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ArticlePloS one2011

Lysophosphatidylinositol causes neurite retraction via GPR55, G13 and RhoA in PC12 cells.

Yutaro Obara, Sanae Ueno, Yoshimi Yanagihata, Norimichi Nakahata

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Article in PloS one, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yutaro ObaraDepartment of Cellular Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. obaray@mail.pharm.tohoku.ac.jp
Sanae Ueno
Yoshimi Yanagihata
Norimichi Nakahata
Tohoku University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

GPR55 was recently identified as a putative receptor for certain cannabinoids, and lysophosphatidylinositol (LPI). Recently, the role of cannabinoids as GPR55 agonists has been disputed by a number of reports, in part, because studies investigating GPR55 often utilized overexpression systems, such as the GPR55-overexpressing HEK293 cells, which make it difficult to deduce the physiological role of endogenous GPR55. In the present study, we found that PC12 cells, a neural model cell line, express endogenous GPR55, and by using these cells, we were able to examine the role of endogenous GPR55. Although GPR55 mRNA and protein were expressed in PC12 cells, neither CB(1) nor CB(2) mRNA was expressed in these cells. GPR55 was predominantly localized on the plasma membrane in undifferentiated PC12 cells. However, GPR55 was also localized in the growth cones or the ruffled border in differentiated PC12 cells, suggesting a potential role for GPR55 in the regulation of neurite elongation. LPI increased intracellular Ca(2+) concentration and RhoA activity, and induced ERK1/2 phosphorylation, whereas endogenous and synthetic cannabinoids did not, thereby suggesting that cannabinoids are not GPR55 agonists. LPI also caused neurite retraction in a time-dependent manner accompanied by the loss of neurofilament light chain and redistribution of actin in PC12 cells differentiated by NGF. This LPI-induced neurite retraction was found to be G(q)-independent and G(13)-dependent. Furthermore, inactivation of RhoA function via C3 toxin and GPR55 siRNA knockdown prevented LPI-induced neurite retraction. These results suggest that LPI, and not cannabinoids, causes neurite retraction in differentiated PC12 cells via a GPR55, G(13) and RhoA signaling pathway.

Indexed as

AnimalsGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, G12-G13LysophospholipidsNeuritesPC12 CellsRatsReceptors, CannabinoidReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledrhoA GTP-Binding ProteinSignal TransductionGPR55 protein, ratGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, G12-G13lysophosphatidylinositolLysophospholipidsReceptors, CannabinoidReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledrhoA GTP-Binding Protein

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PMID21904624
PMCPMC3164175
OpenAlexW2032815883

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