Repository logo
  • Log In
    New user? Click here to register.Have you forgotten your password?
University College Dublin
    Colleges & Schools
    Statistics
    All of DSpace
  • Log In
    New user? Click here to register.Have you forgotten your password?
  1. Home
  2. College of Science
  3. School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science
  4. Biomolecular and Biomedical Science Research Collection
  5. Differential regulation of RhoA-mediated signaling by the TPalpha and TPbeta isoforms of the human thromboxane A2 receptor : independent modulation of TPalpha signaling by prostacyclin and nitric oxide
 
  • Details
Options

Differential regulation of RhoA-mediated signaling by the TPalpha and TPbeta isoforms of the human thromboxane A2 receptor : independent modulation of TPalpha signaling by prostacyclin and nitric oxide

Author(s)
Wikström, Katarina  
Kavanagh, David J.  
Reid, Helen M.  
Kinsella, B. Therese  
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3185
Date Issued
2008-08
Date Available
2011-09-27T14:09:23Z
Abstract
In humans, thromboxane (TX) A2 signals through the TPalpha and TPbeta isoforms of the TXA2 receptor that exhibit common and distinct roles. For example, Gq/phospholipase (PL)Cbeta signaling by TPalpha is directly inhibited by the vasodilators prostacyclin and nitric oxide (NO) whereas that signaling by TPbeta is unaffected. Herein, we investigated whether TPalpha and/or TPbeta regulate G12/Rho activation and whether that signaling might be differentially regulated by prostacyclin and/or NO. Both TPalpha and TPbeta independently regulated RhoA activation and signaling in clonal cells over-expressing TPalpha or TPbeta and in primary human aortic smooth muscle cells (1o AoSMCs). While RhoA- signaling by TPalpha was directly impaired by prostacyclin and NO through protein kinase (PK)A- and PKG-dependent phosphorylation, respectively, signaling by TPbeta was not directly affected by either agent. Collectively, while TPalpha and TPbeta contribute to RhoA activation, our findings support the hypothesis that TPalpha is involved in the dynamic regulation of haemostasis and vascular tone, such as in response to prostacyclin and NO. Conversely, the role of TPbeta in such processes remains unsolved. Data herein provide essential new insights into the physiologic roles of TPalpha and TPbeta and, through studies in AoSMCs, reveal an additional mode of regulation of VSM contractile responses by TXA2.
Sponsorship
Science Foundation Ireland
Health Research Board
Other Sponsorship
The Wellcome Trust
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal
Cell Signalling
Volume
20
Issue
8
Start Page
1497
End Page
1512
Copyright (Published Version)
2008 Elsevier Inc.
Subjects

Thromboxane receptor

RhoA

Nitric oxide

Prostacyclin

Protein kinase

Heterologous desensit...

Subject – LCSH
Thromboxanes
Rho GTPases
Nitric oxide
Prostacyclin
DOI
10.1016/j.cellsig.2008.04.006
Web versions
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cellsig.2008.04.006
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0898-6568
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/
File(s)
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name

Wikstrom K et al TP Rho Cell Signalling 2008.pdf

Size

1.46 MB

Format

Adobe PDF

Checksum (MD5)

897b9630f8f733cda68244b1fe127bf0

Owning collection
Biomolecular and Biomedical Science Research Collection
Mapped collections
Conway Institute Research Collection

Item descriptive metadata is released under a CC-0 (public domain) license: https://creativecommons.org/public-domain/cc0/.
All other content is subject to copyright.

For all queries please contact research.repository@ucd.ie.

Built with DSpace-CRIS software - Extension maintained and optimized by 4Science

  • Cookie settings
  • Privacy policy
  • End User Agreement