scholarly journals Antibodies to the alpha q subfamily of guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein alpha subunits attenuate activation of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate hydrolysis by hormones.

1991 ◽  
Vol 266 (30) ◽  
pp. 20519-20524 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Gutowski ◽  
A. Smrcka ◽  
L. Nowak ◽  
D.G. Wu ◽  
M. Simon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Protein ◽  
Nucleotide Binding ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide ◽  
Alpha Subunits ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding

Effect of exercise duration on density and coupling of beta-adrenergic receptors on human mononuclear cells

1989 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 1494-1500 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Frey ◽  
D. Mancini ◽  
D. Fischberg ◽  
J. R. Wilson ◽  
P. B. Molinoff
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Adrenergic Receptors ◽  
Regulatory Protein ◽  
Nucleotide Binding ◽  
Plasma Norepinephrine ◽  
Base Line ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide ◽  
Beta Adrenergic Receptors ◽  
Beta Adrenergic ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding

The effect of maximal exercise on lymphocyte beta-adrenergic receptors was examined in 26 normal subjects. Exercise increased O2 consumption (Vo2) from 5 +/- 1 to 50 +/- 4 ml.min-1.kg-1, plasma norepinephrine level from 188 +/- 28 to 2,682 +/- 160 pg/ml, and plasma epinephrine level from 94 +/- 72 to 857 +/- 180 pg/ml. The density of beta-adrenergic receptors on lymphocytes obtained at rest was 31 +/- 3.7 fmol/mg protein; exercise increased the density of receptors by 86 +/- 33% (range 0–257%) to 58.3 +/- 1.5 fmol/mg protein but did not alter the affinity of the receptor for [125I]iodopindolol or the coupling of the receptor to the guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein. The density of beta-adrenergic receptors increased progressively throughout exercise and paralleled the increase in heart rate. The magnitude of the change in the density of beta-adrenergic receptors did not correlate with the magnitude of the increase in heart rate, Vo2, or plasma levels of catecholamines. The density of receptors was still elevated 15 min after completion of exercise but fell below base line 1 h after peak exercise to 18.2 +/- 6.7 fmol/mg protein (P less than 0.05 vs. base-line levels). These results demonstrate that exhaustive exercise results in a progressive increase in the number of beta-adrenergic receptors on lymphocyte membranes, followed by a reduction in the density of receptors during the recovery phase of exercise. Despite a significant increase in the level of plasma catecholamines, the receptor remains coupled to the guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein.

scholarly journals Okadaic acid identifies a phosphorylation/dephosphorylation cycle controlling the inhibitory guanine-nucleotide-binding regulatory protein Gi2

1991 ◽  
Vol 274 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Bushfield ◽  
B E Lavan ◽  
M D Houslay
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Okadaic Acid ◽  
Regulatory Protein ◽  
Nucleotide Binding ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding

Recently, the alpha-subunit of the inhibitory guanine-nucleotide-binding protein Gi2 (alpha-Gi2) has been shown to be a substrate for phosphorylation both by protein kinase C and also by other unidentified kinase(s) which are activated as a result of elevated cyclic AMP levels in intact rat hepatocytes [Bushfield, Murphy, Lavan, Parker, Hruby, Milligan & Houslay (1990) Biochem. J. 268, 449-457]. Here we show that the incorporation of [32P]Pi into alpha-Gi2 was enhanced 3-fold by incubation of intact hepatocytes with the tumour promoter and protein phosphatase (1 and 2A) inhibitor, okadaic acid. This action was both time- and concentration-dependent and was accompanied by a loss of guanine-nucleotide-induced inhibition of adenylate cyclase. The increased labelling of alpha-Gi2 induced by okadaic acid was partially additive with that elicited by 8-bromo cyclic AMP, but not with that elicited by the protein kinase C activator phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. We suggest that, in the absence of hormones, the activity of alpha-Gi2 is under the control of a dynamic phosphorylation/dephosphorylation system involving protein kinase C and protein phosphatases 1 and/or 2A. This highlights the regulation of kinases and phosphatases as both providing potentially important mechanisms for causing ‘cross-talk’ between different signalling systems, in this instance controlling cellular responsiveness through regulation of alpha-Gi2 phosphorylation.

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