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Adenylyl cyclase in rat adipose cells is stimulated by ligands for Rs receptors (e.g. isoproterenol) and inhibited by ligands for Ri receptors (e.g. adenosine). In contrast, Rs receptors mediate inhibition and Ri receptors mediate augmentation of insulin-stimulated glucose transport activity by a process independent of changes in cellular cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity [Kuroda M., Honnor R. C., Cushman S. W., Londos C. and Simpson I. A. (1987) J. biol. Chem. 262, 245-253]. The present study examines the possible role of G-proteins in the regulation of insulin-stimulated glucose transport activity by Rs and Ri receptors. First, conditions were established that permit intoxication of isolated rat adipocytes by cholera and pertussis toxins without compromising cell integrity. Effectiveness of toxin treatment was monitored by examining adenylyl cyclase activity in isolated plasma membranes. Secondly, neither toxin interfered with the ability of a maximal concentration insulin to initiate the glucose transport response. Thirdly, pertussis toxin eliminated the augmenting effects of adenosine on insulin-stimulated glucose transport activity, but enhanced the inhibitory effects of isoproterenol. Findings with ligands for other Ri receptors (nicotinic acid and prostaglandin E2) mirrored those with adenosine. Finally, cholera toxin elicited a modest depression of transport activity, and only in the absence of an Ri ligand (e.g. adenosine). Furthermore, in contrast to the enhanced stimulation of adenylyl cyclase by isoproterenol and GTP, cholera toxin eliminated the inhibitory effect of isoproterenol on transport activity. The augmentative effects of adenosine on transport activity were unchanged. Measurements of (-/+cAMP) cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity ratios reinforce the notion that modulation of glucose transport activity is independent of changes in cAMP. We conclude that regulation of glucose transport activity by Rs and Ri receptors is mediated by the G-proteins, Gs and Gi (or other toxin substrates), respectively. Inasmuch as such regulation occurs at the plasma membrane and appears to be cAMP-independent, it is suggested that glucose transporters may be direct targets for receptor: G-protein interactions.
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PMID:Cholera and pertussis toxins modify regulation of glucose transport activity in rat adipose cells: evidence for mediation of a cAMP-independent process by G-proteins. 131 47

A chimeric G alpha subunit cDNA, referred to as G alpha s/i(38), was constructed containing the complete 5'-untranslated region of G alpha s, the first 356 codons of the rat G alpha s and the last 36 codons and 428 base pairs of the 3'-untranslated region of the rat G alpha i cDNA. Transient expression of the G alpha s/i(38) protein in COS cells allowed detection of a chimeric protein which was recognized by antibodies generated against an internal G alpha s sequence as well as antibodies recognizing the carboxyl terminus of G alpha i2. Chinese hamster ovary cell clones stably expressing the chimeric G-protein alpha subunit transcript (G alpha s/i(38] demonstrated 1.5-2.5-fold constitutively elevated cyclic AMP levels and a 3-4-fold increase in the activity ratio of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase, although expression of the chimeric polypeptide could not be demonstrated presumably because of low expression of the mutant alpha s. Expression of the rat G alpha s transcript yielded clones that were similar to wild-type Chinese hamster ovary cells in regard to cyclic AMP levels and protein kinase activity. In the presence of methyl isobutylxanthine, a cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor, cyclic AMP levels in clones expressing the G alpha s/i(38) transcript were 10-15-fold higher than G alpha s expressing clones. Adenylyl cyclase activation by guanosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate) (GTP gamma S) in membranes from clones expressing the G alpha s/i(38) transcript demonstrated a diminished lag time for maximal activation, indicating an increased relative GDP dissociation rate for the chimeric G alpha subunit and an increase in total adenylyl cyclase activity relative to wild-type G alpha s expressing clones. Cholate extracts from membranes of G alpha s/i(38) expressing clones, when mixed with cyc- S49 membranes, reconstituted an increased GTP gamma S-stimulated adenylyl cyclase activity and a diminished lag time for maximal activation compared to cholate extracts prepared from G alpha s-expressing clones. The G alpha s/i(38) construct confers a dominant constitutive activation of adenylyl cyclase when expressed in cells in the presence of a background of wild-type G alpha s.
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PMID:Expression of a G alpha s/G alpha i chimera that constitutively activates cyclic AMP synthesis. 246 29

Adenylyl cyclase activity, cAMP content, and activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase were measured in rat and guinea pig parietal cells isolated by the same procedure. Incubation of parietal cells with histamine resulted in aminopyrine uptake, stimulation of adenylyl cyclase activity, accumulation of intracellular cAMP, and activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase. In addition, aminopyrine uptake and the cAMP system were stimulated in rat cells by epinephrine, whereas guinea pig cells were unresponsive to epinephrine. It is suggested that there may be differences between the two species with regard to receptors on the parietal cells.
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PMID:Comparison of cAMP system in parietal cells from rat and guinea pig. 632 81

Changes in the cellular content of cyclic AMP and in the activities of adenylyl cyclase, cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase and cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinases during differentiation of rabbit bone marrow erythroid cells were investigated. The cells were separated by velocity sedimentation at unit gravity into six fractions corresponding to different stages of development: proerythroblasts, basophilic erythroblasts, polychromatic cells, early orthochromatic and late orthochromatic cells and reticulocytes. Adenylyl cyclase activity was found to decrease continuously as the cells developed, from approx. 180 pmoles cyclic AMP formed/mg of protein/20 min in proerythroblasts to 10 pmoles in circulating reticulocytes. The proerythroblasts were the richest cells in cyclic AMP which is present at a cellular concentration of approx. 1.4 microM. In basophilic cells the cyclic AMP content was about 80% lower than in proerythroblasts. No further changes in cyclic AMP levels were observed after the final cell division. Cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase was found to be very active in the most immature cells, the proerythroblasts. After differentiation into basophilic erythroblasts, a 4-fold decrease in cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activity occurred. In polychromatic cells there was a further drop in phosphodiesterase activity and after the last cell division the enzyme activity was constant and very low. Both cytosolic cyclic AMP-binding capacity and cytosolic cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase activity decreased in dividing rabbit bone marrow erythroblasts when calculated in terms of cell number but remained constant per cell volume. After the final cell division, cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase activity did not change further, whereas cyclic AMP-binding capacity declined. There were no qualitative but only quantitative changes in the cyclic AMP-binding proteins that are present in the cytosol of developing erythroblasts. In the immature cells, the apparent Kd for the interaction of binding proteins with cyclic AMP was 4 . 10(-8) M. The data suggest that changes in cyclic AMP-binding activity during differentiation of erythroid cells are due both to changes in the amount of binding proteins and their affinity for cyclic AMP. The phosphorylation of rabbit erythroblast plasma membrane proteins by membrane-associated protein kinase(s) was found to be cyclic AMP-dependent in dividing cells during the early stages of differentiation. When the erythroid cells reach the non-dividing stage in their development, autophosphorylation of membrane ghosts was no longer stimulated by cyclic AMP.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Characteristics of the adenylyl cyclase system of differentiating rabbit bone marrow erythroblasts. 632 45

1. The effects of A02011-1, a pyrazole derivative, on the proliferation of rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) were examined. 2. A02011-1 (1-100 microM) concentration-dependently inhibited [3H]-thymidine incorporation into DNA in rat VSMCs that were synchronized by 48 h serum depletion and then re-stimulated by addition of foetal calf serum (FCS, 10%), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF, 10 ng ml-1), 5-hydroxytryptamine (10 microM) or ADP (10 microM). The inhibitory effect of A02011-1 was fully reversible. However, FCS-induced [3H]-thymidine incorporation into rat endothelial cells was unaffected by A02011-1. 3. The concentration of A02011-1 necessary for inhibition of the FCS-induced proliferation was similar to that necessary for adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP) formation. Adenylyl cyclase activity was increased in A02011-1-treated VSMCs, whereas cyclic AMP-specific phosphodiesterase activity was unchanged. 4. A02011-1 was equipotent with forskolin but was more potent than 8-bromo-cyclic AMP against FCS (10%)-induced proliferation. 5. The antiproliferative action of A02011-1 was mimicked by 8-bromo-cyclic AMP, a membrane-permeable cyclic AMP analogue and was antagonized by 2',5'-dideoxyadenosine, an adenylyl cyclase inhibitor and by Rp-cyclic AMPS, a competitive inhibitor of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) type I and II. 3-Isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) caused significant potentiation of the antiproliferative activity of A02011-1. However, Rp-8-bromo-cyclic GMPS and staurosporine did not affect the antiproliferative activity of A02011-1. 6. A02011-1 still inhibited the FCS-induced DNA synthesis even when added 10-18h after restimulation of the serum-starved VSMCs with 10% FCS. Flow cytometry in synchronized cells revealed an acute blockade of FCS-inducible cell cycle progression at a point in the G,/S phase in A02011-1-treated cells. The inhibition of proliferation by A0201 1-1 was shown to be independent of cell damage,as documented by several criteria of cell viability.7. These results indicate that A0201 1-1 inhibition of VSMC proliferation was mediated by cyclic AMP and was due to a delay in the progression from the G1 into S phase of the cell cycle. A02011-1 did not cause cell toxicity and may thus hold promising potential for the prevention of atherosclerosis or vascular diseases.
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PMID:Antiproliferative effects of A02011-1, an adenylyl cyclase activator, in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells of rat. 762 Jul 13

Adenylyl cyclase (AC) modulation of vesicular cycling was visualized at cultured cerebellar granule cell synapses using the sequential uptake of antibodies directed against the intraluminal domain of synaptotagmin I. Vesicle recycling due to spontaneous transmitter release in the absence of action potentials was increased by the AC/protein kinase A (PKA) activators forskolin and CPT-cAMP. These effects were blocked by the PKA inhibitor Rp-cAMPs. Cyclic AMP elevation also induced new cycling at previously silent sites. Activation of L-AP4-sensitive mGluR reduced the cAMP/PKA enhancement at preexisting synapses downstream of both AC and calcium channels. Modulation of the turnover and the number of vesicular release sites provide one mechanism that may underlie cAMP-dependent cerebellar long-term potentiation.
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PMID:Visualization of cyclic AMP-regulated presynaptic activity at cerebellar granule cells. 958 68

Mechanisms regulating adipocyte lipolysis are reviewed in three stages. The first stage examines plasma membrane hormone receptors and G-proteins. The primary regulators of adipose tissue lipolysis, the catecholamines, bind to the alpha 2, beta 1, beta 2, and beta 3 adrenergic receptors. The alpha 2 receptor couples with Gi-proteins to inhibit cyclic AMP formation and lipolysis, while the beta receptors couple with Gs-proteins to stimulate cyclic AMP formation and lipolysis. The beta 1 receptor may mediate low level catecholamine stimulation, while the beta 3 receptor, which is activated by higher levels of catecholamines, may deliver a more sustained signal. The second stage examines the regulation of cyclic AMP, the intracellular messenger that activates protein kinase A. Adenylyl cyclase synthesizes cyclic AMP from ATP and is regulated by the G-proteins. Phosphodiesterase 3B hydrolyzes cyclic AMP to AMP and is activated and phosphorylated by both insulin and the catecholamines norepinephrine and epinephrine. The third stage focuses on the rate-limiting enzyme of lipolysis, hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL). This 82 to 88 kDa protein is regulated by reversible phosphorylation. Protein kinase A activates and phosphorylates the enzyme at 2 sites, and 3 phosphatases have been implicated in HSL dephosphorylation. The translocation of HSL from the cytosol to the lipid droplet in response to lipolytic stimulation may be facilitated by a family of lipid-associated droplets called perilipins that are heavily phosphorylated by protein kinase A and dephosphorylated by insulin. As the mechanisms regulating adipocyte lipolysis continue to be uncovered, we look forward to the challenges of integrating these findings with research at the in situ and in vivo levels.
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PMID:Mechanisms regulating adipocyte lipolysis. 978 23

A variety of extracellular signals lead to the accumulation of cAMP which can act as a second message within cells by activating protein kinase A (PKA). Expression of many of the essential developmental genes in Dictyostelium discoideum are known to depend on PKA activity. Cells in which the receptor-coupled adenylyl cyclase gene, acaA, is genetically inactivated grow well but are unable to develop. Surprisingly, acaA(-) mutant cells can be rescued by developing them in mixtures with wild-type cells, suggesting that another adenylyl cyclase is present in developing cells that can provide the internal cAMP necessary to activate PKA. However, the only other known adenylyl cyclase gene in Dictyostelium, acgA, is only expressed during germination of spores and plays no role in the formation of fruiting bodies. By screening morphological mutants generated by Restriction Enzyme Mediated Integration (REMI) we discovered a novel adenylyl cyclase gene, acrA, that is expressed at low levels in growing cells and at more than 25-fold higher levels during development. Growth and development up to the slug stage are unaffected in acrA(-) mutant strains but the cells make almost no viable spores and produce unnaturally long stalks. Adenylyl cyclase activity increases during aggregation, plateaus during the slug stage and then increases considerably during terminal differentiation. The increase in activity following aggregation fails to occur in acrA(-) cells. As long as ACA is fully active, ACR is not required until culmination but then plays a critical role in sporulation and construction of the stalk.
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PMID:An adenylyl cyclase that functions during late development of Dictyostelium. 1055 70

Mitogen-activated protein (MAP)-kinase extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK2) is essential for regulation of the intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) level in Dictyostelium. The mutant lacking ERK2, erk2-null, is arrested at the pre-aggregation stage, but develops into a fruiting body in a mixed population of wild-type and mutant cells. This fact implies that wild-type cells provide a certain factor that is missing in erk2-null. It was clarified that both wild-type strains KAx3 and Ax2 secreted a diffusible factor that enables erk2-null to develop. The fruiting body formed from erk2-null cells was smaller than that formed by the wild-type cells and consisted of a small sorus supported by a slender stalk with a single row of vacuolated stalk cells. The resulting spores were able to germinate and multiply on a bacterial lawn, but they were unable to develop unless the factor was provided. After 8 h of starvation, wild-type cells started to secrete the factor, which had a molecular mass of less than 3 kDa and was heat stable. The effect of this factor could not be mimicked by either cAMP or folate. Adenylyl cyclase A and cell surface cAMP receptors cAR1 and cAR3 were all indispensable components for the factor to function. Considering the molecular mass and the mode of action, this factor could be a novel one. Possible targets of this factor are discussed in terms of cAMP-dependent protein kinase activation.
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PMID:A diffusible factor involved in MAP-kinase ERK2-regulated development of Dictyostelium. 1091 Jan 34

Adenylyl cyclase (AC) superactivation is thought to play an important role in opioid tolerance, dependence, and withdrawal. In the present study, we investigated the involvement of protein kinases in chronic delta-opioid agonist-mediated AC superactivation in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells stably expressing the human delta-opioid receptor (hDOR/CHO). Maximal forskolin-stimulated cAMP formation in hDOR/CHO cells increased by 472 +/- 91, 399 +/- 2, and 433 +/- 73% after chronic treatment with the delta-opioid agonists (+)-4-[(alphaR)-alpha-((2S,5R)-4-allyl-2,5-dimethyl-1-piperazinyl)-3-methoxy-benzyl]-N,N-diethyl benzamide (SNC 80), [d-Pen2,d-Pen5]-enkephalin, and deltorphin II, respectively. Concurrently, chronic SNC 80 (1 micro M, 4-h) treatment augmented 32P incorporation into a 200-kDa protein immunoreactive with the ACV/VI antibody by 300 +/- 60% in hDOR/CHO cell lysates. The calmodulin antagonist calmidazolium significantly attenuated chronic deltorphin II-mediated AC superactivation. Tyrosine kinase (genistein) and protein kinase C (chelerythrine) inhibitors individually had minimal effect on chronic delta-opioid agonist-mediated AC superactivation. Conversely, simultaneous treatment with both genistein and chelerythrine significantly attenuated AC superactivation. Because we showed previously that the Raf-1 inhibitor 3-(3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzylidene-5-iodo-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one (GW5074) attenuates AC superactivation, we hypothesize that parallel calmidazolium-, chelerythrine-, and genistein-sensitive pathways converge at Raf-1 to mediate AC superactivation by phosphorylating AC VI in hDOR/CHO cells.
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PMID:Converging protein kinase pathways mediate adenylyl cyclase superactivation upon chronic delta-opioid agonist treatment. 1266 Mar 10


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