Involvement of heterotrimeric G protein in signal transduction of extracellular calmodulin in regulatingrbcS expression

2001 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 761-765
Author(s):  
Yi Guo ◽  
Ligeng Ma ◽  
Lu Zhang ◽  
Daye Sun
MEMBRANE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 168-173
Author(s):  
Toshiaki Miki ◽  
Mizuho Kaneda ◽  
Kohji Kasahara

Planta ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 212 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 858-863 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsung-Hsien Chen ◽  
Chan-San Hsu ◽  
Pui-Jen Tsai ◽  
Yi-Feng Ho ◽  
Na-Sheng Lin

2004 ◽  
Vol 286 (3) ◽  
pp. H940-H945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Olearczyk ◽  
Alan H. Stephenson ◽  
Andrew J. Lonigro ◽  
Randy S. Sprague

Erythrocytes are reported to release ATP in response to mechanical deformation and decreased oxygen tension. Previously we proposed that receptor-mediated activation of the heterotrimeric G protein Gsresulted in ATP release from erythrocytes. Here we investigate the hypothesis that activation of heterotrimeric G proteins of the Gisubtype are also involved in a signal transduction pathway for ATP release from rabbit erythrocytes. Heterotrimeric G proteins Gαi1, Gαi2, and Gαi3but not Gαowere identified in rabbit and human erythrocyte membranes. Pretreatment of rabbit erythrocytes with pertussis toxin (100 ng/ml, 2 h), which uncouples Gi/ofrom their effector proteins, inhibited deformation-induced ATP release. Incubation of rabbit and human erythrocytes with mastoparan (Mas, 10 μM) or Mas-7 (1 μM), which are compounds that directly activate Giproteins, resulted in ATP release. However, rabbit erythrocytes did not release ATP when incubated with Mas-17 (10 μM), which is an inactive Mas analog. In separate experiments, Mas (10 μM) but not Mas-17 (10 μM) increased intracellular concentrations of cAMP when incubated with rabbit erythrocytes. Importantly, Mas-induced ATP release from rabbit erythrocytes was inhibited after treatment with pertussis toxin (100 ng/ml, 2 h). These data are consistent with the hypothesis that the heterotrimeric G protein Giis a component of a signal transduction pathway for ATP release from erythrocytes.


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