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Query: EC:3.1.4.1 (phosphodiesterase)
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Two GTP-binding proteins (Gi and Go), which were the substrates for islet-activating protein, pertussis toxin, were purified from bovine cerebral cortical membranes. Both Gi and Go completely inhibited calmodulin-stimulated cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase activity. The same concentrations of these proteins, however, had no appreciable effect on the basal phosphodiesterase activity. The isolated Gi alpha and beta gamma subunits of GTP-binding proteins were potent inhibitors of the calmodulin-stimulated phosphodiesterase activity, but Go alpha was very weak. Therefore, the beta gamma subunits were likely to be the major active molecules in the brain membranes. GTP-binding proteins were shown to bind directly to calmodulin in a Ca2+-dependent manner by a gel permeation binding experiment.
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PMID:Interaction of GTP-binding proteins with calmodulin. 301 72

Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), like numerous other Ca2+-mobilizing agonists, has been found to stimulate polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis in responsive cells. The present studies further clarify the mechanism of action of this peptide hormone by demonstrating direct in vitro effects of TRH on polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis in GH3 pituitary cell membranes. Membranes from [3H]myoinositol-labeled cells were found to generate inositol bis- and tris- but not monophosphate upon incubation. Inositol polyphosphate generation was stimulated 2-3-fold by nanomolar concentrations of TRH in a reaction which was potentiated by micromolar concentrations of GTP; hormone-stimulated hydrolysis observed in the absence of GTP was fully antagonized by guanosine 5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate). Guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate), Ca2+, and sodium fluoride also activated phosphoinositide hydrolysis in vitro. Stimulated inositol polyphosphate generation was accompanied by stimulated 1,2-diacylglycerol formation. Evidence that both phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate as well as phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate served as substrates for the activated phosphoinositide phosphodiesterase is presented. Pretreatment of GH3 cells with cholera or pertussis toxin did not influence stimulated hydrolysis in membranes. It is concluded that the TRH receptor directly regulates polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis in GH3 cell plasma membranes by a GTP-dependent process. The GTP dependence does not appear to be mediated through a cholera or pertussis toxin substrate and may involve a novel GTP-binding protein (NP).
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PMID:Thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation of polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis in GH3 cell membranes is GTP dependent but insensitive to cholera or pertussis toxin. 301 20

Fluoride activation of neutrophils was found to be associated with phosphoinositide turnover, as monitored by the time-dependent accumulation of inositol phosphates. Unlike phosphoinositide turnover induced by the chemotactic peptide, formylmethionylleucylphenylalanine, that induced by fluoride was not inhibited by pretreatment with pertussis toxin. The translocation of protein kinase C activity from the cytosolic to the membrane compartment was also observed in fluoride-stimulated cells. We have proposed that the mode of action of this halide ion involves interaction with a GTP-binding protein which serves as an intermediary unit between the receptors for inflammatory stimuli and the phosphoinositide-specific phosphodiesterase.
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PMID:Use of fluoride ion as a probe for the guanine nucleotide-binding protein involved in the phosphoinositide-dependent neutrophil transduction pathway. 301 68

Thrombin inhibits adenylate cyclase and stimulates GTP hydrolysis by high-affinity GTPase(s) in membranes of human platelets at almost identical concentrations. Both of these thrombin actions are similar to those observed with agonist-activated alpha 2-adrenoceptors coupling to the inhibitory guanine nucleotide-binding protein N1. However, stimulation of GTP hydrolysis caused by adrenaline (alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonist) and by thrombin at maximally effective concentrations was partially additive, whereas with regard to adenylate cyclase inhibition no additive response was observed. Furthermore, treatment of platelet membranes with pertussis toxin, which inactivates Ni and largely abolishes thrombin- and adrenaline-induced adenylate cyclase inhibition and adrenaline-induced GTPase stimulation, decreased the thrombin-induced stimulation of GTP hydrolysis by only about 30%. Additionally, the thiol reagent N-ethylmalemide (NEM) at rather low concentrations abolished thrombin- and adrenaline-induced stimulation of GTP hydrolysis was decreased by only 30-40% by treatment of platelet membranes with even high concentrations of NEM. Treatment with cholera toxin, which inhibits GTPase activity of the Ns (stimulatory guanine nucleotide-binding) protein, has no effect on thrombin-stimulated GTP hydrolysis. The data suggest that thrombin interaction with its receptor sites in platelet membranes leads to stimulation of two GTP-hydrolysing enzymes. One of these enzymes is apparently Ni and is also activated by agonist-activated alpha 2-adrenoceptors and is inactivated by pertussis toxin and NEM treatment. The other GTP-hydrolysing enzyme activated by thrombin may represent a guanine nucleotide-binding protein apparently involved in the coupling of thrombin receptors to the phosphoinositide phosphodiesterase.
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PMID:Evidence for two GTPases activated by thrombin in membranes of human platelets. 302 30

The antilipolytic effect of N6-(L-2-phenylisopropyl)-adenosine (PIA), an adenosine analogue thought to act via cell surface receptors, was investigated in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. PIA (1 microM) was as effective as 1 nM insulin in reducing lipolysis stimulated by 1 nM isoproterenol and more effective than insulin at higher isoproterenol concentrations. In intact adipocytes, PIA reduced isoproterenol-induced cyclic AMP (cAMP) accumulation and increased particulate cAMP phosphodiesterase. In particulate preparations PIA suppressed isoproterenol stimulation of adenylate cyclase. PIA was more effective than 5'-N-ethylcarboxamide adenosine (NECA) or adenosine in inhibiting adenylate cyclase and activating phosphodiesterase. In intact adipocytes, two agents with so-called "insulin-like" activities, i.e., anti-insulin receptor antibodies and wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), also increased particulate cAMP phosphodiesterase. Pertussis toxin, which inhibits stimulation of the particulate cAMP phosphodiesterase by insulin (but not by isoproterenol), also inhibited the effects of PIA, anti-insulin receptor antibodies, and WGA. In 3T3-L1 cells, PIA appears to inhibit lipolysis by inhibiting adenylate cyclase and stimulating phosphodiesterase; these effects of PIA, as well as those of anti-insulin receptor antibodies and WGA on phosphodiesterase, may be mediated via guanyl nucleotide-binding proteins.
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PMID:Effect of N6-(L-2-phenylisopropyl)adenosine and insulin on cAMP metabolism in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. 303 Jan 32

In an attempt to identify the nature of guanine nucleotide binding protein(s) (G-protein) involved in the acetylcholine (ACh)-induced (muscarinic) response of pig coronary-artery smooth muscle, we studied the effect of ADP-ribosylation of specific membrane protein(s) catalysed by islet-activating protein (IAP; pertussis toxin). The ACh-stimulated and guanine nucleotide-dependent activities of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) phosphodiesterase (PDE), assessed by the production of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) from exogenously applied PIP2, were not modified, in either IAP-treated or non-treated cell homogenates used as the enzyme source. In intact tissues, pretreatment with up to 100 ng of IAP/ml inhibited neither the ACh-induced decrease in the amount of inositol phospholipids nor the increase in the amounts of phosphatidic acid and of inositol phosphates. IAP treatment increased the amount of cyclic AMP accumulated by isoprenaline. These observations suggest that G-protein which couples the muscarinic receptor to PIP2-PDE is insensitive to IAP. Such being the case, the nature of this protein(s) probably differs from that required for the regulation of adenylate cyclase activities (Ni or Gi).
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PMID:Guanine nucleotide binding protein involved in muscarinic responses in the pig coronary artery is insensitive to islet-activating protein. 303 Feb 65

Adenylate cyclase activity was identified in membranes isolated from bovine lens fiber cells. Basal activity, in the presence of microM Ca2+ was stimulated by either sodium fluoride, guanosine 5'-[alpha,beta-imido]triphosphate (Gpp(NH)p), or forskolin; ethylene glycolbis(2-aminoethylether) tetraacetic acid (EGTA) markedly inhibited both the basal activity and the extent of stimulation by these agents. Exogenous calmodulin enhanced the Ca2+-dependent stimulation of adenylate cyclase activity. In the presence of optimal concentrations of Ca2+ plus calmodulin, adenylate cyclase activity was approximately 15 times greater than that in the presence of EGTA. Adenylate cyclase activity was not stimulated by a number of potential agonists that included carbachol, serotonin, prostaglandin E1 (PGE1), prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), adenosine, isoproterenol epinephrine, dopamine, and phenylephrine. The presence of the Ns and Ni guanine nucleotide regulatory complexes was indicated by two observations: Cholera toxin catalyzed the adenosine diphosphate (ADP) ribosylation of a number of lens membrane proteins, including a 46,500-dalton component (likely the alpha-subunit of Ns), and Pertussis toxin catalyzed the ADP ribosylation of a single 41,000-dalton lens membrane component (likely the alpha-subunit of Ni). However, that Gpp(NH)p did not inhibit either the forskolin-activated or the calmodulin-activated adenylate cyclase activities does not indicate a role for Ni in regulating this enzyme. Both cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) phosphodiesterase activities were identified in a supernate fraction derived from bovine lens. The cAMP phosphodiesterase activity appeared to be predominantly the low Km form of the enzyme. The cGMP phosphodiesterase activity, which was Ca2+-dependent, was partly inhibited maximally by 7 microM R24571, indicating its probable calmodulin dependence.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Regulation of lens cyclic nucleotide metabolism by Ca2+ plus calmodulin. 303 38

The intact rat adipocyte was used to investigate the possibility of common intermediates in the insulin stimulation of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase and the beta-adrenergic/adenosine regulation of adenylate cyclase. A five minute incubation of the isolated adipocytes with insulin produced a 50-100% increase in the phosphodiesterase activity found in the particulate fraction of homogenates. The insulin stimulation was not impaired by the presence of either agonist or antagonists of the inhibitory adenosine receptor which acts on adenylate cyclase. Phosphodiesterase activation by insulin was also observable above the level of stimulation produced by the beta-adrenergic agent isoproterenol and forskolin. The validity of the enzyme activity measurements was supported by measurements of the hormonal actions on cyclic AMP levels within the cells. Possible crossover between the adenylate cyclase and phosphodiesterase regulation systems at a post-receptor site was investigated using adipocytes exposed to bacterial toxins specific for the modification of guanine nucleotide binding proteins. Both cholera toxin, which irreversibly activates Gs and pertussis toxin which inactivates Gi caused some stimulation of the phosphodiesterase activity and suppressed activation by isoproterenol, but neither toxin prevented the insulin stimulation of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase. These results suggest, while common components may participate in the beta-adrenergic stimulation of both adenylate cyclase and phosphodiesterase, the mechanism of insulin activation of the phosphodiesterase does not involve the components of adenylate cyclase regulation.
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PMID:Insulin stimulation of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase is independent from the G-protein pathways involved in adenylate cyclase regulation. 304 Aug 18

Transducin from bovine retinal rod outer segments possesses two sites responsible for the binding of guanyl nucleotides, one of which is specific only for GTP (GTP-site), while the other one may bind both GTP and GDP (GTP/GDP-site). Pertussis toxin covalently modifies the alpha-subunit of transducin as a result of which 83% of GDP bound at the GTP/GDP site of the protein remain tightly bound and are not displaced by Gpp(NH)p excess. The GTP-site in modified transducin binds Gpp(NH)p at the same rate and reveals the same sensitivity to rhodopsin as does native transducin. Presumably, the GTP/GDP site is localized in the alpha-subunit of transducin. The inhibiting effect of pertussis toxin on GTP hydrolysis by transducin and on stimulation of retinal rod outer segment phosphodiesterase by guanyl nucleotides is due to the tight binding of GDP in the active center of the protein after transducin ADP-ribosylation, which makes impossible the formation of a complex between GTP and the alpha-subunit of transducin.
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PMID:[Inhibitory effect of pertussis toxin on the metabolism of guanine nucleotides in transducin from bovine outer rod segments]. 308 34

Although many of the new cardiotonic agents are known to increase cAMP and to inhibit with variable potency a low Km cAMP phosphodiesterase, there is still debate as to the mechanism(s) by which these agents act. In a rat adipocyte membrane model we demonstrate that only approximately 50% of the effect of the new cardiotonic agent sulmazole on cAMP accumulation can be attributed to phosphodiesterase inhibition and that the remaining production of cAMP involves stimulation of adenylate cyclase activity. Two distinct pathways for stimulation of adenylate cyclase are herein reported. Sulmazole, UD-CG 212 CL, enoximone, piroximone, amrinone, and milrinone are all shown to be competitive antagonists of inhibitory A1 adenosine receptors, with EC50 values of 11-909 microM. Elimination of the effects of endogenous adenosine with adenosine deaminase reveals a third distinct mechanism for activation of adenylate cyclase. This mechanism appears to involve Gi, the inhibitory guanine nucleotide-regulatory protein, in that sulmazole attenuates the capacity of GTP to inhibit adenylate cyclase activity, and covalent modification of Gi by pertussis toxin treatment abolishes the capacity of sulmazole to mediate stimulation. Thus, functional blockade of Gi activity is the likely mode of action. Restoration of sulmazole's stimulatory effect on adenylate cyclase activity in pertussis toxin-treated membranes can be accomplished by reconstituting purified preparations of either Gi or mixtures of Gi/Go into treated adipocyte membranes. Of note, this stimulatory effect is completely reversed by inhibitory receptor agonists. Thus, the new cardiotonic agent sulmazole mediates increases in cAMP accumulation by mechanisms other than phosphodiesterase inhibition, including A1 adenosine receptor antagonism and inhibition of Gi function.
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PMID:The new cardiotonic agent sulmazole is an A1 adenosine receptor antagonist and functionally blocks the inhibitory regulator, Gi. 312 27


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