Vascular smooth muscle migration and proliferation in response to lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is mediated by LPA receptors coupling to Gq

Cellular Signalling
Jihee KimAndrea D Eckhart

Abstract

Many G protein-coupled receptors can couple to multiple G proteins to convey their intracellular signaling cascades. The receptors for lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) possess this ability. LPA receptors are important mediators of a wide variety of biological actions including cell migration, proliferation and survival which are processes that can all have a considerable impact on vascular smooth muscle (VSM) and blood vessels. To date, confirmation of G proteins involved has mostly relied on the inhibition of Gi-mediated signaling via pertussis toxin (PTx). We were interested in the specific involvement of LPA-Gq-mediated signaling therefore we isolated aorta VSM cells (VSMCs) from transgenic mice that express a peptide inhibitor of Gq, GqI, exclusively in VSM. We detected both LPA1 and LPA2 receptor expression in mouse VSM whereas LPA1 and LPA3 were expressed in rat VSM. SM22-GqI did not alter LPA-induced migration but it was sufficient to attenuate LPA-induced proliferation. GqI expression also attenuated LPA-induced ERK1/2 and Akt activation by 40-50%. To test the feasibility of this peptide as a potential therapeutic agent, we also generated adenovirus encoding the GqI. Transient expression of GqI was capable of inhibiting both...Continue Reading

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