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. 2011 May 31;31(5):399–403. doi: 10.1007/s10059-011-1010-x

Table 1.

S1P receptors and phenotypes of their genetic deletion

S1P Receptors S1PR1 S1PR2 S1PR3 S1PR4 S1PR5

Coupling G proteins Gi/O Gi Gi Gi Gi/o
Gq Gq G12/13 G12/13
Gs Gs
G12/13 G12/13
Distribution Ubiquitous Ubiquitous Spleen, heart, lung, thymus, kidney, testis, brain, skeletal muscle Thymus, spleen, lung, peripheral leukocytes Brain, spleen, peripheral leukocytes
Highest expressed in embryonic brain
Expressed high in adult heart and lung
Phenotypes of gene deletion (mouse) Embryonic lethal (e12.5-e14.5) Vestibular defects Disruption of alveolar epithelial junctions Ddisorder of megakaryocyte differentiation Reduced number of NK cells
Hearing loss
Seizures (C57BL/6 only)
Perinatal lethal (reduce litter size)
Survivours show no phonotype
Biological function Rac activation Rho activation Cardioprotection by HDL
Vasoconstriction angiogenesis
Wound healing
References Liu et al. (2000) Kono et al. (2007) Nofer et al. (2004) Golfier et al. (2010) Walzer et al. (2007)
Matloubian et al. (2004) Serriere-Lanneau et al. (2007) Gon et al. (2005)