Morphine stimulates vascular endothelial growth factor-like signaling in mouse retinal endothelial cells

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作者
Chen, Chunsheng [1 ]
Farooqui, Mariya [1 ]
Gupta, Kalpna [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Minnesota, Sch Med, Div Hematol Oncol & Transplantat, Vasc Biol Ctr, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
关键词
mu opioid receptor; transactivation; STAT3; PDGFR; FLR/KDR; G-protein coupled receptors; receptor tyrosine kinase; MAPK/ERK;
D O I
10.2174/156720206778018767
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
Go/Gi coupled G-protein receptor mediated transactivation is critical in the activation of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK). Here we show that mu opioid receptor (MOR) transactivates Flk1 and platelet-derived growth factor-beta (PDGF-P) receptors and its agonist morphine stimulates pro-angiogenic and survival-promoting signaling in mouse retinal endothelial cells (mREC). Morphine stimulates mREC proliferation in a dose dependent fashion and promotes survival to the same extent as vascular endothelial growth factor(164) (VEGF(164)). Morphine stimulates mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MAPK/ERK) and Akt phosphorylation in a time dependent manner like VEGF in mREC. Moreover, analogous to VEGF, morphine stimulates oncogenic signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling. Morphine as well as VEGF-induced phospho-STAT3 and phospho-Flk1 immunoprecipitated with MOR-associated proteins. In addition morphine also stimulated MOR associated PDGF-beta receptor phosphorylation. Consistent with the relationship between VEGF and MOR we found that VEGF upregulates MOR protein and RNA expression in mREC. These data suggest that MOR associates and transactivates RTKs for Flk1 and PDGF-beta, which may have a compounding effect on angiogenic signaling in endothelium. Therefore, G-Protein coupled receptors including MOR provide novel targets to develop anti-angiogenic agents.
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