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Role of curcumin in PLD activation by Arf6-cytohesin1 signaling axis in U46619-stimulated pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells

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Phospholipase D (PLD) catalyzes the hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine to produce phosphatidic acid (PA) which in some cell types play a pivotal role in agonist-induced increase in NADPH oxidase-derived \( {\text{O}}_{2}^{{ \cdot - }} \)production. Involvement of ADP ribosylation factor (Arf) in agonist-induced activation of PLD is known for smooth muscle cells of systemic arteries, but not in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs). Additionally, role of cytohesin in this scenario is unknown in PASMCs. We, therefore, determined the involvement of Arf and cytohesin in U46619-induced stimulation of PLD in PASMCs, and the probable mechanism by which curcumin, a natural phenolic compound, inhibits the U46619 response. Treatment of PASMCs with U46619 stimulated PLD activity in the cell membrane, which was inhibited upon pretreatment with SQ29548 (Tp receptor antagonist), FIPI (PLD inhibitor), SecinH3 (inhibitor of cytohesins), and curcumin. Transfection of the cells with Tp, Arf-6, and cytohesin-1 siRNA inhibited U46619-induced activation of PLD. Upon treatment of the cells with U46619, Arf-6 and cytohesin-1 were translocated and associated in the cell membrane, which were not inhibited upon pretreatment of the cells with curcumin. Cytohesin-1 appeared to be necessary for in vitro binding of GTPγS with Arf-6; however, addition of curcumin inhibited binding of GTPγS with Arf-6 even in the presence of cytohesin-1. Our computational study suggests that although curcumin to some extent binds with Tp receptor, yet the inhibition of Arf6GDP to Arf6GTP conversion appeared to be an important mechanism by which curcumin inhibits U46619-induced increase in PLD activity in PASMCs.

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Abbreviations

HPASMC:

Human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells

PLD:

Phospholipase D

Tp:

TxA2 receptor

Arf:

ADP ribosylation factor

GEF:

Guanine nucleotide exchange factor

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Financial assistance from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India is greatly acknowledged. Thanks are also due to late Dr. Tripti De (Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata) for her interest in this work. Thanks are also due to the Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility of the University of Kalyani for computational study.

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Chakraborti, S., Sarkar, J., Bhuyan, R. et al. Role of curcumin in PLD activation by Arf6-cytohesin1 signaling axis in U46619-stimulated pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. Mol Cell Biochem 438, 97–109 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-017-3117-7

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