scholarly journals Differential cholera-toxin- and pertussis-toxin-catalysed ADP-ribosylation of G-proteins coupled to formyl-peptide and leukotriene B4 receptors

1993 ◽  
Vol 289 (2) ◽  
pp. 469-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
T M Schepers ◽  
K R McLeish

N-Formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMet-Leu-Phe) and leukotriene B4 (LTB4) induce disparate second-messenger generation and functional responses in neutrophils and HL-60 granulocytes. Receptors for these chemoattractants couple to a common pool of G-proteins which are substrates for both pertussis-toxin- and cholera-toxin-catalysed ADP-ribosylation. The hypothesis that formyl-peptide and LTB4 receptors induce different receptor-specific conformations of activated G-proteins was tested. The ability of pertussis toxin and cholera toxin to ADP-ribosylate G(i) proteins coupled to formyl-peptide or LTB4 receptors in membranes isolated from HL-60 granulocytes was used to assess the conformational state of the alpha subunits. Cholera-toxin-catalysed ADP-ribosylation of alpha 40 (40 kDa alpha subunit) was inhibited by guanosine 5′-[beta gamma-imido]triphosphate and GDP in a concentration-dependent manner. Addition of fMet-Leu-Phe, but not LTB4, re-established cholera-toxin labelling of alpha 40 in the presence of either guanine nucleotide. In the absence of guanine nucleotides, fMet-Leu-Phe and C5a enhanced cholera-toxin-catalysed labelling of alpha 40, whereas LTB4 and platelet-activating factor had no effect. Preincubation with fMet-Leu-Phe, but not LTB4, inhibited pertussis-toxin labelling of alpha 40 in the presence of guanosine 5′-[gamma-thio]triphosphate and in the absence of guanine nucleotides. Preincubation with fMet-Leu-Phe or LTB4 enhanced pertussis-toxin labelling of alpha 40 in the presence of GDP. These data suggest that activated G(i) proteins coupled to formyl-peptide and LTB4 receptors exist in different conformations determined by the receptor with which they interact.

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsunobu Takenaka ◽  
Yasunori Kanaho ◽  
Koh-Ichi Nagata ◽  
Noboru Sakai ◽  
Hiromu Yamada ◽  
...  

As an approach to understanding the molecular basis of the pathophysiology of cerebral ischemia, we examined qualitative and quantitative changes in pertussis toxin substrates, Gi1 and G0, in the membrane of rat cerebral cortex after decapitation. Within 1 min after decapitation, the extent of pertussis toxin-catalyzed [32P]ADP ribosylation of the G proteins in the cerebral cortex membrane was significantly decreased and the magnitude of the decrease became slightly larger upon further incubation of the decapitated brain. Addition of guanine nucleotides, GTP and GDP, or the purified βγ subunits of transducin to the membranes of control and ischemic cerebral cortex stimulated [32P]ADP ribosylation of the G proteins. The stimulation of [32P]ADP ribosylation in the control situation by guanine nucleotides was almost to the same extent as that in ischemia. However, the stimulation by transducin βγ subunits was different; the control stimulation was greater than that in ischemia. In immunoblots probed with antibodies against Gi1α G0α and Tβ, the immunoreactivity of the corresponding proteins in ischemia was similar to that in control, suggesting that the amounts of G proteins were not changed in ischemia. These results suggest that ischemia accelerates the dissociation of α–GDP–βγ to α–GDP and free βγ and causes the denaturation of the dissociated α–GDP, thereby decreasing [32P]ADP ribosylation.


2003 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 392-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor M. Nikonorov ◽  
Thomas J. J. Blanck ◽  
Esperanza Recio-Pinto

Background G-protein activation mediates inhibition of N-type Ca2+ currents. Volatile anesthetics affect G-protein pathways at various levels, and activation of G-proteins has been shown to increase the volatile anesthetic potency for inhibiting the electrical-induced contraction in ileum. The authors investigated whether isoflurane inhibition of N-type Ba2+ currents was mediated by G-protein activation. Methods N-type Ba2+ currents were measured in the human neuronal SH-SY5Y cell line by using the whole cell voltage-clamp method. Results Isoflurane was found to have two effects on N-type Ba2+ currents. First, isoflurane reduced the magnitude of N-type Ba2+ currents to a similar extent (IC50 approximately 0.28 mm) in the absence and presence of GDPbetaS (a nonhydrolyzable GDP analog). Interestingly, GTPgammaS (a nonhydrolyzable GTP analog and G-protein activator) in a dose-dependent manner reduced the isoflurane block; 120 microm GTPgammaS completely eliminated the block of 0.3 mm isoflurane and reduced the apparent isoflurane potency by approximately 2.4 times (IC50 approximately 0.68 mm). Pretreatment with pertussis toxin or cholera toxin did not eliminate the GTPgammaS-induced protection against the isoflurane block. Furthermore, isoflurane reduced the magnitude of voltage-dependent G-protein-mediated inhibition of N-type Ba2+ currents, and this effect was eliminated by pretreatment with pertussis toxin or cholera toxin. Conclusions It was found that activation of G-proteins in a neuronal environment dramatically reduced the isoflurane potency for inhibiting N-type Ba2+ currents and, in turn, isoflurane affected the G-protein regulation of N-type Ba2+ currents.


1987 ◽  
Vol 253 (1) ◽  
pp. C105-C112 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. P. Ribeiro ◽  
F. Ribeiro-Neto ◽  
J. B. Field ◽  
W. N. Suki

The present studies were performed to investigate the mechanism whereby alpha 2-adrenergic receptor occupancy inhibits the hydrosmotic action of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) in isolated cortical collecting tubules (CCT). The ADH-ribosyltransferase activity of pertussis toxin (PT) was used to promote covalent modification in CCT Ni, the inhibitory regulatory protein of adenylate cyclase, which presumably mediates the alpha 2-adrenergic inhibition of water flow. Tubules preincubated with PT were studied after the addition of ADH and then after the superimposition of clonidine. In these studies, the inhibition of Jv (water absorption, nl X mm-1 X min-1) and Pf (water permeability coefficient, cm/s), by the addition of 10(-4) M clonidine to the bath, was attenuated by PT in a concentration-dependent manner. Reversal of the inhibitory action of clonidine was accomplished with a concentration of 1.0 micrograms/ml PT. To further elucidate the molecular basis of Ni-mediated transduction of the alpha 2-adrenergic signal, ADP-ribosylation studies were undertaken in membrane preparations of dissected CCT segments. PT ADP ribosylated a 40,000 Mr peptide which was proportional to the amount of membrane protein added. Furthermore, pretreatment of CCT during dissection with 0.5 micrograms/ml PT dramatically decreased the susceptibility of the subunit of Ni (alpha i) to be subsequently ADP ribosylated by PT, when compared with CCT preparations not previously treated with PT. Cholera toxin ADP ribosylated a 42,000 Mr peptide from CCT membranes and PT pretreatment did not interfere with the reaction. We conclude that CCT segments have both the pertussis and cholera toxin substrates and the effect of clonidine to attenuate ADH action is mediated through Ni.


1995 ◽  
Vol 268 (3) ◽  
pp. F461-F467 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. S. Ruiz ◽  
Y. Y. Qiu ◽  
L. J. Wang ◽  
J. A. Arruda

We examined the regulation of the renal cortical basolateral Na-HCO3 cotransporter by G proteins. Na-HCO3 cotransporter activity was measured in highly purified rabbit renal cortical basolateral membranes (BLMV) as the difference in 22Na uptake in presence of HCO3- and gluconate. HCO(3-)-dependent 22Na uptake was significantly inhibited by 10 microM guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTP gamma S), a G protein activator. In contrast, addition of 50 microM guanosine 5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate) (GDP beta S), an inhibitor of G protein, prevented the inhibition of the Na-HCO3 cotransporter activity by GTP gamma S. AlF4-, another G protein activator, also inhibited the activity of the Na-HCO3 cotransporter. This inhibitory effect of G protein on the Na-HCO3 cotransporter activity was not prevented by dideoxyadenosine, an adenylate cyclase inhibitor, or by the protein kinase A inhibitor, suggesting a direct effect of G protein on the cotransporter. To identify the G proteins that mediate the regulation of the Na-HCO3 cotransporter, purified BLMV were ADP ribosylated in presence of cholera toxin or pertussis toxin. Autoradiograms of BLMV incubated with [32P]NAD showed that cholera and pertussis toxins caused ADP ribosylation of 42- and 41-kDa G proteins, respectively. To determine whether the ADP ribosylation by cholera or pertussis toxin was associated with alterations of the Na-HCO3 cotransporter activity, we measured HCO(3-)-dependent 22Na uptake in BLMV treated with 20 micrograms/ml cholera toxin or with 100 ng/ml pertussis toxin. Na-HCO3 cotransporter activity was significantly decreased by both cholera and pertussis toxins.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1985 ◽  
Vol 162 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
D W Goldman ◽  
F H Chang ◽  
L A Gifford ◽  
E J Goetzl ◽  
H R Bourne

Chemotactic factors stimulate a rapid increase in the cytosolic concentration of intracellular calcium ions ([Ca2+]in) in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL), which may be an event that is critical to the expression of chemotaxis and other PMNL functions. Treatment of PMNL with pertussis toxin catalyzes ADP-ribosylation of a protein similar or identical to the inhibiting regulatory protein of adenylate cyclase, Gi, and suppresses the increase in [Ca2+]in elicited by leukotriene B4(LTB4) and formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine. Chemotactic migration and lysosomal enzyme release elicited by chemotactic factors were inhibited by pertussis toxin with a concentration-dependence similar to that for inhibition of the increase in [Ca2+]in, without an effect on lysosomal enzyme release induced by the ionophore A23187 and phorbol myristate acetate. Activated pertussis toxin catalyzed the [32P]ADP-ribosylation of a 41 kD protein in homogenates of PMNL. The extent of [32P]ADP-ribosylation of this protein was reduced 59% by pretreatment of intact PMNL with pertussis toxin. Pertussis toxin selectively decreased the number of high-affinity receptors for LTB4 on PMNL by 60% without altering the number or binding properties of the low-affinity subset of receptors. Pertussis toxin modification of a membrane protein of PMNL analogous to Gi thus simultaneously alters chemotactic receptors and attenuates the changes in cytosolic calcium concentration and PMNL function caused by chemotactic factors.


1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 706-706

Ischemia of Rat Brain Decreases Pertussis Toxin-Catalyzed [32P] ADP Ribosylation of GTP-Binding Proteins (Gi1 and G0) in Membranes Katsunobu Takenaka, Yasunori Kanaho, Koh-ichi Nagata, Noboru Sakai, Hiromu Yamada, Yoshinori Nozawa [ Originally published in Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 1991;11:155–160] On page 158 of the above, arrows were erroneously deleted from the equation in the following passage: Heterotrimers of G proteins that bind GDP to α subunits seem to be the preferred substrates for PTcatalyzed ADP ribosylation since guanine nucleotides (GDP and GTP) and 13'Y subunits stimulate ADP ribosylation in the reconstituted system and in membranes (Tsai et aI., 1984). These results indicate that the G proteins may exist at the equilibrium state as shown below: This omission was the result of a typesetting error, which the publisher regrets.


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