cyclic-gmp and sphingosine-kinase

Sphingosine kinases (SKs) convert sphingosine to sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), which is a bioactive lipid that regulates a variety of cellular processes including proliferation, differentiation and migration.. We used the human endothelial cell line EA.hy926 to investigate the effect of nitric oxide (NO) donors on SK-1 expression, and on cell migration and tube formation.. We showed that exposure of EA.hy926 cells to Deta-NO (125-1000 microM) resulted in a time- and concentration-dependent up-regulation of SK-1 mRNA and protein expression, and activity with a first significant effect at 250 microM of Deta-NO. The increased SK-1 mRNA expression resulted from an enhanced SK-1 promoter activity. A similar effect was also seen with various other NO donors. In mechanistic terms, the NO-triggered effect occurred independently of cGMP, but involved the classical mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade because the MEK inhibitor U0126 abolished the NO-induced SK-1 expression. The effect of NO was also markedly reduced by the thiol-reducing agent N-acetylcysteine, suggesting a redox-dependent mechanism. Functionally, Deta-NO triggered an increase in the migration of endothelial cells in an adapted Boyden chamber assay, and also increased endothelial tube formation in a Matrigel assay. These responses were both abolished in cells depleted of SK-1.. These data show that NO donors up-regulate specifically SK-1 expression and activity in human endothelial cells, and SK-1 in turn critically contributes to the migratory capability and tube formation of endothelial cells. Thus, SK-1 may be considered an attractive novel target to interfere with pathological processes involving angiogenesis.

Topics: Blotting, Western; Cell Culture Techniques; Cell Line; Cell Movement; Cyclic GMP; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelial Cells; Humans; Luciferases, Firefly; Neovascularization, Physiologic; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Donors; Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Small Interfering; Time Factors; Transfection; Triazenes; Up-Regulation

The cyclic nucleotide monophosphates cAMP and cGMP play an essential role in many signaling pathways. To analyze which proteins do interact with these second messenger molecules, we developed a chemical proteomics approach using cAMP and cGMP immobilized onto agarose beads, via flexible linkers in the 2- and 8-position of the nucleotide. Optimization of the affinity pull-down procedures in lysates of HEK293 cells revealed that a large variety of proteins could be pulled down specifically. Identification of these proteins by mass spectrometry showed that many of these proteins were indeed genuine cAMP or cGMP binding proteins. However, additionally many of the pulled-down proteins were more abundant AMP/ADP/ATP, GMP/GDP/GTP, or general DNA/RNA binding proteins. Therefore, a sequential elution protocol was developed, eluting proteins from the beads using solutions containing ADP, GDP, cGMP, and/or cAMP, respectively. Using this protocol, we were able to sequentially and selectively elute ADP, GDP, and DNA binding proteins. The fraction left on the beads was further enriched, for cAMP/cGMP binding proteins. Transferring this protocol to the analysis of the cGMP/cAMP "interactome" in rat heart ventricular tissue enabled the specific pull-down of known cAMP/cGMP binding proteins such as cAMP and cGMP dependent protein kinases PKA and PKG, several phosphodiesterases and 6 AKAPs, that interact with PKA. Among the latter class of proteins was the highly abundant sphingosine kinase type1-interating protein (SKIP), recently proposed to be a potential AKAP. Further bioinformatics analysis endorses that SKIP is indeed a genuine PKA interacting protein, which is highly abundant in heart ventricular tissue.

Topics: Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Cell Line; Cyclic AMP; Cyclic GMP; DNA-Binding Proteins; Heart Ventricles; Humans; Molecular Sequence Data; Myocardium; Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); Protein Binding; Protein Interaction Mapping; Proteomics; Rats; RNA-Binding Proteins; Signal Transduction