Host: The 93rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Pharmacological Society
Name : The 93rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Pharmacological Society
Number : 93
Location : Yokohama
Date : March 16, 2020 - March 18, 2020
Endothelin receptors (ETRs) is one of G protein coupled receptors, and consist of ET type A receptor (ETAR) and ET type B receptor (ETBR). The overexpression of endothelin (ET)-1 or ETRs is related to malignancy of human cancer, although ET-1 was originally identified as an endothelium-derived vasocontractile peptide. In cancer cells, ET-1 activates various signaling pathways, including mitogen-activated protein kinase, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, protein kinase C through ETRs, although the mechanisms by which ET-1 activates these signaling pathways remain uncertain. Here, we found that ETRs interacted with annexin A2, which is overexpressed in various cancers. Annexin A2 bound to ETAR and ETBR. Upon ET-1 stimulation, serine phosphorylation of annexin A2 increased, while there is no change in tyrosine phosphorylation of annexin A2. Furthermore, we found that annexin A2 silencing suppressed activation of ERK upon ET-1 stimulation. These results suggested that interaction of ETRs and annexin A2 may play important roles in activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase upon ET-1 stimulation.
