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- Title
A constitutively active form of neurokinin 1 receptor and neurokinin 1 receptor-mediated apoptosis in glioblastomas.
- Authors
Akazawa, Toshimasa; Kwatra, Shawn G.; Goldsmith, Laura E.; Richardson, Mark D.; Cox, Elizabeth A.; Sampson, John H.; Kwatra, Madan M.
- Abstract
Previous studies have shown that neurokinin 1 receptor (NK1R) occurs naturally in human glioblastomas and its stimulation causes cell proliferation. In the present study we show that stimulation of NK1R in human U373 glioblastoma cells by substance P increases Akt phosphorylation by 2.5-fold, with an EC50 of 57 nM. Blockade of NK1R lowers basal phosphorylation of Akt, indicating the presence of a constitutively active form of NK1R; similar results are seen in U251 MG and DBTRG-05 glioblastoma cells. Linkage of NK1R to Akt implicates NK1R in apoptosis of glioblastoma cells. Indeed, treatment of serum-starved U373 cells with substance P reduces apoptosis by 53 ± 1% ( p < 0.05), and treatment with NK1R antagonist L-733,060 increases apoptosis by 64 ± 16% ( p < 0.01). Further, the blockade of NK1R in human glioblastoma cells with L-733,060 causes cleavage of Caspase-3 and proteolysis of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase. Experiments designed to elucidate the mechanism of NK1R-mediated Akt phosphorylation revealed total involvement of non-receptor tyrosine kinase Src and phosphatidyl-3-kinase, a partial involvement of epidermal growth factor receptor, and no involvement of mitogen-activated protein/extracellular signal-related kinase. Taken together, the results of the present study indicate a key role for NK1R in glioblastoma apoptosis.
- Subjects
TACHYKININS; APOPTOSIS; CELL proliferation; PHOSPHORYLATION; SERUM; PROTEOLYSIS
- Publication
Journal of Neurochemistry, 2009, Vol 109, Issue 4, p1079
- ISSN
0022-3042
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06032.x