Transactivation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Receptor Flk-1/KDR Is Involved in Sphingosine 1-Phosphate-stimulated Phosphorylation of Akt and Endothelial Nitric-oxide Synthase (eNOS)
Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) elicit numerous biological responses including cell survival, growth, migration, and differentiation in endothelial cells mediated by the endothelial differentiation gene, a family of G-protein-coupled receptors, and fetal l...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Journal of biological chemistry 2002-11, Vol.277 (45), p.42997-43001 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) elicit numerous biological responses including
cell survival, growth, migration, and differentiation in endothelial cells mediated by the endothelial differentiation gene,
a family of G-protein-coupled receptors, and fetal liver kinase-1/kinase-insert domain-containing receptor (Flk-1/KDR), one
of VEGF receptors, respectively. Recently, it was reported that S1P or VEGF treatment of endothelial cells leads to phosphorylation
at Ser-1179 in bovine endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), and this phosphorylation is critical for eNOS activation.
S1P stimulation of eNOS phosphorylation was shown to involve G i protein, phosphoinositide 3-kinase, and Akt. VEGF also activates eNOS through Flk-1/KDR, phosphoinositide 3-kinase, and Akt,
which suggested that S1P and VEGF may share upstream signaling mediators. We now report that S1P treatment of bovine aortic
endothelial cells acutely increases the tyrosine phosphorylation of Flk-1/KDR, similar to VEGF treatment. S1P-mediated phosphorylation
of Flk-1/KDR, Akt, and eNOS were all inhibited by VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors and by antisense Flk-1/KDR oligonucleotides.
Our study suggests that S1P activation of eNOS involves G i , calcium, and Src family kinase-dependent transactivation of Flk-1/KDR. These data are the first to establish a critical
role of Flk-1/KDR in S1P-stimulated eNOS phosphorylation and activation. |
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ISSN: | 0021-9258 1083-351X |
DOI: | 10.1074/jbc.M204764200 |