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Query: EC:4.6.1.1 (adenylate cyclase)
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COS-7 cells were transfected with human somatostatin (SRIF) receptor type 1 and 2 (human SSTR1 and SSTR2, respectively) cDNAs. In human SSTR2-expressing cells, SRIF not only inhibited forskolin-induced cAMP accumulation but also stimulated phospholipase C and Ca2+ mobilization. While the inhibition of cAMP accumulation was completely reversed by pertussis toxin (PTX) treatment of the cells, SRIF-induced activation of phospholipase C and Ca2+ mobilization was partially but not completely inhibited by the toxin treatment. In human SSTR1-expressing cells, however, SRIF induced only slight inhibition of cAMP accumulation and stimulation of phospholipase C-Ca2+ system. We conclude that the transfected SSTR2 can couple to phospholipase C as well as adenylate cyclase in a stimulatory and inhibitory manner, respectively. Both PTX-sensitive and -insensitive GTP-binding proteins may be involved in the SSTR2 signal transduction mechanisms.
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PMID:Transfected human somatostatin receptor type 2, SSTR2, not only inhibits adenylate cyclase but also stimulates phospholipase C and Ca2+ mobilization. 791 18

Angiotensin II (AII) receptors are known to interact with two distinct guanine nucleotide binding proteins, Gq/11 and Gi, in rat adrenal glomerulosa cells to activate phospholipase C and to inhibit adenylate cyclase, respectively. However, in cultured bovine glomerulosa cells AII potentiates rather than inhibits the stimulatory effect of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) on cAMP levels. This effect of AII was partially mimicked by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and was partially inhibited by staurosporine or depletion of protein kinase C but was unaffected by pertussis toxin treatment. No potentiation was detectable in disrupted cells or in membrane preparations. In intact glomerulosa cells, treatment with cyclosporin A or FK506 completely inhibited AII- or PMA-induced potentiation of cAMP production without affecting the response to ACTH. In COS-7 cells transfected with the rat AT1 receptor, AII caused 2-3-fold enhancement of the ACTH-induced cAMP response, an effect that was partially reproduced by PMA. These potentiating actions of AII and PMA were prevented by preincubation with cyclosporin A or FK506, and the latter effect was abolished by rapamycin. These results implicate the Ca2+- and calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, calcineurin, in AII-induced enhancement of adenylate cyclase activity in both adrenal glomerulosa and transfected COS-7 cells. The finding that AII enhances ACTH-stimulated production of cAMP by a second messenger-mediated mechanism that involves the participation of calcineurin reveals an additional mode of cross-talk between pathways activated by Ca(2+)-mobilizing and cAMP-generating receptors.
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PMID:Evidence for participation of calcineurin in potentiation of agonist-stimulated cyclic AMP formation by the calcium-mobilizing hormone, angiotensin II. 792 24

Three distinct genes encoding members of the D1 dopamine receptor family were isolated from Xenopus laevis. Based on the deduced amino acid sequence, two of the receptors (Xen D1A and Xen D1B) appear to be homologues of mammalian D1/D1A and D5/D1B receptors. The third receptor, termed Xen D1C, displays equal overall amino acid and nucleotide sequence identity (approximately 55%) with mammalian D1A and D1B/D5 receptors. In agreement with their structural similarities, Xen D1A and D1B receptors, when expressed in COS-7 cells, displayed pharmacological profiles that paralleled those of their mammalian counterparts, with dopamine and 2-amino-6,7-dihydroxytetralin exhibiting 10-fold higher affinity for D1B than for D1A. The Xen D1C receptor displayed an overall rank order of potency and pharmacological profile clearly indicative of a D1-like receptor, with individual affinities for most agonists higher than those for either Xen or mammalian D1/D1A and D5/D1B receptors, whereas antagonist Ki values were intermediate to those for the D1/D1A and D5/D1B receptors. All three receptors stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in response to dopamine or SKF-82526. Xen D1A, D1B, and D1C receptor mRNAs were differentially distributed, with all three receptors expressed in brain and only D1B and D1C receptors expressed in kidney. The existence of a receptor which lacks appreciable overall sequence similarity to, but displays pharmacological homology with, mammalian D1-like receptors lends strong support to the contention that additional mammalian D1-like receptor gene products may exist to allow for the expression of the full spectrum of D1-like dopamine receptor-mediated events.
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PMID:D1A, D1B, and D1C dopamine receptors from Xenopus laevis. 793 89

Radioligand binding and cDNA homology studies have suggested the existence of opiate receptors distinct from the recently-cloned mu, delta and kappa receptors. XOR1S, a rat brain cDNA whose predicted translation product displays 67-72% homology with those encoded by mu 1, delta 1 and kappa 1 opiate receptor cDNAs, was constructed from two partial cDNAs identified through cDNA homology approaches. A longer XOR1L variant of this cDNA was also identified by polymerase chain reaction studies using genomic DNA and cDNA from brain and peripheral tissues. XOR1 mRNA is most highly expressed in hypothalamus. COS cell expression of both clones confers neither robust binding of opiate ligands nor reproducible opiate inhibition of forskolin-stimulated adenylate cyclase. These studies identify an orphan clone that helps to define features of the opiate receptor gene family, including apparent differential splicing and expression in peripheral tissues.
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PMID:cDNA cloning of an orphan opiate receptor gene family member and its splice variant. 802 88

We transfected the COS-7 cells with cDNAs encoding different human somatostatin receptor (hSSTR) subtypes, and found that hSSTR subtypes mediate not only the inhibition of forskolin-induced cAMP accumulation but also the stimulation of phospholipase C (PLC) and Ca2+ mobilization. Activation of PLC by 1 microM somatostatin (SRIF) was in the order of: hSSTR5 > hSSTR2 > hSSTR3 > hSSTR4 >> hSSTR1. Pertussis toxin (PTX) treatment completely or partially reversed the PLC activation. 1 nM SRIF was equally effective for adenylate cyclase (AC) inhibition in a PTX-sensitive manner, in all the cells expressing different hSSTRs, except for hSSTR1. Nevertheless, SRIF stimulated AC even in the presence of forskolin at higher doses of SRIF in PTX-treated hSSTR5-expressing cells. We conclude that the cloned hSSTRs differentially couple to PTX-sensitive and -insensitive G-proteins to modulate PLC, Ca2+ mobilization and AC.
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PMID:Phospholipase C activation and Ca2+ mobilization by cloned human somatostatin receptor subtypes 1-5, in transfected COS-7 cells. 803 40

The beta gamma subunits (G beta gamma) of heterotrimeric G proteins modulate the activity of several signal-transducing effector molecules including G protein-coupled receptor kinases. G beta gamma binds to the carboxyl terminus of the beta-adrenergic receptor kinase (beta ARK) and regulates its activity. To investigate the effect of such a G beta gamma-binding domain on heterologous G beta gamma interactions, various receptors that can stimulate phospholipase C and/or type II adenylate cyclase were coexpressed in COS-7 cells with the carboxyl terminus of beta ARK1. Phosphoinositol hydrolysis in response to activation of receptors that stimulate phospholipase C via Gi beta gamma (alpha 2-adrenergic and M2-muscarinic cholinergic receptors) was markedly inhibited by the coexpressed beta ARK1 polypeptide, whereas that mediated by Gq alpha subunits (alpha 1-adrenergic and M1-muscarinic cholinergic receptors) was unaffected. Increased cellular cAMP levels due to stimulation of receptors and coexpressed adenylate cyclase II displayed marked inhibition in the presence of the beta ARK1 polypeptide. Moreover, inhibition of adenylate cyclase produced by alpha 2-adrenergic receptor stimulation (a Gi alpha-mediated process) was unaffected, indicating that the beta ARK1 polypeptide provides a useful tool for distinguishing between G alpha and G beta gamma pathways.
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PMID:Cellular expression of the carboxyl terminus of a G protein-coupled receptor kinase attenuates G beta gamma-mediated signaling. 811 63

Prostaglandins inhibit platelet activation by stimulating intracellular cyclic AMP formation. We have postulated that intracellular cyclic AMP levels in platelets are buffered by a distinct prostaglandin receptor that mediates inhibition of cyclic AMP formation. In order to provide evidence for the model, we have cloned the cDNA coding for a prostaglandin receptor EP3 subtype, which is coupled to inhibition of adenylate cyclase, from the megakaryocytic cell line human erythroleukaemia (HEL) cells. A PCR-generated hybridization probe, produced using primers based on the sequence of the mouse prostaglandin EP3 receptor published by Sugimoto, Namba, Honda, Hayashi, Negishi, Ichikawa and Narumiya [(1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 6463-6466], was used to screen a lambda gt11 HEL cell cDNA library. The composite full-length cDNA clone HEP3, generated from the two partial clones pHEP3-7 and pHEP3-5, is 1.6 kb long with an open reading frame coding for 390 amino acids. This clone is 83% identical to the alpha subtype of the mouse EP3 receptor. The full-length construct was transfected into COS-1 cells. The cloned receptor exhibited the properties of a prostaglandin EP3 subtype, inhibiting forskolin-stimulated cyclic AMP formation in response to prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and binding PGE2 with high specificity and a Kd of 3.2 nM. Radiolabelled PGE2 could be displaced by prostaglandins in the order PGE2 = PGE1 > iloprost = PGD2. Northern blot analysis revealed that the receptor is also present in human kidney.
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PMID:Cloning and expression of a prostaglandin E receptor EP3 subtype from human erythroleukaemia cells. 813 29

The two cysteines C494 and C569, located in the first and second extracellular loop, respectively, of the thyrotropin (TSH) receptor, were mutated to serines to test the functional significance of the putative disulfide bond between these two cysteines. Single (C494S and C569S) and double (C494/569S) mutant receptors were generated, transiently expressed in COS cells, and compared with regard to the ability to bind ligand and to mediate stimulation of adenylate cyclase activity. The double mutant retained ligand binding capacity, in contrast to the single cysteine mutants that were essentially devoid of binding capacity. The ability of the mutated receptor variants to stimulate adenylate cyclase activity was lost or greatly reduced.
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PMID:Point mutations of the thyrotropin receptor determining structural requirements for its ability to bind thyrotropin and to stimulate adenylate cyclase activity. 813 1

Teleost cone inner segments elongate and contract in response to light and circadian signals. Previous studies have shown that teleost cone contraction is triggered by light or dopamine, while cone elongation is triggered by darkness or experimental elevation of cAMP. We have developed procedures for isolating and purifying motile cone fragments consisting of inner and outer segments (CIS-COS) to permit more detailed analysis of light and dopamine regulation of cone retinomotor movements. When retinas are dissected from long-term dark-adapted fish, CIS-COS break off at the base of the ellipsoid and remain attached to the RPE. CIS-COS can be detached from the RPE by brief protease treatment, thereby generating a highly enriched CIS-COS suspension. CIS-COS retain normal morphology and extend new myoids when cultured in darkness or in light plus forskolin, an activator of adenylate cyclase. The microtubule and actin cytoskeletons of the new myoids resemble those of intact cone myoids in vivo. Light inhibits CIS-COS myoid elongation, suggesting that light reception by the outer segment can directly influence cone motility. In dark-cultured CIS-COS, myoid elongation is inhibited half-maximally by nanomolar concentrations of dopamine, suggesting that dopamine effects on motility are mediated by D2-family receptors present on the cone inner and/or outer segment. After dark-induced elongation in culture, CIS-COS myoids can be induced to contract by subsequent culture in the light or with dopamine. Thus isolated cone inner and outer segments possess sufficient cytoskeletal and regulatory machinery to exhibit light- and dopamine-regulation retinomotor movement similar to that observed in intact cones in situ.
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PMID:Retinomotor movements in isolated teleost retinal cone inner-outer segment preparations (CIS-COS): effects of light, dark and dopamine. 815 23

GAP-43 is a neuronal protein that is believed to be important to neuronal growth and nerve terminal plasticity. It is enriched on the inner surface of growth cone membranes, a localization that may depend upon palmitoylation of Cys3 and Cys4. It is a major substrate for protein kinase C, which phosphorylates Ser41. Isolated GAP-43 can bind to actin and to calmodulin, and can activate the heterotrimeric GTP-binding proteins, G(o) and Gi. A peptide consisting of the GAP-43 sequence 39-55 binds calmodulin, and an amino-terminal GAP-43 (1-10) peptide activates G(o), suggesting that these stretches may be functional domains of the intact protein. When expressed in non-neuronal cells, GAP-43 enhances filopodial extension and has effects upon cell spreading. We have examined the effects of various GAP-43 domains upon this assay, by expression of GAP-43, GAP-43 mutant proteins, and GAP-43-CAT fusion proteins in COS-7 cells. We find that the amino terminus (Met-Leu-Cys-Cys-Met-Arg-Arg-Thr-Lys-Gln) is an important contributor to these effects on cell shape. A GAP-43 protein mutant in Cys3 and Cys4 does not bind to the membrane, and is inactive. Mutants in Arg6 or Lys9 also are inactive, although they remain localized to particulate fractions; Arg7 mutants are active. A chimeric gene consisting of GAP-43 (1-10) fused to chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) also causes cell shape changes. As for GAP-43, the effects of this fusion protein are abolished by mutations of Cys3, Cys4, Arg6 or Lys9, but not by mutation of Arg7. Therefore, the cell surface activity of transfected GAP-43 depends upon its amino terminus, although other domains may regulate it in this regard. Since the amino-terminal domain includes the peptide stretch known to be capable of activating G(o) and Gi, we examined the effect of GAP-43 on a Gi-regulated second messenger system, the inhibition of cAMP production in A431 cells. A431 cells stably transfected with GAP-43 spread less well than do controls. In addition, they evidence decreased levels of forskolin-stimulated cAMP, consistent with chronic stimulation of Gi. Stimulation of adenylate cyclase by isoproterenol reverses the GAP-43-induced changes in cell shape. This suggests that G protein stimulation is involved in GAP-43 effects upon cell shape.
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PMID:An amino-terminal domain of the growth-associated protein GAP-43 mediates its effects on filopodial formation and cell spreading. 817 8


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