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A microphysiometer was used to quantify the rate of extracellular acidification by C6 glioma cells and L fibroblasts expressing recombinant dopamine D2 receptors. The dopamine D2 receptor agonist, quinpirole, accelerated the rate of acidification of the medium by C6 cells expressing either the short or long form of D2 receptors, D2(415) and D2(444), but not by wild-type cells that were not transfected with a D2 receptor cDNA. The rate of acidification increased with increasing concentrations of quinpirole up to 100 nM. Inhibition of the response by the dopamine D2 antagonist, spiperone, provided additional evidence that the enhanced extracellular acidification resulted from stimulation of D2 receptors. To test the hypothesis that D2 receptor-stimulated extracellular acidification was due to transport of protons by a Na+/H+ antiporter and reflected intracellular alkalinization, the effect of two inhibitors of Na+/H+ exchange, amiloride and methyl-isobutyl-amiloride, was determined. Both compounds inhibited quinpirole-induced extracellular acidification at concentrations that did not alter D2 receptor-mediated inhibition of adenylylcyclase or radioligand binding to D2 receptors. In addition, quinpirole-induced extracellular acidification was greatly inhibited by removal of sodium from the extracellular medium, confirming the participation of Na+/H+ exchange in the extrusion of acid. Quinpirole (100 nM) also increased the rate of extracellular acidification by L cells expressing D2(415), LZR1 cells. Treatment with pertussis toxin (100 ng/ml for 18 h) had no effect on the quinpirole-induced acid extrusion by C6D2(415) and LZR1 cells, although the same pertussis toxin treatment regimen completely prevented inhibition of adenylylcyclase. We conclude that recombinant D2 receptors accelerate Na+/H+ exchange in C6 cells and L fibroblasts by a pathway that does not involve inhibition of adenylylcyclase or pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins.
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PMID:Dopamine D2 receptor stimulation of Na+/H+ exchange assessed by quantification of extracellular acidification. 136 Nov 88

Substance P (SP) stimulates polyphosphoinositide breakdown in the rat anterior pituitary through an NK-1 receptor. In the present study we present evidence that the coupling between the SP-NK1 receptor complex and polyphosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) in rat anterior pituitary membranes may involve a mechanism consistent with a GTP-binding protein. The formation of inositol phosphates from [3H]myo-inositol-labelled anterior pituitary membranes induced by SP was potentiated by GTP and non-hydrolysable guanine nucleotides. The stimulatory effects of SP alone and SP plus GTP could be blocked by addition of GDP-beta-S (guanosine 5-O-(thiodiphosphate] in excess. Basal and SP plus guanine nucleotide-induced inositol phosphate formation were stimulated by fluoride, whereas the effect of SP alone was inhibited. Pretreatment of anterior pituitary membranes with sodium deoxycholate attenuated the inositol phosphate response elicited by GTP and GTP-gamma-S, whereas basal and SP-stimulated inositol phosphate production showed a peak at 1 mg sodium deoxycholate/ml. SP, fluoride and guanine nucleotide stimulatory effects on hydrolysis of polyphosphoinositide (PPI) were unaffected by pretreatment of anterior pituitary cells with cholera or pertussis toxin for 12h. Treatment of anterior pituitary membranes with cholera and pertussis toxin yielded [32P]ADP-ribosylation of two proteins with molecular masses of 45 and 41 kDa respectively. We conclude that SP coupling to PI-PLC through the NK1 receptor in the rat anterior pituitary involves a GTP-binding mechanism distinct from the G-proteins associated with adenylate cyclase, Gs and Gi.
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PMID:Substance P stimulation of polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis in rat anterior pituitary membranes involves a GTP-dependent mechanism. 171 80

Substance P excites neurons by suppressing inward rectification channels. We have investigated whether the substance P receptor interacts with the inward rectification channels through a guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G protein) by using dissociated cultured neurons from the nucleus basalis of newborn rats. During intracellular application of guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate and 5'-guanylyl imidodiphosphate, hydrolysis-resistant GTP analogues that irreversibly stimulate G proteins, substance P application almost irreversibly suppressed the inward rectification channels. Pretreatment with pertussis toxin did not significantly influence substance P action. Intracellular application of cAMP and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine or of 9-(tetrahydro-2-furyl)adenine (SQ 22,536), an inhibitor of adenylate cyclase, did not alter the substance P-induced response. We conclude that the inhibition of inward rectification channels by substance P is mediated through a G protein. However, the effect is not mediated through adenylate cyclase or the cAMP system. This G protein, which is insensitive to pertussis toxin, could be an unidentified G protein.
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PMID:Pertussis toxin-insensitive G protein mediates substance P-induced inhibition of potassium channels in brain neurons. 245 66

1. Chronic beta 1-adrenoceptor blocker therapy induces hyperresponsiveness of the beta 2-adrenoceptor in human atrium. To investigate whether the beta 2-adrenoceptor sensitization induced by beta 1-adrenoceptor blockade is associated with altered gene expression of G-proteins, which couple the receptors to adenylate cyclase, we determined the mRNA expression of the alpha- and beta-subunits of the stimulatory G-protein, Gs, and inhibitory G-protein, Gi, in human right atrial appendage by polymerase chain reaction and by enhanced chemiluminescence Northern blot analysis. 2. The polymerase chain reaction revealed bands of predicted size of Gs alpha, both short form and long form, all three Gi alpha subtypes and three G beta subtypes. In Northern blots, the digoxigenin-labelled antisense cRNA probe specific for Gi alpha 2 hybridized to a predominant band at 2.3 kb, whereas the Gi alpha 3 cRNA probe detected a message of 1.8 kb in total RNA extracted from human atrium. The cRNA probe encoding Gs alpha revealed one major band at 1.9 kb and one minor band at 1.7 kb. The G beta cRNA probes detected messages of 3.4 kb for G beta 1, 1.8 kb for G beta 2 and 1.9 kb for G beta 3 in human atrium. 3. The mRNA levels of Gs alpha in beta 1-adrenoceptor-blocked atria (n = 12) were not significantly different from those in non-beta-adrenoceptor-blocked atria (n = 12), nor were there any significant differences in the Gi alpha 2 mRNA levels between atria from patients treated with beta 1-adrenoceptor blockers and untreated patients. The ratios of 1.9-kb Gs alpha mRNA to 1.7-kb Gs alpha mRNA and of 1.9-kb Gs alpha mRNA to 2.3-kb Gi alpha 2 mRNA in beta 1-adrenoceptor-blocked patients were almost identical to those in non-beta-adrenoceptor-blocked patients. Neither G beta 1 mRNA nor G beta 2 mRNA expression in beta 1-adrenoceptor-blocked atria differed significantly from that in non-beta-adrenoceptor-blocked atria. 4. We conclude that the previously observed sensitization following beta 1-adrenoceptor-blockade of beta 2-adrenoceptors in human atria is unlikely to be mediated by altered gene expression of the alpha- and beta-subunits of G-proteins.
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PMID:Expression of the alpha- and beta-subunits of the stimulatory and inhibitory G-proteins in beta 1-adrenoceptor-blocked and non-beta-adrenoceptor-blocked human atrium. 761 16

The agonist-occupied forms of several G-protein-coupled receptors that modulate the activity of adenylycyclase via Gs (e.g. beta 2-adrenergic) or Gi (e.g. alpha 2-adrenergic and cardiac muscarinic) are phosphorylated by beta-adrenergic receptor kinases (beta ARK 1 and beta ARK 2). beta ARK-catalyzed phosphorylation of these receptors appears to correlate with their agonist-induced desensitization. The possibility that beta ARK isozymes may also be involved in the desensitization of other G-protein-coupled receptors such as those mediating phosphoinositide (PI) hydrolysis was tested by determining the phosphorylation of the substance P receptor (SPR), which is coupled to PI hydrolysis in numerous tissues. Rat SPR was expressed in Sf9 cells, partially purified, and reconstituted in phospholipid vesicles. The reconstituted SPR bound the SPR agonist substance P, 125I-labeled with Bolton-Hunter reagent, with low affinity. However, addition of purified Gq/11 to the reconstituted SPR resulted in the conversion of all the receptors to a high affinity state, suggesting that SPR couples to Gq/11. Phosphorylation of the reconstituted SPR with purified beta ARK 1 or 2 in the absence and presence of substance P (SP) was then studied. In the presence of 100 microM SP, both kinases promoted phosphorylation of the receptor to a stoichiometry of 9 +/- 2 mol of phosphate/mol of receptor. However, no phosphorylation of the receptor could be detected in the absence of agonist. Agonist-induced phosphorylation of the receptor was blocked by coincubation with the SPR antagonist spantide. These results show that beta ARK isozymes may regulate the function of both adenylylcyclase as well as PI-coupled receptors, and suggest a role for beta ARK isozymes in SPR signal transduction.
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PMID:The substance P receptor, which couples to Gq/11, is a substrate of beta-adrenergic receptor kinase 1 and 2. 768 43

Synthetic peptides, corresponding to the amino acid sequences of the N- and C-terminal parts of the 3rd intracellular loop of the dopamine D2 receptor, attenuate dopaminergic adenylate cyclase inhibition in membranes. Both peptides also activate directly GTPase activity in membranes. We suggest a functional model for G(i)-coupled receptors where two sites in the 3rd inner loop compose the links for the receptor-G protein interaction thus providing the tools for a selective and adjustable response. Functional coupling was not affected by a peptide representing the insert in the long form of the dopamine D2 receptor (D2(long)). The selectivity pattern of conventional G protein-linked receptors also sheds some light on the recently observed interaction of beta-amyloid protein precursor (APP) complexes with G proteins.
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PMID:Two sites in the third inner loop of the dopamine D2 receptor are involved in functional G protein-mediated coupling to adenylate cyclase. 831 6

Previously, we showed that both D2 and D4 dopamine receptors inhibited adenylate cyclase in a pertussis toxin (Ptx)-sensitive manner in the dopamine-producing MN9D cell line, whereas only D2 receptors did so in a fibroblast cell line, CCL1.3. Of the known Ptx-sensitive G proteins, MN9D cells expressed G alpha i2, G alpha oA and G alpha oB, whereas CCL1.3 cells expressed only G alpha i2. Here we cotransfected MN9D and CCL1.3 cells with either the long form of the D2 receptor (D2L) or the D4 receptor and a mutant Ptx-resistant G protein alpha-subunit. When cotransfected CCL1.3 cell lines were tested for the ability of Ptx to block receptor-mediated inhibition of cyclic AMP accumulation, D2 receptors were found to couple to mutant G alpha i2 and G alpha i3 but not G alpha i1 or G alpha oA. D2 also coupled to mutant G alpha i2 but not G alpha oA in MN9D cells. In contrast, D4 receptors did not couple to either mutant G alpha i2 or G alpha oA subunits in MN9D cells. These data suggest that D4 receptor-mediated inhibition of adenylate cyclase is not coupled via the same mechanisms used by D2 receptors. D2L receptors are capable of coupling to more than one G protein in the modulation of cyclic AMP.
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PMID:Dopamine D2L receptor couples to G alpha i2 and G alpha i3 but not G alpha i1, leading to the inhibition of adenylate cyclase in transfected cell lines. 876 70

The aims of this study were to determine the effect and mechanism of action of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP) on gallbladder muscle. Guinea pig gallbladder muscle strips were studied isometrically. In noncontracted muscle strips, PACAP-27 and PACAP-38 caused dose-dependent contractions, whereas vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) caused dose-dependent relaxation. PACAP-27 contractions were resistant to tetrodotoxin, atropine, and the substance P receptor antagonist [D-Arg1,D-Trp7,9,Leu11]substance P (Spantide) but were inhibited by the selective PACAP receptor antagonist PACAP-(6-38) and slightly increased with the VIP receptor antagonist [4-chloro-D-Phe6,Leu17]VIP. In cholecystokinin-precontracted muscle strips, both VIP and PACAP caused relaxations. This relaxant effect of PACAP-27 was inhibited by PACAP-(6-38) and [4-chloro-D-Phe6,Leu17]VIP, but not by tetrodotoxin. These studies suggest that PACAP has dual excitatory and inhibitory effects on guinea pig gallbladder muscle. The contractile effect of PACAP is a direct action on muscle through PACAP-preferring receptors. The relaxant effect of PACAP is seen in precontracted muscle strips and mediated through VIP/ PACAP-preferring receptors.
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PMID:Dual effects of PACAP on guinea pig gallbladder muscle via PACAP-preferring and VIP/PACAP-preferring receptors. 922 79

The purpose of the present study was to elucidate how the dopamine agonist bromocriptine affected receptor-effector systems in GH cells by measuring adenylate cyclase (AC) and phospholipase C (PL-C) modulation in cell membrane preparations. To perturb the interaction between the receptor and G-protein, polyclonal antibodies reacting with the predicted C-terminal amino acid sequence of G-protein alpha-subunits were used. The effect of bromocriptine on secretagogue elicited prolactin (PRL) secretion from whole cells was also monitored. Bromocriptine inhibited the basal secretion of PRL in a dose dependent manner, and completely abolished both the thyroliberin (TRH) and the vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) stimulated PRL secretion in GH(3) cells. Maximal inhibitory effect on PRL egress elicited by both hormones was obtained at 10-50 microM of bromocriptine. Messenger RNAs for both the short and long form of the D(2) receptor (D(2)R) were demonstrated in all three GH cell lines using the RT-PCR technique, advocating that D(2)Rs are coupled to distinct G-proteins and, thus, probably being responsible for the observed effects of bromocriptine in these cell lines. Basal AC activity, as measured in membrane preparations of GH(3) cells, remained unaffected by bromocriptine treatment (10 microM), while TRH and VIP stimulated AC activities (175% and 350% of control values, respectively) were partially inhibited (by some 50%). This inhibitory effect of bromocriptine was completely and specifically abolished in the presence of an antiserum against G(i2)alpha. Basal PL-C activity was also unaffected by bromocriptine, while TRH stimulated PL-C activity (350% of control value) was inhibited by bromocriptine (10 microM) by approximately 50%. Immunoblocking of G(q/11)alpha, however, reduced the stimulatory effect of TRH on PL-C activation by some 65%, while an antiserum against G(o)alpha partly counteracted the inhibitory effect of bromocriptine (10 microM) on TRH stimulated PL-C activity. Thus, TRH dependent AC stimulation was counteracted by bromocriptine via G(i2). TRH activation of PL-C occurs via G(q/11), while inhibition by bromocriptine appears to involve G(o). These mechanisms probably account for the major part of the actions of bromocriptine, however, other not yet recognised intermediates may be involved.
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PMID:Distinct guanine nucleotide binding protein alpha-subunit receptor coupling in GH cell lines: effects of bromocriptine and hormones on effector enzyme modulation. 1183 59

The initial goal of this study was to analyze, using photolabeling, the interactions between Substance P and its tachykinin NK-1 receptor. Therefore, the photoreactive amino acid para-benzoyl-phenylalanine (pBzl)Phe was incorporated into the Substance P sequence from position 4 to 11 leading to Bapa0[(pBzl)Phex]SP analogs. Biotinyl sulfone-5-aminopentanoic acid (Bapa) was introduced in order to purify the covalent complex. These photoreactive SP analogs were first assayed for their affinity for the two binding sites associated with the NK-1 receptor, as well as for their potency in activating the phospholipase C and adenylate cyclase pathways. All analogs photoreactive from position 4 to 11 have moderate to high affinity for the two NK-1 receptor-binding sites, except for the analog modified at position 7. This affinity could be correlated to their potency to activate the phospholipase C and adenylate cyclase pathways, except for the analog photoreactive at position 11. Bapa0[(pBzl)Phe11]SP was found to be an agonist in the phospholipase C pathway and an antagonist in the adenylate cyclase pathway, other analogs modified at position 11 were therefore analyzed. Among these, Bapa0[Pro9, (pBzl)Hcy(O2)11]SP is a partial agonist, whereas Bapa0[Hcy(ethylaminodansyl)11]SP is a full agonist in the phospholipase C pathway, the two analogs being antagonist in the adenylate cyclase pathway. These results show that analogs of SP can be simultaneously agonist at one binding site and antagonist at the other binding site associated with the NK-1 receptor.
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PMID:Analogs of Substance P modified at the C-terminus which are both agonist and antagonist of the NK-1 receptor depending on the second messenger pathway. 1196 80


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