Prostaglandin E2 induces interaction between hSlo potassium channel and Syk tyrosine kinase in osteosarcoma cells

J Bone Miner Res. 2002 May;17(5):869-78. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.2002.17.5.869.

Abstract

Prostaglandins (PGs) are important mediators of bone response to growth factors, hormones, inflammation, or mechanical strains. In this study, we show that in MG63 osteosarcoma cells, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) produces the opening of a large conductance Ca2+-dependent K+ channel (BK). This PGE2-mediated channel opening induces the recruitment of various tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins on the hSlo alpha-subunit of BK. Because the C-terminal domain of hSlo encompasses an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM), we show that the Syk nonreceptor tyrosine kinase, reported yet to be expressed mainly in hematopoietic cells, is expressed also in osteoblastic cells, and recruited on this ITAM after a PGE2-induced docking/activation process. We show that Syk/hSlo association is dependent of an upstream Src-related tyrosine kinase activity, in accord with the classical two-step model described for immune receptors. Finally, we provide evidence that this Syk/hSlo interaction does not affect the electrical features of BK channels in osteosarcoma cells. With these data, we would like to suggest the new notion that besides its conductance function, hSlo channel can behave in bone cells, as a true transduction protein intervening in the bone remodeling induced by PGE2.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Bone Remodeling / drug effects
  • Bone Remodeling / physiology
  • COS Cells
  • Dinoprostone / pharmacology*
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Enzyme Precursors / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha Subunits
  • Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Osteoblasts / drug effects
  • Osteoblasts / metabolism
  • Osteosarcoma / metabolism
  • Patch-Clamp Techniques
  • Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated / chemistry
  • Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated / genetics
  • Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated / metabolism*
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction
  • Syk Kinase
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • src-Family Kinases / metabolism

Substances

  • Enzyme Precursors
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • KCNMA1 protein, human
  • Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha Subunits
  • Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels
  • Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • SYK protein, human
  • Syk Kinase
  • src-Family Kinases
  • Dinoprostone