Phosphatase-resistant analogues of lysophosphatidic acid: Agonists promote healing, antagonists and autotaxin inhibitors treat cancer

  • Glenn D. Prestwich
  • , Joanna Gajewiak
  • , Honglu Zhang
  • , Xiaoyu Xu
  • , Guanghui Yang
  • , Monica Serban

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Abstract

Isoform-selective agonists and antagonists of the lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have important potential applications in cell biology and therapy. LPA GPCRs regulate cancer cell proliferation, invasion, angiogenesis, and also biochemical resistance to chemotherapy- and radiotherapy-induced apoptosis. LPA and its analogues also are feedback inhibitors of the enzyme lysophospholipase D (lysoPLD, a.k.a., autotaxin, ATX), a central regulator of invasion and metastasis. For cancer therapy, the optimal therapeutic profile would be a metabolically-stabilized, pan-LPA receptor antagonist that also inhibited lysoPLD. For protection of gastrointestinal mucosa and lymphocytes, LPA agonists would be desirable to minimize or reverse radiation or chemical-induced injury. Analogues of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) that are chemically modified to be less susceptible to phospholipases and phosphatases show activity as long-lived receptor-specific agonists and antagonists for LPA receptors, as well as inhibitors for the lysoPLD activity of ATX.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)588-594
Number of pages7
JournalBiochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids
Volume1781
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2008

Funding

We thank the National Institutes of Health for grant NS29632 to G.D.P. We also thank our colleagues, G. Tigyi (U Tennessee, Memphis), J. Aoki (U Tokyo), A. Parrill (U Memphis), M. Murph and G. B. Mills (M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) for ongoing collaborative studies on biological activity in literature cited herein, and S. W. Nam (Catholic U, Korea) for providing the NIH 3T3 ras ATX cell line.

Funder number
R01NS029632

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

    Keywords

    • Aminooxy
    • Autotaxin
    • GPCR antagonist
    • Lysophospholipase D inhibitor
    • Methylene phosphonate
    • Phosphorothioate
    • Receptor isoform selectivity
    • Tumor regression

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