PLC-epsilon: a shared effector protein in Ras-, Rho-, and G alpha beta gamma-mediated signaling.

The conceptual segregation of G protein-stimulated cell signaling responses into those mediated by heterotrimeric G proteins versus those promoted by small GTPases of the Ras superfamily is no longer vogue. PLC-epsilon, an isozyme of the phospholipase C (PLC) family, has been identified recently and dramatically extends our understanding of the crosstalk that occurs between heterotrimeric and small monomeric GTPases. Like the widely studied PLC-beta isozymes, PLC-epsilon is activated by Gbetagamma released upon activation of heterotrimeric G proteins. However, PLC-epsilon markedly differs from the PLC-beta isozymes in its capacity for activation by Galpha(12/13) - but not Galpha(q) -coupled receptors. PLC-epsilon contains two Ras-associating domains located near the C terminus, and H-Ras regulates PLC-epsilon as a downstream effector. Rho also activates PLC-epsilon, but in a mechanism independent of the C-terminal Ras-associating domains. Therefore, Ca(2+) mobilization and activation of protein kinase C are signaling responses associated with activation of both H-Ras and Rho. A guanine nucleotide exchange domain conserved in the N terminus of PLC-epsilon potentially confers a capacity for activators of this isozyme to cast signals into additional signaling pathways mediated by GTPases of the Ras superfamily. Thus, PLC-epsilon is a multifunctional nexus protein that senses and mediates crosstalk between heterotrimeric and small GTPase signaling pathways.

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