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Dodge KL, Sanborn BM. Evidence for inhibition by protein kinase A of receptor/G alpha(q)/phospholipase C (PLC) coupling by a mechanism not involving PLCbeta2. Endocrinology 1998; 139:2265-71. [PMID: 9564832 DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.5.5963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The effects of cAMP on the oxytocin-stimulated increase in phosphatidylinositide turnover and the possible pathways involved were investigated in a human myometrial cell line (PHM1-41) and in COS-M6 cells overexpressing the oxytocin receptor. Preincubation with chlorophenylthio-cAMP (CPT-cAMP), forskolin, or relaxin inhibited oxytocin-stimulated phosphatidylinositide turnover in PHM1-41 cells, and the inhibition was reversed by H-89, a relatively specific protein kinase A inhibitor. Both CPT-cAMP and transiently expressed protein kinase A catalytic subunit inhibited stimulation by oxytocin and carbachol of [3H]inositol 1,3,4-trisphosphate formation in COS-M6 cells expressing oxytocin or muscarinic M1 receptors, respectively. CPT-cAMP also inhibited phosphatidylinositide turnover stimulation by endothelin-1 in PHM1-41 cells, further demonstrating the generality of the cAMP-inhibitory mechanism. Since G betagamma activation of phospholipase Cbeta2 (PLCbeta2) is a suggested target of protein kinase A, the possibility that the oxytocin receptor couples to PLCbeta2 via G alpha(i)G betagamma activation was explored. Western blot analysis of PHM1-41 cells and COS-M6 cells detected PLCbeta1 and PLCbeta3, but not PLCbeta2. In PHM1-41 cells, pertussis toxin reduced the oxytocin-stimulated increase in [3H]inositol 1,3,4-trisphosphate by 53%, and this was reversed completely by H-89. Thus, the inhibitory effect of pertussis toxin may result from an indirect effect of cAMP elevation. These data suggest that receptor/G alpha(q)-coupled stimulation of PLCbeta1 or PLCbeta3 can be inhibited by cAMP through a phosphorylation mechanism involving protein kinase A that does not involve PLCbeta2. In smooth muscle, this mechanism could constitute potentially important cross-talk between pathways regulating contraction and relaxation.
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- K L Dodge
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 77030, USA
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Bieber E, Stratman T, Sanseverino M, Sangueza J, Phillippe M. Phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C isoform expression in pregnant and nonpregnant rat myometrial tissue. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1998; 178:848-54. [PMID: 9579455 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9378(98)70502-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Activation of the phosphatidylinositol signaling pathway plays a significant role during the intracellular signal transduction events activated during agonist-stimulated phasic myometrial contractions. Phospholipase C is an essential molecular component of this signaling pathway. These studies sought to characterize the expression of phospholipase C isoform messenger ribonucleic acid in both pregnant and nonpregnant rat myometrium. STUDY DESIGN Total cellular ribonucleic acid was isolated from myometrial tissue collected from Sprague-Dawley rats by use of the acidic guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform extraction technique. After deoxyribonuclease treatment to ensure removal of genomic deoxyribonucleic acid, as well as resolution on formaldehyde-1% agarose horizontal slab gels to rule out degradation, the ribonucleic acid was used for semiquantitative competitive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction studies to evaluate the expression of five of the reported phospholipase C isoforms. These studies were performed with isoform-specific 20-mer primers and the inclusion of internal standard heterologous deoxyribonucleic acid sequences designed with ends homologous to the isoform-specific primers. The identity of the polymerase chain reaction products was confirmed with restriction endonuclease digestions and homology analysis of the sequenced polymerase chain reaction product deoxyribonucleic acid. RESULTS These reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction studies have confirmed expression of the phospholipase C-beta1a, phospholipase C-beta3, phospholipase C-gamma1, phospholipase C-beta2, and phospholipase C-delta1 isoforms in rat myometrial tissue. During pregnancy the levels of expression of the phospholipase C-beta3, phospholipase C-gamma1, and phospholipase C-delta1 isoforms were increased compared with the levels of expression in myometrium from nonpregnant rats. In myometrium from both pregnant and nonpregnant animals the phospholipase C-beta1 a isoform was expressed at the highest level, the phospholipase C-beta3, phospholipase C-gamma1, and phospholipase C-gamma2 isoforms at an intermediate level, and the phospholipase C-delta1 isoform was expressed at the lowest levels. CONCLUSIONS These studies have confirmed at the messenger ribonucleic acid level significant expression of several isoforms of phospholipase C in both pregnant and nonpregnant myometrial tissue. These observations provide additional support for the hypothesis that the phosphatidylinositol signaling pathway plays an important role in uterine smooth muscle.
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- E Bieber
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Kim MJ, Min DS, Ryu SH, Suh PG. A cytosolic, galphaq- and betagamma-insensitive splice variant of phospholipase C-beta4. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:3618-24. [PMID: 9452490 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.6.3618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Phospholipase C (PLC)-beta4 has been considered to be a mammalian homolog of the NorpA PLC, which is responsible for visual signal transduction in Drosophila. We reported previously the cloning of a cDNA encoding rat phospholipase C-beta4 (PLC-beta4) (Kim, M. J., Bahk, Y. Y., Min, D. S., Lee, S. J., Ryu, S. H., and Suh, P.-G. (1993) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 194, 706-712). We report now the isolation and characterization of a splice variant (PLC-beta4b). PLC-beta4b is identical to the 130-kDa PLC-beta4 (PLC-beta4a) except that the carboxyl-terminal 162 amino acids of PLC-beta4a are replaced by 10 distinct amino acids. The existence of PLC-beta4b transcripts in the rat brain was demonstrated by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis. Immunological analysis using polyclonal antibody specific for PLC-beta4b revealed that this splice variant exists in rat brain cytosol. To investigate functional differences between the two forms of PLC-beta4, transient expression studies in COS-7 cells were conducted. We found that PLC-beta4a was localized mainly in the particulate fraction of the cell, and it could be activated by Galphaq, whereas PLC-beta4b was localized exclusively in the soluble fraction, and it could not be activated by Galphaq. In addition, both PLC-beta4a and PLC-beta4b were not activated by G-protein betagamma-subunits purified from rat brain. These results suggest that PLC-beta4b may be regulated by a mechanism different from that of PLC-beta4a, and therefore it may play a distinct role in PLC-mediated signal transduction.
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- M J Kim
- Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790-784, South Korea
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Shieh BH, Zhu MY, Lee JK, Kelly IM, Bahiraei F. Association of INAD with NORPA is essential for controlled activation and deactivation of Drosophila phototransduction in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:12682-7. [PMID: 9356510 PMCID: PMC25084 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.23.12682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Visual transduction in Drosophila is a G protein-coupled phospholipase C-mediated process that leads to depolarization via activation of the transient receptor potential (TRP) calcium channel. Inactivation-no-afterpotential D (INAD) is an adaptor protein containing PDZ domains known to interact with TRP. Immunoprecipitation studies indicate that INAD also binds to eye-specific protein kinase C and the phospholipase C, no-receptor-potential A (NORPA). By overlay assay and site-directed mutagenesis we have defined the essential elements of the NORPA-INAD association and identified three critical residues in the C-terminal tail of NORPA that are required for the interaction. These residues, Phe-Cys-Ala, constitute a novel binding motif distinct from the sequences recognized by the PDZ domain in INAD. To evaluate the functional significance of the INAD-NORPA association in vivo, we generated transgenic flies expressing a modified NORPA, NORPAC1094S, that lacks the INAD interaction. The transgenic animals display a unique electroretinogram phenotype characterized by slow activation and prolonged deactivation. Double mutant analysis suggests a possible inaccessibility of eye-specific protein kinase C to NORPAC1094S, undermining the observed defective deactivation, and that delayed activation may similarly result from NORPAC1094S being unable to localize in close proximity to the TRP channel. We conclude that INAD acts as a scaffold protein that facilitates NORPA-TRP interactions required for gating of the TRP channel in photoreceptor cells.
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- B H Shieh
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-6600, USA.
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Kang JS, Lee HB, Rhee SG, Park K, Yoo OJ. The 5'-upstream region of the rat phospholipase C-beta 3 gene contains two critical Sp1 sites and an HIV Inr-like element. Gene 1997; 197:19-28. [PMID: 9332346 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(97)00213-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The 5'-upstream region of the rat phospholipase C-beta 3 gene (PLC-beta 3) has been cloned and characterized. Sequence analysis of the 5'-upstream region showed that it contains a GC-rich region (-166 to +1: 79%) and multiple binding sites for the transcription factors Sp1, AP-1 and AP-2, but does not contain a canonical TATA box. Primer extension analysis of total RNA isolated from rat glial cell C6Bul revealed that single transcription start point (tsp) is located at an initiator (Inr) element similar to that found in the HIV promoter. Gel mobility shift and competitive mobility shift assays indicated that this Inr element forms a DNA-protein complex with the HIV Inr-binding protein, LBP-1/CP2 or a homologue. In order to localize functional elements of the 5'-upstream region of the rat PLC-beta 3 gene, 5'-deletion fragments were cloned into a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter vector. Transient transfection analyses of the 5'-deletion mutants identified a crucial promoter element located at -128 to -14. Supershift mobility assays, site-directed mutagenesis and DNase I footprints indicated that Sp1 binds to three GC boxes within the sequence between -128 and -14 of the PLC-beta 3 promoter. Transient transfection analyses of promoter constructs containing site-specific mutation(s) of these three GC boxes demonstrated that two GC boxes, located proximal to the tsp, are important elements for normal promoter activity.
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- J S Kang
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon, South Korea
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Schnabel P, Gäs H, Nohr T, Böhm M. G protein-independent stimulation of human myocardial phospholipase C by mastoparan. Br J Pharmacol 1997; 122:31-6. [PMID: 9298525 PMCID: PMC1564900 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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1 Phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PLC) is involved in the regulation of many cellular functions. In the myocardium, PLC-generated second messengers play a role in the regulation of contractile function and in the pathophysiology of myocardial hypertrophy. 2 In the present study, the effect of mastoparan, a tetradecapeptide which is capable of activating heterotrimeric G proteins by mimicking the action of an activated receptor, on membrane-bound human myocardial PLC, was investigated in a cell-free assay with exogenous phospholipids as a substrate. 3 Mastoparan stimulated human myocardial PLC approximately two fold with a half-maximal effect at approximately 2 microM and a maximal effect at 10 microM. The peptide did not alter the dependence of PLC on free calcium ions. In order to exclude non-specific effects of mastoparan due to its amphiphilic properties, different mastoparan derivatives were used as positive and negative controls. Mas17, an inactive mastoparan analogue with physical properties very similar to mastoparan, did not induce substantial PLC stimulation in human myocardial membranes. In contrast, Mas7, the most active mastoparan derivative known, caused a more pronounced PLC activation compared with the mother compound indicating that the effect was sequence-specific. Human myocardial PLC stimulation was pertussis toxin-insensitive and could not be abolished by addition of excess alpha-subunits from purified retinal transducin or by excess GDP or GDP/beta S. In order to investigate whether mastoparan stimulate PLC via pertussis toxin-insensitive alpha q, a deletion mutant of PLC beta 2 deficient of the site of interaction with alpha q-subunits was expressed in COS-1 cells. Both wild-type and mutant PLC beta 2 were similarly sensitive to stimulation by mastoparan. It is concluded that mastoparan stimulates human myocardial PLC by a mechanism distinct from heterotrimeric G proteins.
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- P Schnabel
- Klinik III für Innere Medizin, Universität zu Köln, Germany
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James SR, Downes CP. Structural and mechanistic features of phospholipases C: effectors of inositol phospholipid-mediated signal transduction. Cell Signal 1997; 9:329-36. [PMID: 9376212 DOI: 10.1016/s0898-6568(96)00175-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The production of the intracellular second messengers inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate (InsP3) and sn 1,2-diacylglycerol (DG) in response to a wide variety of extracellular primary messengers is achieved by an extended family of inositol phospholipid phosphodiesterases termed phospholipases C (PLC, E.C. 3.1.4.11). This family has been the subject of extensive research and it is clear that the different isoenzymes exhibit some common characteristics (e.g., interactions with substrates) and other distinctive features (e.g., modes of regulation). The recent description of the X-ray crystal structure of a mammalian PLC has served to clarify much about the behaviour of the PLCs, emphasising the "modular" structure of these enzymes. The main focus of this review will concern the specific adaptations of PLC molecules which make them efficient lipid-metabolising enzymes. We also describe what is known about how these enzymes interact with their lipid substrates, which will serve as a basis for considering how PLCs may be activated.
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- S R James
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences Institute, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK.
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Kohyama-Koganeya A, Watanabe M, Hotta Y. Molecular cloning of a diacylglycerol kinase isozyme predominantly expressed in rat retina. FEBS Lett 1997; 409:258-64. [PMID: 9202157 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(97)00526-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We have cloned and characterized a new diacylglycerol kinase (DGK) isozyme which is expressed in the retina and the brain of rat. The cDNA contains an open reading frame of 567 amino acid residues with a predicted protein of 64 kDa and shows very high homology to human DGK epsilon. The new DGK isozyme contains two distinctive zinc-finger structures and a putative catalytic domain. This DGK expressed predominantly in the inner and outer nuclear layers of retina. This expression pattern is different from those of the previously cloned DGKs including the human DGK epsilon, suggesting that this DGK isozyme has potential importance in visual functions as was the case in Drosophila retinal cells.
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- A Kohyama-Koganeya
- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Ali H, Fisher I, Haribabu B, Richardson RM, Snyderman R. Role of phospholipase Cbeta3 phosphorylation in the desensitization of cellular responses to platelet-activating factor. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:11706-9. [PMID: 9115222 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.18.11706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Platelet-activating factor (PAF) stimulates a diverse array of cellular responses through receptors coupled to G proteins that activate phospholipase C (PLC). Truncation of the cytoplasmic tail of the receptor to remove phosphorylation sites (mutant PAF receptor, mPAFR) results in enhancement of PAF-stimulated responses. Here we demonstrate that PAF or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) pretreatment inhibited wild type PAFR-induced PLC-mediated responses by approximately 90%, whereas these responses to the phosphorylation-deficient mPAFR were inhibited by approximately 50%, despite normal G protein coupling, suggesting a distal inhibitory locus. PAF and PMA, as well as a membrane permeable cyclic AMP analog, stimulated phosphorylation of PLCbeta3. A protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor blocked phosphorylation of PLCbeta3 stimulated by PAF and PMA but not by cAMP. Activation of protein kinase A (PKA) by cAMP did not result in inhibition of Ca2+ mobilization stimulated by PAF. In contrast, cAMP did inhibit the response to formylpeptide chemoattractant receptor. These data suggest that homologous desensitization of PAF-mediated responses is regulated via phosphorylation at two levels in the signaling pathway, one at the receptor and the other at PLCbeta3 mediated by PKC but not by PKA. Phosphorylation of PLCbeta3 by PKA could explain the inhibition of formylpeptide chemoattractant receptor signaling by cAMP. As PAF and formylpeptide chemoattractant receptors activate PLC via different G proteins, phosphorylation of PLCbeta3 by PKC and PKA could provide distinct regulatory control for classes of G protein-coupled receptors.
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- H Ali
- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
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Saito S, Goto K, Tonosaki A, Kondo H. Gene cloning and characterization of CDP-diacylglycerol synthase from rat brain. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:9503-9. [PMID: 9083091 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.14.9503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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A cDNA encoded a 462-amino acid protein, which showed CDP-diacylglycerol synthase (CDS) activity was cloned for the first time as the vertebrate enzyme molecule from rat brain cDNA library. The deduced molecular mass of this rat CDS was 53 kDa, and putative primary structure included several possible membrane- spanning regions. At the amino acid sequence level, rat CDS shared 55.5%, 31. 7%, and 20.9% identity with already known Drosophila, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Escherichia coli CDS, respectively. This rat CDS preferred 1-stearoyl-2-arachidonoyl phosphatidic acid as a substrate, and its activity was strongly inhibited by phosphatidylglycerol 4, 5-bisphosphate. By immunoblotting analysis of COS cells overexpressed with the epitope-tagged for rat CDS, a 60-kDa band was detected. By epitope-tag immunocytochemistry, the CDS protein was mainly localized in close association with the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum of the transfected cells. The intense mRNA expression of CDS was localized in the cerebellar Purkinje cells, the pineal body, and the inner segment of photoreceptor cells. Additionally, very intense expression was detected in postmitotic spermatocytes and spermatids.
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- S Saito
- Department of Anatomy, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980-77, Japan
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Peng YW, Rhee SG, Yu WP, Ho YK, Schoen T, Chader GJ, Yau KW. Identification of components of a phosphoinositide signaling pathway in retinal rod outer segments. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:1995-2000. [PMID: 9050893 PMCID: PMC20031 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.5.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/1996] [Accepted: 12/10/1996] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Phototransduction in retinal rods involves a G protein-coupled signaling cascade that leads to cGMP hydrolysis and the closure of cGMP-gated cation channels that are open in darkness, producing a membrane hyperpolarization as the light response. For many years there have also been reports of the presence of a phosphoinositide pathway in the rod outer segment, though its functions and the molecular identities of its components are still unclear. Using immunocytochemistry with antibodies against various phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PLC) isozymes (beta1-4, gamma1-2, and delta1-2), we have found PLCbeta4-like immunoreactivity in rod outer segments. Similar experiments with antibodies against the alpha-subunits of the G(q) family of G proteins, which are known to activate PLCbeta4, have also demonstrated G(alpha11)-like immunoreactivity in this location. Immunoblots of total proteins from whole retina or partially purified rod outer segments with anti-PLCbeta4 and anti-G(alpha11) antibodies gave, respectively, a single protein band of the expected molecular mass, suggesting specific labelings. The retinal locations of the two proteins were also supported by in situ hybridization experiments on mouse retina with probes specific for the corresponding mouse genes. These two proteins, or immunologically identical isoforms, therefore likely mediate the phosphoinositide signaling pathway in the rod outer segment. At present, G(alpha11) or a G(alpha11)-like protein represents the only G protein besides transducin (which mediates phototransduction) identified so far in the rod outer segment. Although absent in the outer segment layer, other PLC isoforms as well as G(alpha q) (another G(q) family member), are present elsewhere in the retina.
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- Y W Peng
- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Exton JH. Cell signalling through guanine-nucleotide-binding regulatory proteins (G proteins) and phospholipases. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1997; 243:10-20. [PMID: 9030716 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00010.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Phospholipases are important enzymes in cell signal transduction since they hydrolyze membrane phospholipids to generate signalling molecules. Heterotrimeric guanine-nucleotide-binding regulatory proteins (G proteins) play a major role in their regulation by a variety of agonists that activate receptors with seven membrane-spanning domains. Phospholipases of the C type, which hydrolyze inositol phospholipids to yield inositol trisphosphate and diacylglycerol, are regulated by the alpha and betagamma subunits of certain heterotrimeric G proteins as well as by receptor-associated and non-receptor-associated tyrosine kinases. Phospholipases of the D type, which hydrolyze phosphatidylcholine to phosphatidic acid, are regulated by members of the ADP-ribosylation factor and Rho subfamilies of small G proteins, and by protein kinase C and other factors. This review presents recent information concerning the molecular details of G protein regulation of these phospholipases.
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- J H Exton
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Physiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37295, USA
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Singer WD, Brown HA, Sternweis PC. Regulation of eukaryotic phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C and phospholipase D. Annu Rev Biochem 1997; 66:475-509. [PMID: 9242915 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biochem.66.1.475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 335] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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This review focuses on two phospholipase activities involved in eukaryotic signal transduction. The action of the phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C enzymes produces two well-characterized second messengers, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and diacylglycerol. This discussion emphasizes recent advances in elucidation of the mechanisms of regulation and catalysis of the various isoforms of these enzymes. These are especially related to structural information now available for a phospholipase C delta isozyme. Phospholipase D hydrolyzes phospholipids to produce phosphatidic acid and the respective head group. A perspective of selected past studies is related to emerging molecular characterization of purified and cloned phospholipases D. Evidence for various stimulatory agents (two small G protein families, protein kinase C, and phosphoinositides) suggests complex regulatory mechanisms, and some studies suggest a role for this enzyme activity in intracellular membrane traffic.
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- W D Singer
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center, DaHas 75235-9041, USA
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Jiang H, Lyubarsky A, Dodd R, Vardi N, Pugh E, Baylor D, Simon MI, Wu D. Phospholipase C beta 4 is involved in modulating the visual response in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:14598-601. [PMID: 8962098 PMCID: PMC26179 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.25.14598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Expression of G protein-regulated phospholipase C (PLC) beta 4 in the retina, lateral geniculate nucleus, and superior colliculus implies that PLC beta 4 may play a role in the mammalian visual process. A mouse line that lacks PLC beta 4 was generated and the physiological significance of PLC beta 4 in murine visual function was investigated. Behavioral tests using a shuttle box demonstrated that the mice lacking PLC beta 4 were impaired in their visual processing abilities, whereas they showed no deficit in their auditory abilities. In addition, the PLC beta 4-null mice showed 4-fold reduction in the maximal amplitude of the rod a- and b-wave components of their electroretinograms relative to their littermate controls. However, recording from single rod photoreceptors did not reveal any significant differences between the PLC beta 4-null and wild-type littermates, nor were there any apparent differences in retinas examined with light microscopy. While the behavioral and electroretinographic results indicate that PLC beta 4 plays a significant role in mammalian visual signal processing, isolated rod recording shows little or no apparent deficit, suggesting that the effect of PLC beta 4 deficiency on the rod signaling pathway occurs at some stage after the initial phototransduction cascade and may require cell-cell interactions between rods and other retinal cells.
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- H Jiang
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Kim CG, Park D, Rhee SG. The role of carboxyl-terminal basic amino acids in Gqalpha-dependent activation, particulate association, and nuclear localization of phospholipase C-beta1. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:21187-92. [PMID: 8702889 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.35.21187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The phospholipase C (PLC)-beta isozymes differ from the PLC-gamma and PLC-delta isozymes in that they possess a long COOH-terminal sequence downstream of their catalytic domain, are activated by alpha subunits of the Gq class of G proteins, associate with the particulate subcellular fraction, and are present in the nucleus. Most of the COOH-terminal domain of PLC-beta isozymes is predicted to be helical, and three regions in this domain, PLC-beta1 residues 911-928 (region 1), 1055-1072 (region 2), and 1109-1126 (region 3), contain a high proportion of basic residues that are highly conserved. Projection of the sequences of these three regions in helical wheels reveals clustering of the basic residues. The role of the COOH terminus and the clustered basic residues in PLC-beta1 was investigated by either truncating the entire COOH-terminal domain (mutant DeltaC) or replacing two or three clustered basic residues with isoleucine (or methionine), and expressing the mutant enzymes in CV-1, Rat-2, or Swiss 3T3 cells. The DeltaC mutant no longer showed the ability to be activated by Gqalpha, to translocate to the nucleus, or to associate with the particulate fraction. Substitution of clusters of basic residues in regions 1 and 2 generally reduced the extent of activation by Gqalpha, whereas substitution of a basic cluster in region 3 had no effect. Substitution of the cluster of lysine residues 914, 921, and 925 in region 1 had the most marked effect, reducing Gqalpha-dependent activity to 10% of that of wild type. All substitution mutants, with the exception of that in which lysine residues 1056, 1063, and 1070 in region 2 were substituted with isoleucine, behaved like the wild-type enzyme in showing an approximately equal distribution between cytoplasm and nucleus; only 12% of the region 2 mutant was present in the nucleus. None of the basic clusters appeared critical for particulate association; however, replacement of each cluster reduced the amount of PLC-beta1 in the particulate fraction by some extent, suggesting that all the basic residues contribute to the association, presumably by interacting with acidic residues in the particulate fraction. Membrane localization of PLC-beta isozymes is therefore likely mediated by both the COOH-terminal domain and the pleckstrin homology domain, the latter of which is known to bind phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate.
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- C G Kim
- Laboratory of Cell Signaling, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Lyu MS, Park DJ, Rhee SG, Kozak CA. Genetic mapping of the human and mouse phospholipase C genes. Mamm Genome 1996; 7:501-4. [PMID: 8672127 DOI: 10.1007/s003359900151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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To determine chromosome positions for 10 mouse phospholipase C (PLC) genes, we typed the progeny of two sets of genetic crosses for inheritance of restriction enzyme polymorphisms of each PLC. Four mouse chromosomes, Chr 1, 11, 12, and 19, contained single PLC genes. Four PLC loci, Plcb1, Plcb2, Plcb4, and Plcg1, mapped to three sites on distal mouse Chr 2. Two PLC genes, Plcd1 and Plcg2, mapped to distinct sites on Chr 8. We mapped the human homologs of eight of these genes to six chromosomes by analysis of human x rodent somatic cell hybrids. The map locations of seven of these genes were consistent with previously defined regions of conserved synteny; Plcd1 defines a new region of homology between human Chr 3 and mouse Chr 8.
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- M S Lyu
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Blayney LM, Gapper PW, Newby AC. Phospholipase C isoforms in vascular smooth muscle and their regulation by G-proteins. Br J Pharmacol 1996; 118:1003-11. [PMID: 8799575 PMCID: PMC1909526 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15499.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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1. We sought to reconstitute and characterize G-protein linked phosphatidyl-D-inositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2)-directed phospholipase C (PLC) isoform activity in pig aortic vascular smooth muscle. 2. Six soluble PLC isoforms, namely gamma 1, delta 1 and beta 1 to beta 4 were partially separated by heparin affinity chromatography and were identified by Western blotting using specific antibodies. 3. In separate experiments, PLC activity was measured in the eluted fractions. Four of the partially resolved PLC isoforms gamma 1, beta 4, beta 2 and beta 1, showed corresponding activity using exogenous [3H]-PIP2 as substrate. 4. The isolated soluble PLC isoforms were reconstituted with receptors and guanyl nucleotide regulatory proteins (G-proteins) by addition of plasma membranes, the phospholipids which had been prelabelled with [3H]-myo-inositol. When so reconstituted PLC beta 2, beta 3 and beta 4 were inhibited (40 +/- 9, 47 +/- 12 and 40 +/- 5% respectively n = 12, +/-s.e.mean and each P < 0.05) by the addition of 1 mM guanosine 5'[beta gamma-imido]triphosphate (p[NH]ppG). 5. By contrast, when plasma membranes were preincubated with pertussis toxin to inhibit the activity of G-protein subunits G alpha i/alpha o the activities of PLC beta 2, beta 3 and beta 4 were stimulated (46 +/- 11, 31 +/- 9 and 37 +/- 8% respectively, n = 12, +/- s.e.mean and each P < 0.05) by the addition of p[NH]ppG. 6. Using well resolved fractions containing only PLC beta 3, time-dependent activity in the presence of p[NH]ppG was measurable only with membranes pretreated with pertussis toxin. 7. PLC beta 3 activity, measured with pertussis pretreated membranes, showed a dose-dependent increase in the presence of p[NH]ppG or guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP[S]). This increase with 10 microM p[NH]ppG or GTP[S] 10% +/- 4 and 12% +/- 5 respectively (both P < 0.05 vs control without GTP analogue +/- s.e.mean, n = 10) was abolished by 50 microM guanosine 5'-[beta-thio]diphosphate (GDP[S]) which also reduced constitutive PLC beta 3 activity by 9% +/- 4. 8. G-protein antibodies were used to neutralize PLC activity. Antibody to G alpha q/alpha 11, added to membrane fractions pretreated with pertussis toxin and assayed with GTP[S], reduced PLC beta 3 activity by 21% +/- 6 P < 0.02, n = 6, but was without effect on non-pertussis pretreated membranes. Antibodies to G alpha i1/alpha i2 had no effect. Antibodies to G-protein beta subunits had no effect on PLC beta 3 activity with pertussis pretreated preparations but activity without pertussis pretreatment was increased by 30% +/- 10, P < 0.03, n = 6. All results were expressed as % change from controls containing rabbit IgG. 9. In conclusion, pig aortic vascular smooth muscle contains six PLC isoforms. Activation of pertussis sensitive G-protein by GTP analogues results in inhibition of PLC beta 3 activity from liberated G-protein beta gamma subunits. Stimulation of PLC beta 3 activity is associated with a G-protein of the G alpha q family acting through the alpha subunit. The results suggest that the G-protein linked PLC beta isoforms in vascular smooth muscle demonstrate dual regulation by an inhibitory pertussis-sensitive pathway and a stimulatory G-protein of the G alpha q family, which is the case for PLC beta 3. This dual regulation is analogous to that of adenyl cyclase.
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- L M Blayney
- Department of Cardiology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff
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Martelli AM, Lach S, Grill V, Gilmour RS, Cocco L, Narducci P, Bareggi R. Expression and immunohistochemical localization of eight phospholipase C isoforms in adult male mouse cerebellar cortex. Acta Histochem 1996; 98:131-41. [PMID: 8739298 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-1281(96)80031-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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By means of specific polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies we have investigated the expression and the localization of phospholipase C isoforms in the adult mice cerebellar cortex. Western-blot analysis revealed that mouse cerebellum expressed eight phospholipase C isozymes: -beta 1, -beta 2, -beta 3, -beta 4, -gamma 1, -gamma 2, -delta 1, -delta 2. Immunohistochemical analysis carried out on cryosections showed a distinct pattern of expression for each of the isoforms. Purkinje cells had high levels of -beta 1, -beta 3, -gamma 2 and -delta 2 isotypes. The -gamma 2 isozyme was the only one that was identified also in the dendrites of Purkinje cells. In the molecular layer we detected mostly -beta 1 and -gamma 1 isozymes whereas in the granular layer -gamma 1 and -gamma 2 isoforms prodominated. These results indicate a heterogeneity of the phospholipase C isoforms expressed in the layers of mouse cerebellar cortex conceivably due to the fact that these enzymes are coupled to different receptors and perform selective tasks in regulating cell signalling events taking place in the cerebellar cortex of mice.
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- A M Martelli
- Dipartimento di Morfologia Umana Normale, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy
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Lee SB, Rhee SG. Molecular cloning, splice variants, expression, and purification of phospholipase C-delta 4. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:25-31. [PMID: 8550568 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.1.25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Complementary DNAs encoding a previously unidentified phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PLC) isozyme were cloned from a rat brain cDNA library by the polymerase chain reaction with degenerate oligonucleotide primers based on sequences common to three known delta-type PLC isozymes. The encoded polypeptide contains 772 amino acids (calculated molecular mass, 88,966 daltons) and is similar in primary structure to delta-type PLC isozymes, with overall sequence identities of 45% to PLC-delta 1, 72% to PLC-delta 2, and 47% to PLC-delta 3. Thus, the new PLC isozyme was named PLC-delta 4. Recombinant PLC-delta 4 was purified from extracts of HeLa cells that had been infected with vaccinia virus containing the corresponding cDNA. The purified protein exhibited an apparent molecular mass of 90 kDa on SDS-polyacrylamide gels. The specific activity of PLC-delta 4 and its dependence on Ca2+ were similar to those of PLC-delta 1. The distribution of PLC-delta 4 in 16 different rat tissues was studied by immunoblot analysis with PLC-delta 4-specific antibodies of fractions obtained after an enzyme-enrichment procedure. The 90-kDa immunoreactive protein was detected unambiguously in only eight tissues and was present at concentrations that were low compared to those of other major PLC isozymes. A 93-kDa immunoreactive protein was also prominent in testis but was not detected in the other seven positive tissues. The 93-kDa enzyme appears to be derived from a splice variant of the mRNA that encodes the 90-kDa PLC-delta 4 and contains an additional 32 amino acids between the X and Y catalytic domains. Splice variants have not previously been detected for delta-type PLC isozymes.
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- S B Lee
- Laboratory of Cell Signaling, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Liu N, Fukami K, Yu H, Takenawa T. A new phospholipase C delta 4 is induced at S-phase of the cell cycle and appears in the nucleus. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:355-60. [PMID: 8550586 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.1.355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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To discover a new phospholipase C (PLC) related to cell growth, we screened a cDNA library prepared from regenerating rat liver. A novel PLC (PLC delta 4) encoding a polypeptide of 770 amino acids with structural similarity to PLC delta-type isozymes was isolated. PLC delta 4 mRNA is expressed more remarkably in regenerating liver than in normal resting liver. It is also distributed abundantly in tumor cells such as hepatoma and src-transformed cells. Furthermore, its expression can be induced markedly by serum treatment and reaches a maximum at 8 h. Western blot analysis and immunocytochemical staining showed that PLC delta 4 is dominantly present in nucleus. Nuclear PLC delta 4 dramatically increases at the transition from G1- to S-phase, and the high content continues to the end of M-phase. PLC delta 4 almost disappears when cells re-enter the next G1-phase. On the other hand, the contents of PLC beta 1, PLC gamma 1, and PLC delta 1 do not change significantly during the cell cycle. These results suggest that PLC delta 4 is expressed in nucleus in response to mitogenic stimulation and plays important roles in cell growth as one of the early genes expressed during the transition from G1- to S-phase in the cell cycle.
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- N Liu
- Department of Molecular Oncology, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Suzuki T, Terakita A, Narita K, Nagai K, Tsukahara Y, Kito Y. Squid photoreceptor phospholipase C is stimulated by membrane Gq alpha but not by soluble Gq alpha. FEBS Lett 1995; 377:333-7. [PMID: 8549750 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)01364-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Phospholipase C (PLC) was purified from squid retina. Soluble Gq alpha, membrane Gq alpha and G beta gamma were isolated from GTP gamma S-treated and light-illuminated photoreceptor membranes. The membrane Gq alpha stimulated phosphatidyl inositol-phospholipase C (PI-PLC) activity in a dose-dependent manner. Soluble Gq alpha and membrane G beta gamma showed no stimulating effects on PLC. GTP gamma S-binding was found exclusively in membrane fraction, with very little present in the KCl-soluble fraction which contained soluble Gq alpha. These results indicate that light-activated rhodopsin activates PLC through membrane-bound Gq alpha and suggest that the rhodopsin/Gq/PLC cascade might be the pathway of phototransduction in squid photoreceptors.
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- T Suzuki
- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan
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Shortridge RD, McKay RR. Invertebrate phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipases C and their role in cell signaling. INVERTEBRATE NEUROSCIENCE : IN 1995; 1:199-206. [PMID: 9372143 DOI: 10.1007/bf02211021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PLC) is a family of enzymes that occupy a pivotal role in one of the largest classes of cellular signaling pathways known. Mammalian PLC enzymes have been divided into four major classes and a variety of subclasses based on their structural characteristics and immunological differences. There have been five invertebrate PLC-encoding genes cloned thus far and these fall within three of the four major classes used in categorizing mammalian PLC. Four of these invertebrate genes have been cloned from Drosophila melanogaster and one is from Artemia, a brine shrimp. Structural characteristics of the invertebrate enzymes include the presence of highly conserved Box X and Box Y domains found in major types of mammalian PLC as well as novel features. Two of the invertebrate PLC genes encode multiple splice-variant subtypes which is a newly emerging level of diversity observed in mammalian enzymes. Studies of the invertebrate PLCs have contributed to the identification of the physiological functions of individual isozymes. These identified roles include cellular processes such as phototransduction, olfaction, cell growth and differentiation.
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- R D Shortridge
- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo 14260, USA
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Ghalayini AJ, Anderson RE. Light adaptation of bovine retinas in situ stimulates phosphatidylinositol synthesis in rod outer segments in vitro. Curr Eye Res 1995; 14:1025-9. [PMID: 8585931 DOI: 10.3109/02713689508998525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Light-stimulated phosphoinositide turnover has been reported in both vertebrate retina and isolated rod outer segments (ROS). In the current investigation, we examined the incorporation of [3H]-inositol in vitro in bovine ROS isolated from dark adapted (DROS) or bleached (BROS) retinas. Incorporation of [3H]-inositol into phosphoinositides in BROS was 3-5 fold higher than in DROS. The majority (approximately 90%) of [3H]-inositol was found in phosphatidylinositol (PI), whereas phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PIP) and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) accounted for 7-8% of the label. The enhanced labelling of PI was only observed when bovine retinas were light-adapted prior to ROS preparation, suggesting the requirement for an intact photoreceptor for the observed effect. Our data strongly suggest that bleaching of bovine retina in situ stimulates PI synthesis in isolated ROS in vitro.
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- A J Ghalayini
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190, USA
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Kim S, McKay RR, Miller K, Shortridge RD. Multiple subtypes of phospholipase C are encoded by the norpA gene of Drosophila melanogaster. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:14376-82. [PMID: 7540168 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.24.14376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The norpA gene of Drosophila melanogaster encodes a phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C that is essential for phototransduction. Besides being found abundantly in retina, norpA gene products are expressed in a variety of tissues that do not contain phototransduction machinery, implying that norpA is involved in signaling pathways in addition to phototransduction. We have identified a second subtype of norpA protein that is generated by alternative splicing of norpA RNA. The alternative splicing occurs at a single exon that is excluded from mature norpA transcripts when a substitute exon of equal size is retained. The net difference between the two subtypes of norpA protein is 14 amino acid substitutions occurring between amino acid positions 130 and 155 of the enzyme. Results from Northern analyses suggest that norpA subtype I transcripts are most abundantly expressed in adult retina, while subtype II transcripts are most abundant in adult body. Moreover, norpA subtype I RNA can be detected by the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in extracts of adult head tissue but not adult body nor at earlier stages of Drosophila development. Conversely, norpA subtype II RNA can be detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction throughout development as well as in heads and bodies of adults. Furthermore, norpA subtype I RNA is easily detected in retina using tissue in situ hybridization analysis, while subtype II RNA is not detectable in retina but is found in brain. Since only norpA subtype I RNA is found in retina, we conclude that subtype I protein is utilized in phototransduction. Since norpA subtype II RNA is not found in retina but is expressed in a variety of tissues not known to contain phototransduction machinery, subtype II protein is likely to be utilized in signaling pathways other than phototransduction. The amino acid differences between the two subtypes of norpA protein may reflect the need for each subtype to interact with signaling components of different signal-generating pathways.
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- S Kim
- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
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McKay RR, Chen DM, Miller K, Kim S, Stark WS, Shortridge RD. Phospholipase C rescues visual defect in norpA mutant of Drosophila melanogaster. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:13271-6. [PMID: 7768926 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.22.13271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Mutations in the norpA gene of Drosophila melanogaster severely affect the light-evoked photoreceptor potential with strong mutations rendering the fly blind. The norpA gene has been proposed to encode phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PLC), which enzymes play a pivotal role in one of the largest classes of signaling pathways known. A chimeric norpA minigene was constructed by placing the norpA cDNA behind an R1-6 photoreceptor cell-specific rhodopsin promoter. This minigene was transferred into norpAP24 mutant by P-element-mediated germline transformation to determine whether it could rescue the phototransduction defect concomitant with restoring PLC activity. Western blots of head homogenates stained with norpA antiserum show that norpA protein is restored in heads of transformed mutants. Moreover, transformants exhibit a large amount of measurable PLC activity in heads, whereas heads of norpAP24 mutant exhibit very little to none. Immunohistochemical staining of tissue sections using norpA antiserum confirm that expression of norpA protein in transformants localizes in the retina, more specifically in rhabdomeres of R1-6 photoreceptor cells, but not R7 or R8 photoreceptor cells. Furthermore, electrophysiological analyses reveal that transformants exhibit a restoration of light-evoked photoreceptor responses in R1-6 photoreceptor cells, but not in R7 or R8 photoreceptor cells. This is the strongest evidence thus far supporting the hypothesis that the norpA gene encodes phospholipase C that is utilized in phototransduction.
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- R R McKay
- Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo 14260, USA
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Running Deer JL, Hurley JB, Yarfitz SL. G protein control of Drosophila photoreceptor phospholipase C. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:12623-8. [PMID: 7759511 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.21.12623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Light stimulates phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate phospholipase C (PLC) activity in Drosophila photoreceptors. We have investigated the mechanism of this reaction by assaying PLC activity in Drosophila head membranes using exogenous phospholipid substrates. PLC activation depends on the photoconversion of rhodopsin to metarhodopsin and is reduced in norpAEE5 PLC and ninaEP332 rhodopsin mutants. NorpA PLC is stimulated by light at free Ca2+ concentrations between 10 nM and 1 microM. This finding is consistent with a Ca(2+)-mediated positive feedback mechanism that contributes to the rapid temporal response of invertebrate photoreceptor cells. The guanyl nucleotide dependence of light-stimulated PLC activity indicates that a G protein regulates NorpA. This was confirmed by the observation that light stimulation of PLC activity is deficient in mutants that lack the eye-specific G protein beta subunit G beta e. These results indicate that G beta e functions as the beta subunit of the G protein coupling rhodopsin to NorpA PLC.
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- J L Running Deer
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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Simões AP, Reed J, Schnabel P, Camps M, Gierschik P. Characterization of putative polyphosphoinositide binding motifs from phospholipase C beta 2. Biochemistry 1995; 34:5113-9. [PMID: 7711030 DOI: 10.1021/bi00015a023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Several phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdInsP2)-regulated actin-binding proteins and most phosphoinositide-specific phospholipases C (PI-PLCs) comprise a basic amino acid motif (KxxxKxKK, where x denotes any amino acid), which was previously suggested to represent a PtdInsP2-binding site commonly present in these proteins. We have shown earlier that a peptide corresponding to amino acids 448-464 of human PLC beta 2 (LPSPEDLRGKILIKNKK, peptide P1) markedly and specifically stimulated the activity of this enzyme [Simões et al. (1993) FEBS Lett. 331, 248]. Here, we present a detailed analysis of the effects of various peptides related to peptide P1 aimed at understanding the mechanisms of peptide-mediated PLC beta 2 stimulation. Peptide KILIKNKK (P2), which comprises only the basic amino acid consensus motif, also stimulated PLC beta 2, although higher concentrations were required to observe this stimulatory effect. The effects of P1 and P2 were not additive, indicating that the two peptides affect PLC beta 2 activity via the same mechanism. Peptide LPSPEDLRG (P3), composed of the amino-terminal half of P1, did not affect the activity of PLC beta 2. Peptide KILIKNKKQFSGPTSS (P4), which includes the nine amino acids flanking the carboxy-terminus of the KILIKNKK motif within the sequence of PLC beta 2, stimulated the enzyme but was indistinguishable in potency from P2. Circular dichroism analysis revealed that peptide P1 changes its conformation in the presence of PtdInsP2 but not in the presence of other phospholipids including phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate. The results suggest that the basic amino acid sequence physically interacts with PtdInsP2.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- A P Simões
- German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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Suzuki T, Narita K, Yoshihara K, Nagai K, Kito Y. Phosphatidyl inositol-phospholipase C in squid photoreceptor membrane is activated by stable metarhodopsin via GTP-binding protein, Gq. Vision Res 1995; 35:1011-7. [PMID: 7762157 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(94)00219-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Phosphatidyl inositol-phospholipase C (PI-PLC) in squid retina was studied by immunoblotting and its activities were determined using [3H]phosphatidyl inositol bisphosphate ([3H]PIP2) as substrate. PI-PLC activity was found mostly in soluble fraction when the retina homogenate was treated with 400 mM KCl, but was associated with rhabdomal membranes under low salt conditions (20 mM Hepes). A protein with apparent molecular mass of 130kD was recognized by an antibody against PLC beta 4/norp A in both 400 mM KCl soluble and rhabdomal membrane fractions. A 42 kD protein recognized by antibody against the C-terminus of Gq alpha was also present in these two fractions. GTP gamma S stimulated only the PI-PLC activity associated with membrane and was magnesium dependent. PI-PLC activity was found to be (i) highly dependent upon calcium concentrations, (ii) enhanced by GTP but not by other nucleotides, and (iii) significantly stimulated by light at lower concentrations of GTP gamma S. The stimulation by light was still observed when irradiated membrane was incubated at 10 degrees C for 10 min and then mixed with GTP gamma S. These results suggest that stable metarhodopsin stimulates a PLC beta 4/norp A-like enzyme via a G-protein, Gq.
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- T Suzuki
- Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan
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Banno Y, Nakashima S, Hachiya T, Nozawa Y. Endogenous cleavage of phospholipase C-beta 3 by agonist-induced activation of calpain in human platelets. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:4318-24. [PMID: 7876193 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.9.4318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Two membrane-associated phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase Cs (mPI-PLC-1 and mPI-PLC-2) and a cytosolic enzyme (cPI-PLC) that were activated by brain G-protein beta gamma subunits have been isolated from human platelets. The truncation of mPI-PLC-1 that was mediated by mu-calpain induced much higher activation by beta gamma subunits (Banno, Y., Asano, T., and Nozawa, Y. (1994) FEBS Lett. 340, 185-188). On the basis of size and immunological cross-reactivity, mPI-PLC-1 (155 kDa) was PLC-beta 3, and mPI-PLC-2 (100 kDa) was its truncated form. The cPI-PLC (140 kDa) was recognized by the antibody selective for internal sequences of PLC-beta 3 but not by the antibody raised against its carboxyl terminus, indicating that it may be related to PLC-beta 3. Treatment of human platelets with A23187 and dibucaine, activators of calpain, caused cleavage of actin-binding protein and talin in a time-dependent manner. At the same time, decrease of PLC-beta 3 (155 and 140 kDa) and concomitant increase of the 100-kDa product of cleavage were observed on immunoblots with the antibody to internal sequences of PLC-beta 3. Furthermore, stimulation of platelets by natural agonists, thrombin and collagen, caused the cleavage of PLC-beta 3 (155 and 140 kDa) and an increase of 100 kDa PLC-beta 3 in a time- and dose-dependent manner. The cleavage of these PLC-beta 3 enzymes was completely blocked by calpain inhibitor, calpeptin, indicating that the PLC-beta 3 modification may be a consequence of platelet activation leading to activation of calpain. This is the first demonstration that PLC-beta 3 is indeed cleaved by calpain upon platelet activation by physiological agonists. The cleavage of PLC-beta 3 evoked by thrombin and collagen but not ADP was correlated with irreversible aggregation, suggesting that the PLC-beta 3 modification may play a role in secondary irreversible aggregation in agonist-stimulated human platelets.
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- Y Banno
- Department of Biochemistry, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan
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Nomoto K, Tomita N, Miyake M, Xhu DB, LoGerfo PR, Weinstein IB. Expression of phospholipases gamma 1, beta 1, and delta 1 in primary human colon carcinomas and colon carcinoma cell lines. Mol Carcinog 1995; 12:146-52. [PMID: 7893368 DOI: 10.1002/mc.2940120306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The levels of expression of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase Cs (PLCs) were examined in a series of primary human colon carcinomas and in eight colon carcinoma cell lines by using monoclonal antibodies and cDNA probes for PLC gamma 1, PLC beta 1, and PLC delta 1. Western and northern blot analyses of PLC gamma 1 revealed elevated expression of this isozyme at both the protein and mRNA levels in most tumors when compared with paired adjacent normal mucosa samples (in 11 of 13 pairs in the western blots and 8 of 9 pairs in the northern blots). On the other hand, decreased levels of the PLC delta 1 protein were seen in most colon carcinomas (12 of 13 paired samples). The levels of PLC beta 1 protein were too low to detect possible differences between the carcinoma and normal mucosa samples. Relatively high expression of PLC gamma 1 was found in almost all of the eight human colon carcinoma cell lines at both the protein and mRNA levels. Only weak expression of PLC beta 1 was detected in these cell lines, by both western and northern blot analyses, and PLC delta 1 protein was not detected in any of the carcinoma cell lines. These findings provide evidence that colon carcinomas display altered expression of individual isoforms of PLCs and suggest that increased expression of PLC gamma 1 may play an important role in colon carcinogenesis.
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- K Nomoto
- Columbia-Presbyterian Cancer Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Andoh T, Yoko T, Matsui Y, Toh A. Molecular cloning of the plc1+ gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe, which encodes a putative phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C. Yeast 1995; 11:179-85. [PMID: 7732727 DOI: 10.1002/yea.320110209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Exploiting the polymerase chain reaction, we have isolated a gene that encodes a putative phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PLC) of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Inspection of the nucleotide sequence of the gene revealed an open reading frame that can encode a polypeptide of 899 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular mass of 102 kDa. This putative polypeptide contains both the X and Y regions that are conserved among three classes of mammalian PLC, and also contains a presumptive Ca(2+)-binding site (an E-F hand motif). The structure of the putative protein is most similar to that of the delta class of PLC isozymes. To investigate the role of this gene, designated plc1+, gene disruption was carried out by interrupting the coding region with the ura4+ marker. Growth of plc1 cells was temperature-sensitive in rich medium, and cells could not grow in synthetic medium. Expression of the PLC1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae suppressed the growth defect phenotype of plc1- cells, a strong suggestion that the plc1+ gene encodes PLC.
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- T Andoh
- Department of Plant Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Hansen CA, Schroering AG, Robishaw JD. Subunit expression of signal transducing G proteins in cardiac tissue: implications for phospholipase C-beta regulation. J Mol Cell Cardiol 1995; 27:471-84. [PMID: 7760367 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2828(08)80043-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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In the heart, alpha-adrenergic, angiotensin II and endothelin signaling pathways modulate short-term changes in chronotropy and inotropy, and participate in the long-term control of cardiac growth. A shared feature of these signaling pathways is the stimulation of phosphatidylinositol (PI) turnover, which is thought to occur via G protein-mediated regulation of phospholipase C (PLC) activity. However, G protein subunits capable of regulating PLC activity have not been identified in different regions and cell types of the heart and members of the G protein-regulated PLC-beta isozyme family have not been documented in the heart. Using a battery of antipeptide specific antisera directed against the G protein alpha q, beta and gamma subunit families and against members of the PLC-beta, PLC-gamma and PLC-delta families, we demonstrated that heart tissues express the G protein alpha subunits alpha q and alpha 11, multiple G protein beta and gamma subunits, and PLC-beta 3, a phospholipase C isozyme regulated by either G protein alpha or beta gamma subunits. The degree of expression and distribution of these subunits differed between regions of the heart (atria versus ventricle) and changed with development. These data lay the ground work for future studies to determine the functional coupling of specific subsets of these components involved in receptor activation of PI turnover in the heart.
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- C A Hansen
- Geisinger Clinic, Weis Center For Research, Danville, PA 17822, USA
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Tanaka O, Kondo H. Localization of mRNAs for three novel members (beta 3, beta 4 and gamma 2) of phospholipase C family in mature rat brain. Neurosci Lett 1994; 182:17-20. [PMID: 7891878 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(94)90194-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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In mature rat brain, PLC beta 3 mRNA was detected weakly only in the pituitary gland and the cerebellar Purkinje and granule cells whereas PLC beta 4 mRNA was expressed intensely in the olfactory mitral cells, thalamic nuclei, medial habenula, pituitary gland and cerebellar Purkinje and granule cells. The beta 4 mRNA was also detected discretely in large neurons of presumably cholinergic nature, scattered rather evenly throughout the caudate putamen and diagonal band, although no significant expression was seen in the medium spiny neurons in the caudate putamen, and the hippocampal pyramidal cells and dentate granule cells. PLC gamma 2 mRNA was localized only in the Purkinje and granule cells in the vermal portions of lobules IX and X of the cerebellum, and in the adenohypophysis.
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- O Tanaka
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Lee YJ, Shah S, Suzuki E, Zars T, O'Day PM, Hyde DR. The Drosophila dgq gene encodes a G alpha protein that mediates phototransduction. Neuron 1994; 13:1143-57. [PMID: 7946351 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(94)90052-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We examined the roles of the Drosophila Gq alpha proteins (DGq) in the phototransduction pathway. The DGq proteins immunolocalized to the ocelli and all eight retinular photoreceptor cell rhabdomeres. An affinity-purified anti-DGq alpha immunoglobulin blocked the light-dependent GTP hydrolysis activity associated with Drosophila head membranes in vitro, suggesting that rhodopsin stimulated DGq. Dominantly active DGq1 mutants exhibited a light-independent GTPase activity and abnormal electrophysiological light responses, such as reduced retinal sensitivity and slow response kinetics compared with wild-type flies. Dominant DGq2 mutants exhibited a light-independent GTPase activity with normal electrophysiological light responses. Retinas of double mutants of DGq1, but not DGq2, with the light-dependent retinal degeneration mutant rdgB degenerated even in the dark. DGq1 stimulation of rdgB retinal degeneration in the dark was norpA-dependent. These results indicate that DGq1 mediates the stimulation by light-activated rhodopsin of the norpA-encoded phospholipase C in the visual transduction cascade.
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- Y J Lee
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
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Lee CW, Lee KH, Lee SB, Park D, Rhee SG. Regulation of phospholipase C-beta 4 by ribonucleotides and the alpha subunit of Gq. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)47252-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Banno Y, Okano Y, Nozawa Y. Thrombin-mediated phosphoinositide hydrolysis in Chinese hamster ovary cells overexpressing phospholipase C-delta 1. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)40758-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Many receptors that sense the environment effect intracellular regulation through stimulation of heterotrimeric G proteins and the consequences thereof. While prominence was originally given to the alpha-subunits of G proteins as the pathway for downstream regulation, very active roles for the beta gamma-subunits have emerged in the past year. Recent experiments highlight the versatility of beta gamma-subunits in these regulatory pathways, but also emphasize some fundamental questions that remain.
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- P C Sternweis
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9041
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- M DeVivo
- Department of Pharmacology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York, NY 10029
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Bovine phospholipase C highly homologous to the norpA protein of Drosophila is expressed specifically in cones. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)41835-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ma HW, Iyengar R, Premont RT. Amplification of phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C-beta isoforms using degenerate primers. Methods Enzymol 1994; 238:244-52. [PMID: 7799790 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(94)38022-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- H W Ma
- Department of Pharmacology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 10029
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