PMID: 8952892Jan 1, 1996Paper

Coupling of seven transmembrane domains receptors cytosolic PLA2: role of G proteins and protein kinases

Comptes rendus des séances de la Société de biologie et de ses filiales
J MasliahG Bereziat

Abstract

Cytosolic phospholipase A2 is a constitutive and ubiquitous enzyme. Although its role in the early production of lipid mediators is well established, the mechanisms leading to its activation and its place in the signal transduction pathways triggered by G-protein-coupled receptors is still unclear. Two main mechanisms, have been involved in its activation: its translocation by the increase of intracellular calcium allowing access to its phospholipidic substrate, and its phosphorylation by serine/threonine protein kinases such as protein kinase C or MAP kinases. However these two mechanisms do not fully explain the activation of cytosolic phospholipase A2. The irreversible association to membranes observed after receptor stimulation suggests that a still unknown anchoring mechanism might be involved. The elucidation of this anchoring might take place in the overall synthesis of distinct lipid mediators pools able to play an intracellular role of second messengers or an extracellular role of autocrine/paracrine mediators.

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