In the absence of ligand, certain growth factor receptors can be activated via G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) activation in a process termed transactivation. Serotonin (5-HT) receptors can transactivate the receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) ?? receptors in smooth muscle cells, but it is not known if similar pathways occur in neuronal cells. Here, it is shown that 5-HT can transiently increase the phosphorylation of PDGF?? receptors in a time- and concentration-dependent manner in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. This transactivation pathway was pertussis-toxin sensitive, and was dependent on phospholipase C activity, intracellular calcium signaling and subsequent protein kinase C activation. Exogenous application of non-lethal concentrations of H2O2 induced the phosphorylation of PDGF?? receptors in a concentration-dependent fashion, similar to that observed with 5-HT. Further investigation revealed reactive oxygen species (ROS) production as a necessary component in the transactivation pathway, as scavenging ROS eliminated PDGF?? receptor phosphorylation. NADPH oxidase was determined to be the likely source of ROS given that the NADPH oxidase inhibitors diphenyleneiodonium chloride and apocynin abrogated PDGF?? receptor transactivation. The role of Src tyrosine kinase was also investigated, and its location in this signaling cascade was determined to be downstream of calcium signaling, but upstream of NADPH oxidase activity. In addition, the activation of ERK1/2 in this system was elucidated to be independent of PDGF?? receptor transactivation. Interestingly, 5-HT also transactivated TrkB receptors, another RTK whose function is implicated in clinical depression. Expectedly, the enzymes in this mechanism were consistent with those revealed in 5-HT-to-PDGF?? receptor signaling. This cross-talk between 5-HT and RTKs such as TrkB and PDGF?? receptors identifies a potentially important signaling link between the serotonergic system and neurotrophic factor signaling in neurons that could have implications in mental health disorders including depression.
Furthermore, although transactivation pathways are commonly initiated by a GPCR, recent reports have demonstrated that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) were able to block 5-HT-induced transactivation of PDGF?? receptors, suggesting that in addition to GPCRs, monoamine transporters may also be involved in RTK transactivation. SH-SY5Y cells pretreated with the SSRI fluoxetine blocked 5-HT-induced transactivation of the PDGF?? receptors, but not PDGF-induced PDGF?? receptor activation. Upon further examination, it was discovered that during the pretreatment period, fluoxetine itself was transiently transactivating the PDGF?? receptor via 5-HT2 receptors. By the end of the pretreatment period, the effects of fluoxetine on PDGF?? receptor phosphorylation had returned to baseline, and a subsequent transactivating stimulus (5-HT) failed to ???re-transactivate??? the PDGF?? receptor. Additional investigations demonstrated that 5-HT pretreatment can block dopamine-induced PDGF?? receptor transactivation, but not PDGF-induced PDGF?? receptor activation. This is the first demonstration of the heterologous desensitization of an RTK via a transactivation pathway, and this phenomenon is specific for transactivation pathways because in all cases the PDGF?? receptor ligand PDGF-BB was able to directly stimulate receptor activity in spite of GPCR agonist pretreatment. Heterologous desensitization in transactivation signaling reveals a previously unknown short-term ???blackout??? period wherein no further transactivation signaling can occur to potentially exploit the mitogenic effects of RTK activation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OWTU.10012/8104 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Kruk, Jeffrey Stephen |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
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