Expression of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C enzymes in human skin fibroblasts

Connect Tissue Res. 2013;54(1):1-4. doi: 10.3109/03008207.2012.712584.

Abstract

Fibroblasts are involved in a number of functions regulated by different signal transduction pathways, including the phosphoinositide (PI) signaling system and related converting enzymes, such as phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC). The PI-PLC family comprises crucial effector enzymes in the PI signal transduction pathway. Once activated, PI-PLC cleaves an important membrane PI, the phosphatidylinositol (4,5) bisphosphate into inositol trisphosphate and diacylglycerol-both are crucial molecules in the transduction of signals. The activity of selected PI-PLC enzymes was reported in fibroblasts, although the complete panel of expression was not available. Each cell type expresses a group of selected PI-PLC isoforms, and knowledge of the panel of expression is a necessary and preliminary tool to address further studies. In the present study, we delineated the expression panel of PI-PLC enzymes in human skin fibroblasts. PI-PLC β1, PI-PLC β3, PI-PLC β4, PI-PLC γ1, PI-PLC γ2, PI-PLC δ1, PI-PLC δ3, PI-PLC δ4, and PI-PLC ϵ were expressed. PI-PLC β1 was weakly expressed, PI-PLC δ4 was inconstantly expressed, and PI-PLC γ2 was weakly expressed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cells, Cultured
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Fibroblasts / cytology
  • Fibroblasts / enzymology*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic*
  • Humans
  • Isoenzymes / genetics
  • Isoenzymes / metabolism*
  • Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C / classification
  • Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C / genetics
  • Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction
  • Skin / cytology
  • Skin / enzymology*

Substances

  • Isoenzymes
  • Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C