Phosphoinositide hydrolysis in Ki-ras-transformed fibroblasts stimulated by platelet-derived growth factor and bradykinin

Abstract

• 1.

  1. Signal transduction in response to platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-BB and bradykinin (BK) have been examined by measuring inositol polyphosphate formation in NIH3T3 fibrobalst and v-Ki-ras -transformed NIH3T3 fibroblast (DT).

• 2.

  2. The PDGF-induced inositol polyphosphate formation in NIH3T3 was greater than that in DT cells, in which autophosphorylation of PDGF receptor and tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase C (PLC)-γ 1 were suppressed when examined by immunoblotting with anti-phosphotyrosine antibody.

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  3. On the other hand, BK-stimulation produced a much higher level of inositol polyphosphate in DT cells which have a greater number of BK receptors.

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  4. These results indicate that in Ki-ras transformed cells the decrease (caused by PDGF) and the increase (caused by BK) in phosphoinositide hydrolysis are due to the defective autophosphorylation of PDGF receptors leading to a reduction in PLC-γ 1 tyrosine phosphorylation and the overexpression of BK receptors, respectively.