMP accumulation is not the sole mechanism responsible for beta2-adrenoceptor-induced inhibition of phosphoinositide turnover in BTSM, and would support a recent proposal that cyclic AMP-dependent inhibition of agonist-stimulated Ca2+ mobilization in ASM may be mediated by factors independent of inositol phosphate generation.

1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine↗

Differences in the stimulation of the phosphoinositide cycle by amine neurotransmitters in cultured rat forebrain neurones and astrocytes.

In this study, we compared the stimulation by carbachol (CCh), noradrenaline (NA), and histamine (HA) of phosphoinositide hydrolysis in rat forebrain neuronal and glial cultures. When Ca2+ was omitted from the stimulation buffer (low microM extracellular Ca2+), amine-induced [3H]inositol phosphate accumulation was reduced to a higher extent in astrocytes (70-80% for CCh and NA and 100% for HA) than in neurones (around 50-60% for all the amines). Furthermore, guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]trisphosphate (GTP[S]) stimulation of phosphoinositidase C (PIC) in membranes was 5-fold higher in neurones than in astrocytes. These results indicate differences in the mechanism of PIC stimulation in the two cell types. After 30 min stimulation in the presence of 10 mM Li+, a higher accumulation of [3H]inositol 4-monophosphate and [3H]inositol 1,4-bisphosphate than of [3H]inositol 1/3-monophosphate occurred for all agonists in neurones, whereas the opposite was observed in astrocytes. Moreover, in these cells stimulation for 5 min in the absence of Li+ produced a 2-3-fold accumulation of all metabolites of the 3-kinase pathway of inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate metabolism but not of those of the 5-phosphatase pathway. Thus, regardless of the amine receptor stimulated, the 3-kinase route appeared to prevail in astrocytes and the 5-phosphatase pathway in neurones. The histamine response in neurones differed from that of the other agonists in that it rapidly declined. Taken together these results indicate that the heterogeneity in amine stimulation of the phosphoinositide cycle previously observed in brain slices could arise to a great extent from the cellular diversity of this preparation and be related to the differential contribution of the amine receptors located in neurones and astrocytes.

Animals↗

Receptor reserve of phosphoinositide-coupled muscarinic receptors in mouse hippocampus in vivo.

The ability of the partial muscarinic agonist pilocarpine to increase in vivo phosphoinositide (PI) hydrolysis in mouse brain was compared to two full agonists. Pilocarpine increased in vivo phosphoinositide (PI) hydrolysis in cortex, striatum, and to the greatest extent in the hippocampus. Pilocarpine injected either subcutaneously or intracerebroventricularly robustly increased in vivo PI hydrolysis in hippocampus up to 500% of control levels and the increases were blocked by the muscarinic antagonist scopolamine. The increases in vivo PI hydrolysis induced by pilocarpine were 60-75% of the magnitude of the full muscarinic agonists oxotremorine-M and cis-dioxolane. The muscarinic M(1) preferring antagonist pirenzepine potently blocked pilocarpine-induced increases in in vivo PI hydrolysis, consistent with the increase being mediated by M(1) receptors. Since pilocarpine is a relatively weak partial agonist, these data suggest a substantial level of receptor reserve for the PI response in mouse hippocampus.

Acetylcholine↗

Xanomeline compared to other muscarinic agents on stimulation of phosphoinositide hydrolysis in vivo and other cholinomimetic effects.

Activation of muscarinic m1 receptors which are coupled to the phosphoinositide (PI) second messenger transduction system is the initial objective of cholinergic replacement therapy in Alzheimer's disease. Thus, we evaluated the ability of the selective muscarinic receptor agonist (SMRA) xanomeline to stimulate in vivo phosphoinositide (PI) hydrolysis and compared it to a number of direct acting muscarinic agonists, two cholinesterase inhibitors and a putative m1 agonist/muscarinic m2 antagonist. Using a radiometric technique, it was determined that administration of xanomeline robustly stimulated in vivo PI hydrolysis and the effect was blocked by muscarinic antagonists, demonstrating mediation by muscarinic receptors. The non-selective muscarinic agonists pilocarpine, oxotremorine, RS-86, S-aceclidine, but not the less active isomer R-aceclidine, also effectively stimulated PI hydrolysis in mice. Amongst the putative m1 agonists, thiopilocarpine, hexylthio-TZTP as well as xanomeline effectively stimulated PI hydrolysis, but milameline, WAL 2014, SKB 202026 and PD 142505 did not significantly alter PI hydrolysis. Furthermore, WAL 2014 and SKB 202026 inhibited agonist-induced PI stimulation, suggesting that they act as antagonists at PI-coupled receptors in vivo. The cholinesterase inhibitors, tacrine and physostigmine, and the mixed muscarinic m1 agonist/m2 antagonist LU25-109 did not activate in vivo PI hydrolysis. Xanomeline, hexylthio-TZTP and thiopilocarpine were relatively free of cholinergic side effects, whereas milameline, WAL 2014 and SKB 202026 produced non-selective effects. Therefore, these data demonstrate that xanomeline selectively activates in vivo PI hydrolysis, consistent with activation of biochemical processes involved in memory and cognition and xanomeline's beneficial clinical effects on cognition in Alzheimers patients.

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The formation of helical tubular vesicles by binary monolayers containing a nickel-chelating lipid and phosphoinositides in the presence of basic polypeptides.

Binary lipid monolayers consisting of equimolar proportions of a phosphoinositide and a nickel-chelating lipid formed helical tubular vesicular structures, which appeared to be induced and/or stabilized by myelin basic protein (MBP). Another basic polypeptide, poly-L-lysine, had a similar effect but not to as great a degree as MBP; the proteins thus appeared to act as polycations. Although, the nickel-chelating lipid is a synthetic product, other endogenous divalent cations such as Zn(2+), as well as phosphoinositides, are integral and dynamic components of the myelin sheath in vivo. There, comparable helical tubular structures might represent a means for sequestration of these lipids into domains of high local concentration, perhaps in regions where the membrane is greatly curved.

Animals↗

The P2Y(12) receptor induces platelet aggregation through weak activation of the alpha(IIb)beta(3) integrin--a phosphoinositide 3-kinase-dependent mechanism.

High concentrations of adenosine-5'-diphosphate ADP are able to induce partial aggregation without shape change of P2Y(1) receptor-deficient mouse platelets through activation of the P2Y(12) receptor. In the present work we studied the transduction pathways selectively involved in this phenomenon. Flow cytometric analyses using R-phycoerythrin-conjugated JON/A antibody (JON/A-PE), an antibody which recognizes activated mouse alpha(IIb)beta(3) integrin, revealed a low level activation of alpha(IIb)beta(3) in P2Y(1) receptor-deficient platelets in response to 100 microM ADP or 1 microM 2MeS-ADP. Adrenaline induced no such activation but strongly potentiated the effect of ADP in a dose-dependent manner. Global phosphorylation of (32)P-labeled platelets showed that P2Y(12)-mediated aggregation was not accompanied by an increase in the phosphorylation of myosin light chain (P(20)) or pleckstrin (P(47)) and was not affected by the protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor staurosporine. On the other hand, two unrelated phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitors, wortmannin and LY294002, inhibited this aggregation. Our results indicate that (i) the P2Y(12) receptor is able to trigger a P2Y(1) receptor-independent inside-out signal leading to alpha(IIb)beta(3) integrin activation and platelet aggregation, (ii) ADP and adrenaline use different signaling pathways which synergize to activate the alpha(IIb)beta(3) integrin, and (iii) the transduction pathway triggered by the P2Y(12) receptor is independent of PKC but dependent on phosphoinositide 3-kinase.

Androstadienes↗

Specificity in pleckstrin homology (PH) domain membrane targeting: a role for a phosphoinositide-protein co-operative mechanism.

Pleckstrin homology (PH) domains are protein modules found in proteins involved in many cellular processes. The majority of PH domain-containing proteins require membrane association for their function. It has been shown that most PH domains interact directly with the cell membrane by binding to phosphoinositides with a broad range of specificity and affinity. While a highly specific binding of the PH domain to a phosphoinositide can be necessary and sufficient for the correct recruitment of the host protein to the membrane, a weaker and less specific interaction may be necessary but not sufficient, thus probably requiring alternative, co-operative mechanisms.

Blood Proteins↗

Cooperativity of phosphatidylinositol transfer protein and phospholipase D in secretory vesicle formation from the TGN--phosphoinositides as a common denominator?

Phosphatidylinositol transfer protein (PITP) and phospholipase D (PLD) stimulate the formation of constitutive secretory vesicles (CSVs) and immature secretory granules (ISGs) from the trans-Golgi network (TGN) in a cell-free system. The stimulatory effects of PITP and PLD are additive. Stimulation by either PITP or PLD is blocked by geneticin, a member of the aminoglycoside antibiotics known to bind to phosphoinositides. Since the PLD we used is insensitive to geneticin, our results suggest that phosphoinositides promote secretory vesicle formation as downstream effectors of both PITP and PLD, possibly via the recruitment of proteins mediating membrane budding and fission.

Carrier Proteins↗

Phosphoinositide 3-kinase and integrin signalling are involved in activation of Bruton tyrosine kinase in thrombin-stimulated platelets.

Bruton tyrosine kinase (Btk) plays a crucial role in the differentiation of B lymphocytes and belongs to the group of Tec kinases, which are characterised by the presence of a pleckstrin homology domain. Here we show that Btk is activated and undergoes tyrosine phosphorylation upon challenge of platelet thrombin receptor, these responses requiring engagement of alphaIIb/beta3 integrin and phosphoinositide 3-kinase activity. These data unravel a novel signalling pathway involving Btk downstream of an adhesive receptor via a complex regulation implicating the products of phosphoinositide 3-kinase, which might act to anchor Btk at the membrane.

Agammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine Kinase↗