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Resistance to inhibitors of cholinesterase 8 proteins (Ric-8A and Ric-8B) collectively bind the four classes of heterotrimeric G protein α subunits. Ric-8A and Ric-8B act as non-receptor guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) toward the Gα subunits that each binds in vitro and seemingly regulate diverse G protein signaling systems in cells. Combined evidence from worm, fly and mammalian systems has shown that Ric-8 proteins are required to maintain proper cellular abundances of G proteins. Ric-8 proteins support G protein levels by serving as molecular chaperones that promote Gα subunit biosynthesis. In this review, the evidence that Ric-8 proteins act as non-receptor GEF activators of G proteins in signal transduction contexts will be weighed against the evidence supporting the molecular chaperoning function of Ric-8 in promoting G protein abundance. I will conclude by suggesting that Ric-8 proteins may act in either capacity in specific contexts. The field awaits additional experimentation to delineate the putative multi-functionality of Ric-8 towards G proteins in cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gregory G Tall
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center , Rochester, NY, USA.
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Chan P, Gabay M, Wright FA, Kan W, Oner SS, Lanier SM, Smrcka AV, Blumer JB, Tall GG. Purification of heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunits by GST-Ric-8 association: primary characterization of purified G alpha(olf). J Biol Chem 2010; 286:2625-35. [PMID: 21115479 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.178897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ric-8A and Ric-8B are nonreceptor G protein guanine nucleotide exchange factors that collectively bind the four subfamilies of G protein α subunits. Co-expression of Gα subunits with Ric-8A or Ric-8B in HEK293 cells or insect cells greatly promoted Gα protein expression. We exploited these characteristics of Ric-8 proteins to develop a simplified method for recombinant G protein α subunit purification that was applicable to all Gα subunit classes. The method allowed production of the olfactory adenylyl cyclase stimulatory protein Gα(olf) for the first time and unprecedented yield of Gα(q) and Gα(13). Gα subunits were co-expressed with GST-tagged Ric-8A or Ric-8B in insect cells. GST-Ric-8·Gα complexes were isolated from whole cell detergent lysates with glutathione-Sepharose. Gα subunits were dissociated from GST-Ric-8 with GDP-AlF(4)(-) (GTP mimicry) and found to be >80% pure, bind guanosine 5'-[γ-thio]triphosphate (GTPγS), and stimulate appropriate G protein effector enzymes. A primary characterization of Gα(olf) showed that it binds GTPγS at a rate marginally slower than Gα(s short) and directly activates adenylyl cyclase isoforms 3, 5, and 6 with less efficacy than Gα(s short).
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- PuiYee Chan
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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Jernigan KK, Cselenyi CS, Thorne CA, Hanson AJ, Tahinci E, Hajicek N, Oldham WM, Lee LA, Hamm HE, Hepler JR, Kozasa T, Linder ME, Lee E. Gbetagamma activates GSK3 to promote LRP6-mediated beta-catenin transcriptional activity. Sci Signal 2010; 3:ra37. [PMID: 20460648 PMCID: PMC3088111 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2000647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Evidence from Drosophila and cultured cell studies supports a role for heterotrimeric guanosine triphosphate-binding proteins (G proteins) in Wnt signaling. Wnt inhibits the degradation of the transcriptional regulator beta-catenin. We screened the alpha and betagamma subunits of major families of G proteins in a Xenopus egg extract system that reconstitutes beta-catenin degradation. We found that Galpha(o), Galpha(q), Galpha(i2), and Gbetagamma inhibited beta-catenin degradation. Gbeta(1)gamma(2) promoted the phosphorylation and activation of the Wnt co-receptor low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 6 (LRP6) by recruiting glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) to the membrane and enhancing its kinase activity. In both a reporter gene assay and an in vivo assay, c-betaARK (C-terminal domain of beta-adrenergic receptor kinase), an inhibitor of Gbetagamma, blocked LRP6 activity. Several components of the Wnt-beta-catenin pathway formed a complex: Gbeta(1)gamma(2), LRP6, GSK3, axin, and dishevelled. We propose that free Gbetagamma and Galpha subunits, released from activated G proteins, act cooperatively to inhibit beta-catenin degradation and activate beta-catenin-mediated transcription.
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- Kristin K. Jernigan
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, 60612, USA
- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 153- 8904, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, 60612, USA
- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 153- 8904, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, USA
- Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, USA
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Krumins AM, Gilman AG. Targeted knockdown of G protein subunits selectively prevents receptor-mediated modulation of effectors and reveals complex changes in non-targeted signaling proteins. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:10250-62. [PMID: 16446365 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m511551200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Heterotrimeric G protein signaling specificity has been attributed to select combinations of Galpha, beta, and gamma subunits, their interactions with other signaling proteins, and their localization in the cell. With few exceptions, the G protein subunit combinations that exist in vivo and the significance of these specific combinations are largely unknown. We have begun to approach these problems in HeLa cells by: 1) determining the concentrations of Galpha and Gbeta subunits; 2) examining receptor-dependent activities of two effector systems (adenylyl cyclase and phospholipase Cbeta); and 3) systematically silencing each of the Galpha and Gbeta subunits by using small interfering RNA while quantifying resultant changes in effector function and the concentrations of other relevant proteins in the network. HeLa cells express equimolar amounts of total Galpha and Gbeta subunits. The most prevalent Galpha proteins were one member of each Galpha subfamily (Galpha(s), Galpha(i3), Galpha(11), and Galpha(13)). We substantially abrogated expression of most of the Galpha and Gbeta proteins expressed in these cells, singly and some in combinations. As expected, agonist-dependent activation of adenylyl cyclase or phospholipase Cbeta was specifically eliminated following the silencing of Galpha(s) or Galpha(q/11), respectively. We also confirmed that Gbeta subunits are necessary for stable accumulation of Galpha proteins in vivo. Gbeta subunits demonstrated little isoform specificity for receptor-dependent modulation of effector activity. We observed compensatory changes in G protein accumulation following silencing of individual genes, as well as an apparent reciprocal relationship between the expression of certain Galpha(q) and Galpha(i) subfamily members. These findings provide a foundation for understanding the mechanisms that regulate the adaptability and remarkable resilience of G protein signaling networks.
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- Andrejs M Krumins
- Department of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Borchers MT, Biechele T, Justice JP, Ansay T, Cormier S, Mancino V, Wilkie TM, Simon MI, Lee NA, Lee JJ. Methacholine-induced airway hyperresponsiveness is dependent on Galphaq signaling. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2003; 285:L114-20. [PMID: 12611815 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00322.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Airway function in health and disease as well as in response to bronchospastic stimuli (i.e., irritants, allergens, and inflammatory mediators) is controlled, in part, by cholinergic muscarinic receptor regulation of smooth muscle. In particular, the dependence of airway smooth muscle contraction/relaxation on heterotrimeric G protein-coupled receptor signaling suggests that these events underlie the responses regulating airway function. Galphaq-containing G proteins are proposed to be a prominent signaling pathway, and the availability of knockout mice deficient of this subunit has allowed for an investigation of its potential role in airway function. Airway responses in Galphaq-deficient mice (activities assessed by both tracheal tension and in vivo lung function measurements) were attenuated relative to wild-type controls. Moreover, ovalbumin sensitization/aerosol challenge of Galphaq-deficient mice also failed to elicit an allergen-induced increase in airway reactivity to methacholine. These findings indicate that cholinergic receptor-mediated responses are dependent on Galphaq-mediated signaling events and identify Galphaq as a potential target of preventative/intervening therapies for lung dysfunction.
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- Michael T Borchers
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SCJMRB-Research, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, 13400 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA
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Calò L, Davis PA, Semplicini A. Reduced content of alpha subunit of Gq protein content in monocytes of Bartter and Gitelman syndromes: relationship with vascular hyporeactivity. Kidney Int 2002; 61:353-4. [PMID: 11786121 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2002.00128.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Offermanns S. Mammalian G-protein function in vivo: new insights through altered gene expression. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2000; 140:63-133. [PMID: 10857398 DOI: 10.1007/bfb0035551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- S Offermanns
- Institut für Pharmakologie, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
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Carman CV, Parent JL, Day PW, Pronin AN, Sternweis PM, Wedegaertner PB, Gilman AG, Benovic JL, Kozasa T. Selective regulation of Galpha(q/11) by an RGS domain in the G protein-coupled receptor kinase, GRK2. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:34483-92. [PMID: 10567430 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.48.34483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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G protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs) are well characterized regulators of G protein-coupled receptors, whereas regulators of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins directly control the activity of G protein alpha subunits. Interestingly, a recent report (Siderovski, D. P., Hessel, A., Chung, S., Mak, T. W., and Tyers, M. (1996) Curr. Biol. 6, 211-212) identified a region within the N terminus of GRKs that contained homology to RGS domains. Given that RGS domains demonstrate AlF(4)(-)-dependent binding to G protein alpha subunits, we tested the ability of G proteins from a crude bovine brain extract to bind to GRK affinity columns in the absence or presence of AlF(4)(-). This revealed the specific ability of bovine brain Galpha(q/11) to bind to both GRK2 and GRK3 in an AlF(4)(-)-dependent manner. In contrast, Galpha(s), Galpha(i), and Galpha(12/13) did not bind to GRK2 or GRK3 despite their presence in the extract. Additional studies revealed that bovine brain Galpha(q/11) could also bind to an N-terminal construct of GRK2, while no binding of Galpha(q/11), Galpha(s), Galpha(i), or Galpha(12/13) to comparable constructs of GRK5 or GRK6 was observed. Experiments using purified Galpha(q) revealed significant binding of both Galpha(q) GDP/AlF(4)(-) and Galpha(q)(GTPgammaS), but not Galpha(q)(GDP), to GRK2. Activation-dependent binding was also observed in both COS-1 and HEK293 cells as GRK2 significantly co-immunoprecipitated constitutively active Galpha(q)(R183C) but not wild type Galpha(q). In vitro analysis revealed that GRK2 possesses weak GAP activity toward Galpha(q) that is dependent on the presence of a G protein-coupled receptor. However, GRK2 effectively inhibited Galpha(q)-mediated activation of phospholipase C-beta both in vitro and in cells, possibly through sequestration of activated Galpha(q). These data suggest that a subfamily of the GRKs may be bifunctional regulators of G protein-coupled receptor signaling operating directly on both receptors and G proteins.
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- C V Carman
- Department of Biochemistry, Kimmel Cancer Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding proteins are important mediators in signal transduction and function by transmitting information from membrane-bound receptors to effectors. Because these proteins are membrane bound and contain covalent lipid modifications, detergents are required for solubilization and purification. It was discovered that the interaction between the beta5 subunit and the gamma2 subunit was disrupted in two detergents, cholate and Chaps (3-[(3-cholamidopropyl) dimethylammonio]-1-propansulfonate). A beta5gamma2 column was constructed in which recombinant betagamma dimers were immobilized on a FLAG antibody column via a hexahistidine-FLAG-tagged gamma2 subunit, gamma2HF. Greater than 95% of the beta5 subunit was specifically eluted from the immobilized gamma2HF subunit using a cholate gradient from 0.05 to 1.0% and greater than 40% of the beta5 subunit was eluted using a Chaps gradient from 0.05 to 1.0%. In contrast, the beta1, beta2, and beta3 subunits remained bound to the gamma2HF subunit in all concentrations of Chaps and cholate. Genapol C-100, Triton X-100, and polyoxyethylene-10-lauryl ether did not interfere with any of the four beta subunits' ability to interact with the gamma2 subunit. These data suggest that the beta5 subunit is not stable in bile acid or Chaps-type detergents (i.e., Chapso, glycocholate, deoxycholate). Therefore, alternative detergents should be used to extract dimers containing the beta5 subunit.
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- M B Jones
- Department of Pharmacology, Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, USA
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Xu X, Croy JT, Zeng W, Zhao L, Davignon I, Popov S, Yu K, Jiang H, Offermanns S, Muallem S, Wilkie TM. Promiscuous coupling of receptors to Gq class alpha subunits and effector proteins in pancreatic and submandibular gland cells. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:27275-9. [PMID: 9765251 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.42.27275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mice with deficiencies in one or more Gq class alpha subunit genes were used to examine the role of the alpha subunit in regulating Ca2+ signaling in pancreatic and submandibular gland cells. Western blot analysis showed that these cells express three of the four Gq class subunits, Galphaq, Galpha11, and Galpha14 but not Galpha15. Surprisingly, all parameters of Ca2+ signaling were identical in cells from wild type and four lines of mutant mice: 1) Galpha11-/-, 2) Galpha11-/-/Galpha14-/-, 3) Galpha14-/-/Galpha15-/-, and 4) Galphaq-/-/Galpha15-/-. These parameters included the Kapp for several Gq class coupled receptors, induction of [Ca2+]i oscillations by weak stimulation, and a biphasic [Ca2+]i response by strong stimulation. Furthermore, Ca2+ release from internal stores and Ca2+ entry were not affected in cells from any of the mutant mice. We conclude that Galphaq, Galpha11, and Galpha14 promiscuously couple several receptors (m3 muscarinic, bombesin, cholecystokinin, and alpha1 adrenergic) to effector proteins that activate both Ca2+ release from internal stores and Ca2+ entry.
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- X Xu
- Department, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75235, USA
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Offermanns S, Zhao LP, Gohla A, Sarosi I, Simon MI, Wilkie TM. Embryonic cardiomyocyte hypoplasia and craniofacial defects in G alpha q/G alpha 11-mutant mice. EMBO J 1998; 17:4304-12. [PMID: 9687499 PMCID: PMC1170764 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.15.4304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Heterotrimeric G proteins of the Gq class have been implicated in signaling pathways regulating cardiac growth under physiological and pathological conditions. Knockout mice carrying inactivating mutations in both of the widely expressed G alpha q class genes, G alpha q and G alpha 11, demonstrate that at least two active alleles of these genes are required for extrauterine life. Mice carrying only one intact allele [G alpha q(-/+);G alpha 11(-/-) or G alpha q(-/-);G alpha 11(-/+)] died shortly after birth. These mutants showed a high incidence of cardiac malformation. In addition, G alpha q(-/-);G alpha 11(-/+) newborns suffered from craniofacial defects. Mice lacking both G alpha q and G alpha 11 [G alpha q(-/-);G alpha 11(-/-)] died at embryonic day 11 due to cardiomyocyte hypoplasia. These data demonstrate overlap in G alpha q and G alpha 11 gene functions and indicate that the Gq class of G proteins plays a crucial role in cardiac growth and development.
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- S Offermanns
- Institut für Pharmakologie, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
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Sakurai T, Amemiya A, Ishii M, Matsuzaki I, Chemelli RM, Tanaka H, Williams SC, Richardson JA, Kozlowski GP, Wilson S, Arch JR, Buckingham RE, Haynes AC, Carr SA, Annan RS, McNulty DE, Liu WS, Terrett JA, Elshourbagy NA, Bergsma DJ, Yanagisawa M. Orexins and orexin receptors: a family of hypothalamic neuropeptides and G protein-coupled receptors that regulate feeding behavior. Cell 1998; 92:573-85. [PMID: 9491897 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80949-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3869] [Impact Index Per Article: 148.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The hypothalamus plays a central role in the integrated control of feeding and energy homeostasis. We have identified two novel neuropeptides, both derived from the same precursor by proteolytic processing, that bind and activate two closely related (previously) orphan G protein-coupled receptors. These peptides, termed orexin-A and -B, have no significant structural similarities to known families of regulatory peptides. prepro-orexin mRNA and immunoreactive orexin-A are localized in neurons within and around the lateral and posterior hypothalamus in the adult rat brain. When administered centrally to rats, these peptides stimulate food consumption. prepro-orexin mRNA level is up-regulated upon fasting, suggesting a physiological role for the peptides as mediators in the central feedback mechanism that regulates feeding behavior.
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- T Sakurai
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 75235-9050, USA
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Wilk-Blaszczak MA, Singer WD, Gutowski S, Sternweis PC, Belardetti F. The G protein G13 mediates inhibition of voltage-dependent calcium current by bradykinin. Neuron 1994; 13:1215-24. [PMID: 7946358 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(94)90059-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In neuroblastoma-glioma hybrid cells, bradykinin has dual modulatory effects on ion channels: it activates a K+ current as well as inhibits the voltage-dependent Ca2+ current (ICa,V). Both of these actions are mediated by pertussis toxin-insensitive G proteins. Antibodies raised against the homologous Gq and G11 proteins suppress only the activation of the K+ current; this suggested that at least two distinct G protein pathways transduce diverse effects of this transmitter. Here, we show that the inhibition of ICa,V by bradykinin is suppressed selectively by intracellular application of antibodies specific for G13. This novel G protein may play a general role in the inhibition of ICa,V by pathways resistant to pertussis toxin.
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- M A Wilk-Blaszczak
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235
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