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Query: UMLS:C0043167 (pertussis)
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In mammalian cardiac muscle, muscarinic and adenosine receptors serve as inhibitory physiological modulators of myocardial functions. Dual inhibitory regulation of myocardial function via stimulation of these receptors is established through cyclic AMP-dependent and cyclic AMP-independent subcellular processes. The inhibitory signals triggered by agonist binding to the respective receptors are transmitted to the subsequent biochemical, electrophysiological and functional changes through activation of the GTP-binding proteins, Ni and/or N0, which couple the signal at binding sites to the catalytic subunit of adenylate cyclase in the actions mediated through the cyclic AMP-dependent mechanism, or to potassium channels in those mediated by cyclic AMP-independent processes preferentially exerted in atrial and SA nodal cells. The functional role of polyphosphoinositide breakdown promoted by muscarinic receptor activation in myocardium has not been elucidated. IAP (islet-activating protein, pertussis toxin) is capable of uncoupling the receptor stimulation to activation of Ni and/or N0, thus resulting in the inhibition of negative inotropic and chronotropic responses to muscarinic receptor agonists, and to adenosine and its derivatives such as N6-phenylisopropyladenosine and N6-methyladenosine. Both the cyclic AMP-dependent and cyclic AMP-independent inhibitory mechanisms are susceptible to IAP.
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PMID:[Adenosine and muscarinic receptors in regulation of myocardial contractility: dual mechanism of inhibitory action]. 289 52

Somatostatin activates an inwardly rectifying potassium conductance in AtT-20 clonal corticotrophs, a cell line derived from the mouse pituitary gland. The action of somatostatin is blocked by pertussis toxin indicating that a GTP-binding protein couples the somatostatin receptor to the potassium channel. The potassium conductance is depressed by cesium. Cesium also attenuates the suppression of adrenocorticotropin hormone secretion by somatostatin suggesting that the increase in potassium conductance plays a role in this action of somatostatin.
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PMID:A potassium conductance contributes to the action of somatostatin-14 to suppress ACTH secretion. 289 64

The actions of agonists at alpha 2-adrenoceptors were investigated on single cells of the submucous plexus of the guinea pig small intestine. Intracellular recordings were made from neurons in vitro, and noradrenaline and other agonists were applied by adding them to the superfusion solution. The actions of noradrenaline released from terminals of sympathetic nerves was also studied by stimulating the nerves and recording the inhibitory postsynaptic current; this current can be mimicked by brief applications of noradrenaline from a pipette tip positioned within 50 micron of the neuron. The alpha 2-adrenoceptor-bound noradrenaline with an apparent dissociation constant of 15 microM, determined by the method of partial irreversible receptor inactivation: clonidine and 5-bromo-6-(2-imidazolin-2-ylamino)-quinoxaline (UK 14304) had dissociation constants of 36 nM and 2.5 microM respectively. Noradrenaline and UK 14304 caused maximal hyperpolarizations, or outward currents; clonidine was a full agonist in only 4 of 35 cells, a partial agonist in 25 cells, and without effect in 4 cells. Clonidine acted as a competitive antagonist of noradrenaline in those cells in which it lacked agonist action; its dissociation equilibrium constant determined by Schild analysis was about 20 nM. The potassium conductance increased by the alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists, whether they were applied exogenously or released by stimulation of presynaptic nerves, showed marked inward rectification. The neurons showed inward rectification also in the absence of agonist; both types of rectification were eliminated by rubidium (2 mM), barium (3-30 microM) and caesium (2 mM). When the recording electrodes contained the nonhydrolysable derivative of guanosine 5'-triphosphate (GTP), guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate, GTP-gamma-S), the effects of applied alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists did not reverse when they were washed from the tissue, implying that GTP hydrolysis is necessary for the termination of agonist action. Pretreatment with pertussis toxin abolished the inhibitory synaptic potential (IPSP) and agonist-induced hyperpolarizations. Phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate, forskolin, cholera toxin and sodium fluoride did not affect the responses to alpha 2-adrenoceptor agonists. The synaptic hyperpolarization resulting from sympathetic nerve stimulation, or the hyperpolarization evoked by a brief (3-5 ms) application of noradrenaline, began after a latency of about 30 and 60 ms respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Mechanism of synaptic inhibition by noradrenaline acting at alpha 2-adrenoceptors. 290 Nov 10

In atrial cardiac preparations adenosine exerts a receptor-mediated negative inotropic effect due to an increased potassium conductance. Pretreatment of guinea pigs with pertussis toxin abolished the negative inotropic and action potential shortening effect of adenosine and the adenosine analogue (-)-N6-phenylisopropyladenosine (PIA). As pertussis toxin specifically inactivates guanine nucleotide-binding proteins involved in the signal transfer from receptor binding to specific cell functions, it is concluded that a guanine nucleotide-binding protein is involved in the regulation of the receptor-mediated change in potassium conductance and force of contraction.
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PMID:Role of guanine nucleotide-binding protein in the regulation by adenosine of cardiac potassium conductance and force of contraction. Evaluation with pertussis toxin. 309 Apr 54

The GTP-binding proteins involved in signal transduction now constitute a large family of so called 'G proteins'. Among them, Gs and Gi mediate the stimulation and inhibition of adenyl cyclase, respectively. Recently, another G protein (Go) abundant in brain was purified, but its function is still unknown. Like other G proteins, Go is a heterotrimer (alpha, beta, gamma) and the beta-gamma subunits seem to be identical to those of Gs and Gi. The alpha subunit of Go (Go-alpha) has a molecular weight of 39 kDa lower than those of Gi (41 kDa) or Gs (45-52 kDa). A positive immunoreativity with antibodies against Go-alpha was found in peripheral nervous tissues, adrenal medulla, heart, adenohypophysis and adipocytes. Go ressembles Gi in its ability to be ADP-ribosylated by pertussis toxin, and sequence analysis reveals a 68% homology between their alpha subunits. The GTPase activity of Go is several times higher than that of Gi. The affinity of the beta-gamma entity is about 3 times higher for Gi than for Go. In reconstitution studies, Go does not mimic the inhibitory effect of Gi on adenyl cyclase-stimulated by Gs. On the contrary, Go is as efficient as Gi in reconstituting the functional coupling with the muscarinic, alpha 2-adrenergic and chemotactic agent f-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP), receptors. Recent studies seem to rule out Go as the coupling G protein of phospholipase C, the enzyme involved in phosphatidyl inositol trisphosphate hydrolysis. However, Go remains a putative candidate for transduction mechanisms coupled to a potassium channel or to a voltage-dependent calcium channel.
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PMID:Go, a major brain GTP binding protein in search of a function: purification, immunological and biochemical characteristics. 311 14

The present study has been performed to test for the involvement of pertussis toxin-sensitive GTP-binding proteins (G-proteins) in the cellular transduction of hormone-induced activation of potassium channels. In Madin Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells, a permanent cell line from dog kidney, epinephrine, acetylcholine, bradykinin, serotonin and ATP hyperpolarize the cell membrane by activation of potassium channels. In cells pretreated with pertussis toxin the hyperpolarizations elicited by either acetylcholine or serotonin are completely abolished; that following epinephrine is blunted and only transient. The hyperpolarizing effects of ATP or bradykinin are not affected by pertussis toxin. Thus, in MDCK cells both pertussis toxin-dependent and -independent mechanisms operate in parallel to enhance the potassium conductance of the cell membrane.
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PMID:Pertussis toxin-dependent and -independent hormonal effects on cultured renal epithelioid cells. 313 57

In vitro intracellular recording techniques in the rat brain slice preparation demonstrate that both serotonin (5-HT) and baclofen (a GABAB-receptor agonist) inhibit 5-HT neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus by inducing a hyperpolarization of membrane potential and a decrease in apparent input resistance (Rin). Similar to previous results with 5-HT, baclofen-mediated inhibition of 5-HT neurons also shows an apparent reversal potential (Erev) of approximately -90 mV, consistent with mediation by K channels. In slices from rats that had previously received a local injection of pertussis toxin (0.5 microgram) immediately rostral to the dorsal raphe nucleus, there was a virtually complete blockade of inhibition induced by both the serotonin autoreceptor and the GABAB-receptor. Intracellular injection of the stable GTP analog (guanosine-5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate); GTP gamma S) mimicked the actions of both 5-HT and baclofen. The inhibitory actions of GTP gamma S were not additive with those of either 5-HT or baclofen, suggesting they share some common effector system. The stable cAMP analog (8-bromo-adenosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-Br-cAMP] had no effect on membrane potential or apparent input resistance and did not block the inhibitory actions mediated by 5-HT or baclofen. The local injection of pertussis toxin (0.5 microgram) caused a far greater blockade of 5-HT and baclofen-mediated inhibition than the intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of pertussis toxin (1.0 micrograms). In parallel sets of animals with i.c.v. and local injections, we measured the pertussis toxin-mediated ADP-ribosylation of G proteins in membranes prepared from dorsal raphe nucleus. These biochemical studies showed that sensitivities to 5-HT and baclofen correlated with the concentration of remaining non-ADP-ribosylated G proteins following in vivo pertussis toxin injection. In summary, these results provide evidence for the role of a G protein(s) in the mediation of the cAMP-independent increase in potassium conductance in 5-HT neurons of dorsal raphe nucleus induced by both 5-HT1A- and GABAB-receptors.
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PMID:Evidence for G protein mediation of serotonin- and GABAB-induced hyperpolarization of rat dorsal raphe neurons. 313 62

The hippocampal slice preparation was used to classify cholinergic effects in terms of muscarinic receptor subtypes (M1 or M2) and biochemical effector systems linked to these effects in CA1 pyramidal cells. Based on the action of the M1 antagonist pirenzepine and the M2 antagonist gallamine, the muscarinic-induced membrane depolarization and blockade of the afterhyperpolarization appear to result from activation of an M1 receptor, while the cholinergic depression of the EPSP and the blockade of a potassium current termed the M-current appears to involve the activation of an M2 receptor. All of the muscarinic actions could be observed in pertussis toxin-treated hippocampi, suggesting that a pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein is not involved in these actions. Cholinergic agents that are weak agonists of phosphoinositide (PI) turnover are fully effective in all of the muscarinic actions except the blockade of the M-current on which they had little agonist activity and actually blocked the action of full agonists. These results strongly suggest that the blockade of the M-current may involve stimulation of PI turnover. In addition, we show that the blockade of the M-current is mimicked by intracellular application of inositol trisphosphate. Our results do not show any obvious relationship between the muscarinic receptor subtypes and the biochemical effector systems.
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PMID:Classification of muscarinic responses in hippocampus in terms of receptor subtypes and second-messenger systems: electrophysiological studies in vitro. 314 94

These experiments show that a synaptic response in brain, namely, the late inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP) of hippocampal CA3 neurons in the rat hippocampal slice, was blocked by 2 compounds affecting guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding proteins. The first of these compounds, pertussis toxin, an inactivator of several GTP-binding proteins (G-proteins), excluding the GTP-binding protein that stimulates adenylyl cyclase, was injected intrahippocampally. The second compound, GTP gamma S, a nonhydrolyzable analog of GTP, was injected directly into postsynaptic neurons via the recording electrode. An ADP-ribosylation assay verified that the pertussis toxin had modified a major portion of the hippocampal pertussis toxin substrates of approximately 40,000 apparent molecular weight. Each agent blocked the conductance associated with both the late IPSP and the response to baclofen, an agonist for a putative receptor mediating the late IPSP (GABAB). These compounds did not block the mossy fiber excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP), the GABAA-mediated early IPSP, or the response to the GABAA agonist 4,5,6,7-tetrahydroisoxazolo-(5,4-C)-pyridin-3-ol. It is possible that these measurements underestimated the degree of blockade of the specific potassium conductance of the late IPSP since at least a portion of the GTP-gamma S-insensitive response was not a potassium conductance at all. Rather, it was a response with a reversal potential some 30 mV positive to that of the late IPSP. On the basis of these experiments, I propose that the transmitter receptor of the late IPSP activates a potassium conductance via a G-protein that is sensitive to blockade by pertussis toxin and that GTP gamma S and baclofen activate a conductance that depends upon the same G-proteins and/or potassium channels as does the late IPSP.
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PMID:Evidence that guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding proteins control a synaptic response in brain: effect of pertussis toxin and GTP gamma S on the late inhibitory postsynaptic potential of hippocampal CA3 neurons. 314 13

The effects of adenosine and the adenosine receptor agonist (-)-N(6)-phenyl-isopropyladenosine (PIA) in the presence of isoprenaline on isometric force of contraction and calcium dependent slow action potentials were studied in papillary muscles from guinea pigs pretreated with pertussis toxin and control guinea pigs. Hearts from guinea pigs treated in the same way with pertussis toxin or solvent alone underwent histological examination. For comparison, hearts from isoprenaline treated guinea pigs were also studied. Pertussis toxin specifically inactivates guanine nucleotide binding proteins (N proteins) involved in transmembrane signal transduction in many receptor systems (for example, adenosine receptors, m-cholinoceptors, and and alpha 2 adrenoceptors). In papillary muscles from control guinea pigs adenosine and PIA in the presence of isoprenaline produced a negative inotropic effect and inhibited the maximal rate of depolarisation of slow calcium dependent action potentials in potassium depolarised papillary muscles. After pretreatment with pertussis toxin the inhibitory effects both on force of contraction and on the maximal rate of depolarisation of adenosine and PIA were abolished. Treatment with pertussis toxin produced disseminated myocardial necrosis and a disseminated cellular calcium overload evidenced by glyoxal-2-bis-hydroxyanil (GBHA) staining. Similar lesions (for example, myocardial necrosis and cellular calcium overload) were also observed after treatment with isoprenaline. In controls neither myocardial necrosis nor cellular calcium overload was found. It is concluded that pertussis toxin sensitive N proteins are involved in the inhibitory effects of adenosine and PIA on force of contraction and on slow calcium inward current during beta adrenergic stimulation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Inhibition of the effects of adenosine on force of contraction and the slow calcium inward current by pertussis toxin is associated with myocardial lesions. 316 39


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