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Lysophosphatidic acid induces neuronal shape changes via a novel, receptor-mediated signaling pathway: similarity to thrombin action.
Cell growth & differentiation : the molecular biology journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Apr 1993
Jalink K, Eichholtz T, Postma F R, van Corven E J, Moolenaar W H
Abstract excerpt
Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a mitogenic phospholipid produced by certain activated cells and present in serum. LPA stimulates phospholipase C and inhibits adenylate cyclase in its target cells, apparently by activating a specific G-protein-coupled receptor. Here, we demonstrate that LPA causes transient rounding of N1E-115 and NG108-15 neuronal cells accompanied by growth cone collapse and retraction of...
Topics
- Actins
- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Size
- Cytoskeleton
- Enzyme Activation
- Lysophospholipids
- Mice
- Neurons
- Phenotype
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
