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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-2
pubmed:abstractText
Sphingosine 1-phosphate (Sph-1-P), a product of sphingomyelin metabolism, can act via a family of cognate G protein-coupled receptors or as an intracellular second messenger for agonists acting through their membrane receptors. In view of the general growth promoting and developmental effects of Sph-1-P on target cells, we hypothesized that it plays a role in adaptation of the uterus to pregnancy. We analyzed its potential role and that of the related lysophospholipid lysophosphatidic acid in the pregnant rat uterus by examining changes in mRNA levels of cognate receptors and enzymes involved in their turnover. Of these, only sphingosine kinase-1 (SphK1) was markedly changed ( approximately 30-fold increase), being localized in the glandular epithelium, vasculature, and the myometrium. Uterine SphK1 mRNA and protein levels paralleled those of serum progesterone, and treatment with progesterone or an antagonist elevated or reduced SphK1 mRNA expression, respectively. Progesterone also increased SphK1 mRNA steady-state levels in a rat myometrial/leiomyoma cell line (ELT3). Overexpressing human SphK1 in these cells resulted in increased levels of the cell cycle regulator cyclin D1 and increased myosin light-chain phosphorylation. Ectopic expression of SphK1 also resulted in increased proliferation rates, possibly in conjunction with increased cyclin D1 expression. These studies suggest that the uterine expression of SphK1 mediates processes involved in growth and differentiation of uterine tissues during pregnancy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bcl2l1 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclin D1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzymes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lysophospholipids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Myosin Light Chains, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Progesterone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Progestins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Lysophospholipid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sphingosine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/bcl-X Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/lysophosphatidic acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/sphingosine 1-phosphate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/sphingosine kinase
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0193-1849
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
292
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
E1110-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Cyclin D1, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Enzymes, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Genes, Dominant, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Immunologic Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Leiomyoma, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Lysophospholipids, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Myometrium, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Myosin Light Chains, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor), pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Pregnancy, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Progesterone, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Progestins, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Receptors, Lysophospholipid, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Sphingosine, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-Uterus, pubmed-meshheading:17164439-bcl-X Protein
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Progesterone-induced sphingosine kinase-1 expression in the rat uterus during pregnancy and signaling consequences.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1062, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't