PLCB2

Summary

Gene Symbol: PLCB2
Description: phospholipase C, beta 2
Alias: 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-2, 1-phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-2, PLC-beta-2, phosphoinositide phospholipase C-beta-2, phospholipase C-beta-2
Species: human

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Mechanosensitivity of human osteosarcoma cells and phospholipase C beta2 expression
    M Hoberg
    Department of Orthopaedics, University of Tuebingen, Germany
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 333:142-9. 2005
  2. ncbi Phospholipase C-beta 1 is a GTPase-activating protein for Gq/11, its physiologic regulator
    G Berstein
    Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235 9041
    Cell 70:411-8. 1992
  3. ncbi Association analysis of two candidate phospholipase genes that map to the chromosome 15q15.1-15.3 region associated with reading disability
    D W Morris
    Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom
    Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 129:97-103. 2004
  4. ncbi Phospholipase Cbeta2 binds to and inhibits phospholipase Cdelta1
    Yuanjian Guo
    Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794 8661, USA
    J Biol Chem 280:1438-47. 2005
  5. ncbi Regulatory interactions between the amino terminus of G-protein betagamma subunits and the catalytic domain of phospholipase Cbeta2
    Tabetha M Bonacci
    Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
    J Biol Chem 280:10174-81. 2005
  6. ncbi Apical localization of a functional TRPC3/TRPC6-Ca2+-signaling complex in polarized epithelial cells. Role in apical Ca2+ influx
    Bidhan C Bandyopadhyay
    Secretory Physiology Section, Gene Therapy and Therapeutics Branch, NIDCR, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    J Biol Chem 280:12908-16. 2005
  7. ncbi PLC-beta2 is highly expressed in breast cancer and is associated with a poor outcome: a study on tissue microarrays
    Valeria Bertagnolo
    Signal Transduction Unit, Laboratory of Cell Biology, Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Morphology and Embryology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
    Int J Oncol 28:863-72. 2006
  8. ncbi Phospholipase C-beta 2 promotes mitosis and migration of human breast cancer-derived cells
    Valeria Bertagnolo
    Signal Transduction Unit, Laboratory of Cell Biology, Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Morphology and Embryology, University G D Annunzio Chieti Pescara, Chieti, Italy
    Carcinogenesis 28:1638-45. 2007
  9. ncbi PLC-beta2 activity on actin-associated polyphosphoinositides promotes migration of differentiating tumoral myeloid precursors
    Federica Brugnoli
    Signal Transduction Unit, Laboratory of Cell Biology, Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Morphology and Embryology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
    Cell Signal 19:1701-12. 2007
  10. ncbi Alternative splice variants of phospholipase C-beta2 are expressed in platelets: effect on Galphaq-dependent activation and localization
    Liansheng Sun
    Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
    Platelets 18:217-23. 2007

Research Grants

  1. Molecular Basis of Taste Cell Signaling
    Nirupa Chaudhari; Fiscal Year: 2009
  2. Molecular Basis of Taste Cell Signaling
    Nirupa Chaudhari; Fiscal Year: 2007
  3. MOLECULAR BASIS AND FUNCTION OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
    Dianqing Wu; Fiscal Year: 2000

Scientific Experts

  • SUZANNE F SCARLATA
  • S H Park
  • M Hoberg
  • Nirupa Chaudhari
  • Dianqing Wu
  • Valeria Bertagnolo
  • Yuanjian Guo
  • Federica Brugnoli
  • Silvano Capitani
  • Mascia Benedusi
  • Denny Schanze
  • Alexey A Fushan
  • Orit Gutman
  • Jennifer L Lee
  • Jolanta Idkowiak-Baldys
  • Yong Sun Maeng
  • Alex U Singer
  • Tomoko Kawai
  • Liansheng Sun
  • Patrizia Querzoli
  • Tabetha M Bonacci
  • Bidhan C Bandyopadhyay
  • Marco Marchisio
  • D W Morris
  • Jason T Snyder
  • T Kendall Harden
  • John Sondek
  • Loren W Runnels
  • Elizabeth Buck
  • Alastair J Barr
  • Gerald Stober
  • Bruno Pfuhlmann
  • Andre Reis
  • Arif B Ekici
  • Stephen D'Amico
  • Peter Gierschik
  • A Caricasole
  • Y Tang
  • Jay P Slack
  • Yoav I Henis
  • Claudia Walliser
  • Thomas Piechulek
  • Christopher T Simons
  • Dennis Drayna
  • Urszula Golebiewska
  • Kyung Sun Kang
  • Kyu Sil Choi
  • Gurtej S Cheema
  • Stanley M Naguwa
  • Young Myeong Kim
  • M Eric Gershwin
  • Yong Won Park
  • Ja Young Kwon
  • Yusuf A Hannun
  • Moo Ho Won
  • Jeong Ki Min
  • Young Guen Kwon
  • Aleksander Baldys
  • Pann Ghill Suh
  • Hyun Jung Choi
  • John R Raymond
  • Yun Hee Kim
  • N J Haughey
  • Kyoko Morita
  • Masayuki Ohta
  • Satya P Kunapuli
  • A Koneti Rao
  • Alberto Bavelloni
  • Kiyoshi Masuda
  • Paola Lanuti
  • Guangfen Mao
  • Danny N Dhanasekaran
  • Kazuhito Rokutan
  • Kensei Nishida
  • Toshiro Saito
  • Michiyo Shikishima
  • Massimo Pedriali
  • Eros Magri
  • E Dare
  • Alan V Smrcka
  • William D Swaim
  • Xibao Liu
  • Mario Rebecchi
  • Mousumi Ghosh
  • Indu S Ambudkar
  • Sundeep Malik
  • Randen L Patterson
  • Robert S Redman
  • M C O'Donovan
  • L Robinson

Detail Information

Publications36

  1. ncbi Mechanosensitivity of human osteosarcoma cells and phospholipase C beta2 expression
    M Hoberg
    Department of Orthopaedics, University of Tuebingen, Germany
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 333:142-9. 2005
    ..Fluid shear flow experiments with MG-63 lacking PLC beta2 revealed a significantly higher level of cells losing attachment to coverslips and a significantly lower number of cells increasing intracellular free calcium...
  2. ncbi Phospholipase C-beta 1 is a GTPase-activating protein for Gq/11, its physiologic regulator
    G Berstein
    Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235 9041
    Cell 70:411-8. 1992
    ..Such GAP activity by an effector coupled to a trimeric G protein can reconcile slow GTP hydrolysis by pure G proteins in vitro with fast physiologic deactivation of G protein-mediated signaling...
  3. ncbi Association analysis of two candidate phospholipase genes that map to the chromosome 15q15.1-15.3 region associated with reading disability
    D W Morris
    Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom
    Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 129:97-103. 2004
    ..Both were phospholipase genes, phospholipase C beta 2 (PLCB2) and phospholipase A2, group IVB (cytosolic; PLA2G4B). D15S944 is located within PLCB2 and is 1...
  4. ncbi Phospholipase Cbeta2 binds to and inhibits phospholipase Cdelta1
    Yuanjian Guo
    Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794 8661, USA
    J Biol Chem 280:1438-47. 2005
    ..These results support a model in which PLCbeta2 suppresses the basal catalytic activity of PLCdelta1, which is relieved by binding of Gbetagamma subunits to PLCbeta2 allowing for amplified calcium signals...
  5. ncbi Regulatory interactions between the amino terminus of G-protein betagamma subunits and the catalytic domain of phospholipase Cbeta2
    Tabetha M Bonacci
    Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
    J Biol Chem 280:10174-81. 2005
    ....
  6. ncbi Apical localization of a functional TRPC3/TRPC6-Ca2+-signaling complex in polarized epithelial cells. Role in apical Ca2+ influx
    Bidhan C Bandyopadhyay
    Secretory Physiology Section, Gene Therapy and Therapeutics Branch, NIDCR, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    J Biol Chem 280:12908-16. 2005
    ..These data demonstrate functional localization of TRPC3/TRPC6 channels in the apical region of polarized epithelial cells. In salivary gland ducts this could contribute to the regulation of salivary [Ca2+] and secretion...
  7. ncbi PLC-beta2 is highly expressed in breast cancer and is associated with a poor outcome: a study on tissue microarrays
    Valeria Bertagnolo
    Signal Transduction Unit, Laboratory of Cell Biology, Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Morphology and Embryology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
    Int J Oncol 28:863-72. 2006
    ..Our data indicate that PLC-beta2 expression correlates highly with breast cancer malignancy and suggest that it can be included, as an independent marker, among the prognostic indicators in current use...
  8. ncbi Phospholipase C-beta 2 promotes mitosis and migration of human breast cancer-derived cells
    Valeria Bertagnolo
    Signal Transduction Unit, Laboratory of Cell Biology, Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Morphology and Embryology, University G D Annunzio Chieti Pescara, Chieti, Italy
    Carcinogenesis 28:1638-45. 2007
    ..On the basis of these data, PLC-beta2 may constitute a molecular marker of breast tumor cells able to monitor the progression to invasive cancers and a target for novel therapeutic breast cancer strategies...
  9. ncbi PLC-beta2 activity on actin-associated polyphosphoinositides promotes migration of differentiating tumoral myeloid precursors
    Federica Brugnoli
    Signal Transduction Unit, Laboratory of Cell Biology, Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Morphology and Embryology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
    Cell Signal 19:1701-12. 2007
    ....
  10. ncbi Alternative splice variants of phospholipase C-beta2 are expressed in platelets: effect on Galphaq-dependent activation and localization
    Liansheng Sun
    Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
    Platelets 18:217-23. 2007
    ..In transfected CV-1 cells, PLC-beta2a is relatively more enriched in the nuclei than PLC-beta2b suggesting that the two variants may have different effects in cell proliferation and differentiation...
  11. ncbi Gene expression signature in peripheral blood cells from medical students exposed to chronic psychological stress
    Tomoko Kawai
    Department of Stress Science, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, 3 18 15 Kuramoto cho, Tokushima, Japan
    Biol Psychol 76:147-55. 2007
    ..Of the 24 genes, real-time PCR validated changes in mRNA levels of 10 (PLCB2, CSF3R, ARHGEF1, DPYD, CTNNB1, PPP3CA, POLM, IRF3, TP53, and CCNI)...
  12. ncbi Endothelial progenitor cell homing: prominent role of the IGF2-IGF2R-PLCbeta2 axis
    Yong Sun Maeng
    Department of Biochemistry, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
    Blood 113:233-43. 2009
    ..The utilization of the IGF2/IGF2R system may therefore be useful for the development of novel means to treat angiogenesis-dependent diseases...
  13. ncbi Revisiting Libman-Sacks endocarditis: a historical review and update
    Jennifer L Lee
    Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 36:126-30. 2009
    ..Improvements in imaging modalities, particularly in echocardiography, have allowed better estimation of the prevalence of the disease, but further investigation is still needed into its pathogenesis, treatment, and association with APS...
  14. ncbi Sustained receptor stimulation leads to sequestration of recycling endosomes in a classical protein kinase C- and phospholipase D-dependent manner
    Jolanta Idkowiak-Baldys
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
    J Biol Chem 284:22322-31. 2009
    ..Taken together, these results demonstrate a novel role for sustained receptor stimulation in regulation of intracellular trafficking, and this process requires sustained stimulation of PKC and PLD...
  15. ncbi Differential regulation of phospholipase C-beta2 activity and membrane interaction by Galphaq, Gbeta1gamma2, and Rac2
    Orit Gutman
    Department of Neurobiology, George S Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    J Biol Chem 285:3905-15. 2010
    ..Finally, activation by betagamma recruits PLCbeta(2) to the membrane by transient interactions, leading to fast "surfing" diffusion along the membrane, sampling large regions for dispersed PtdInsP(2) populations...
  16. ncbi The small G protein Rac1 activates phospholipase Cdelta1 through phospholipase Cbeta2
    Yuanjian Guo
    Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794 8661, USA
    J Biol Chem 285:24999-5008. 2010
    ..Through PLCbeta2, PLCdelta1 activation is linked to surface receptors as well as signals that mediate cytoskeletal pathways...
  17. ncbi Association between common variation in genes encoding sweet taste signaling components and human sucrose perception
    Alexey A Fushan
    National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
    Chem Senses 35:579-92. 2010
    ..Collectively, GNAT3 polymorphisms explain 13% of the variation in sucrose perception. Our findings underscore the importance of common genetic variants influencing human taste perception...
  18. ncbi The Pleckstrin homology domains of phospholipases C-beta and -delta confer activation through a common site
    Yuanjian Guo
    Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794 8661, USA
    J Biol Chem 278:29995-30004. 2003
    Mammalian inositol-specific phospholipase C-beta2 (PLC beta 2) and PLC delta 1 differ in their cellular activators...
  19. ncbi The pleckstrin homology domain of phospholipase C-beta2 as an effector site for Rac
    Jason T Snyder
    Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
    J Biol Chem 278:21099-104. 2003
    ..Together, these findings present a quantitative evaluation of the direct interactions between Rac GTPases and PLC-beta isozymes and define a novel role for the PH domain of PLC-beta2 as a putative effector site for Rac GTPases...
  20. ncbi Cloning, sequencing, expression, and Gq-independent activation of phospholipase C-beta 2
    D Park
    Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
    J Biol Chem 267:16048-55. 1992
    ..see also accompanying article (Lee, C. H., Park, D., Wu, D., Rhee, S. G., and Simon, M. I. (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 16044-16047)...
  21. ncbi Human immunodeficiency virus-1 glycoproteins gp120 and gp160 specifically inhibit the CD3/T cell-antigen receptor phosphoinositide transduction pathway
    D Cefai
    Laboratoire d Immunologie Cellulaire et Tissulaire, Group Hospitalier GH Pitié Salpétrière, Paris, France
    J Clin Invest 86:2117-24. 1990
    ....
  22. ncbi Purification and characterization of membrane-bound phospholipase C specific for phosphoinositides from human platelets
    Y Banno
    Department of Biochemistry, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan
    J Biol Chem 263:11459-65. 1988
    ..The mPLC-I and mPLC-II activities were increased by Ca2+, but not by Mg2+, while Hg2+, Fe2+, Cu2+, and La3+ were inhibitory. GTP-binding proteins (Gi, Go, and Ki-ras protein) had no significant effects on the mPLC-II activity...
  23. ncbi Exogenous human immunodeficiency virus type-1 Tat protein selectively stimulates a phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C nuclear pathway in the Jurkat T cell line
    G Zauli
    Institute of Human Anatomy, University of Ferrara, Italy
    Eur J Immunol 25:2695-700. 1995
    ..The relevance of these findings for a better understanding of the biological functions of extracellular Tat is discussed...
  24. ncbi Mitogen-activated protein kinase activation requires two signal inputs from the human anaphylatoxin C5a receptor
    A M Buhl
    Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark
    J Biol Chem 270:19828-32. 1995
    ..These results demonstrate that two independent signals are required for the maximal activation of MAP kinase by G protein-coupled receptors...
  25. ncbi Characterization of the phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C isozymes present in the bovine parathyroid and in human kidney HEK293 cells stably transfected with the human parathyroid Ca2+-sensing receptor
    E Dare
    Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
    J Mol Endocrinol 21:7-17. 1998
    ..PLCdelta2, showing predominantly nuclear localization in the parathyroid, was the sole PI-PLC isozyme with higher levels of expression in CaR-transfected HEK cells...
  26. ncbi Assignment1 of human PLCB2 encoding PLC beta2 to human chromosome 15q15 by fluorescence in situ hybridization
    S H Park
    Institute of Human Genetics, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul (South Korea
    Cytogenet Cell Genet 83:48-9. 1998
  27. ncbi Involvement of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-regulated stores of intracellular calcium in calcium dysregulation and neuron cell death caused by HIV-1 protein tat
    N J Haughey
    Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine, Winnipeg, Canada
    J Neurochem 73:1363-74. 1999
    ....
  28. ncbi Association of mammalian trp4 and phospholipase C isozymes with a PDZ domain-containing protein, NHERF
    Y Tang
    Neurobiotechnology Center and Department of Neuroscience, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
    J Biol Chem 275:37559-64. 2000
    ..The interaction with the PDZ protein may constitute an important mechanism for distribution and regulation of store-operated channels...
  29. ncbi Cloning and characterization of the human phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C-beta 1 (PLC beta 1)
    A Caricasole
    Biology Department, GlaxoWellcome Medicines Research Centre, Verona, Italy
    Biochim Biophys Acta 1517:63-72. 2000
    ..Finally, we characterized the structure of the PLC beta 1 locus and confirmed its mapping to human chromosome 20...
  30. ncbi A unique fold of phospholipase C-beta mediates dimerization and interaction with G alpha q
    Alex U Singer
    Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
    Nat Struct Biol 9:32-6. 2002
    ..Effector dimerization, as highlighted by PLC-betas, provides a viable mechanism for regulating signaling cascades linked to heterotrimeric G proteins...
  31. ncbi The TRPM7 channel is inactivated by PIP(2) hydrolysis
    Loren W Runnels
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Children s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Enders 1309, 320 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Nat Cell Biol 4:329-36. 2002
    ..We conclude that receptor-mediated activation of PLC results in the hydrolysis of localized PIP(2), leading to inactivation of the TRPM7 channel...
  32. ncbi Regulation of the lateral association of phospholipase Cbeta2 and G protein subunits by lipid rafts
    Suzanne Scarlata
    Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794 8661, USA
    Biochemistry 41:7092-9. 2002
    ..These results suggest a model in which lipid rafts occlude the PLCbeta2 interaction site on Gbetagamma subunits by localizing these subunits at the domain interface...
  33. ncbi Selective up-regulation of phospholipase C-beta2 during granulocytic differentiation of normal and leukemic hematopoietic progenitors
    Valeria Bertagnolo
    Signal Transduction Unit Laboratory of Cell Biology, Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Morphology and Embryology, University of Ferrara, Italy
    J Leukoc Biol 71:957-65. 2002
    ..Moreover, PLC-beta2 levels can predict the in vivo responsiveness to ATRA of APL patients...
  34. ncbi Phospholipase C-beta 2 interacts with mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 3
    Alastair J Barr
    Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 293:647-52. 2002
    ..p38MAPK also co-immunoprecipitated with PLC-beta 2. The data suggest that PLC-beta 2 serves an unappreciated role assembling components of the p38MAPK signaling module...
  35. ncbi Role of dynamic interactions in effective signal transfer for Gbeta stimulation of phospholipase C-beta 2
    Elizabeth Buck
    Department of Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
    J Biol Chem 277:49707-15. 2002
    ....
  36. ncbi Evaluation of conserved and ultra-conserved non-genic sequences in chromosome 15q15-linked periodic catatonia
    Denny Schanze
    Institute of Human Genetics, University of Erlangen Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
    Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 159:77-86. 2012
    ..Further CNGs were identified at the PLCB2 and DLL4 locus or located intergenic between TYRO3 and MAPKBP1...

Research Grants7

  1. Molecular Basis of Taste Cell Signaling
    Nirupa Chaudhari; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..our hypothesis on output cells, We will employ mice in which functional cell lineages for cells (a) that express PLCb2 or (b) that synthesize biogenic amines are transgenically labeled with Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) or b-..
  2. Molecular Basis of Taste Cell Signaling
    Nirupa Chaudhari; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..our hypothesis on output cells, We will employ mice in which functional cell lineages for cells (a) that express PLCb2 or (b) that synthesize biogenic amines are transgenically labeled with Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) or b-..
  3. MOLECULAR BASIS AND FUNCTION OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
    Dianqing Wu; Fiscal Year: 2000
    ..mice models to explore the physiological roles of two leukocyte-specific signaling molecules: PI-PLC-beta-2 (PLCb2) and the interleukin-8 receptor (IL-8R)...