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Characterization of sphingosine 1-phosphate-induced actions and its signaling pathways in rat hepatocytes

D. S. Im, T. Fujioka, T. Katada, Y. Kondo, M. Ui and F. Okajima
Laboratory of Signal Transduction, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan.

Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S-1-P) and lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) stimulated glycogen phosphorylase, a rate-limiting enzyme responsible for glycogenolysis, in association with Ca2+ mobilization and phospholipase C (PLC) activation in rat hepatocytes. S-1-P, but not LPA, also inhibited adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate accumulation reflecting adenylyl cyclase inhibition. S-1-P-induced PLC activation, Ca2+ mobilization, and phosphorylase activation were markedly enhanced by primary culture of the cells for 24 h, whereas the inhibitory adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate response was unchanged by increasing culture time. Activation of the PLC-Ca2+ system during primary culture was specific to the lysosphingolipid; PLC and Ca2+ responses to LPA and NaF were unchanged or slightly attenuated by increasing culture time. Pertussis toxin treatment almost completely suppressed the S-1-P-induced inhibition of adenylyl cyclase but hardly influenced the lipid-induced activation of PLC and its cascade reactions. We conclude that S-1-P, through an LPA receptor-independent mechanism, stimulates two signaling pathways, i.e., activation of the PLC-Ca2+ system and inhibition of adenylyl cyclase, through distinct S-1-P receptor-transducer systems, resulting in the modulation of glycogenolysis in rat hepatocytes.

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