Effects of temperature on ADP-ribosylation factor stimulation of cholera toxin activity

Biochemistry ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 561-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshihiko Murayama ◽  
Su Chen Tsai ◽  
Ronald Adamik ◽  
Joel Moss ◽  
Martha Vaughan

1994 ◽  
Vol 269 (13) ◽  
pp. 9743-9745
Author(s):  
J.X. Hong ◽  
R.S. Haun ◽  
S.C. Tsai ◽  
J. Moss ◽  
M. Vaughan






1997 ◽  
Vol 325 (3) ◽  
pp. 581-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. P. MORGAN ◽  
H. SENGELOV ◽  
J. WHATMORE ◽  
N. BORREGAARD ◽  
S. COCKCROFT

Phospholipase D (PLD) is responsible for the hydrolysis of phosphatidylcholine to produce phosphatidic acid and choline. Human neutrophils contain PLD activity which is regulated by the small GTPases, ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) and Rho proteins. In this study we have examined the subcellular localization of the ARF-regulated PLD activity in non-activated neutrophils and cells ‘primed‘ with N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMetLeuPhe). We report that PLD activity is localized at the secretory vesicles in control cells and is mobilized to the plasma membrane upon stimulation with fMetLeuPhe. We conclude that the ARF-regulated PLD activity is translocated to the plasma membrane by secretory vesicles upon stimulation of neutrophils with fMetLeuPhe in inflammatory/priming doses. We propose that this relocalization of PLD is important for the subsequent events occurring during neutrophil activation.



2006 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 2259-2267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Teter ◽  
Michael G. Jobling ◽  
Danielle Sentz ◽  
Randall K. Holmes

ABSTRACT Cholera toxin (CT) moves from the plasma membrane to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) by retrograde vesicular traffic. In the ER, the catalytic CTA1 polypeptide dissociates from the rest of the toxin and enters the cytosol by a process that involves the quality control mechanism of ER-associated degradation (ERAD). The cytosolic CTA1 then ADP ribosylates Gsα, resulting in adenylate cyclase activation and intoxication of the target cell. It is hypothesized that the C-terminal A13 subdomain of CTA1 plays two crucial roles in the intoxication process: (i) it contains a hydrophobic domain that triggers the ERAD mechanism and (ii) it facilitates interaction with the cytosolic ADP-ribosylation factors (ARFs) that serve as allosteric activators of CTA1. In this study, we examined the role(s) of the CTA13 subdomain in CT intoxication. Full-length CTA1 constructs and truncated CTA1 constructs lacking the A13 subdomain were generated and used to conduct two-hybrid studies of interactions with ARF6, in vitro enzyme assays, in vivo toxicity assays, and in vivo processing/degradation assays. Direct, plasmid-mediated expression of CTA1 constructs in the ER or cytosol of transfected CHO cells was used to perform the in vivo assays. With these methods, we found that the A13 subdomain of CTA1 is important both for interaction with ARF6 and for full expression of enzyme activity in vivo. Surprisingly, however, the A13 subdomain was not required for ERAD-mediated passage of CTA1 from the ER to the cytosol. A possible alternative trigger for CTA1 to activate the ERAD mechanism is discussed.



1998 ◽  
Vol 273 (33) ◽  
pp. 20697-20701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su-Chen Tsai ◽  
Ronald Adamik ◽  
Jin-Xin Hong ◽  
Joel Moss ◽  
Martha Vaughan ◽  
...  


Biochemistry ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 855-861 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Bobak ◽  
Matthew Bliziotes ◽  
Masatoshi Noda ◽  
Su-Chen Tsai ◽  
Ronald Adamik ◽  
...  


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