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Query: EC:3.1.4.3 (
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Cell growth and tumor transformation can be restrained in certain cell systems by the action of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta). It has been established that the mechanism whereby TGF-beta 1 inhibits cell growth does not interfere with the triggering of early mitogenic signal transduction mechanisms. Phospholipase C-catalyzed hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine (PC) is a relatively late step in the cascade activated by growth factors. Therefore, conceivably activation of
phospholipase C
-catalyzed hydrolysis of PC could be the target of TGF-beta 1 action. In the study reported here, we demonstrate that TGF-beta 1 inhibits the coupling of ras
p21
to the activation of PC hydrolysis, which appears to be critical for the antiproliferative effects of TGF-beta 1.
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PMID:Phospholipase C-mediated hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine is a target of transforming growth factor beta 1 inhibitory signals. 130 92
We previously showed that the proliferative response of a serum- and interleukin-3 (IL-3)-dependent murine myeloid cell line, NFS/N1-H7, was partially inhibited by pertussis toxin as a result of toxin-induced increased adenylate cyclase activity. In the present studies, we examined the role of the phosphoinositide cycle in the proliferative response of these cells and demonstrated that there was no change in PIP (phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate)-specific
phospholipase C
activity in response to IL-3 alone. However, serum caused a pertussis toxin-insensitive increase in PIP2-specific
phospholipase C
activity as reflected by decreased cellular levels of 32P-labelled PIP2. Proliferation of a subline selected from val-12-mutant H-ras-transfected NFS-H7 cells, clone E5, was insensitive to pertussis toxin, occurred in the absence of serum but remained serum-stimulatable and absolutely dependent on IL-3. This val-12 mutant ras-expressing cell line showed an increase in 32P-labelled PIP (phosphatidylinositol phosphate) in response to serum whereas the parent cell line did not. Membrane fractions from 32P-labelled ras-transfected cells displayed higher GTP gamma S-, GTP-, or F(-)-stimulated PIP2-specific
phospholipase C
activity compared to membranes from the parent cell line. Thus serum-dependence and adenylate cyclase-mediated pertussis toxin-sensitivity of the parent cell line was bypassed by val-12 mutant ras
p21
, possibly as a result of increased PIP2-specific
phospholipase C
activity.
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PMID:Expression of val-12 mutant ras p21 in an IL-3-dependent murine myeloid cell line is associated with loss of serum-dependence and increases in membrane PIP2-specific phospholipase C activity. 165 97
Two cell lines transformed by the k-ras oncogene (KiKi and KiMol cells) and a temperature sensitive clone (Ts), all originated from a normal rat thyroid line (FRTL5 cells), have been employed to analyse the intracellular mechanisms affected by the ras
p21
. In k-ras transformed cells two phosphoinositide derivatives, glycerophosphoinositol and inositol monophosphate, were markedly increased, whereas inositol bisphosphate and trisphosphate maintained the same level as in normal cells. Cytosolic Ca2+ was also unaffected. This indicates that in epithelial cells the
phospholipase C
activity is not altered upon ras transformation. The formation of glycerophosphoinositol involved the activation of a phosphoinositide specific phospholipase A2. The higher phospholipase A2 activity in ras transformed cells could be further demonstrated by the increase in total arachidonic acid release. In the Ts clone the increase in glycerophosphoinositol and inositol monophosphate was evident only at the permissive temperature (33 degrees C), whereas it disappeared at 39 degrees C. At 33 degrees C the cells were also characterized by an enriched membrane pool of phosphoinositides. All these changes occurred in parallel with morphological transformation. We propose that cell transformation by the k-ras oncogene affects different steps of the membrane lipid metabolism, among which the most prominent one is the activation of a phosphoinositide specific phospholipase A2. These effects could originate mitogenic metabolites. Moreover, they correlate well with the induction of the malignant phenotype.
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PMID:Transformation by the k-ras oncogene correlates with increases in phospholipase A2 activity, glycerophosphoinositol production and phosphoinositide synthesis in thyroid cells. 165 98
Recent studies have demonstrated the activation of
phospholipase C
-mediated hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine both by growth factors and by the product of ras oncogene, ras
p21
. Also, evidence has been presented indicating that the stimulation of this phospholipid-degradative pathway is sufficient to activate mitogenesis in fibroblasts. In Xenopus laevis oocytes, microinjection of transforming ras
p21
is a potent inducer of maturation, whereas microinjection of a neutralizing anti-ras
p21
antibody specifically inhibits maturation induced by insulin but not by progesterone. The results presented here demonstrated that microinjection of phosphatidylcholine-hydrolyzing
phospholipase C
is sufficient to induce maturation of Xenopus laevis oocytes. Furthermore, microinjection of a neutralizing anti-phosphatidylcholine-hydrolyzing
phospholipase C
specifically blocks the maturation program induced by ras
p21
/insulin but not by progesterone.
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PMID:Requirement of phospholipase C-catalyzed hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine for maturation of Xenopus laevis oocytes in response to insulin and ras p21. 201 97
Membranes prepared from clone D1 of Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells contain activity that can be attributed to Gp, a guanine nucleotide binding protein linked to phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate dependent
phospholipase C
. Polyphosphoinositides are produced by addition of GTP, nonhydrolyzable GTP analogs, or fluoroaluminate. This production is inhibited by guanosine 5'-(beta-thiodiphosphate). While Ca2+ at 1 microM or more can generate high yields of inositol phosphates, guanine nucleotide activation of Gp can potentiate this Ca2(+)-dependent yield at resting levels of the cation. Membranes from cells expressing large amounts of ras-
p21
exhibit small differences in guanine nucleotide induced polyphosphoinositide quantities. The greatest difference between normal and ras membranes was seen with AlF4- incubation. Of the three inositol phosphates measured, only the inositol bisphosphate yield was greatly increased in ras membranes compared with membranes from both parental and the D-1 clone of MDCK cells. From these data, we conclude that the presence of ras-
p21
may affect production of polyphosphoinositides in MDCK cell membranes by some means other than direct participation in
phospholipase C
activation.
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PMID:G-protein linked polyphosphoinositide phospholipase C activity in cell membranes from clonally derived and ras-transformed Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. 217
NIH-3T3 cells transformed by the EJ-ras oncogene display reduced platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-stimulated
phospholipase C
activity as measured by inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3) synthesis and Ca2+ mobilization. The lack of PDGF-stimulated Ca2+ mobilization in EJ-ras transformed cells is not due to a loss of IP3 sensitivity, because microinjected IP3 elevates intracellular Ca2+. Treatment of EJ-ras transformed cells with cholera toxin or 8-bromo-cyclic AMP, but not pertussis toxin or the beta-subunit of cholera toxin, results in a slight recovery of PDGF-stimulated IP3 synthesis, a marked increase in intracellular Ca2+ mobilization, and an almost complete recovery of prostaglandin E2 biosynthesis. These data suggest that EJ
p21
-mediated inhibition of PDGF-stimulated intracellular events can be partially and transiently reversed by cyclic AMP.
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PMID:Cyclic AMP can partially restore platelet-derived growth factor-stimulated prostaglandin E2 biosynthesis, and calcium mobilization in EJ-ras-transformed NIH-3T3 cells. 254 Nov 40
The cDNA for bovine ras
p21
GTPase activating protein (GAP) has been cloned and the 1044 amino acid polypeptide encoded by the clone has been shown to bind the GTP complexes of both normal and oncogenic Harvey (Ha) ras
p21
. To identify the regions of GAP critical for the catalytic stimulation of ras
p21
GTPase activity, a series of truncated forms of GAP protein were expressed in Escherichia coli. The C-terminal 343 amino acids of GAP (residues 702-1044) were observed to bind Ha ras
p21
-GTP and stimulate Ha ras
p21
GTPase activity with the same efficiency (kcat/KM congruent to 1 x 10(6) M-1 s-1 at 24 degrees C) as GAP purified from bovine brain or full-length GAP expressed in E. coli. Deletion of the final 61 amino acid residues of GAP (residues 986-1044) rendered the protein insoluble upon expression in E. coli. These results define a distinct catalytic domain at the C terminus of GAP. In addition, GAP contains amino acid similarity with the B and C box domains conserved among
phospholipase C
-II, the crk oncogene product, and the non-receptor tyrosine kinase oncogene products. This homologous region is located in the N-terminal half of GAP outside of the catalytic domain that stimulates ras
p21
GTPase activity and may constitute a distinct structural or functional domain within the GAP protein.
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PMID:A C-terminal domain of GAP is sufficient to stimulate ras p21 GTPase activity. 254 41
The role of ras oncogenes in cellular signalling pathways involving phospholipid breakdown was studied in untransfected and proto-H-ras and mutated H-, K- and N-ras transfected NIH/3T3 cells. When the cells were grown at low cell densities, all of the ras transfected cells had 2-4 fold higher diacylglycerol (DAG) levels compared to growing NIH/3T3 cells. At high cell densities, DAG levels decreased in the former and increased in contact inhibited NIH/3T3 cells. In this regard, only cells transformed by mutated cellular and viral H-ras oncogenes (but not by the H-ras proto-oncogene) had elevated DAG levels compared to contact inhibited NIH/3T3 cells. The basal levels of inositol phosphates in ras transfected cells were not significantly different from NIH/3T3 cells and did not vary with cell density. Thus, the elevated DAG levels are not a consequence of increased phosphoinositide hydrolysis. The latter was stimulated by serum and bombesin only in normal and proto-H-ras transfected cells. In contrast, stimulation by bradykinin was observed only in cells transformed by mutated cellular ras oncogenes. Furthermore, aluminum fluoride stimulated phosphoinositide breakdown in the latter cells indicating that there was no uncoupling of the G protein from
phospholipase C
. Treatment of ras transfected cells with dibutyryl cyclic AMP (DB-cAMP), which causes an inhibition of growth and a reversal of the transformed morphology, did not alter the basal levels of inositol phosphates, DB-cAMP, however, did lower DAG levels in some of the transformed cell lines, but elevated DAG levels in low density NIH/3T3 cells. These findings indicate that the ras gene product
p21
is not involved in phosphoinositide hydrolysis and that DAG levels do not correlate with cell growth in either normal or ras transfected NIH/3T3 cells. Thus,
p21
appears to alter cell growth through mechanism(s) independent of lipid signalling pathways.
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PMID:Lipid signalling pathways in normal and ras-transfected NIH/3T3 cells. 256 89
Stable expression of high levels of activated forms of Haras (T24) or v-Ki-ras by transfection of Chinese hamster lung fibroblasts (CCL39) yielded cells highly tumorigenic in nude mice. Two classes of transformed cells were distinguished, one with moderate
p21
expression (10-fold increased) had retained growth factor dependency, the second with higher level of
p21
(greater than 50-fold) appeared autonomous for growth. Neither class of transformants expressing Ki-ras or Ha-ras displayed a significant basal activity of polyphosphoinositide-specific
phospholipase C
, measured either in serum-starved cells or during exponential growth in the presence of growth factors of the tyrosine kinase family (EGF, FGF, insulin). In the growth-factor-dependent class of T24-Ha-ras-transfected cells (clone 39THaB),
phospholipase C
could be stimulated normally by serum, thrombin and AlF-4. In the more growth autonomous class (clones 39THaC and 39Ki9), release of inositol phosphates after stimulation with thrombin or serum was drastically reduced. This desensitization, apparently at the receptor level since the response to AlF-4 persisted, is, however, not specific to ras expression. We observed it to the same degree in polyoma virus-transformed CCL39 cells. Finally, expression of mutated forms of
p21
ras did not abrogate the sensitivity of
phospholipase C
activation to pertussis toxin. We conclude that the transforming potential of activated forms of p21ras does not result from persistent activation of
phospholipase C
and that ras GTP-binding proteins cannot substitute for Gp.
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PMID:Deregulation of hamster fibroblast proliferation by mutated ras oncogenes is not mediated by constitutive activation of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C. 283
Expression of a transforming Harvey or Kirsten ras gene caused opposing effects in the ability of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and bradykinin to activate
phospholipase C
-mediated phosphoinositide hydrolysis. In [3H]inositol-labeled rat-1 fibroblasts, PDGF (5 ng/ml) resulted in a 2-fold increase in the level of [3H]inositol trisphosphate (InsP3) after 2 min and, in the presence of LiCl, a 3- to 8-fold increase in the level of [3H]inositol monophosphate (InsP1) after 30 min. However, in EJ-ras-transfected rat-1 cells, which exhibit near normal levels of PDGF receptors, PDGF resulted in little or no accumulation of either [3H]InsP3 or [3H]InsP1. Similarly, marked stimulations by PDGF were observed in NIH 3T3 cells, as well as in v-src-transformed 3T3 cells, but not in 3T3 cells transformed by Kirsten sarcoma virus or by transfection with v-Ha-ras DNA. This diminished phosphoinositide response in ras-transformed cells was associated with a markedly attenuated mitogenic response to PDGF. On the other hand, both phosphoinositide metabolism and DNA synthesis in ras-transformed fibroblasts were stimulated several-fold by serum. In NIH 3T3 cells carrying a glucocorticoid-inducible v-Ha-ras gene, a close correlation was found between the expression of p21ras and the loss of PDGF-stimulated [3H]InsP1 accumulation. In contrast to this ras-induced desensitization to PDGF, ras-transformed NIH 3T3 cells exhibited an enhanced sensitivity to bradykinin; this effect was associated with an elevated level of high-affinity [3H]bradykinin binding. We propose that a ras gene product (
p21
) can, directly or indirectly, influence growth factor-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis, as well as DNA synthesis, via alterations in the properties of specific growth factor receptors.
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PMID:Opposing effects of a ras oncogene on growth factor-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis: desensitization to platelet-derived growth factor and enhanced sensitivity to bradykinin. 288 54
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