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Yuan X, Wang Y, Ali MA, Qin Z, Guo Z, Zhang Y, Zhang M, Zhou G, Yang J, Chen L, Shen L, Zhu L, Zeng C. Odorant Receptor OR2C1 Is an Essential Modulator of Boar Sperm Capacitation by Binding with Heparin. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24021664. [PMID: 36675176 PMCID: PMC9861704 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24021664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Heparin, a class of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), is widely used to induce sperm capacitation and fertilization. How heparin induces sperm capacitation remains unclear. Olfactory receptors (ORs) which are G protein-coupled receptors, have been proposed to be involved in sperm capacitation. However, the interaction between ORs and odor molecules and the molecular mechanism of ORs mediating sperm capacitation are still unclear. The present study aimed to explore the underlying interaction and mechanism between heparin and ORs in carrying out the boar sperm capacitation. The results showed that olfactory receptor 2C1 (OR2C1) is a compulsory unit which regulates the sperm capacitation by recognizing and binding with heparin, as determined by Dual-Glo Luciferase Assay and molecular docking. In addition, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation indicated that OR2C1 binds with heparin via a hydrophobic cavity comprises of Arg3, Ala6, Thr7, Asn171, Arg172, Arg173, and Pro287. Furthermore, we demonstrated that knocking down OR2C1 significantly inhibits sperm capacitation. In conclusion, we highlighted a novel olfactory receptor, OR2C1, in boar sperm and disclosed the potential binding of heparin to Pro287, a conserved residue in the transmembrane helices region 7 (TMH7). Our findings will benefit the further understanding of ORs involved in sperm capacitation and fertilization.
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- Xiang Yuan
- Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-Omics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-Omics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-Omics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-Omics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-Omics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-Omics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-Omics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-Omics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-Omics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-Omics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-Omics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-Omics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-Omics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-28-8629-1010
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review is timely given the 2018 publication of the first international Consensus Statement for the diagnosis and management of pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) and related disorders. The purpose of this review is to provide the knowledge needed to recognize and manage PHP1A, pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (PPHP) and PHP1B - the most common of the subtypes - with an overview of the entire spectrum and to provide a concise summary of management for clinical use. This review will draw from recent literature as well as personal experience in evaluating hundreds of children and adults with PHP. RECENT FINDINGS Progress is continually being made in understanding the mechanisms underlying the PHP spectrum. Every year, through clinical and laboratory studies, the phenotypes are elucidated in more detail, as are clinical issues such as short stature, brachydactyly, subcutaneous ossifications, cognitive/behavioural impairments, obesity and metabolic disturbances. Headed by a European PHP consortium, experts worldwide published the first international Consensus that provides detailed guidance in a systematic manner and will lead to exponential progress in understanding and managing these disorders. SUMMARY As more knowledge is gained from clinical and laboratory investigations, the mechanisms underlying the abnormalities associated with PHP are being uncovered as are improvements in management.
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Alterations in the ability to smell or taste are of considerable consequence, impacting quality of life, safety, nutrition, and dietary activities. These primary senses are influenced by a wide range of systemic diseases and disorders that commonly involve the entire body. These include viral, bacterial, fungal, protozoal, cestode, and nematode infections that can spread throughout the gastric, lymphatic, neural, or circulatory systems as well as classic autoimmune disorders, collagen diseases, diabetes, and hypertension, and others. Although a considerable literature has evolved in which the function of both taste and smell has been assessed in a number of such disorders, quantitative chemosensory testing is still relatively rare with many disorders not receiving empirical assessment. Incongruent findings are not uncommon. This chapter reviews what is known about the influences of a wide spectrum of systemic diseases and disorders on the abilities to taste and smell.
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- Richard L Doty
- Smell and Taste Center and Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
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Perez KM, Curley KL, Slaughter JC, Shoemaker AH. Glucose Homeostasis and Energy Balance in Children With Pseudohypoparathyroidism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2018; 103:4265-4274. [PMID: 30085125 PMCID: PMC6194807 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2018-01067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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CONTEXT Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by early-onset obesity and multihormone resistance. To treat abnormal weight gain and prevent complications such as diabetes, we must understand energy balance and glucose homeostasis in PHP types 1A and 1B. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate food intake, energy expenditure, and glucose homeostasis in children with PHP. DESIGN Assessments included resting energy expenditure (REE), physical activity, food intake, sucrose preference, questionnaires, endocrine status, and auxological status. All patients underwent an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). SETTING Vanderbilt University Medical Center. PATIENTS We assessed 16 children with PHP1A, three with PHP1B, and 15 healthy controls. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Food intake during an ad lib buffet meal and glucose at five time points during OGTT. RESULTS PHP1A and control groups were well matched. Participants with PHP1A had significantly lower REE without concomitant change in food intake or physical activity. At baseline, participants with PHP1A had significantly lower fasting glucose and insulin resistance. During OGTT, participants with PHP1A had significantly delayed peak glucose and a slower rate of glucose decline despite similar oral glucose insulin sensitivity. Participants with PHP1A had 0.46% lower HbA1c levels than controls from a clinic database after adjustment for OGTT 2-hour glucose. The PHP1B group was similar to the PHP1A group. CONCLUSIONS In contrast to other monogenic obesity syndromes, our results support reduced energy expenditure, not severe hyperphagia, as the primary cause of abnormal weight gain in PHP. Patients with PHP are at high risk for dysglycemia without reduced insulin sensitivity.
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- Katia M Perez
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Correspondence and Reprint Requests: Ashley H. Shoemaker, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1500 21st Avenue South Street, Suite 1514, Nashville, Tennessee 37212. E-mail:
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To provide readers with a review of contemporary literature describing the evolving understanding of the pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1A (PHP1A) phenotype. RECENT FINDINGS The classic features of PHP1A include multihormone resistance and the Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy phenotype (round facies, short stature, subcutaneous ossifications, brachydactyly, and early-onset obesity. Obesity may be because of a decrease in resting energy expenditure because most patients do not report significant hyperphagia. Patients with PHP1A have an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. In addition to brachydactyly and short stature, orthopedic complications can include spinal stenosis and carpal tunnel syndrome. Hearing loss, both sensorineural and conductive, has been reported in PHP1A. In addition, ear-nose-throat findings include decreased olfaction and frequent otitis media requiring tympanostomy tubes. Sleep apnea was shown to be 4.4-fold more common in children with PHP1A compared with other obese children; furthermore, asthma-like symptoms have been reported. These new findings are likely multifactorial and further research is needed to better understand these nonclassic features of PHP1A. SUMMARY Along with the Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy phenotype and hormone resistance, patients with PHP1A may have additional skeletal, metabolic, ear-nose-throat, and pulmonary complications. Understanding these nonclassic features will help improve clinical care of patients with PHP1A.
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- Ashley H Shoemaker
- aDivision of Pediatric Endocrinology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN bEndocrine Unit and Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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CONTEXT The term pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) indicates a group of heterogeneous disorders whose common feature is represented by impaired signaling of various hormones (primarily PTH) that activate cAMP-dependent pathways via Gsα protein. The two main subtypes of PHP, PHP type Ia, and Ib (PHP-Ia, PHP-Ib) are caused by molecular alterations within or upstream of the imprinted GNAS gene, which encodes Gsα and other translated and untranslated products. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION A PubMed search was used to identify the available studies (main query terms: pseudohypoparathyroidism; Albright hereditary osteodystrophy; GNAS; GNAS1; progressive osseous heteroplasia). The most relevant studies until February 2011 have been included in the review. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSIONS Despite the first description of this disorder dates back to 1942, recent findings indicating complex epigenetic alterations beside classical mutations at the GNAS complex gene, pointed out the limitation of the actual classification of the disease, resulting in incorrect genetic counselling and diagnostic procedures, as well as the gap in our actual knowledge of the pathogenesis of these disorders. This review will focus on PHP type I, in particular its diagnosis, classification, treatment, and underlying molecular alterations.
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- Giovanna Mantovani
- Endocrinology and Diabetology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy.
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Maeda SS, Fortes EM, Oliveira UM, Borba VCZ, Lazaretti-Castro M. Hypoparathyroidism and pseudohypoparathyroidism. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 50:664-73. [PMID: 17117292 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27302006000400012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2006] [Accepted: 04/20/2006] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The principal function of the parathyroid hormone (PTH) is maintenance of calcium plasmatic levels, withdrawing the calcium from bone tissue, reabsorbing it from the glomerular filtrate, and indirectly increasing its intestinal absorption by stimulating active vitamin D (calcitriol) production. Additionally, the PTH prompts an increase in urinary excretion of phosphorus and bicarbonate, seeking a larger quantity of free calcium available in circulation. Two mechanisms may alter its function, limiting its control on calcium: insufficient PTH production by the parathyroids (hypoparathyroidism), or a resistance against its action in target tissues (pseudohypoparathyroidism). In both cases, there are significantly reduced levels of plasmatic calcium associated with hyperphosphatemia. Clinical cases are characterized by nervous hyperexcitability, with paresthesia, cramps, tetany, hyperreflexia, convulsions, and tetanic crisis. Abnormalities such as cataracts and basal ganglia calcification are also typical of these diseases. Treatment consists of oral calcium supplementation associated with increased doses of vitamin D derivatives.
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- Sergio S Maeda
- Division of Endocrinology, EPM, UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Wémeau JL, Balavoine AS, Ladsous M, Velayoudom-Cephise FL, Vlaeminck-Guillem V. Multihormonal resistance to parathyroid hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone, and other hormonal and neurosensory stimuli in patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2006; 19 Suppl 2:653-61. [PMID: 16789631 DOI: 10.1515/jpem.2006.19.s2.653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism, hormonal resistance first affects parathyroid hormone (PTH), which leads to calcipenia, a decrease in renal vitamin D activation, and a tendency to bone receptor remodeling. However, because G proteins are ubiquitously distributed, multiple hormonal resistance occurs in pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ia and type Ic, impairing responses to other calciotropic hormones (PTHrP, calcitonin), TSH, and also pituitary and hypothalamic hormones, and to neurosensory stimuli. The diversity of multihormonal resistance contributes to the various phenotypes of the disease. Some clinical discomfort and medical consequences of the disease can be treated or prevented with hormone supplementation or modulation.
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- Jean-Louis Wémeau
- Clinique Endocrinologique Marc Linquette, USNA, CHRU, Lille, France.
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The kinship theory of genomic imprinting proposes that parent-specific gene expression evolves at a locus because a gene's level of expression in one individual has fitness effects on other individuals who have different probabilities of carrying the maternal and paternal alleles of the individual in which the gene is expressed. Therefore, natural selection favors different levels of expression depending on an allele's sex-of-origin in the previous generation. This review considers the strength of evidence in support of this hypothesis for imprinted genes in four "clusters," associated with the imprinted loci Igf2, Igf2r, callipyge, and Gnas. The clusters associated with Igf2 and Igf2r both contain paternally expressed transcripts that act as enhancers of prenatal growth and maternally expressed transcripts that act as inhibitors of prenatal growth. This is consistent with predictions of the kinship theory. However, the clusters also contain imprinted genes whose phenotypes as yet remain unexplained by the theory. The principal effects of imprinted genes in the callipyge and Gnas clusters appear to involve lipid and energy metabolism. The kinship theory predicts that maternally expressed transcripts will favor higher levels of nonshivering thermogenesis (NST) in brown adipose tissue (BAT) of animals that huddle for warmth as offspring. The phenotypes of reciprocal heterozygotes for Gnas knockouts provide provisional support for this hypothesis, as does some evidence from other imprinted genes (albeit more tentatively). The diverse effects of imprinted genes on the development of white adipose tissue (WAT) have so far defied a unifying hypothesis in terms of the kinship theory.
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- David Haig
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
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Bigdai EV, Samoilov VO. Components of the intracellular cAMP system supporting the olfactory reception of amyl alcohol. NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 33:89-94. [PMID: 12617309 DOI: 10.1023/a:1021139617470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Experiments on isolated frog olfactory epithelium, using vital luminescent microscopy showed that the olfactory transduction of amyl alcohol is mediated by the intracellular cAMP signaling system. Increases in intracellular cAMP levels resulted from activation of adenylate cyclase type III via odorant-induced stimulation of G protein linked to it.
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- E V Bigdai
- I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 6 Makarov Bank, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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Schiffman SS, Zervakis J. Taste and smell perception in the elderly: effect of medications and disease. ADVANCES IN FOOD AND NUTRITION RESEARCH 2002; 44:247-346. [PMID: 11885138 DOI: 10.1016/s1043-4526(02)44006-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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- Susan S Schiffman
- Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Gs is the ubiquitously expressed heterotrimeric G protein that couples receptors to the effector enzyme adenylyl cyclase and is required for receptor-stimulated intracellular cAMP generation. Activated receptors promote the exchange of GTP for GDP on the Gs alpha-subunit (Gs(alpha)), resulting in Gs activation; an intrinsic GTPase activity of Gs(alpha) deactivates Gs by hydrolyzing bound GTP to GDP. Mutations of Gs(alpha) residues involved in the GTPase reaction that lead to constitutive activation are present in endocrine tumors, fibrous dysplasia of bone, and McCune-Albright syndrome. Heterozygous loss-of-function mutations lead to Albright hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO), a disease characterized by short stature, obesity, and skeletal defects, and are sometimes associated with progressive osseous heteroplasia. Maternal transmission of Gs(alpha) mutations leads to AHO plus resistance to several hormones (e.g., parathyroid hormone) that activate Gs in their target tissues (pseudohypoparathyroidism type IA), while paternal transmission leads only to the AHO phenotype (pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism). Studies in both mice and humans demonstrate that Gs(alpha) is imprinted in a tissue-specific manner, being expressed primarily from the maternal allele in some tissues and biallelically expressed in most other tissues. This likely explains why multihormone resistance occurs only when Gs(alpha) mutations are inherited maternally. The Gs(alpha) gene GNAS1 has at least four alternative promoters and first exons, leading to the production of alternative gene products including Gs(alpha), XL alphas (a novel Gs(alpha) isoform expressed only from the paternal allele), and NESP55 (a chromogranin-like protein expressed only from the maternal allele). The fourth alternative promoter and first exon (exon 1A) located just upstream of the Gs(alpha) promoter is normally methylated on the maternal allele and is transcriptionally active on the paternal allele. In patients with parathyroid hormone resistance but without AHO (pseudohypoparathyroidism type IB), the exon 1A promoter region is unmethylated and transcriptionally active on both alleles. This GNAS1 imprinting defect is predicted to decrease Gs(alpha) expression in tissues where Gs(alpha) is normally imprinted and therefore to lead to renal parathyroid hormone resistance.
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- Lee S Weinstein
- Metabolic Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Weinstein LS, Yu S, Warner DR, Liu J. Endocrine manifestations of stimulatory G protein alpha-subunit mutations and the role of genomic imprinting. Endocr Rev 2001; 22:675-705. [PMID: 11588148 DOI: 10.1210/edrv.22.5.0439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The heterotrimeric G protein G(s) couples hormone receptors (as well as other receptors) to the effector enzyme adenylyl cyclase and is therefore required for hormone-stimulated intracellular cAMP generation. Receptors activate G(s) by promoting exchange of GTP for GDP on the G(s) alpha-subunit (G(s)alpha) while an intrinsic GTPase activity of G(s)alpha that hydrolyzes bound GTP to GDP leads to deactivation. Mutations of specific G(s)alpha residues (Arg(201) or Gln(227)) that are critical for the GTPase reaction lead to constitutive activation of G(s)-coupled signaling pathways, and such somatic mutations are found in endocrine tumors, fibrous dysplasia of bone, and the McCune-Albright syndrome. Conversely, heterozygous loss-of-function mutations may lead to Albright hereditary osteodystrophy (AHO), a disease characterized by short stature, obesity, brachydactyly, sc ossifications, and mental deficits. Similar mutations are also associated with progressive osseous heteroplasia. Interestingly, paternal transmission of GNAS1 mutations leads to the AHO phenotype alone (pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism), while maternal transmission leads to AHO plus resistance to several hormones (e.g., PTH, TSH) that activate G(s) in their target tissues (pseudohypoparathyroidism type IA). Studies in G(s)alpha knockout mice demonstrate that G(s)alpha is imprinted in a tissue-specific manner, being expressed primarily from the maternal allele in some tissues (e.g., renal proximal tubule, the major site of renal PTH action), while being biallelically expressed in most other tissues. Disrupting mutations in the maternal allele lead to loss of G(s)alpha expression in proximal tubules and therefore loss of PTH action in the kidney, while mutations in the paternal allele have little effect on G(s)alpha expression or PTH action. G(s)alpha has recently been shown to be also imprinted in human pituitary glands. The G(s)alpha gene GNAS1 (as well as its murine ortholog Gnas) has at least four alternative promoters and first exons, leading to the production of alternative gene products including G(s)alpha, XLalphas (a novel G(s)alpha isoform that is expressed only from the paternal allele), and NESP55 (a chromogranin-like protein that is expressed only from the maternal allele). A fourth alternative promoter and first exon (exon 1A) located approximately 2.5 kb upstream of the G(s)alpha promoter is normally methylated on the maternal allele and transcriptionally active on the paternal allele. In patients with isolated renal resistance to PTH (pseudohypoparathyroidism type IB), the exon 1A promoter region has a paternal-specific imprinting pattern on both alleles (unmethylated, transcriptionally active), suggesting that this region is critical for the tissue-specific imprinting of G(s)alpha. The GNAS1 imprinting defect in pseudohypoparathyroidism type IB is predicted to decrease G(s)alpha expression in renal proximal tubules. Studies in G(s)alpha knockout mice also demonstrate that this gene is critical in the regulation of lipid and glucose metabolism.
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- L S Weinstein
- Metabolic Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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The main and accessory olfactory systems have received considerable attention on the part of scientists and clinicians during the last decade, largely because of (a) quantum advances in understanding their genetically expressed receptor mechanisms, (b) evidence that their receptor cells undergo neurogenesis and both programmed and induced cell death, and (c) important technical and practical developments in psychophysical measurement. The latter developments have led to the proliferation of standardized olfactory testing in laboratories and clinics, and to the discovery that smell loss is among the first signs of a number of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Recent controversial claims that humans possess a functioning vomeronasal system responsive to "pheromones" has added further interest in intranasal chemoreception. This review focuses on recent progress made in understanding olfactory function, emphasizing transduction, measurement, and clinical findings.
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- R L Doty
- Smell and Taste Center, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
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Norès JM, Biacabe B, Bonfils P. [Olfactory disorders and general pathology. Analysis and review of the literature]. Rev Med Interne 2000; 21:95-104. [PMID: 10685461 DOI: 10.1016/s0248-8663(00)87235-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Disturbances of the sense of smell have been documented in many general pathologies. The actual etiology of such impairments is often difficult to determine. The aim of the authors is to review the literature on olfactory disorders in general diseases. CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND KEY POINTS Acute and chronic liver disorders are frequently associated with hyposmia, which can be improved by vitamin A intake. Renal insufficiency could induce hyposmia according to the severity of the renal disease. Olfactory disorders seem to regress after transplantation but not after dialysis. Patients with AIDS--especially neurological forms--often present with taste and smell impairments. Smell alteration can also be noted in hypothyroidism and pseudohypoparathyroidism. In addition, taste and smell impairments have been described in patients with adrenal insufficiency or Cushing's disease. Subsequent to glucocorticoid therapy, adrenal insufficiency can induce regressive olfactory hypersensitivity. Olfactory impairments in diabetic patients can be associated with diabetic macrovascular manifestations due to ischemic alterations in the olfactory neuroepithelium. Impairment of the sense of smell has been described in many systemic diseases such as Horton's arteritis and Sjögren's syndrome. FUTURE PROSPECTS AND PROJECTS Olfactory disorders should be investigated in patients presenting one of the above-mentioned diseases.
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- J M Norès
- Service de médecine interne, université Paris V, hôpital Raymond-Poincaré, Garches, France
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- L C Wilson
- Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, UK
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- S G Shirley
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, England
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- S Garattini
- Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy
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Although many conditions and medications have been associated with chemosensory disturbances, data from major chemosensory clinical research centers support three major disorders as being causative: nasal and paranasal sinus disease (21%), post-upper respiratory tract viral infection (19%), and head trauma (14%). Despite extensive evaluation, 22% of patients do not demonstrate identifiable causation.
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- A E Mott
- Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington
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In a previous report, Youngentob et al. (8) described a new and substantially different type of animal psychophysical procedure in which rats were trained to differentially report (i.e., identify) five different odorants. The present study confirms and extends the usefulness of the cross-modal association paradigm as an effective means for developing an extensive nonverbal "vocabulary" with which an animal can communicate multiple changes in sensory stimuli. Given the appropriate nonverbal means of communication, a rat has the channel capacity to differentially report (i.e., identify), at least ten different odorants. The expansion to a ten odorant identification task is discussed with respect to the analytic capabilities of the animal model for the study of olfactory quality perception.
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- S L Youngentob
- Department of Physiology, SUNY Health Science Center Syracuse 13210
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Doty RL, Kreiss DS, Frye RE. Human odor intensity perception: correlation with frog epithelial adenylate cyclase activity and transepithelial voltage response. Brain Res 1990; 527:130-4. [PMID: 2282476 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)91070-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Although a number of odorants are hypothesized to depolarize frog olfactory receptor cells by binding to ciliary glycoproteins which activate membrane-bound G-proteins to induce adenylate cyclase-mediated increases in intracellular cAMP (cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate), it is not known whether these odorants influence human odor perception via similar mechanisms. In this paper we present evidence derived from odor attribute ranking and multidimensional scaling procedures that the perceived intensity of such odorants to humans is correlated with (a) the amount of adenylate cyclase activity they induce in an in vitro frog olfactory cilia preparation and (b) the magnitude of their influence on the frog transepithelial voltage response or electro-olfactogram (EOG). These observations are in accord with the hypothesis that the perception of the intensity of some odors by humans is associated with cAMP-related epithelial processes and imply that remarkable homologies exist between the intensity-related olfactory receptor mechanisms of frog and man.
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- R L Doty
- Smell and Taste Center, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104
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Koch T, Lehnhardt E, Böttinger H, Pfeuffer T, Palm D, Fischer B, Radeke H, Hesch RD. Sensorineural hearing loss owing to deficient G proteins in patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism: results of a multicentre study. Eur J Clin Invest 1990; 20:416-21. [PMID: 2121501 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.1990.tb01879.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) is a rare disorder that might be caused by an hereditary defect in the G protein system. These membrane-bound proteins are responsible for the transduction of biological signals through the outer cell membrane. The investigation of 22 patients with PHP showed a symmetric sensorineural hearing loss in 63.6% of the subjects. In erythrocyte membrane preparations from blood samples of 15 of these patients, we measured the concentration of the stimulatory Gs protein and the inhibitory Gi protein by means of the Western blot analysis using selective antibodies against alpha-subunits of G proteins. In nine of the 15 cases (60%), we found a distinct decrease in the amount of the Gs protein with a partial preponderance of the Gi protein. These patients had a considerable symmetric sensorineural hearing loss. Pathophysiological mechanisms and the possible role of G proteins in the inner ear are discussed.
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- T Koch
- Department of Otolaryngology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, FRG
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Youngentob SL, Markert LM, Mozell MM, Hornung DE. A method for establishing a five odorant identification confusion matrix task in rats. Physiol Behav 1990; 47:1053-9. [PMID: 2133041 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(90)90352-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Using a cross-modal association paradigm, rats were trained to associate a particular tunnel and response location with one of five different odorants (isoamyl acetate, propyl acetate, acetic acid, phenethyl alcohol, and anethole). Each of the five tunnels differed with respect to: 1) the illuminated pattern on the response key; 2) the brightness of the illuminated pattern; and 3) the somesthetic quality of the tunnel floor. Standard operant techniques were used to train trial initiating and sampling behavior at a central odorant presentation point. Following acquisition training, the animals were tested using a standard 5 X 5 confusion matrix design. The results showed for the first time that rats are capable of performing, with a high degree of accuracy, an odorant identification confusion matrix task analogous to humans. Furthermore, using multidimensional scaling techniques, these data represent the first instance in which the perceptual odor space of an animal can be determined. With the animal model in hand, we can begin to examine how, in the presence of neural dysfunction, one odorant may be correctly identified as another.
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- S L Youngentob
- Department of Physiology, SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse 13210
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Birnbaumer L, Brown AM. G proteins and the mechanism of action of hormones, neurotransmitters, and autocrine and paracrine regulatory factors. THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE 1990; 141:S106-14. [PMID: 1968735 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm/141.3_pt_2.s106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Signal transduction by G proteins is a fundamental and widespread mechanism used by a wide variety of hormones, neurotransmitters, and autocrine and paracrine factors to regulate cellular functions. G proteins modulate not only cAMP formation, but also intracellular Ca2+ mobilization, arachidonic acid release, and, very importantly, membrane potential. The mechanism by which G proteins are activated provides for amplification, reversal of action, and continued monitoring of incoming signals. Not all G proteins are known and some are known but their functions are still unknown. More G proteins and more effector functions affected by them will surely be found. We discuss these features of signal transduction by G proteins.
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- L Birnbaumer
- Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Ellie E, Julien J, Ferrer X, Riss I, Durquety MC. Extensive cerebral calcification and retinal changes in pseudohypoparathyroidism. J Neurol 1989; 236:432-4. [PMID: 2809648 DOI: 10.1007/bf00314907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The case of a 41-year-old woman with cerebral calcification of a rather unusual extent is reported. This condition was associated with mental deficiency, pseudohypoparathyroidism and Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy. Four years later hypothyroidism was diagnosed. Visual impairment and electroretinogram abnormality suggested a retinopathy involving mostly rods. Despite their rarity, pseudohypoparathyroidism and Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy are of major interest, since they represent the only human disease states in which G protein function has been found to be disrupted. The overall clinical picture was strongly suggestive of a genetic deficiency of a guanine nucleotide-binding protein, termed Gs. The putative involvement of another G protein, contained in rods and cones, transducin, in the pathogenesis of the retinopathy is discussed.
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- E Ellie
- Département de Neurologie, Hôpital du Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France
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Following a brief discussion of the diagnosis and classification of hypoparathyroidism, this review will focus on current concepts of pseudohypoparathyroidism. Topics to be covered will include differing resistance of kidney and bone to parathyroid hormone, relationship of estrogen and pregnancy to Ca homeostasis, normocalcemic pseudohypoparathyroidism, and current understanding of pathogenesis based on various defects in the hormone receptor-adenylate cyclase system. Evidence for physiologic derangements beyond the impaired generation of cyclic AMP will be reviewed, as well as involvement of nonendocrine systems by the deficiency of the stimulatory guanine nucleotide connecting protein. Finally, semantic confusion resulting from the faulty term "pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism" will be addressed.
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- N A Breslau
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235
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Jones DT, Reed RR. Golf: an olfactory neuron specific-G protein involved in odorant signal transduction. Science 1989; 244:790-5. [PMID: 2499043 DOI: 10.1126/science.2499043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 604] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Biochemical and electrophysiological studies suggest that odorants induce responses in olfactory sensory neurons via an adenylate cyclase cascade mediated by a G protein. An olfactory-specific guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding protein alpha subunit has now been characterized and evidence is presented suggesting that this G protein, termed Golf, mediates olfaction. Messenger RNA that encodes Golf alpha is expressed in olfactory neuroephithelium but not in six other tissues tested. Moreover, within the olfactory epithelium, Golf alpha appears to be expressed only by the sensory neurons. Specific antisera were used to localize Golf alpha protein to the sensory apparatus of the receptor neurons. Golf alpha shares extensive amino acid identity (88 percent) with the stimulatory G protein, Gs alpha. The expression of Golf alpha in S49 cyc- kin- cells, a line deficient in endogenous stimulatory G proteins, demonstrates its capacity to stimulate adenylate cyclase in a heterologous system.
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- D T Jones
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetic Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205
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Carr WES, Gleeson RA, Trapido-Rosenthal HG. Chemosensory Systems in Lower Organisms: Correlations with Internal Receptor Systems for Neurotransmitters and Hormones. ADVANCES IN COMPARATIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY 1989. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-74510-2_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ikeda K, Sakurada T, Sasaki Y, Takasaka T, Furukawa Y. Clinical investigation of olfactory and auditory function in type I pseudohypoparathyroidism: participation of adenylate cyclase system. J Laryngol Otol 1988; 102:1111-4. [PMID: 3147312 DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100107467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Olfactory and auditory function was examined in five patients with type I pseudohypoparathyroidism; in two patients the activity of stimulatory guanine nucleotide-binding protein was examined and found to have low values. The olfactory tests were performed by T & T olfactometer and intravenous injection of thiamine propyl disulphide. The four patients receiving olfactory test showed a disturbance in recognization of the odorants. All five patients had normal hearing at frequencies with the normal range. An adenylate cyclase system is thought to play an important role in olfactory transduction, whereas cochlear function may be unaffected by this system in the normal state.
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- K Ikeda
- Department of Otolaryngology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Evans BK, Donley DK. Pseudohypoparathyroidism, parkinsonism syndrome, with no basal ganglia calcification. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1988; 51:709-13. [PMID: 3404168 PMCID: PMC1033082 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.51.5.709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A 20 year old woman with pseudohypoparathyroidism, Parkinsonism and no basal ganglia calcifications shown by computed tomography is reported. She has typical features of pseudohypoparathyroidism and biochemical evidence of end-organ resistance to parathyroid hormone. She is mentally retarded and has tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, and stooped posture. The cause of Parkinsonism in pseudohypoparathyroidism is thought to be basal ganglia calcification. This patient must have another pathophysiology, perhaps directly related to a G protein defect, causing impaired neurotransmission.
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- B K Evans
- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama Medical School, Birmingham 35294
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Spiegel AM. Guanine nucleotide binding proteins and signal transduction. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 1988; 44:47-101. [PMID: 2853488 DOI: 10.1016/s0083-6729(08)60693-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Pfeuffer T, Helmreich EJ. Structural and functional relationships of guanosine triphosphate binding proteins. CURRENT TOPICS IN CELLULAR REGULATION 1988; 29:129-216. [PMID: 3135154 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-152829-4.50006-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Information available at present documents the existence of three well-defined classes of guanine nucleotide binding proteins functioning as signal transducers: Gs and Gi which stimulate and inhibit adenylate cyclase, respectively, and transducin which transmits and amplifies the signal from light-activated rhodopsin to cGMP-dependent phosphodiesterase in ROS membranes. Go is a fourth member of this family. Its function is the least known among GTP binding signal transducing proteins. The family of G proteins has a number of properties in common. All are heterotrimers consisting of three subunits, alpha, beta, and gamma. Each of the subunits may be heterogeneous depending on species and tissue of origin and may be posttranslationally modified covalently. The alpha subunits vary in size from 39 to 52 kDa. The sequences for Gs alpha and transducin alpha have 42% overall homology and those of Gi alpha and Gs alpha 43%, whereas those of Gi alpha and transducin alpha have a higher degree (68%) of homology. All alpha subunits bind guanine nucleotides and are ADP-ribosylated by either pertussis toxin (Gi, transducin, Go) or cholera toxin (Gs, Gi, transducin). Thus, transducin and Gi, which have the highest degree of sequence homology, are also ADP-ribosylated by both toxins. The beta subunits have molecular weights of 36 and 35 kDa, respectively. While Gs, Gi, and Go contain a mixture of both, transducin contains only the larger (36-kDa) beta-polypeptide. The relationship of the 36- and the 35-kDa beta subunits is not defined. Although the complete sequence of the 36-kDa beta subunit of transducin has been deduced from the cDNA sequence, complete sequences of other beta subunits are not yet available so that detailed comparisons cannot be made at present. However, the proteolytic profiles of each class of the beta subunits of different G proteins are indistinguishable. The gamma subunit of bovine transducin has been completely sequenced. It has a Mr of 8400. Again complete sequences of other gamma subunits are not yet available. While the gamma subunits of Gs, Gi, and Go have identical electrophoretic mobility in SDS gels, they differ significantly in this respect from the gamma subunit of transducin. Moreover, crossover experiments point to functional differences between gamma subunits from G protein and transducin complexes. In addition, a role for beta, gamma in anchoring guanine nucleotide binding proteins to membranes has been postulated.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- T Pfeuffer
- Department of Physiological Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Levine MA, Ahn TG, Klupt SF, Kaufman KD, Smallwood PM, Bourne HR, Sullivan KA, Van Dop C. Genetic deficiency of the alpha subunit of the guanine nucleotide-binding protein Gs as the molecular basis for Albright hereditary osteodystrophy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1988; 85:617-21. [PMID: 2829196 PMCID: PMC279602 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.2.617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Patients who have pseudohypoparathyroidism type I associated with Albright hereditary osteodystrophy commonly have a genetic deficiency of the alpha subunit of the G protein that stimulates adenylyl cyclase (alpha Gs) (ATP pyrophosphate-lyase, EC 4.6.1.1). To discover the molecular mechanism that causes alpha Gs deficiency in these patients, we examined eight kindreds with one or more members affected with Albright hereditary osteodystrophy or pseudohypoparathyroidism and alpha Gs deficiency. In these families, alpha Gs deficiency and the Albright hereditary osteodystrophy phenotype were transmitted together in a dominant inheritance pattern. Using a cDNA hybridization probe for alpha Gs, restriction analysis with several endonucleases showed no abnormalities of restriction fragments or gene dosage. RNA blot and dot blot analysis of total RNA from cultured fibroblasts obtained from the patients revealed approximately equal to 50% reduced mRNA levels for alpha Gs in affected members of six of the pedigrees but normal levels in affected members of the two other pedigrees, compared to mRNA levels in fibroblasts from unaffected individuals. By contrast, mRNA levels encoding the alpha subunit of the G protein that inhibits adenylyl cyclase were not altered. Our findings suggest that several molecular mechanisms produce alpha Gs deficiency in patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ia and that major gene rearrangements or deletions are not a common cause for alpha Gs deficiency in pseudohypoparathyroidism type I.
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- M A Levine
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205
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Second-messenger systems play a major role in mediating neurotransmitter actions. In recent years our understanding of the organization and function of two prominent second-messenger systems has progressed rapidly--the adenylate cyclase and phosphoinositide systems. Guanosine triphosphate-binding proteins, which are especially abundant in brain, couple transmitter receptors to the key second-messenger generating enzymes in both of these systems. Whereas activation of adenylate cyclase produces a single intracellular messenger, cyclic AMP, stimulation of the phosphoinositide system generates at least two, inositol trisphosphate and diacylglycerol. Inositol trisphosphate mobilizes calcium from intracellular stores, and diacylglycerol, like cyclic adenosine monophosphate, activates a phosphorylating enzyme, protein kinase C. These second-messenger systems are particularly enriched in the brain where they modulate many aspects of synaptic transmission.
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