scholarly journals Evidence that activation of a common G-protein by receptors for leukotriene B4 and N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine in HL-60 cells occurs by different mechanisms

1989 ◽  
Vol 260 (2) ◽  
pp. 427-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
K R McLeish ◽  
P Gierschik ◽  
T Schepers ◽  
D Sidiropoulos ◽  
K H Jakobs
Keyword(s):  
Cholera Toxin ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Leukotriene B4 ◽  
Alpha Subunit ◽  
Gtpase Activity ◽  
Protein Activity ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein ◽  
Gtp Hydrolysis ◽  
Fmlp Receptor ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding

Differentiated HL-60 cells were found to respond to the chemoattractants leukotriene B4 (LTB4) and N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP), in a manner similar to neutrophils. Membranes of myeloid differentiated HL-60 cells were used (a) to examine the ability of LTB4 receptors to interact with a guanine-nucleotide-binding protein (G-protein), and (b) to compare this G-protein with that which is coupled to the FMLP receptor. LTB4 stimulated a dose-dependent increase in GTP hydrolysis and guanosine 5′-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP[S]) binding, demonstrating that LTB4 receptors on HL-60 cells are coupled to a G-protein. Both pertussis toxin and cholera toxin inhibited stimulation of GTPase activity and GTP[S] binding by either LTB4 or FMLP, indicating that both receptors are coupled to a G-protein containing a 40 kDa alpha-subunit. That the two receptors share a common G-protein was shown by FMLP enhancement of cholera-toxin-induced inhibition of GTPase activity stimulated by either FMLP or LTB4. However, LTB4 did not enhance cholera-toxin-induced inhibition of GTPase activity, suggesting that the receptors interacted differently with this G-protein. This difference was confirmed by showing that FMLP, but not LTB4, stimulated receptor-specific [32P]ADP-ribosylation of the 40 kDa alpha-subunit. Concentrations of LTB4 and FMLP which produced maximal responses produced enhanced stimulation in both assays. This additive effect was not abolished by inactivation of up to 80% of G-protein activity by N-ethylmaleimide or cholera toxin. We conclude that LTB4 and FMLP receptors in HL-60 cells are coupled to a common G-protein. The receptor-G-protein interaction is different for the two receptors, and G-proteins not coupled to both receptors may account for the additive response.

scholarly journals Cholera toxin impairment of opioid-mediated inhibition of adenylate cyclase in neuroblastoma × glioma hybrid cells is due to a toxin-induced decrease in opioid receptor levels

1991 ◽  
Vol 275 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
F R McKenzie ◽  
G Milligan
Keyword(s):  
Adenylate Cyclase ◽  
Cholera Toxin ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Opioid Receptor ◽  
Alpha Subunit ◽  
Intrinsic Activity ◽  
Delta Opioid Receptor ◽  
Down Regulation ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding

Cholera toxin treatment (up to 1 microgram/ml, 16 h) of neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid NG108-15 cells produced a decrease of some 35% in both delta opioid receptor-mediated stimulation of high-affinity GTPase activity and inhibition of forskolin-amplified adenylate cyclase. Coincident with these decreases was a down-regulation of some 35% in the delta opioid receptor population. A similar pattern of a decrease in signalling capacity was noted for the alpha 2B-adrenergic receptor in these cells after cholera toxin treatment. Half-maximal effects of cholera toxin on all of the parameters assayed were noted at concentrations between 2 and 5 ng/ml. Neither levels of Gi2, as assessed by immunoblotting with specific antisera, nor the intrinsic activity of the alpha subunit of the guanine-nucleotide-binding protein which acts as the inhibitory G-protein of the adenylate cyclase in these cells, as assessed by guanosine 5′-[beta gamma-imido]triphosphate (Gpp[NH]p)-mediated inhibition of adenylate cyclase, was lowered by cholera toxin treatment. Furthermore, levels of another pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein (Go) expressed by these cells was also not lowered by cholera toxin treatment. However, as previously noted in other cells [Milligan, Unson & Wakelam (1989) Biochem. J. 262, 643-649], marked down-regulation of the alpha subunit of the stimulatory G-protein (Gs) of the adenylate cyclase cascade was observed in response to cholera toxin treatment. Previous studies [Klee, Milligan, Simonds & Tocque (1985) Mol. Aspects Cell Regul. 4, 117-129] have shown that cholera toxin treatment can result in a decrease in the maximal effectiveness of agonists which function to inhibit adenylate cyclase. These data have been used as evidence to suggest a functional interaction between Gs and ‘Gi’. The results provided herein demonstrate that such effects of the toxin can be explained adequately by a decrease in the number of receptors that function to produce inhibition of adenylate cyclase.

scholarly journals Inhibition by pertussis toxin of the activation of Na+-dependent uridine transport in dimethyl-sulphoxide-induced HL-60 leukaemia cells

1991 ◽  
Vol 280 (2) ◽  
pp. 515-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
J A Sokoloski ◽  
A C Sartorelli ◽  
R E Handschumacher ◽  
C W Lee
Keyword(s):  
Cholera Toxin ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Pertussis Toxin ◽  
Nucleotide Binding ◽  
Dimethyl Sulphoxide ◽  
Protein G ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding ◽  
Dependent Transport

The effects of pertussis toxin on the Na(+)-dependent transport of uridine were studied in HL-60 leukaemia cells induced to differentiate along the granulocytic or monocytic pathways by dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) respectively. Pertussis toxin at 50 ng/ml completely inhibited the activation of Na(+)-dependent uridine transport and consequently prevented the formation of intracellular pools of free uridine which occurs in HL-60 cells induced to differentiate by DMSO. The inhibition of Na(+)-dependent uridine transport by pertussis toxin in cells exposed to DMSO was associated with a 14-fold decrease in affinity, with no change in Vmax. Pertussis toxin, however, had no effect on Na(+)-dependent uridine transport in PMA-induced HL-60 cells. Furthermore, 500 ng of cholera toxin/ml had no effect on the Na(+)-dependent uptake of uridine in DMSO-treated HL-60 cells. These results suggest that the activation of the Na(+)-dependent transport of uridine in HL-60 cells induced to differentiate along the granulocytic pathway by DMSO is coupled to a pertussis-toxin-sensitive guanine-nucleotide binding protein (G-protein).

scholarly journals δ-opioid-receptor-mediated inhibition of adenylate cyclase is transduced specifically by the guanine-nucleotide-binding protein Gi2

1990 ◽  
Vol 267 (2) ◽  
pp. 391-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
F R McKenzie ◽  
G Milligan
Keyword(s):  
Adenylate Cyclase ◽  
G Protein ◽  
G Proteins ◽  
Opioid Receptor ◽  
Protein S ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide ◽  
Gtpase Activity ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding

Mouse neuroblastoma x rat glioma hybrid cells (NG108-15) express an opioid receptor of the delta subclass which both stimulates high-affinity GTPase activity and inhibits adenylate cyclase by interacting with a pertussis-toxin-sensitive guanine-nucleotide-binding protein(s) (G-protein). Four such G-proteins have now been identified without photoreceptor-containing tissues. We have generated anti-peptide antisera against synthetic peptides which correspond to the C-terminal decapeptides of the alpha-subunit of each of these G-proteins and also to the stimulatory G-protein of the adenylate cyclase cascade (Gs). Using these antisera, we demonstrate the expression of three pertussis-toxin-sensitive G-proteins in these cells, which correspond to the products of the Gi2, Gi3 and Go genes, as well as Gs. Gi1, however, is not expressed in detectable amounts. IgG fractions from each of these antisera and from normal rabbit serum were used to attempt to interfere with the interaction of the opioid receptor with the G-protein system by assessing ligand stimulation of high-affinity GTPase activity, inhibition of adenylate cyclase activity and conversion of the receptor to a state which displays reduced affinity for agonists. The IgG fraction from the antiserum (AS7) which specifically identifies Gi2 in these cells attenuated the effects of the opioid receptor. This effect was complete and was not mimicked by any of the other antisera. We conclude that the delta-opioid receptor of these cells interacts directly and specifically with Gi2 to cause inhibition of adenylate cyclase, and that Gi2 represents the true Gi of the adenylate cyclase cascade. The ability to measure alterations in agonist affinity for receptors following the use of specific antisera against a range of G-proteins implies that such techniques should be applicable to investigations of the molecular identity of the G-protein(s) which interacts with any receptor.

scholarly journals GTP analogues promote release of the α subunit of the guanine nucleotide binding protein, Gi2, from membranes of rat glioma C6 BU1 cells

1988 ◽  
Vol 254 (2) ◽  
pp. 391-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Milligan ◽  
I Mullaney ◽  
C G Unson ◽  
L Marshall ◽  
A M Spiegel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
G Protein ◽  
Pertussis Toxin ◽  
Nucleotide Binding ◽  
Alpha Subunit ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein ◽  
Rat Glioma ◽  
Glioma C6 ◽  
Gamma Subunits ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding

The major pertussis-toxin-sensitive guanine nucleotide-binding protein of rat glioma C6 BU1 cells corresponded immunologically to Gi2. Antibodies which recognize the alpha subunit of this protein indicated that it has an apparent molecular mass of 40 kDa and a pI of 5.7. Incubation of membranes of these cells with guanosine 5′-[beta gamma-imido]triphosphate, or other analogues of GTP, caused release of this polypeptide from the membrane in a time-dependent manner. Analogues of GDP or of ATP did not mimic this effect. The GTP analogues similarly caused release of the alpha subunit of Gi2 from membranes of C6 cells in which this G-protein had been inactivated by pretreatment with pertussis toxin. The beta subunit was not released from the membrane under any of these conditions, indicating that the release process was a specific response to the dissociation of the G-protein after binding of the GTP analogue. Similar nucleotide profiles for release of the alpha subunits of forms of Gi were noted for membranes of both the neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cell line NG108-15 and of human platelets. These data provide evidence that: (1) pertussis-toxin-sensitive G-proteins, in native membranes, do indeed dissociate into alpha and beta gamma subunits upon activation; (2) the alpha subunit of ‘Gi-like’ proteins need not always remain in intimate association with the plasma membrane; and (3) the alpha subunit of Gi2 can still dissociate from the beta/gamma subunits after pertussis-toxin-catalysed ADP-ribosylation.

scholarly journals Opioid peptides promote cholera-toxin-catalysed ADP-ribosylation of the inhibitory guanine-nucleotide-binding protein (Gi) in membranes of neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cells

1988 ◽  
Vol 252 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Milligan ◽  
F R McKenzie
Keyword(s):  
Cholera Toxin ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Pertussis Toxin ◽  
Opioid Peptides ◽  
Hybrid Cells ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein ◽  
Adp Ribosylation ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding

NG108-15 neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cells express a major 45 kDa substrate for cholera toxin and a 40 kDa substrate(s) for pertussis toxin when ADP-ribosylation is performed in the presence of GTP. In the absence of exogenous GTP, however, cholera toxin was shown to catalyse incorporation of radioactivity into a 40 kDa protein as well as into the 45 kDa polypeptide. In membranes of cells which had been pretreated in vivo with pertussis toxin, the 40 kDa band was no longer a substrate for either pertussis or cholera toxin in vitro, whereas in membranes from cholera-toxin-pretreated cells the 40 kDa band was still a substrate for fresh cholera toxin in vitro and for pertussis toxin. In this cell line, opioid peptides have been shown to inhibit adenylate cyclase exclusively by interacting with Gi (inhibitory G-protein) and with no other pertussis-toxin-sensitive G-protein. Opioid agonists, but not antagonists, promoted the cholera-toxin-catalysed ADP-ribosylation of the 40 kDa polypeptide, hence demonstrating that this cholera-toxin substrate was indeed the alpha-subunit of Gi. These results demonstrate that Gi can be a substrate for either cholera or pertussis toxin under appropriate conditions.

Abscisic acid induction of GTP hydrolysis in maize coleoptile plasma membranes

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen R. Irving
Keyword(s):  
Abscisic Acid ◽  
G Protein ◽  
G Proteins ◽  
Pertussis Toxin ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Gtpase Activity ◽  
Heterotrimeric G Proteins ◽  
Gtp Hydrolysis ◽  
Maize Coleoptile

Since receptor-coupled G proteins increase GTP hydrolysis (GTPase) activity upon ligands binding to the receptor, a study was undertaken to determine if abscisic acid (ABA) induced such an effect. Plasma membranes isolated from etiolated maize (Zea mays L.) coleoptiles were enriched in GTPase activity relative to microsomal fractions. Vanadate was included in the assay to inhibit the high levels of vanadate sensitive low affinity GTPases present. Under these conditions, GTPase activity was enhanced by Mg2+, stimulated by mastoparan, and inhibited by GTPγS indicating the presence of either monomeric or heterotrimeric G proteins. The combination of NaF and AlCl3 is expected to inhibit heterotrimeric G protein activity but had little effect on GTPase activity in maize coleoptile membranes. Cholera toxin enhanced basal GTPase activity, confirming the presence of heterotrimeric G proteins in maize plasma membranes. Pertussis toxin also slightly enhanced basal GTPase activity in maize membranes. Abscisic acid enhanced GTPase activity optimally at 5 mmol/L Mg2+ in a concentration dependent manner by 1.5-fold at 10 µmol/L and up to three-fold at 100 µmol/L ABA. Abscisic acid induced GTPase activity was inhibited by GTPγS, the combination of NaF and AlCl3, and pertussis toxin. Overall, these results are typical of a receptor-coupled G protein responding to its ligand.

Alpha-subunit of Gk activates atrial K+ channels of chick, rat, and guinea pig

1988 ◽  
Vol 254 (6) ◽  
pp. H1200-H1205 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Kirsch ◽  
A. Yatani ◽  
J. Codina ◽  
L. Birnbaumer ◽  
A. M. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Single Channel ◽  
Neonatal Rat ◽  
Alpha Subunit ◽  
K Channel ◽  
Muscarinic Agonist ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein ◽  
K Channels ◽  
Open Time ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding

A specific guanine nucleotide-binding protein, Gk, is the link by which muscarinic receptors activate atrial potassium channels (Science Wash. DC 235: 207-211, 1987). In adult guinea pigs, the alpha-subunit at picomolar concentrations mediates the holo-G protein effect (Science Wash. DC 236: 442-445, 1987), but in chick embryo it has been reported that the beta gamma-dimer at nanomolar concentrations rather than the alpha-subunit is the effective mediator (Nature Lond. 325: 321-326, 1987). This difference might have a phylogenetic or ontogenetic basis, and the present experiments tested these possibilities. Preactivated alpha k derived from human red blood cell Gk, when applied to the intracellular surface of inside-out membrane patches from the atria of embryonic chick, neonatal rat, and adult guinea pig activated single K+ channel currents. In each case, the alpha k-activated channels had the same single-channel conductance and mean open time as the muscarinic agonist-activated channels. Half-maximal activation was achieved at alpha k-concentrations of 2.4-13.8 pM. Hence, alpha k-activation of these K+ channels is independent of differences in age or species. The detergent 3-[3-cholamidopropyl)-dimethyammoniol]-1-propanesulfonate (CHAPS), which was used by Logothetis et al. (Nature Lond. 325: 321-326, 1987) at 184 microM to suspend the hydrophobic beta gamma-dimers, activated the same currents. We conclude that the effects of the beta gamma-dimer on these K+ channels is unknown and that as we had proposed earlier (Science Wash. DC 236: 442-445, 1987) it is the alpha-subunit that mediates the Gk effect.

Role of G proteins and KCa channels in the muscarinic and beta-adrenergic regulation of airway smooth muscle

1995 ◽  
Vol 268 (2) ◽  
pp. L221-L229 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Kume ◽  
K. Mikawa ◽  
K. Takagi ◽  
M. I. Kotlikoff
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Adenylyl Cyclase ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Muscarinic Receptor ◽  
G Proteins ◽  
Isometric Tension ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein ◽  
Kca Channels ◽  
Stimulatory G Protein ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding

We have examined the functional consequences of G protein coupling to calcium-activated potassium (KCa) channels using isometric tension records from guinea pig tracheal smooth muscle. After incubation with 1 microgram/ml pertussis toxin (PTX) for 6 h, the contraction response to 1 microM methacholine (MCh) was suppressed by 31.7 +/- 5.0% (n = 10). Similarly, the contraction was inhibited by 29.1 +/- 5.0% (n = 6) after application of 0.1 microM AF-DX 116, an M2-selective muscarinic receptor antagonist. Cholera toxin (CTX, 2.0 micrograms/ml for 6 h), which activates the stimulatory G protein of adenylyl cyclase (Gs), also suppressed contraction by 43.9 +/- 3.3% (n = 11). The inhibitory effects of PTX, AF-DX 116, or CTX were reversed in the presence of 100 nM charybdotoxin (ChTX), a selective KCa channel inhibitor. These findings suggest that disruption of inhibitory coupling between muscarinic receptor and KCa channels mediated by PTX-sensitive G proteins, or KCa channel activation induced by Gs/adenylyl cyclase-linked processes, antagonizes muscarinic contraction. The isoproterenol concentration-inhibition curves for precontracted trachea (1 microM MCh) were shifted to the left after perfusion with PTX or AF-DX 116, and the leftward shift of the curve was blocked by ChTX. Thus direct or indirect regulation of KCa channels mediated by the inhibitory guanine nucleotide binding protein (Gi) and Gs may play a functionally important role in the mechanical antagonism by the two receptor agonists.

scholarly journals Regulation of bombesin-stimulated inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate generation in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts by a guanine-nucleotide-binding protein

1990 ◽  
Vol 268 (3) ◽  
pp. 605-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Plevin ◽  
S Palmer ◽  
S D Gardner ◽  
M J O Wakelam
Keyword(s):  
G Protein ◽  
Protein Interactions ◽  
Inositol Phosphate ◽  
Early Time ◽  
Lag Time ◽  
Maximal Response ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein ◽  
3T3 Fibroblasts ◽  
Swiss 3T3 ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Binding

The stimulation of inositol phosphate generation by bombesin and GTP analogues was studied in Swiss 3T3 cells permeabilized by electroporation. Bombesin-stimulated inositol phosphate generation is potentiated by guanosine 5′-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP[S]) and inhibited by guanosine 5′-[beta-thio]diphosphate at all peptide concentrations tested, with no change in the EC50 value (concn. giving half-maximal response) for the agonist. Kinetic analysis showed that, although bombesin-stimulated [3H]InsP3 generation in [3H]inositol-labelled cells was rapid (maximal by 5-10 s), the response to GTP[S] alone displayed a distinct lag time of 20-30 s. This lag time was significantly decreased by the addition of bombesin, suggesting that in this system agonist-stimulated GTP/GDP exchange occurs. In addition, bombesin-stimulated generation of Ins(1,4,5)P3 mass at 10 s was enhanced by GTP[S] in the absence of a nucleotide response alone, a result consistent with this proposal. Pretreatment of the cells with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) resulted in a dose-dependent inhibition of bombesin-, but not GTP[S]-, stimulated inositol phosphate generation. Furthermore, although PMA pretreatment did not affect the lag time for InsP3 formation in response to GTP[S] alone, the degree of synergy between bombesin and the nucleotide was severely decreased at early time points. The results therefore demonstrate that the high-affinity bombesin receptor is coupled via a G-protein to phospholipase C in a manner consistent with a general model for receptor-G-protein interactions and that this coupling is sensitive to phosphorylation by protein kinase C.

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