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12032173

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-5-28
pubmed:abstractText
In this study we analyzed the signaling pathway triggered by GM3 in lymphoblastoid T-cells. In these cells, GM3 induced cPLA2 activation, arachidonic acid release, and PKC-delta translocation. In order to clarify the upstream molecular signals triggered by GM3, we analyzed the activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)s, a downstream effector of Ras-regulated cytoplasmic kinase cascade. Our results showed that GM3 treatment led to rapid ERK phosphorylation in lymphoblastoid T-cells, as detected by anti-phospho-p44/42 MAP kinase. Similar findings were found in human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Moreover, we showed that GM3 specifically phosphorylated ERK-2, as revealed by anti-phosphotyrosine reactivity on both cell free lysates and ERKs immunoprecipitates. The role of the CD4 cytoplasmic domain in GM3-triggered signaling pathway was investigated using A2.01/CD4-cyt399 cells, which had been transfected with a mutant form of CD4 lacking the bulk of the cytoplasmic domain. In these cells GM3 induced cPLA2 activation, arachidonic acid release, and PKC-delta translocation, but not CD4 endocytosis, indicating that the CD4 cytoplasmic domain plays a key role in GM3-triggered CD4 endocytosis and the GM3-triggered biochemical pathway is upstream of CD4 phosphorylation. These findings strongly suggest that GM3 triggers a novel signaling pathway involved in the regulation of cellular functions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-2275
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
971-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Ganglioside GM3 activates ERKs in human lymphocytic cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università di L'Aquila, Via Vetoio Coppito 2, L'Aquila 67100, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't