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Hayashi H, Al Mamun A, Sakima M, Sato M. Activator of G-protein signaling 8 is involved in VEGF-mediated signal processing during angiogenesis. J Cell Sci 2016; 129:1210-22. [PMID: 26826188 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.181883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Activator of G-protein signaling 8 (AGS8, also known as FNDC1) is a receptor-independent accessory protein for the Gβγ subunit, which was isolated from rat heart subjected to repetitive transient ischemia with the substantial development of collaterals. Here, we report the role of AGS8 in vessel formation by endothelial cells. Knockdown of AGS8 by small interfering RNA (siRNA) inhibited vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-induced tube formation, as well as VEGF-stimulated cell growth and migration. VEGF stimulated the phosphorylation of the VEGF receptor-2 (VEGFR-2, also known as KDR), ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK; however, knockdown of AGS8 inhibited these signaling events. Signal alterations by AGS8 siRNA were associated with a decrease of cell surface VEGFR-2 and an increase of VEGFR-2 in the cytosol. Endocytosis blockers did not influence the decrease of VEGFR-2 by AGS8 siRNA, suggesting the involvement of AGS8 in VEGFR-2 trafficking to the plasma membrane. VEGFR-2 formed a complex with AGS8 in cells, and a peptide designed to disrupt AGS8-Gβγ interaction inhibited VEGF-induced tube formation. These data suggest a potential role for AGS8-Gβγ in VEGF signal processing. AGS8 might play a key role in tissue adaptation by regulating angiogenic events.
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- Hisaki Hayashi
- Department of Physiology, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1195, Japan
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Sato M, Hiraoka M, Suzuki H, Bai Y, Kurotani R, Yokoyama U, Okumura S, Cismowski MJ, Lanier SM, Ishikawa Y. Identification of transcription factor E3 (TFE3) as a receptor-independent activator of Gα16: gene regulation by nuclear Gα subunit and its activator. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:17766-76. [PMID: 21454667 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.219816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Receptor-independent G-protein regulators provide diverse mechanisms for signal input to G-protein-based signaling systems, revealing unexpected functional roles for G-proteins. As part of a broader effort to identify disease-specific regulators for heterotrimeric G-proteins, we screened for such proteins in cardiac hypertrophy using a yeast-based functional screen of mammalian cDNAs as a discovery platform. We report the identification of three transcription factors belonging to the same family, transcription factor E3 (TFE3), microphthalmia-associated transcription factor, and transcription factor EB, as novel receptor-independent activators of G-protein signaling selective for Gα(16). TFE3 and Gα(16) were both up-regulated in cardiac hypertrophy initiated by transverse aortic constriction. In protein interaction studies in vitro, TFE3 formed a complex with Gα(16) but not with Gα(i3) or Gα(s). Although increased expression of TFE3 in heterologous systems had no influence on receptor-mediated Gα(16) signaling at the plasma membrane, TFE3 actually translocated Gα(16) to the nucleus, leading to the induction of claudin 14 expression, a key component of membrane structure in cardiomyocytes. The induction of claudin 14 was dependent on both the accumulation and activation of Gα(16) by TFE3 in the nucleus. These findings indicate that TFE3 and Gα(16) are up-regulated under pathologic conditions and are involved in a novel mechanism of transcriptional regulation via the relocalization and activation of Gα(16).
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- Motohiko Sato
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Fukuura, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan.
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Drug addiction is marked by continued drug-seeking behavior despite deleterious consequences and a heightened propensity to relapse not withstanding long, drug-free periods. The enduring nature of addiction has been hypothesized to arise from perturbations in intracellular signaling, gene expression, and brain circuitry induced by substance abuse. Ameliorating some of these aberrations should abate behavioral and neurochemical markers associated with an 'addiction phenotype'. This review summarizes data showing that protein expression and signaling through the nonreceptor activator of G-protein signaling 3 (AGS3) are altered by commonly abused substances in rat and in in-vitro addiction models. AGS3 structure and function are unrelated to the more broadly studied regulator of G-protein signaling family. Thus, the unique role of AGS3 is the focus of this review. Intriguingly, AGS3 protein changes persist into drug abstinence. Accordingly, studies probing the role of AGS3 in the neurochemistry of drug-seeking behavior and relapse are studied in detail. To illuminate this study, AGS3 structure, cellular localization, and function are covered so that an idealized AGS3-targeted pharmacotherapy can be proposed.
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- Michael Scott Bowers
- Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
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Sato M, Ishikawa Y. Accessory proteins for heterotrimeric G-protein: Implication in the cardiovascular system. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 2010; 17:89-99. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2009.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2009] [Revised: 03/11/2009] [Accepted: 03/20/2009] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Sabbatini ME, Vatta MS, Davio CA, Bianciotti LG. Atrial natriuretic factor negatively modulates secretin intracellular signaling in the exocrine pancreas. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2007; 292:G349-57. [PMID: 16973919 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00163.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We previously reported that atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) stimulates pancreatic secretion through NPR-C receptors coupled to PLC and potentiates secretin response without affecting cAMP levels. In the present study we sought to establish the intracellular signaling mechanism underlying the interaction between both peptides. In isolated pancreatic acini 100 nM ANF abolished cAMP accumulation evoked by any dose of secretin. Lower doses of ANF (1 fM, 1 pM, 1 and 10 nM) dose dependently reduced EC50 secretin-evoked cAMP. Although ANF failed to affect cAMP stimulated by amthamine (selective H2 agonist) or isoproterenol (beta-adrenergic agonist), it abolished VIP-induced cAMP formation. ANF inhibitory effect was prevented by U-73122 (PLC inhibitor) and GF-109203X (PKC inhibitor) but unaltered by PKG and nitric oxide synthase inhibition, supporting that the PLC/PKC pathway mediated the effect. ANF response was mimicked by cANP (4-23 amide) and abolished by pertussis toxin, strongly supporting NPR-C receptor activation. In vivo studies showed that ANF at 0.5 microg x kg(-1) x h(-1) enhanced secretion stimulated by 1 U x kg(-1) x h(-1) secretin but at 1 and 2 microg x kg(-1) x h(-1) it abolished secretin response. However, ANF at such doses failed to modify the secretion evoked by carbachol or CCK. Present results show that ANF negatively modulated secretin secretory response and intracellular signaling through the activation of NPR-C receptors coupled to the PLC/PKC pathway. Furthermore, the finding that ANF also inhibited VIP-evoked cAMP supports a selective modulation of class II G-protein coupled receptors by ANF. Present findings suggest that ANF may play a protective role by reducing secretin response to avoid overstimulation.
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- María E Sabbatini
- Cátedras de Fisiopatología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling represents one of the most conserved and ubiquitous means in mammalian cells for transferring information across the plasma membrane to the intracellular environment. Heterotrimeric G-protein subunits play key roles in transducing these signals, and intracellular regulators influencing the activation state and interaction of these subunits regulate the extent and duration of GPCR signaling. One class of intracellular regulator, the non-receptor activators of G-protein signaling (or AGS proteins), are the major focus of this review. AGS proteins provide a basis for understanding the function of heterotrimeric G-proteins in both GPCR-driven and GPCR independent cellular signaling pathways.
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- Mary J Cismowski
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, 4209 State Route 44, Rootstown, OH, United States.
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Cismowski MJ, Lanier SM. Activation of heterotrimeric G-proteins independent of a G-protein coupled receptor and the implications for signal processing. REVIEWS OF PHYSIOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2006; 155:57-80. [PMID: 16041530 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28217-3_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Heterotrimeric G-proteins are key transducers for signal transfer from outside the cell, mediating signals emanating from cell-surface G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR). Many, if not all, subtypes of heterotrimeric G-proteins are also regulated by accessory proteins that influence guanine nucleotide binding, guanosine triphosphate (GTP) hydrolysis, or subunit interactions. One subgroup of such accessory proteins (activators of G-protein signaling; AGS proteins) refer to a functionally defined group of proteins that activate selected G-protein signaring systems in the absence of classical G-protein coupled receptors. AGS and related proteins provide unexpected insights into the regulation of the G-protein activation-deactivation cycle. Different AGS proteins function as guanine nucleotide exchange factors or guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitors and may also influence subunit interactions by interaction with GBgamma. These proteins play important roles in the generation or positioning of signaling complexes and of the regulation of GPCR signaling, and as alternative binding partners for G-protein subunits. Perhaps of even broader impact is the discovery that AGS proteins provide a foundation for the concept that heterotrimeric G-protein subunits are processing signals within the cell involving intrinsic cues that do not involve the classical signal input from a cell surface GPCR.
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- M J Cismowski
- Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, 4209 State Route 44, Rootstown, OH, USA
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Accessory proteins involved in signal processing through heterotrimeric G proteins are generally defined as proteins distinct from G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), G protein, or classical effectors that regulate the strength/efficiency/specificity of signal transfer upon receptor activation or position these entities in the right microenvironment, contributing to the formation of a functional signal transduction complex. A flurry of recent studies have implicated an additional class of accessory proteins for this system that provide signal input to heterotrimeric G proteins in the absence of a cell surface receptor, serve as alternative binding partners for G protein subunits, provide unexpected modes of G protein regulation, and have introduced additional functional roles for G proteins. This group of accessory proteins includes the recently discovered Activators of G protein Signaling (AGS) proteins identified in a functional screen for receptor-independent activators of G protein signaling as well as several proteins identified in protein interaction screens and genetic screens in model organisms. These accessory proteins may influence GDP dissociation and nucleotide exchange at the G(alpha) subunit, alter subunit interactions within heterotrimeric G(alphabetagamma) independent of nucleotide exchange, or form complexes with G(alpha) or G(betagamma) independent of the typical G(alphabetagamma) heterotrimer. AGS and related accessory proteins reveal unexpected diversity in G protein subunits as signal transducers within the cell.
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- Motohiko Sato
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Activation of heterotrimeric G-proteins independent of a G-protein coupled receptor and the implications for signal processing. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s10254-005-0042-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Zhu Q, Qi LJ, Shi A, Abou-Samra A, Deth RC. Protein kinase C regulates alpha(2A/D)-adrenoceptor constitutive activity. Pharmacology 2005; 71:80-90. [PMID: 15118347 DOI: 10.1159/000076944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2003] [Accepted: 10/14/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We investigated a possible role for protein kinases in the constitutive activity of alpha(2A/D) adrenoceptors in membranes from transfected PC12 cells, using a [35S]GTPgammaS binding assay. After treatment of intact cells with various protein kinase inhibitors, constitutive activity was assessed by the reduction in basal GTP binding caused by the inverse agonist rauwolscine (RAU). Inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC) caused the loss of RAU-sensitive GTP binding, while inhibitors of other protein kinases were ineffective. Anti-G(alpha) antibody treatments showed that constitutive alpha(2A/D)-receptor activity is directed toward different G proteins than agonist-stimulated activity. T373A mutant receptors exhibited increased constitutive activity, including a component that was insensitive to PKC inhibition. Since T373 is located within a putative G(i/o) activator sequence, these results suggest that PKC-dependent phosphorylation of T373 increases alpha(2A/D)-adrenergic receptor constitutive activity and causes a switch in G protein preference.
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MESH Headings
- Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists/pharmacology
- Animals
- Antibodies/pharmacology
- Constitutive Androstane Receptor
- Epinephrine/pharmacology
- GTP-Binding Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- GTP-Binding Proteins/chemistry
- GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Humans
- Mutation, Missense
- PC12 Cells
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein Kinase C/genetics
- Protein Kinase C/metabolism
- Rats
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2/chemistry
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2/genetics
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2/metabolism
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/chemistry
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/chemistry
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/drug effects
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/metabolism
- Sequence Analysis, Protein/methods
- Sulfur Radioisotopes/metabolism
- Threonine/chemistry
- Threonine/drug effects
- Threonine/metabolism
- Transcription Factors/chemistry
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Transfection/methods
- Yohimbine/antagonists & inhibitors
- Yohimbine/metabolism
- Yohimbine/pharmacology
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- Qingbing Zhu
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Von Dannecker LEC, Mercadante AF, Malnic B. Ric-8B, an olfactory putative GTP exchange factor, amplifies signal transduction through the olfactory-specific G-protein Galphaolf. J Neurosci 2005; 25:3793-800. [PMID: 15829631 PMCID: PMC6724935 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4595-04.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2004] [Revised: 02/05/2005] [Accepted: 03/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The olfactory system is able to detect a large number of chemical structures with a remarkable sensitivity and specificity. Odorants are first detected by odorant receptors present in the cilia of olfactory neurons. The activated receptors couple to an olfactory-specific G-protein (Golf), which activates adenylyl cyclase III to produce cAMP. Increased cAMP levels activate cyclic nucleotide-gated channels, causing cell membrane depolarization. Here we used yeast two-hybrid to search for potential regulators for Galphaolf. We found that Ric-8B (for resistant to inhibitors of cholinesterase), a putative GTP exchange factor, is able to interact with Galphaolf. Like Galphaolf, Ric-8B is predominantly expressed in the mature olfactory sensory neurons and also in a few regions in the brain. The highly restricted and colocalized expression patterns of Ric-8B and Galphaolf strongly indicate that Ric-8B is a functional partner for Galphaolf. Finally, we show that Ric-8B is able to potentiate Galphaolf-dependent cAMP accumulation in human embryonic kidney 293 cells and therefore may be an important component for odorant signal transduction.
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Bader JE, Deckert CM, Koglin N, Pluder F, Mörl K, Koczan D, Thiesen HJ, Beck-Sickinger AG. From Transcription Profile to Expression: The Signaling Repertoire of the SK-N-MC Neuroepithelioma Cell-Line. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2004; 24:257-82. [PMID: 15648446 DOI: 10.1081/rrs-200035220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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SK-N-MC neuroepithelioma cells are routinely cultured and widely used as a model system in biochemical and pharmacological experiments. To clarify the gene expression patterns of SK-N-MC cells with respect to G protein-coupled receptors and signaling network components, we describe in this report the transcription profile of the cell line. Following the traditional pathway from genome to proteome, selected examples are further examined at the level of protein expression and by functional assays. cRNA targets derived from total RNA extracts were hybridized to Affymetrix Human Genome U133A GeneChip arrays, and the data were analyzed and grouped according to functional aspects. Results obtained for neuropeptide Y (NPY) Y1, Y5, and orexin Ox1 receptors were confirmed by RT-PCR. It is surprising that we found the presence of both NPY receptor subtypes and the absence of the orexin receptor at the mRNA level. Receptor-binding experiments confirmed NPY binding of the Y1 receptor in the nanomolar range but gave no evidence for high expression levels of Y5 receptor subtypes on the cell surface. Protein expression was assayed with immunoblots by using antibodies directed against selected Galpha protein subunits. The presence of at least Galphas, Galphai3, and Galphai2 subunits was indicated.
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MESH Headings
- Binding Sites
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Humans
- Immunoblotting
- Inhibitory Concentration 50
- Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral/metabolism
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Orexin Receptors
- Peptides/chemistry
- Protein Binding
- RNA/chemistry
- RNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
- Receptors, Neuropeptide/metabolism
- Receptors, Neuropeptide Y/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Signal Transduction
- Transcription, Genetic
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- Jürgen E Bader
- Faculty of Biosciences, Pharmacy and Psychology, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Wang L, Liu J, Harvey-White J, Zimmer A, Kunos G. Endocannabinoid signaling via cannabinoid receptor 1 is involved in ethanol preference and its age-dependent decline in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:1393-8. [PMID: 12538878 PMCID: PMC298783 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0336351100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 272] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Cannabinoids and ethanol can activate the same reward pathways, which could suggest endocannabinoid involvement in the rewarding effects of ethanol. The high ethanol preference of young (6-10 weeks) C57BL6J mice is reduced by the cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) antagonist SR141716A to levels observed in their CB1 knockout littermates or in old (26-48 weeks) wild-type mice, in both of which ethanol preference is unaffected by SR141716A. Similarly, SR141716A inhibits food intake in food-restricted young, but not old, wild-type mice. There are no age-dependent differences in the tissue levels of the endocannabinoids anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol or the density of CB1 in the hypothalamus, limbic forebrain, amygdala, and cerebellum. CB1-stimulated guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP[gammaS]) binding is selectively reduced in the limbic forebrain of old compared with young wild-type mice. There is no age-dependent difference in G(i) or G(o) subunit protein expression in the limbic forebrain, and the selective reduction in GTP[gammaS] labeling in tissue from old mice is maintained in a receptorG protein reconstitution assay by using functional bovine brain G protein. These findings suggest that endocannabinoids acting at CB1 contribute to ethanol preference, and decreased coupling of CB1 to G proteins in the limbic forebrain by mechanisms other than altered receptor or G protein levels may be involved in the age-dependent decline in the appetite for both ethanol and food.
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- Lei Wang
- Laboratory of Physiologic Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Ribas C, Sato M, Hildebrandt JD, Lanier SM. Analysis of signal transfer from receptor to Go/Gi in different membrane environments and receptor-independent activators of brain G protein. Methods Enzymol 2002; 344:140-52. [PMID: 11771378 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(02)44711-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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- Catalina Ribas
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (C51C-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Blumer JB, Chandler LJ, Lanier SM. Expression analysis and subcellular distribution of the two G-protein regulators AGS3 and LGN indicate distinct functionality. Localization of LGN to the midbody during cytokinesis. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:15897-903. [PMID: 11832491 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112185200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Activator of G-protein signaling 3 (AGS3) and LGN have a similar domain structure and contain four G-protein regulatory motifs that serve as anchors for the binding of the GDP-bound conformation of specific G-protein alpha subunits. As an initial approach to define further the different functional roles of AGS3 and LGN, we determined their expression profile and subcellular distribution. AGS3- and LGN-specific antisera indicated a widespread tissue distribution of LGN, whereas AGS3 is primarily enriched in brain. Brain punch biopsies of 13 discrete brain regions indicated that both AGS3 and LGN are expressed in all areas tested but are differentially regulated during development. LGN is expressed in neuronal, astroglial, and microglial cultures, whereas AGS3 expression is restricted to neurons. In primary neuronal cultures as well as in dividing cultures of PC12 cells, immunocytochemistry indicated distinct subcellular locations of AGS3 and LGN. The subcellular locations of the two proteins were differentially regulated by external stimuli and the cell cycle. In PC12 and COS7 cells, LGN moves from the nucleus to the midbody structure separating daughter cells during the later stages of mitosis, suggesting a role for G-proteins in cytokinesis. Thus, although AGS3 and LGN share a similar overall motif structure and both bind G-proteins, nature has endowed these proteins with different regulatory elements that allow functional diversity by virtue of tissue-specific expression and subcellular positioning.
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- Joe B Blumer
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
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Efficacy has been defined in receptor pharmacology as a proportionality factor denoting the amount of physiological response a given ligand imparts to a biological system for a given amount of receptor occupancy. While first defined in terms of response, the concept can be expanded to a wide variety of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) behaviors, which includes pleiotropic interaction with multiple G proteins, internalization, oligomerization, desensitization, and interaction with membrane auxilliary proteins. Thus, there can be numerous types of efficacy, and different ligands can have a range of efficacies for different receptor behaviors. This review discusses the use of the efficacy concept in GPCR models based on the thermodynamic linkage theory and also in terms of the protein ensemble theory, in which macroaffinity of ligands for an ensemble of receptor microstates produces a new ligand-bound ensemble. The pharmacological characteristics of the ligand emerge from the intersection of the ligand-bound ensemble with the various ensembles defining pharmacological receptor behaviors. Receptor behaviors discussed are activation of G proteins; ability to be phosphorylated, desensitized, and internalized; formation of dimers and oligomers; and the interaction with auxiliary membrane and cytosolic proteins. The concepts of ligand-specific receptor conformation and conditional efficacy are also discussed in the context of ligand control of physiological response.
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- Terry Kenakin
- GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
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At present, the drug-discovery process centres on ligands that either block or produce physiological responses. However, there are therapeutic uses for ligands that do neither of these things, but which still affect receptors in other ways. This review discusses the intimate relationship between the affinity of a ligand for its receptor, and the probability that the binding of the ligand will produce some change in the receptor, resulting in efficacy. This, in turn, argues that ligands that have affinity should be tested more broadly, for a wider range of efficacies, to detect hidden therapeutic activities.
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- Terry Kenakin
- GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development, 5 Moore Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
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Saito Y, Wang Z, Hagino-Yamagishi K, Civelli O, Kawashima S, Maruyama K. Endogenous melanin-concentrating hormone receptor SLC-1 in human melanoma SK-MEL-37 cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 289:44-50. [PMID: 11708774 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is a hypothalamic neuropeptide that regulates several physiological functions. The orphan G protein-coupled receptors SLC-1 and MCHR2 were recently found to bind MCH with high affinity. We show here that the human melanoma cell line SK-MEL-37 expresses SLC-1 mRNA but not MCHR2 by RT-PCR analysis and immunofluorescence studies. Using Chinese hamster ovary cells and 293 cells overexpressing SLC-1 by cDNA transfection, it was shown that SLC-1 coupled to both G alpha(i)/G alpha(o) and G alpha(q) proteins. In SK-MEL-37 cells, MCH inhibited forskolin-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation and induced mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in a pertussis toxin-(PTX)-sensitive manner. The MAPK activity leads to the production of phosphorylated forms of p42/p44 MAPK. However, an increase in the intracellular free Ca(2+) concentration was not elicited by MCH in SK-MEL-37 cells. These results show that SLC-1 is coupled only to PTX-sensitive G alpha(i)/G alpha(o) in SK-MEL-37 cells. This study provides for the first time a skin-derived cellular model to analyze the molecular mechanism of the MCH signaling pathway.
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- Y Saito
- Department of Pharmacology, Saitama Medical School, Morohongo, Saitama 350-0495, Japan.
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Bernard ML, Peterson YK, Chung P, Jourdan J, Lanier SM. Selective interaction of AGS3 with G-proteins and the influence of AGS3 on the activation state of G-proteins. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:1585-93. [PMID: 11042168 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m005291200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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AGS3 (activator of G-protein signaling 3) was isolated in a yeast-based functional screen for receptor-independent activators of heterotrimeric G-proteins. As an initial approach to define the role of AGS3 in mammalian signal processing, we defined the AGS3 subdomains involved in G-protein interaction, its selectivity for G-proteins, and its influence on the activation state of G-protein. Immunoblot analysis with AGS3 antisera indicated expression in rat brain, the neuronal-like cell lines PC12 and NG108-15, as well as the smooth muscle cell line DDT(1)-MF2. Immunofluorescence studies and confocal imaging indicated that AGS3 was predominantly cytoplasmic and enriched in microdomains of the cell. AGS3 coimmunoprecipitated with Galpha(i3) from cell and tissue lysates, indicating that a subpopulation of AGS3 and Galpha(i) exist as a complex in the cell. The coimmunoprecipitation of AGS3 and Galpha(i) was dependent upon the conformation of Galpha(i3) (GDP GTPgammaS (guanosine 5'-3-O-(thio)triphosphate)). The regions of AGS3 that bound Galpha(i) were localized to four amino acid repeats (G-protein regulatory motif (GPR)) in the carboxyl terminus (Pro(463)-Ser(650)), each of which were capable of binding Galpha(i). AGS3-GPR domains selectively interacted with Galpha(i) in tissue and cell lysates and with purified Galpha(i)/Galpha(t). Subsequent experiments with purified Galpha(i2) and Galpha(i3) indicated that the carboxyl-terminal region containing the four GPR motifs actually bound more than one Galpha(i) subunit at the same time. The AGS3-GPR domains effectively competed with Gbetagamma for binding to Galpha(t(GDP)) and blocked GTPgammaS binding to Galpha(i1). AGS3 and related proteins provide unexpected mechanisms for coordination of G-protein signaling pathways.
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- M L Bernard
- Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29403, USA
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Upon the binding of their ligands, G protein-coupled receptors couple to the heterotrimeric G proteins to transduce a signal. One receptor family may couple to a single G protein subtype and another family to several ones. Is there a signal in the receptor sequence that can give an indication of the G protein subtype selectivity? We used a sequence analysis method on biogenic amine and adenosine receptors and concluded that a weak signal can be detected in receptor families where specialization for coupling to a given G protein occurred during a recent divergent evolutionary process. Proteins 2000;41:448-459.
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- F Horn
- BIOcomputing, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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Cismowski MJ, Ma C, Ribas C, Xie X, Spruyt M, Lizano JS, Lanier SM, Duzic E. Activation of heterotrimeric G-protein signaling by a ras-related protein. Implications for signal integration. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:23421-4. [PMID: 10840027 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c000322200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Utilizing a functional screen in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae we identified mammalian proteins that activate heterotrimeric G-protein signaling pathways in a receptor-independent fashion. One of the identified activators, termed AGS1 (for activator of G-protein signaling), is a human Ras-related G-protein that defines a distinct subgroup of the Ras superfamily. Expression of AGS1 in yeast and in mammalian cells results in specific activation of Galpha(i)/Galpha(o) heterotrimeric signaling pathways. In addition, the in vivo and in vitro properties of AGS1 are consistent with it functioning as a direct guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Galpha(i)/Galpha(o). AGS1 thus presents a unique mechanism for signal integration via heterotrimeric G-protein signaling pathways.
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- M J Cismowski
- OSI Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, New York 10591, the Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA.
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Tian WN, Deth RC. Differences in efficacy and Na(+) sensitivity between alpha(2B) and alpha(2D) adrenergic receptors: implications for R and R* states. Pharmacology 2000; 61:14-21. [PMID: 10895076 DOI: 10.1159/000028375] [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: 11/19/2022]
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The ability of Na(+) ions to modulate coupling of alpha(2B)- and alpha(2D)-adrenergic receptors to G proteins was investigated in isolated membranes from transfected PC12 and NIH 3T3 fibroblast cells. The initial rate of epinephrine-stimulated [(35)S]GTPgammaS binding was higher for alpha(2D)-receptors (the rat homolog of the alpha(2A)-receptor) in both cell types, whereas both alpha(2B)- and alpha(2D)-receptor responses were higher in PC12 cell membranes. Pertussis toxin completely blocked agonist-stimulated binding. Graded increases in Na(+) caused a progressive loss of basal GTP binding, indicative of its ability to reduce the level of the active R* state of the receptor. This inhibitory effect of Na(+) was more pronounced in PC12/alpha(2B) than PC12/alpha(2D) membranes. Epinephrine-stimulated GTP binding in PC12/alpha(2B) membranes was also more sensitive to Na(+) inhibition than in PC12/alpha(2D) membranes. In saturation [(35)S]GTPgammaS binding studies, the presence of Na(+) reduced apparent GTP affinity, and its effect was greater in PC12/ alpha(2B) membranes, consistent with a greater reduction in the active R* conformation of the receptor. The higher efficacy of epinephrine at alpha(2D) receptors and their lesser sensitivity to Na(+) are both indicative of a more stable R* state. Together these results suggest that differences in the modulatory influence of Na(+) within a family of G(i)-coupled receptors may reflect differences in the stability of the active R* state.
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- W N Tian
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Wu G, Bogatkevich GS, Mukhin YV, Benovic JL, Hildebrandt JD, Lanier SM. Identification of Gbetagamma binding sites in the third intracellular loop of the M(3)-muscarinic receptor and their role in receptor regulation. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:9026-34. [PMID: 10722752 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.12.9026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Gbetagamma binds directly to the third intracellular (i3) loop subdomain of the M(3)-muscarinic receptor (MR). In this report, we identified the Gbetagamma binding motif and G-protein-coupled receptor kinase (GRK2) phosphorylation sites in the M(3)-MR i3 loop via a strategy of deletional and site-directed mutagenesis. The Gbetagamma binding domain was localized to Cys(289)-His(330) within the M(3)-MR-Arg(252)-Gln(490) i3 loop, and the binding properties (affinity, influence of ionic strength) of the M(3)-MR-Cys(289)-His(330) i3 loop subdomain were similar to those observed for the entire i3 loop. Site-directed mutagenesis of the M(3)-MR-Cys(289)-His(330) i3 loop subdomain indicated that Phe(312), Phe(314), and a negatively charged region (Glu(324)-Asp(329)) were required for interaction with Gbetagamma. Generation of the full-length M(3)-MR-Arg(252)-Gln(490) i3 peptides containing the F312A mutation were also deficient in Gbetagamma binding and exhibited a reduced capacity for phosphorylation by GRK2. A similar, parallel strategy resulted in identification of major residues ((331)SSS(333) and (348)SASS(351)) phosphorylated by GRK2, which were just downstream of the Gbetagamma binding motif. Full-length M(3)-MR constructs lacking the 42-amino acid Gbetagamma binding domain (Cys(289)-His(330)) or containing the F312A mutation exhibited ligand recognition properties similar to wild type receptor and also effectively mediated agonist-induced increases in intracellular calcium following receptor expression in Chinese hamster ovary and/or COS 7 cells. However, the M(3)-MRDeltaCys(289)-His(330) and M(3)-MR(F312A) constructs were deficient in agonist-induced sequestration, indicating a key role for the Gbetagamma-M(3)-MR i3 loop interaction in receptor regulation and signal processing.
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- G Wu
- Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
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Schwartz DD, Jones WG, Hedden KP, Clark TP. Molecular and pharmacological characterization of the canine brainstem alpha-2A adrenergic receptor. J Vet Pharmacol Ther 1999; 22:380-6. [PMID: 10651467 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2885.1999.00233.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This study characterizes the alpha2-adrenergic receptors present in canine brainstem. Radioligand binding and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) experiments were performed in canine brainstem to identify the receptors present and determine the pharmacological properties of these receptors. The pKi values derived from radioligand competition curves for a number of adrenergic receptor agents at the four alpha2-adrenergic receptor subtypes were compared to the canine brainstem. The pKi values at the canine brainstem alpha2-adrenergic receptor were consistent with the presence of the alpha2A-adrenergic receptor. To determine whether the canine brainstem expressed the message for the alpha2A-adrenergic receptor, RT-PCR was performed with specific primers for the four subtypes of alpha2-adrenergic receptors. In the canine brainstem, only the primers corresponding to a region in the human alpha2A-adrenergic receptor produced a PCR product. No bands were detected in the canine brainstem lanes with the alpha2B-, alpha2C-, or alpha2D-receptor primers. These data suggest that the canine brainstem contains the alpha2A-adrenergic receptor.
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- D D Schwartz
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, Auburn University, College of Veterinary Medicine, AL 36849, USA
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Oliveira L, Paiva AC, Vriend G. A low resolution model for the interaction of G proteins with G protein-coupled receptors. PROTEIN ENGINEERING 1999; 12:1087-95. [PMID: 10611402 DOI: 10.1093/protein/12.12.1087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A model is presented for the interaction between G proteins and G protein-coupled receptors. The model is based on the fact that this interaction shows little specificity and thus conserved parts of the G proteins have to interact with conserved parts of the receptors. These parts are a conserved negative residue in the G protein, a fully conserved arginine in the receptor and a series of residues that are not conserved but always hydrophobic like the hydrophobic side of the C-terminal helix of the G protein and the hydrophobic side of a helix in the C-terminal domain of the receptor. Other, mainly cytosolic, factors determine the specificity and regulation of this interaction. The relation between binding and activation will be shown. A large body of experimental evidence supports this model. Despite the fact that the model does not provide atomic resolution, it can be used to explain some experimental data that would otherwise seem inexplicable, and it suggests experiments for its falsification or verification.
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- L Oliveira
- Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil and BIOcomputing, EMBL, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Takesono A, Cismowski MJ, Ribas C, Bernard M, Chung P, Hazard S, Duzic E, Lanier SM. Receptor-independent activators of heterotrimeric G-protein signaling pathways. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:33202-5. [PMID: 10559191 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.47.33202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Heterotrimeric G-protein signaling systems are activated via cell surface receptors possessing the seven-membrane span motif. Several observations suggest the existence of other modes of stimulus input to heterotrimeric G-proteins. As part of an overall effort to identify such proteins we developed a functional screen based upon the pheromone response pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We identified two mammalian proteins, AGS2 and AGS3 (activators of G-protein signaling), that activated the pheromone response pathway at the level of heterotrimeric G-proteins in the absence of a typical receptor. beta-galactosidase reporter assays in yeast strains expressing different Galpha subunits (Gpa1, G(s)alpha, G(i)alpha(2(Gpa1(1-41))), G(i)alpha(3(Gpa1(1-41))), Galpha(16(Gpa1(1-41)))) indicated that AGS proteins selectively activated G-protein heterotrimers. AGS3 was only active in the G(i)alpha(2) and G(i)alpha(3) genetic backgrounds, whereas AGS2 was active in each of the genetic backgrounds except Gpa1. In protein interaction studies, AGS2 selectively associated with Gbetagamma, whereas AGS3 bound Galpha and exhibited a preference for GalphaGDP versus GalphaGTPgammaS. Subsequent studies indicated that the mechanisms of G-protein activation by AGS2 and AGS3 were distinct from that of a typical G-protein-coupled receptor. AGS proteins provide unexpected mechanisms for input to heterotrimeric G-protein signaling pathways. AGS2 and AGS3 may also serve as novel binding partners for Galpha and Gbetagamma that allow the subunits to subserve functions that do not require initial heterotrimer formation.
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- A Takesono
- Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
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Wade SM, Lim WK, Lan KL, Chung DA, Nanamori M, Neubig RR. G(i) activator region of alpha(2A)-adrenergic receptors: distinct basic residues mediate G(i) versus G(s) activation. Mol Pharmacol 1999; 56:1005-13. [PMID: 10531407 DOI: 10.1124/mol.56.5.1005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The structural determinants of G protein coupling versus activation by G protein-coupled receptors are not well understood. We examine the role of two distinct basic regions in the carboxyl terminal portion of the third intracellular loop of the alpha(2A)-adrenergic receptor to dissect these aspects of function. Changing three arginines to alanines by mutagenesis and stable expression in Chinese hamster ovary-K1 cells impaired the alpha(2)-adrenergic receptor G(s)-mediated stimulation of cyclic AMP (cAMP) accumulation, whereas G(i)-mediated inhibition was normal. When two (B2) or three (B3) basic residues closer to transmembrane span 6 were mutated to alanine, normal ligand binding was observed, but G(i)-mediated inhibition of cAMP accumulation showed 20-fold and 50-fold decreases in agonist potency for the B2 and B3 mutants, respectively. Surprisingly, a normal G(s) response was seen for the B2 mutant, and the B3 mutant showed only a 6-fold decrease in agonist potency. Mutation of both the three alanines and B3 residues to alanines showed a 200-fold decrease in agonist potency for G(i)-mediated inhibition of cAMP accumulation, whereas the G(s) response was nearly completely eliminated. The three basic residues (which include the BB of the BBXXF motif) play a role as G(i) activators rather than in receptor-G protein coupling, because high-affinity agonist binding is intact. Thus, we have identified three basic residues required for activation of G(i) but not required for receptor-G protein coupling. Also, distinct basic residues are required for optimal G(i) and G(s) responses, defining a microspecificity determinant within the carboxyl terminal portion of the third intracellular loop of the alpha(2a) adrenergic receptor.
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- S M Wade
- Department of Pharmacology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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In classical occupancy receptor theory, efficacy is a dimensionless proportionality constant denoting the power of agonists to produce a pharmacological response. In theoretical terms, it is difficult to separate affinity and efficacy estimates of agonists for receptors, hence questioning the value of clearly flawed estimates of efficacy by conventional methods. In this paper, the use of efficacy estimates, the limitations of the current methods to estimate efficacy, and the types of systems in which serious errors in efficacy estimation would be expected, is discussed. Specifically, in constitutively active receptor systems or in those where the receptor interacts with more than one G protein, there are theoretical objections to the use of relative maximal responses as indicators of intrinsic efficacy of agonists.
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- T Kenakin
- Department of Receptor Biochemistry, Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
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An agonist at a specific G protein-coupled receptor may exhibit a range of efficacies for any given response in a cell-specific manner. We report that the relationship between different states of agonism is regulated by the type of G protein expressed in the cell. In NIH-3T3 alpha(2)-adrenergic receptor (AR) transfectants, the alpha(2)-AR agonists clonidine, oxymetazoline, UK-14304, and epinephrine increased [(35)S]guanosine-5'-O-(3-thio)triphosphate binding in a dose-dependent manner from a basal value of 101.2 +/- 6. 5 fmol/mg to a maximal response (100 microM) of 196.6 +/- 9.8, 182.3 +/- 2, 328.1 +/- 11.2, and 340.6 +/- 3 fmol/mg, respectively. Thus, clonidine and oxymetazoline behaved as partial agonists. Receptor-mediated activation of G proteins in membrane preparations was blocked by cell pretreatment with pertussis toxin, indicating receptor coupling to the subgroup of pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein (Gialpha2,3) expressed in NIH-3T3 cells. Ectopic expression of Goalpha1 but not Gialpha1 increased the relative efficacy of clonidine and oxymetazoline such that the two ligands now behaved as close to full agonists in this assay system. The relationship between full and partial agonists in the different genetic backgrounds was not altered by progressive reduction in the amount of G protein available for coupling to receptor. The increased efficacy observed for clonidine in the Goalpha1 transfectants was not due to changes in the relative affinities or amounts of high-affinity, Gpp(NH)p-sensitive binding of agonist. These data suggest that there is little difference in the ability of clonidine to interact with or stabilize alpha(2)-AR-Gialpha2/Gialpha3 versus alpha(2)-AR-Goalpha1 complexes, but that the subsequent step of signal transfer from receptor to G protein is more readily achieved for the clonidine/alpha(2)-AR/Goalpha1 complex. Such observations have important implications for receptor theory and drug development.
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- Q Yang
- Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Druey KM, Sullivan BM, Brown D, Fischer ER, Watson N, Blumer KJ, Gerfen CR, Scheschonka A, Kehrl JH. Expression of GTPase-deficient Gialpha2 results in translocation of cytoplasmic RGS4 to the plasma membrane. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:18405-10. [PMID: 9660808 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.29.18405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The members of a recently identified protein family termed regulators of G-protein signaling (RGS) act as GTPase-activating proteins for certain Galpha subunits in vitro, but their physiological effects in cells are uncertain in the face of similar biochemical activity and overlapping patterns of tissue expression. Consistent with its activity in in vitro GTPase-activating protein assays, RGS4 interacts efficiently with endogenous proteins of the Gi and Gq subclasses of Galpha subunits but not with G12alpha or Gsalpha. Unlike other RGS proteins such as RGS9, RGS-GAIP, and Sst2p, which have been reported to be largely membrane-associated, a majority of cellular RGS4 is found as a soluble protein in the cytoplasm. However, the expression of a GTPase-deficient Gialpha subunit (Gialpha2-Q204L) resulted in the translocation of both wild type RGS4 and a non-Gialpha-binding mutant (L159F) to the plasma membrane. These data suggest that RGS4 may be recruited to the plasma membrane indirectly by G-protein activation and that multiple RGS proteins within a given cell might be differentially localized to determine a physiologic response to a G-protein-linked stimulus.
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- K M Druey
- Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1876, USA
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Hurley PT, McMahon RA, Fanning P, O'Boyle KM, Rogers M, Martin F. Functional coupling of a recombinant human 5-HT5A receptor to G-proteins in HEK-293 cells. Br J Pharmacol 1998; 124:1238-44. [PMID: 9720796 PMCID: PMC1565485 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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1. We have cloned, expressed and pharmacologically characterized the Human 5-HT5A receptor. 2. We have shown that ligand activation of the Human 5-HT5A receptor results in functional coupling to G-proteins in HEK-293 cells. 3. Stimulation of the receptor with 5-CT (5-carboxamidotryptamine) resulted in a dose-dependent increase in the % [35S]-GTPgammaS binding over the basal level. This is the first study to describe such G-protein activation for the Human 5-HT5A receptor in any cell. 4. A dose-dependent inhibition of cyclic AMP accumulation was observed in the recombinant Human 5-HT5A receptor cell line, suggesting a functional coupling to a G alpha i, G-protein in the HEK-293 cell line. 5. A ligand-stimulated reduction in the detectable level of the catalytic domain of protein kinase A (PKA) in nuclear extracts isolated from Human 5-HT5A expressing cells was observed. This observation was consistent with the reduction in the level of cyclic AMP accumulation, in response to receptor activation.
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- P T Hurley
- National Agriculture and Veterinary Biotechnology Centre and Department of Pharmacology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Ireland
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Schwartz DD, Clark TP. Affinity of detomidine, medetomidine and xylazine for alpha-2 adrenergic receptor subtypes. J Vet Pharmacol Ther 1998; 21:107-11. [PMID: 9597647 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2885.1998.00113.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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alpha 2-Adrenergic receptor agonists are widely used in veterinary medicine as sedative/hypnotic agents. Four pharmacological subtypes of the alpha 2-adrenergic receptor (A, B, C and D) have been identified based primarily on differences in affinity for several drugs. The purpose of this study was to examine the affinities of the sedative agents, xylazine, detomidine and medetomidine at the four alpha 2-adrenergic receptor subtypes. Saturation and inhibition binding curves were performed in membranes of tissues containing only one subtype of alpha 2-adrenergic receptor. The KD for the alpha 2-adrenergic receptor radioligand, [3H]-MK-912, in HT29 cells (alpha 2A-), neonatal rat lung (alpha 2B-), OK cells (alpha 2C-) and PC12 cells transfected with RG20 (alpha 2D-) were 0.38 +/- 0.08 nM, 0.70 +/- 0.5 nM. 0.07 +/- 0.02 nM and 0.87 +/- 0.03 nM, respectively. Detomidine and medetomidine had approximately a 100 fold higher affinity for all the alpha 2-adrenergic receptors compared to xylazine but neither agonist displayed selectivity for the alpha 2-adrenergic receptor subtypes. These data suggest that available sedative/hypnotic alpha 2-adrenergic receptor agonists can not discriminate between the four known alpha 2-adrenergic receptor subtypes.
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- D D Schwartz
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, Alabama 36849, USA
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Jasper JR, Lesnick JD, Chang LK, Yamanishi SS, Chang TK, Hsu SA, Daunt DA, Bonhaus DW, Eglen RM. Ligand efficacy and potency at recombinant alpha2 adrenergic receptors: agonist-mediated [35S]GTPgammaS binding. Biochem Pharmacol 1998; 55:1035-43. [PMID: 9605427 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(97)00631-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Alpha-2 adrenergic receptors (alpha2 AR) mediate incorporation of guanosine 5'-O-(gamma-thio)triphosphate ([35S]GTPgammaS) into isolated membranes via receptor-catalyzed exchange of [35S]GTPgammaS for GDP. In the current study, we used [35S]GTPgammaS incorporation to characterize the intrinsic activity and potency of agonists and antagonists at the cloned mouse alpha2a/d and human alpha2a, alpha2b, and alpha2c ARs. Full agonists increased [35S]GTPgammaS binding to membranes by 2- to 3-fold. Antagonists did not increase [35S]GTPgammaS binding but competitively inhibited agonist-stimulated [35S]GTPgammaS binding. Compounds with intrinsic activities less than that of the full agonists norepinephrine (NE) or epinephrine (EPI) were capable of antagonizing agonist-stimulated [35S]GTPgammaS binding. The agonistic properties of a number of alpha2 AR ligands were characterized at each alpha2 AR subtype. The rank order of agonist potency for selected compounds at the human receptors (with intrinsic activity compared with NE, defined as 1.0) was: alpha2a: Dexmedetomidine (0.73) > guanabenz (0.38) > UK-14304 (1.02) > clonidine (0.32) > ST-91 (0.63) > NE (1.00). alpha2b: Dexmedetomidine (1.10) > clonidine (0.18) > guanabenz (0.71) > NE (1.00) > ST-91 (0.44) > UK-14304 (0.59). alpha2c: Dexmedetomidine (1.03) > NE (1.00) > UK-14304 (0.75) > ST-91 (0.32) > or = clonidine (0.23) >> guanabenz (0). This report provides a functional characterization of adrenergic receptor ligands at human and mouse alpha2a/d AR. It also illustrates the utility of [35S]GTPgammaS incorporation as a functional marker of receptor activation.
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- J R Jasper
- Center for Biological Research, Neurobiology Unit, Roche Bioscience, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
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Ulrich CD, Holtmann M, Miller LJ. Secretin and vasoactive intestinal peptide receptors: members of a unique family of G protein-coupled receptors. Gastroenterology 1998; 114:382-97. [PMID: 9453500 DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(98)70491-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- C D Ulrich
- Center for Basic Research in Digestive Diseases, Department of Molecular Biology/Biochemistry, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Nishimura K, Frederick J, Kwatra MM. Human substance P receptor expressed in Sf9 cells couples with multiple endogenous G proteins. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 1998; 18:51-65. [PMID: 9493567 DOI: 10.3109/10799899809039164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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To identify the G proteins involved in the function of human substance P receptor (hSPR), the receptor was expressed in Sf9 cells using the baculovirus expression system. Maximal hSPR expression was up to 65 pmol/mg membrane protein. The following data indicated that hSPR in Sf9 membranes is coupled to endogenous G proteins: 1) binding of agonist radioligand [125I]BHSP to the receptor was sensitive to guanine nucleotides; and 2) stimulation of the receptor increased [35S]GTPgammaS binding. The hSPR-associated G proteins were identified by photoaffinity labeling with [alpha-32P]-azidoanilido GTP ([alpha-32P]AAGTP), followed by immunoprecipitation of the labeled G proteins with antibodies specific for various Galpha-subunits. These experiments showed that stimulation of hSPR in Sf9 membranes activated multiple endogenous G proteins including Galpha(o), Galpha(q/11), and Galpha(s). While hSPR's ability to associate with Gq/11 is well-documented, the present study provides the first evidence of hSPR's potential to activate Galpha(o) and Galpha(s).
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- K Nishimura
- Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Delahaye R, Manna PR, Bérault A, Berreur-Bonnenfant J, Berreur P, Counis R. Rat gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor expressed in insect cells induces activation of adenylyl cyclase. Mol Cell Endocrinol 1997; 135:119-27. [PMID: 9484907 DOI: 10.1016/s0303-7207(97)00194-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Increasing evidence exist that multiple G proteins mediate the effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) on the synthesis and release of pituitary gonadotropins. In the present study, we have expressed the rat GnRH receptor (GnRH-R) in insect cells, by infection with a recombinant baculovirus. Under the conditions used, insect cells expressed, 48 h post-infection, a maximum of 7800 +/- 650 receptors/cell which bound GnRH agonist [D-Trp6]GnRH with a Kd = 0.52 +/- 0.06 nM indicating characteristics similar to those of the natural receptor. No binding was observed in non-infected cells or cells infected with wild-type baculovirus. In presence of GnRH, GnRH-R expressing cells elicited a time- and dose-dependent production of inositol trisphosphate, with a maximum level reached within 30 min and an EC50 = 5 nM. These recombinant insect cells also produced cAMP in response to GnRH. However, in contrast to other heterologous systems, or rat pituitary gonadotropes wherein GnRH induced a weak and delayed elevation of cAMP, in insect cells the rise of cAMP was comparatively rapid, attaining a maximum level after 2 h, and the EC50 was 5 nM. Finally, a clear activation of adenylyl cyclase (AC) in response to GnRH was shown for the first time by measuring the conversion of [alpha-32P]ATP into labeled cAMP, using membrane preparations from GnRH-R expressing insect cells. These data demonstrate that rat GnRH-R has the potential for dual coupling to both phosphoinositidase C and AC and suggest a major influence of the host cell for this coupling and/or its expression, probably in relation with the G protein repertoire and preference. This notion could be extended to several target cells other than pituitary gonadotropes that normally express the GnRH-R in mammals, including hippocampal, Leydig, granulosa, placental and GnRH-secreting hypothalamic cells.
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- R Delahaye
- Endocrinologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire de la Reproduction, Université P. & M. Curie, URA CNRS 1449, Paris, France
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Chen WJ, Armour S, Way J, Chen G, Watson C, Irving P, Cobb J, Kadwell S, Beaumont K, Rimele T, Kenakin T. Expression cloning and receptor pharmacology of human calcitonin receptors from MCF-7 cells and their relationship to amylin receptors. Mol Pharmacol 1997; 52:1164-75. [PMID: 9396787 DOI: 10.1124/mol.52.6.1164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Human breast cell carcinoma MCF-7 cells were found to bind 125I-labeled rat amylin (rAmylin) and the peptide amylin antagonist radioligand 125I-AC512 with high affinity. This high affinity binding possessed characteristics unique to the already defined high affinity binding site for amylin in the rat nucleus accumbens [Mol. Pharmacol. 44:493-497 (1993); J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 270:779-787 (1994); Eur. J. Pharmacol. 262:133-141 (1994)]. To further define this receptor, we report results of expression cloning studies from an MCF-7 cell library. We isolated two variants of a seven-transmembrane receptor that were identical to two previously described human calcitonin receptors (hCTR1 and hCTR2). These receptors were characterized by expression in different surrogate host cell systems. Transient expression of hCTR1 in COS cells yielded membranes that bound 125I-AC512 and 125I-salmon calcitonin with high affinity, but no high affinity binding was observed with 125I-human calcitonin (hCAL) or 125I-rAmylin. Stable expression of hCTR1 in HEK 293 cells produced similar data. In contrast, expression of hCTR2 in COS cells yielded membranes that bound 125I-AC512, 125I-hCAL, and 125I-rAmylin with high affinity. The agonists 125I-hCAL and 125I-rAmylin bound 65% and 1.5%, respectively, of the sites bound by the antagonist radioligand 125I-AC512 in this expression system. This pattern of binding was repeated in HEK 293 cells stably transfected with hCTR2 (125I-hCAL = 24.8% Bmax, 125I-rAmylin = 8% Bmax). In both expression systems, the agonists hCAL and rAmylin were much more potent in displacing their radioligand counterparts than was the antagonist radioligand 125I-AC512. For example, the pKi value for displacement of 125I-AC512 by rAmylin was 7.2 in HEK 293 cells but rose to 9.1 when displacing 125I-rAmylin. Finally, hCTR2 was expressed in baculovirus-infected Ti ni cells. In this system, only specific binding to the antagonist 125I-AC512 and agonist 125I-hCAL was observed; no binding to 125I-rAmylin could be detected. These data are discussed in terms of two working hypotheses. The first is that amylin is a weak agonist for hCTR2 and that this receptor is unrelated to the amylin receptor found in this cell line. The second is that hCTR2 couples to different G proteins for calcitonin and amylin function in different cells. At present, these data cannot be used to disprove conclusively either hypothesis.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Amyloid/metabolism
- Amyloid/pharmacology
- Animals
- Baculoviridae/genetics
- Baculoviridae/metabolism
- Binding Sites
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Humans
- Iodine Radioisotopes
- Islet Amyloid Polypeptide
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleus Accumbens/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Calcitonin/drug effects
- Receptors, Calcitonin/genetics
- Receptors, Calcitonin/metabolism
- Receptors, Islet Amyloid Polypeptide
- Receptors, Peptide/drug effects
- Receptors, Peptide/metabolism
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- W J Chen
- Department of Receptor Biochemistry, Glaxo Wellcome, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Although it is generally accepted that tubulin plays an important role in G-protein-mediated signal transduction in a variety of systems, the mechanism of this phenomenon is not completely understood. G-protein-tubulin interaction at the cell membrane and the cytosol, and the influence of such an interaction on cellular signaling are discussed in this review article. Because the diameter of a microtubule is 25 nm and the plasma membrane is 9-11 nm thick, it is not possible for membrane-associated tubulin to assemble into a complete microtubule in the membrane environment. However, tubulin heterodimers may be able to function in the membrane environment as individual heterodimers or as polymers arranged into short protofilaments. At the cell membrane, membrane-associated tubulin may influence hormone-receptor interaction, receptor-G-protein coupling, and G-protein-effector coupling. Structural proteins, such as tubulin, can participate in cellular signaling by communicating through physical forces. By virtue of its interaction with the submembranous network of cytoskeletal proteins, tubulin, when perturbed in one locus, can transmit large changes in conformations to other points. Thus, GTP binding to membrane-associated tubulin might lead to a conformational change in either receptors or G proteins. This may, in turn, influence the binding of an agonist to its receptor. On the other hand, in the cell cytosol, subsequent to agonist-induced translocation of G-proteins from the membrane compartment to the cytosol, G-proteins may affect microtubule formation. In GH3 and AtT-20 cells (stably expressing TRH receptor), transiently transfected with Gq alpha cDNA, soluble tubulin levels decreased in Gq alpha-transfected GH3 and AtT-20 cells, by 33% and 52%, respectively. These results suggest that G-proteins may have a direct effect on the microtubule function in vivo. Because tubulin and G-protein families are ubiquitous and highly conserved, an interaction between these two protein families may occur in vivo, and this, in turn, can have an impact on signal transduction. However, the physiological significance of this interaction remains to be demonstrated.
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- R Ravindra
- Endocrine-Metabolic Division, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA.
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Kurkinen KM, Koistinaho J, Laitinen JT. [Gamma-35S]GTP autoradiography allows region-specific detection of muscarinic receptor-dependent G-protein activation in the chick optic tectum. Brain Res 1997; 769:21-8. [PMID: 9374269 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(97)00663-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A recently introduced technique of [gamma-35S]GTP autoradiography was used to localize and characterize muscarinic receptor-dependent activation of G-proteins in tissue sections of the chick optic tectum, a brain region with relatively high expression of G-protein-coupled receptors for the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Within the highly stratified tectal structure, the bulk of muscarinic receptor-mediated [gamma-35S]GTP signal was localized to the stratum griseum et fibrosum superficiale with considerably lower binding responses in other tectal layers. Quantitative comparison of [gamma-35S]GTP binding responses in tectal sections and membranes revealed a close match between the two tissue preparations for the response elicited by the cholinergic agonist carbachol, its dose-dependent reversal with the non-selective muscarinic antagonist atropine, its approximately 100-fold sensitivity towards blockade with M1-type (pirenzepine) over M2-type (gallamine) muscarinic antagonists, as well as absolute requirement for micromolar concentrations of GDP (EC50 approximately 10 microM) for the receptor-mediated [gamma-35S]GTP response. The pharmacological profile is consistent with that of cm4, a recently cloned chicken homolog of the mammalian m4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor. Moreover, the strict GDP-dependence of the binding response suggest activation of Gi/o, the inhibitory class of G-proteins. These data provide the first functional characterization of the chick tectal muscarinic receptors. A close match between [gamma-35S]GTP responses in membranes and tissue sections strongly suggest that [gamma-35S]GTP autoradiography offers great potential for studies on G-protein-mediated signaling, with particular use within anatomically restricted regions that are not readily approached with more conventional techniques. It is anticipated that [gamma-35S]GTP autoradiography should greatly facilitate studies on signaling capacity of an individual receptor subtype whilst in its native cellular environment.
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- K M Kurkinen
- Department of Physiology, University of Kuopio, Finland
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Klein U, Ramirez MT, Kobilka BK, von Zastrow M. A novel interaction between adrenergic receptors and the alpha-subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2B. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:19099-102. [PMID: 9235896 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.31.19099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The alpha-subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2B (eIF-2B), a guanine nucleotide exchange protein that functions in regulation of translation, was observed to associate with the carboxyl-terminal cytoplasmic domains of the alpha2A- and alpha2B-adrenergic receptors in a yeast two-hybrid screen of a cDNA library prepared from 293 cells. This protein association was confirmed in vitro by affinity chromatography and was shown to be specific for a subset of G protein-coupled receptors, including the alpha2A-, alpha2B-, alpha2C-, and beta2-adrenergic receptors, but not the vasopressin (V2) receptor. Association of these proteins in vivo was confirmed by specific co-immunoprecipitation of eIF-2Balpha with full-length beta2-adrenergic receptors expressed in transfected 293 cells and by fluorescence microscopy showing co-localization of these proteins in intact cells. Remarkably, eIF-2Balpha co-localized with receptors exclusively in regions of the plasma membrane that are in contact with the extracellular medium, but failed to associate with membranes making cell-cell contacts. Overexpression of eIF-2Balpha in 293 cells caused a small (approximately 15%) but significant enhancement of beta2-adrenergic receptor-mediated activation of adenylyl cyclase, without affecting forskolin or V2 receptor-mediated activation. These observations suggest a new role for a previously identified guanine nucleotide exchange protein in membrane biology and cell signaling.
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- U Klein
- Department of Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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The heterotrimeric G proteins are extensively involved in the regulation of cells by extracellular signals. The receptors that control them are often the targets of drugs. There are many isoforms of each of the three subunits that make up these proteins. Thus far, genes for at least sixteen alpha subunits, five beta subunits, and eleven gamma subunits have been identified. In addition, some of these proteins have splice variants or are differentially modified. Based upon what is already known, there are well over a thousand possible G protein heterotrimer combinations. The role of subunit diversity in heterotrimer formation and its effect on signaling by G proteins are still not well understood. However, many current lines of research are leading toward an understanding of these roles. The functional significance of subunit heterogeneity is related to the mechanisms used by G proteins to transmit and integrate the many signals coming into cells through this system. Described here are the basic mechanisms by which G proteins integrate cellular responses, the possible role of subunit heterogeneity in these mechanisms, and the evidence for and against their physiological significance. Recent studies suggest the likely possibility that subunit heterogeneity plays an important role in signaling by G proteins. This role has the potential to extend substantially the flexibility of G proteins in mediating cellular responses to extracellular signals. However, the details of this are yet to be worked out, and they are the subject of many different avenues of research.
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- J D Hildebrandt
- Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425-2251, U.S.A.
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Wu G, Krupnick JG, Benovic JL, Lanier SM. Interaction of arrestins with intracellular domains of muscarinic and alpha2-adrenergic receptors. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:17836-42. [PMID: 9211939 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.28.17836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The intracellular domains of G-protein-coupled receptors provide sites for interaction with key proteins involved in signal initiation and termination. As an initial approach to identify proteins interacting with these receptors and the receptor motifs required for such interactions, we used intracellular subdomains of G-protein-coupled receptors as probes to screen brain cytosol proteins. Peptides from the third intracellular loop (i3) of the M2-muscarinic receptor (MR) (His208-Arg387), M3-MR (Gly308-Leu497), or alpha2A/D-adrenergic receptor (AR) (Lys224-Phe374) were generated in bacteria as glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion proteins, bound to glutathione-Sepharose and used as affinity matrices to detect interacting proteins in fractionated bovine brain cytosol. Bound proteins were identified by immunoblotting following SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Brain arrestins bound to the GST-M3 fusion protein, but not to the control GST peptide or i3 peptides derived from the alpha2A/D-AR and M2-MR. However, each of the receptor subdomains bound purified beta-arrestin and arrestin-3. The interaction of the M3-MR and M2-MR i3 peptides with arrestins was further investigated. The M3-MR i3 peptide bound in vitro translated [3H]beta-arrestin and [3H]arrestin-3, but did not interact with in vitro translated or purified visual arrestin. The properties and specificity of the interaction of in vitro translated [3H]beta-arrestin, [3H]visual arrestin, and [3H]beta-arrestin/visual arrestin chimeras with the M2-MR i3 peptide were similar to those observed with the intact purified M2-MR that was phosphorylated and/or activated by agonist. Subsequent binding site localization studies indicated that the interaction of beta-arrestin with the M3-MR peptide required both the amino (Gly308-Leu368) and carboxyl portions (Lys425-Leu497) of the receptor subdomain. In contrast, the carboxyl region of the M3-MR i3 peptide was sufficient for its interaction with arrestin-3.
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- G Wu
- Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
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Marjamaki A, Sato M, Bouet-Alard R, Yang Q, Limon-Boulez I, Legrand C, Lanier SM. Factors determining the specificity of signal transduction by guanine nucleotide-binding protein-coupled receptors. Integration of stimulatory and inhibitory input to the effector adenylyl cyclase. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:16466-73. [PMID: 9195955 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.26.16466] [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: 02/04/2023] Open
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To define the integration of multiple signals by different types of adenylyl cyclase (AC) within the cell, we altered the population of enzymes expressed in the cell and determined the subsequent processing of stimulatory and inhibitory input. DDT1-MF2 cells expressed AC VI-IX and were stably transfected with AC II, III, or IV. Enzyme expression was confirmed by RNA blot analysis and functional assays. Basal enzyme activity was only increased in AC II transfectants (6-fold). Maximum stimulation of enzyme activity was increased in each of the AC transfectants to varying extents. alpha2A/D-AR activation elicited enzyme type-specific responses. alpha2-AR activation inhibited the effect of isoproterenol in control transfectants, and this action was magnified in AC III transfectants. In AC II and AC IV transfectants, alpha2-AR activation initiated both positive (Gbetagamma) and negative signals (Gialpha) to the Gsalpha-stimulated enzyme, and both types of signals were blocked by cell pretreatment with pertussis toxin. The negative input to AC II from the alpha2-AR was blocked by protein kinase C activation in AC II transfectants, but it was the positive input to AC IV that was compromised by protein kinase C activation. These data indicate that the integration of multiple signals by adenylyl cyclases is a dynamic process depending upon the enzyme type and phosphorylation status.
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- A Marjamaki
- Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
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Ella KM, Qi C, McNair AF, Park JH, Wisehart-Johnson AE, Meier KE. Phospholipase D activity in PC12 cells. Effects of overexpression of alpha2A-adrenergic receptors. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:12909-12. [PMID: 9148895 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.20.12909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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PC12 neuronal cells express a membrane phospholipase D (PLD) activity that is detected at similar levels in undifferentiated or differentiated cells. The regulation of this activity by agonists was explored. Membrane phospholipase D activity was increased by treatment of cells with the phorbol ester phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) or with nerve growth factor. The ability of PMA to activate PLD was confirmed in intact PC12 cells. Basal activity of PLD in membranes was reduced in RG20, a PC12 cell line overexpressing the human alpha2A-adrenergic receptor. PMA did not increase PLD activity in RG20 cells, as assessed both in membrane preparations and in intact cells. Cyclic AMP levels did not regulate phospholipase D activity in either cell type. However, incubation of RG20 cells with the alpha2-adrenergic antagonist rauwolscine or with pertussis toxin increased membrane PLD activity and restored activation of PLD by PMA. These data suggest that the effects of the overexpressed alpha2A-adrenergic receptor on PLD activity are mediated by precoupling of the receptor to the heterotrimeric GTP-binding protein, Gi, but are independent of adenylate cyclase regulation. The results of this study suggest that membrane phospholipase D activity can be negatively regulated via Gi in PC12 cells.
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- K M Ella
- Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
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Morel JL, Macrez N, Mironneau J. Specific Gq protein involvement in muscarinic M3 receptor-induced phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis and Ca2+ release in mouse duodenal myocytes. Br J Pharmacol 1997; 121:451-8. [PMID: 9179386 PMCID: PMC1564711 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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1. Cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) during exposure to acetylcholine or caffeine was measured in mouse duodenal myocytes loaded with fura-2. Acetylcholine evoked a transient increase in [Ca2+]i followed by a sustained rise which was rapidly terminated after drug removal. Although L-type Ca2+ currents participated in the global Ca2+ response induced by acetylcholine, the initial peak in [Ca2+]i was mainly due to release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores. 2. Atropine, 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methylpiperidine (4-DAMP, a muscarinic M3 antagonist), pirenzepine (a muscarinic M1 antagonist), methoctramine and gallamine (muscarinic M2 antagonists) inhibited the acetylcholine-induced Ca2+ release, with a high affinity for 4-DAMP and atropine and a low affinity for the other antagonists. Selective protection of muscarinic M2 receptors with methoctramine during 4-DAMP mustard alkylation of muscarinic M3 receptors provided no evidence for muscarinic M2 receptor-activated [Ca2+]i increase. 3. Acetylcholine-induced Ca2+ release was blocked by intracellular dialysis with a patch pipette containing either heparin or an anti-phosphatidylinositol antibody and by external application of U73122 (a phospholipase C inhibitor). 4. Acetylcholine-induced Ca2+ release was insensitive to external pretreatment with pertussis toxin, but concentration-dependently inhibited by intracellular dialysis with a patch pipette solution containing an anti-alpha q/alpha 11 antibody. An antisense oligonucleotide approach revealed that only the Gq protein was involved in acetylcholine-induced Ca2+ release. 5. Intracellular applications of either an anti-beta com antibody or a peptide corresponding to the G beta gamma binding domain of the beta-adrenoceptor kinase 1 had no effect on acetylcholine-induced Ca2+ release. 6. Our results show that, in mouse duodenal myocytes, acetylcholine-induced release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores is mediated through activation of muscarinic M3 receptors which couple with a Gq protein to activate a phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C.
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- J L Morel
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Pharmacologie Moléculaire, CNRS ESA 5017, Université de Bordeaux II, France
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Macrez-Leprêtre N, Kalkbrenner F, Morel JL, Schultz G, Mironneau J. G protein heterotrimer Galpha13beta1gamma3 couples the angiotensin AT1A receptor to increases in cytoplasmic Ca2+ in rat portal vein myocytes. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:10095-102. [PMID: 9092554 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.15.10095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The subunit composition of angiotensin AT1 receptor-activated G protein was identified by using antisense oligonucleotide injection into the nucleus of rat portal vein myocytes. In these cells, we have previously shown that increases in the cytoplasmic calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) induced by activation of angiotensin AT1 receptors were dependent on extracellular Ca2+ entry by L-type Ca2+ channels and subsequent Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release from the intracellular stores. The angiotensin AT1 receptor-activated increases in [Ca2+]i were selectively inhibited by injection of antisense oligonucleotides directed against the mRNAs coding for the alpha13, beta1, and gamma3 subunits. A correlating reduction in Galpha13, Gbeta1, and Ggamma3 protein expression was confirmed by immunocytochemistry. In addition, anti-alpha13 antibody and synthetic peptide corresponding to the carboxyl terminus of the Galpha13 subunit inhibited, in a concentration-dependent manner, the angiotensin AT1 receptor-mediated Ca2+ response. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis showed that only the angiotensin AT1A receptor was expressed in rat portal vein smooth muscle. Furthermore, injection of anti-AT1A oligonucleotides selectively inhibited the angiotensin II-induced increase in [Ca2+]i. We conclude that the receptor-activated signal leading to increases in [Ca2+]i is transduced by the heterotrimeric G13 protein composed of alpha13/beta1/gamma3 subunits and that the carboxyl terminus of the Galpha13 subunit interacts with the angiotensin AT1A receptor.
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- N Macrez-Leprêtre
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Pharmacologie Moléculaire, CNRS ESA 5017, Université de Bordeaux II, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
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Selvaraj N, Amsterdam A. Modulation of FSH receptor phosphorylation correlates with hormone-induced coupling to the adenylate cyclase system. Endocrine 1997; 6:179-85. [PMID: 9225133 DOI: 10.1007/bf02738962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The authors have recently demonstrated that an inhibitor of protein phosphorylation, staurosporine (SSP), can dramatically enhance follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) stimulated cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) accumulation in rat granulosa cell line (GFSHR-17) overexpressing about 20-fold FSH receptor than primary granulosa cells. Moreover, incubation with SSP can partially release the cells from FSH-induced desensitization. In this work, it was examined whether coupling of FSH receptor to the adenylate cyclase is correlated with the degree of receptor phosphorylation. Immunoprecipitation of FSH receptor after metabolic labeling of the cells with 32P-orthophosphate revealed that preincubation of the cells with SSP resulted in pronounced reduction in FSH receptor phosphorylation compared to control cells, concomitantly with a dramatic increase in FSH-stimulated cAMP accumulation. In contrast, incubation of the cells with saturating dose of FSH, which leads to uncoupling between the receptor and the adenylate cyclase, resulted in enhanced receptor phosphorylation. Moreover, cells preincubated with FSH could be released from desensitization by further incubation with SSP and a significant reduction in FSH receptor phosphorylation. Immunostaining of the cells with FSH receptor antibody reveal a homogenous distribution of the receptor on the surface of SSP-treated cells. Some aggregation of the receptor was evident in control cells that were not treated with SSP. In contrast, massive clustering and capping of the receptor molecules were observed on the surface of FSH-stimulated cells. The current data suggest that phosphorylation-dephosphorylation of the receptor molecules play an important role in the degree of coupling between the receptor and the adenylate cyclase system. Moreover, desensitization to FSH stimulation that is implicated with high degree of receptor phosphorylation may lead to aggregation of the receptor molecules on the cell surface.
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- N Selvaraj
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Sato M, Ribas C, Hildebrandt JD, Lanier SM. Characterization of a G-protein activator in the neuroblastoma-glioma cell hybrid NG108-15. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:30052-60. [PMID: 8939952 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.47.30052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Purified bovine brain G-protein was used in a solution phase assay to identify membrane-associated proteins that influenced the activation of heterotrimeric G-proteins. Detergent-solubilized membrane extracts from the neuroblastoma-glioma cell hybrid NG108-15, but not the parent C6B4 glioma cell line, increased [35S]GTPgammaS binding to purified G-protein by approximately 460%. The G-protein activator was heat-sensitive, and the magnitude of its action was related to the amount of extract protein. The biophysical and biochemical properties of the G-protein activator were determined using DEAE ion exchange chromatography, gel filtration, and a lectin affinity matrix. In the presence of added GDP (1 microM), the enriched G-protein activator increased the initial rate of [35S]GTPgammaS binding to brain G-protein by up to 4-fold. In the absence of added GDP, the G-protein activator elicited an initial burst in [35S]GTPgammaS binding to brain G-protein within the first 30 s, after which the rate of nucleotide binding to G-protein was similar in the absence or presence of the G-protein activator. The stimulation of nucleotide binding to brain G-protein by the activator was also observed after resolution of Galpha from Gbetagamma. The G-protein activator was distinct from other proteins (neuromodulin, tubulin, and beta-amyloid precursor protein) that influence nucleotide binding to G-protein, indicating the existence of a novel signal accelerator.
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- M Sato
- Department of Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
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Chini B, Mouillac B, Balestre MN, Trumpp-Kallmeyer S, Hoflack J, Hibert M, Andriolo M, Pupier S, Jard S, Barberis C. Two aromatic residues regulate the response of the human oxytocin receptor to the partial agonist arginine vasopressin. FEBS Lett 1996; 397:201-6. [PMID: 8955347 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(96)01135-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We investigated the mechanisms that regulate the efficacy of agonists in the arginine-vasopressin (AVP)/oxytocin (OT) receptor system. In this paper, we present evidence that AVP, a full agonist of the vasopressin receptors, acts as a partial agonist on the oxytocin receptor. We also found that AVP becomes a full agonist when two aromatic residues of the oxytocin receptor are replaced by the residues present at equivalent positions in the vasopressin receptor subtypes. Our results indicate that these two residues modulate the response of the oxytocin receptor to the partial agonist AVP.
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- B Chini
- CNR Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Center, Milan, Italy
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