Publication Date:
1998-03-21
Description:
The sphingolipid metabolite sphingosine-1-phosphate (SPP) has been implicated as a second messenger in cell proliferation and survival. However, many of its biological effects are due to binding to unidentified receptors on the cell surface. SPP activated the heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein)-coupled orphan receptor EDG-1, originally cloned as Endothelial Differentiation Gene-1. EDG-1 bound SPP with high affinity (dissociation constant = 8.1 nM) and high specificity. Overexpression of EDG-1 induced exaggerated cell-cell aggregation, enhanced expression of cadherins, and formation of well-developed adherens junctions in a manner dependent on SPP and the small guanine nucleotide binding protein Rho.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lee, M J -- Van Brocklyn, J R -- Thangada, S -- Liu, C H -- Hand, A R -- Menzeleev, R -- Spiegel, S -- Hla, T -- DK45659/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- GM43880/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- HL49094/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Mar 6;279(5356):1552-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Physiology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9488656" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Cadherins/*biosynthesis
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*Cell Aggregation
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Cell Differentiation
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Cell Line
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Cloning, Molecular
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GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
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Gene Expression
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Genes, Immediate-Early
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Humans
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Immediate-Early Proteins/genetics/*metabolism
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Intercellular Junctions/*ultrastructure
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Ligands
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*Lysophospholipids
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Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/metabolism
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Morphogenesis
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Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics/*metabolism
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*Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
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Receptors, Lysophospholipid
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Signal Transduction
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Sphingosine/*analogs & derivatives/metabolism
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Transfection
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rho GTP-Binding Proteins
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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