Do annexins participate in lipid messenger mediated intracellular signaling? A question revisited
Do annexins participate in lipid messenger mediated intracellular signaling? A question revisited
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10.3109/09687688.2012.693210
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2012-11-01
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Pikula, Slawomir
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Bandorowicz-Pikula, Joanna;Wos, Marcin;Pikula, Slawomir
Annexins are physiologically important proteins that play a role in calcium buffering but also influence membrane structure, participate in Ca2+-dependent membrane repair events and in remodelling of the cytoskeleton. Thirty years ago several peptides isolated from lung perfusates, peritoneal leukocytes, neutrophiles and renal cells were proven inhibitory to the activity of phospholipase A(2). Those peptides were found to derive from structurally related proteins: annexins AnxA1 and AnxA2. These findings raised the question whether annexins may participate in regulation of the production of lipid second messengers and, therefore, modulate numerous lipid mediated signaling pathways in the cell. Recent advances in the field of annexins made also with the use of knock-out animal models revealed that these proteins are indeed important constituents of specific signaling pathways. In this review we provide evidence supporting the hypothesis that annexins, as membrane-binding proteins and organizers of the membrane lateral heterogeneity, may participate in lipid mediated signaling pathways by affecting the distribution and activity of lipid metabolizing enzymes (most of the reports point to phospholipase A(2)) and of protein kinases regulating activity of these enzymes. Moreover, some experimental data suggest that annexins may directly interact with lipid metabolizing enzymes and, in a calcium-dependent or independent manner, with some of their substrates and products. On the basis of these observations, many investigators suggest that annexins are capable of linking Ca2+, redox and lipid signaling to coordinate vital cellular responses to the environmental stimuli.