Role of lysophosphatidic acid and its receptors in health and disease: novel therapeutic strategies.
Signal Transduct Target Ther
; 6(1): 45, 2021 02 01.
Article
in En
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| ID: mdl-33526777
ABSTRACT
Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is an abundant bioactive phospholipid, with multiple functions both in development and in pathological conditions. Here, we review the literature about the differential signaling of LPA through its specific receptors, which makes this lipid a versatile signaling molecule. This differential signaling is important for understanding how this molecule can have such diverse effects during central nervous system development and angiogenesis; and also, how it can act as a powerful mediator of pathological conditions, such as neuropathic pain, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer progression. Ultimately, we review the preclinical and clinical uses of Autotaxin, LPA, and its receptors as therapeutic targets, approaching the most recent data of promising molecules modulating both LPA production and signaling. This review aims to summarize the most update knowledge about the mechanisms of LPA production and signaling in order to understand its biological functions in the central nervous system both in health and disease.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Phospholipids
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Lysophospholipids
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Neovascularization, Pathologic
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Signal Transduct Target Ther
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil