Prosaposin: a new player in cell death prevention of U937 monocytic cells

Experimental Cell Research
Roberta MisasiMaurizio Sorice

Abstract

We report that prosaposin binds to U937 and is active as a protective factor on tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha)-induced cell death. The prosaposin-derived saposin C binds to U937 cells in a concentration-dependent manner, suggesting that prosaposin behaves similarly. Prosaposin binding induces U937 cell death prevention, reducing both necrosis and apoptosis. This effect was inhibited by mitogen-activated protein ERK kinase (MEK) and sphingosine kinase (SK) inhibitors, indicating that prosaposin prevents cell apoptosis by activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) and sphingosine kinase. Prosaposin led to rapid ERK phosphorylation in U937 cells as detected by anti-phospho-p44/42 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase and anti-phosphotyrosine reactivity on ERK immunoprecipitates. It was partially prevented by apo B-100 and pertussis toxin (PT), suggesting that both lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP) receptor and Go-coupled receptor may play a role in the prosaposin-triggered pathway. Moreover, sphingosine kinase activity was increased by prosaposin treatment as demonstrated by the enhanced intracellular formation of sphingosine-1-phosphate (S-1-P). The observation that the phosphatidylinositol 3-ki...Continue Reading

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