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Query: UMLS:C0043167 (
pertussis
)
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The effect of
pertussis
toxin on somatostatin-induced K+ current was examined in dissociated human pituitary tumor cells obtained from two acromegalic patients. Somatostatin-induced hyperpolarization or K+ current was observed in 20 of 23 cells in adenoma 1 and 10 of 11 cells in adenoma 2. After treatment with
pertussis
toxin for 24 h, these responses were completely suppressed (0/14 in adenoma 1, 0/10 in adenoma 2). Spontaneous action potentials, K+, Na+, and Ca2+ currents were well preserved after
pertussis
toxin treatment. When crude membrane fraction was incubated with [32P]
NAD
, a 41K protein was ADP-ribosylated by
pertussis
toxin. Hormone release was inhibited by somatostatin and this inhibition was blocked by
pertussis
toxin treatment.
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PMID:Pertussis toxin inhibits somatostatin-induced K+ conductance in human pituitary tumor cells. 244 Mar 14
We used
pertussis
toxin to study the mechanism(s) by which divalent cations lower cellular cAMP content in bovine parathyroid cells. In cultured parathyroid cells, high extracellular Ca2+ (5 mM) or Mg2+ (5-10 mM) lowers dopamine-stimulated cAMP content by 70-90%.
Pertussis
toxin (0.5 microgram/ml) totally blocks the inhibitory effects of Ca2+ and Mg2+ on cAMP content. Ba2+ and Sr2+ (5 mM) also lower cAMP content by 80-90%, and this effect is, likewise, blocked by
pertussis
toxin. Pretreatment with
pertussis
toxin had no effect on the release of cAMP into the extracellular fluid. The toxin also did not modify phosphodiesterase activity in sonicates of parathyroid cells (42.68 +/- 3.26 vs. 47.00 +/- 2.82 pmol cAMP hydrolyzed/10(6) cells.20 min in control and toxin-treated cells, respectively). Moreover, addition of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor isobutyl-methylxanthine did not modify the inhibition of dopamine-stimulated cAMP accumulation by 5 mM Ca2+ in control cells (85% vs. 86% inhibition, respectively, with and without isobutylmethylxanthine).
Pertussis
toxin-catalyzed ADP ribosylation in homogenates of control cells demonstrated the presence of two substrates with mol wt of 40K and 41K. Preexposure of cells to
pertussis
toxin overnight resulted in the complete loss of both substrates on subsequent ADP ribosylation with [32P]
NAD
.
Pertussis
toxin pretreatment did not enhance adenylate cyclase activity indirectly via reducing the extracellular Ca2+-induced rise in cytosolic Ca2+, since the cytosolic Ca2+ level at 5 mM Ca2+ was about 60% higher in
pertussis
toxin-treated than in control cells (531 +/- 85 vs. 326 +/- 35 nM; P less than 0.05). In addition, ionomycin had no significant effect on cellular cAMP levels in control cells despite increasing the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration to levels as high as 1700 nM at 10(-5) M. Thus, changes in cytosolic Ca2+ phosphodiesterase activity, or efflux of cAMP from the cell cannot explain the inhibition of cAMP accumulation by divalent cations or the reversal of this effect by
pertussis
toxin. Instead, the present data suggest that extracellular divalent cations modulate the formation of cellular cAMP in parathyroid cells by a process involving a
pertussis
toxin-sensitive guanine nucleotide regulatory protein, presumably inhibition of adenylate cyclase by Gi via a receptor-like mechanism.
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PMID:Divalent cations suppress 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate accumulation by stimulating a pertussis toxin-sensitive guanine nucleotide-binding protein in cultured bovine parathyroid cells. 246 88
In rat osteosarcoma (ROS 17/2.8) cells, which express osteoblastic features in culture, basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) reduces the level of alkaline phosphatase, type I collagen, and osteocalcin mRNA and increases osteopontin mRNA, independent of growth stimulation. The fibroblast growth factor (FGF) effects are dose dependent (EC50 about 6 pM) and are detected 24 h after addition of the growth factor. bFGF also reduces parathyroid hormone-stimulatable adenylate cyclase and alkaline phosphatase activity in these cells. Concomitant treatment with
pertussis
toxin (20 ng/ml) opposes the FGF effects. Although cyclic AMP elevating agents mimic
pertussis
toxin action on some parameters, they produce opposite effects on others, indicating that antagonism between
pertussis
toxin and bFGF is not mediated by cyclic AMP. bFGF caused a small reduction in steady state
NAD
-dependent ADP-ribosylation and had no detectable effects on the steady-state levels of the Gi alpha (alpha subunit of the inhibitory G protein) 1, 2, and 3, visualized with specific antibodies in these cells. Although the site of interaction of
pertussis
toxin and FGF remains to be determined, the findings presented here suggest separate control of growth and differentiation by bFGF and show that
pertussis
toxin treatment can modulate differentiation in these cells, presumably via Gi proteins.
...
PMID:Opposing effects of fibroblast growth factor and pertussis toxin on alkaline phosphatase, osteopontin, osteocalcin, and type I collagen mRNA levels in ROS 17/2.8 cells. 247 40
The effect of angiotensin II (AII) on adenylate cyclase was studied in the rat and rabbit heart sarcolemma. AII inhibited adenylate cyclase activity in the rat and rabbit sarcolemma in a concentration-dependent manner. Maximal inhibition of about 35-40% was observed in the rat, with an apparent Ki of about 3 nM; about 30% inhibition, with an apparent Ki of about 6 nM, was noted in rabbit sarcolemma. The inhibitory effect of AII was dependent on the presence of guanine nucleotides and was blocked by saralasin. In addition, AII also inhibited the stimulatory effects of isoproterenol and glucagon on adenylate cyclase. Ninhibin, a sperm factor which has been shown to modify the characteristics of inhibitory guanine nucleotide regulatory protein (Gi), attenuated the inhibitory effects of AII on basal and hormone-sensitive adenylate cyclase. Furthermore,
pertussis
toxin (PT) treatment of the sarcolemma in the presence of [32P]
NAD
resulted in ADP-ribosylation of a single 41-kD protein. PT also attenuated the AII-mediated inhibition of basal and hormone-sensitive adenylate cyclase and enhanced the magnitude of the stimulatory effects of isoproterenol and glucagon on adenylate cyclase activity. These data suggest that the rat myocardial sarcolemma contains AII receptors that are negatively coupled to adenylate cyclase through Gi protein.
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PMID:Angiotensin II receptors negatively coupled to adenylate cyclase in rat myocardial sarcolemma. Involvement of inhibitory guanine nucleotide regulatory protein. 249 5
The presence of GTP-binding proteins (G proteins) has been studied in murine adult choroid plexuses and cultured fetal choroidal or hypothalamic ependymal cells by ADP-ribosylation catalyzed by Bordetella
pertussis
toxin (PTX) and by immunodetection using affinity-purified polyclonal antibodies against the alpha subunit of the Go protein (Go alpha), the major brain G protein. ADP-ribosylation with 32P-
NAD
and PTX of choroid plexus revealed an intense labeling at the 40 kDa level in addition to the known PTX-substrates at 41 kDa (Gi alpha) and 39 kDa (Go alpha). This 40 kDa substrate was also predominant in cultured ependymal cells. However, a positive immunoreactivity with the anti-Go alpha antibodies was detected at the level of the 39 kDa faster component, indicating the presence of Go alpha in both choroid plexuses and cultured ependymal cells. In thin frozen sections as well as in cultured cells, Go alpha was mainly immunolocalized at the apical pole of choroidal ependymocytes and in the kinocilia of ciliated ependymal cells. At the ultrastructural level, using gold immunoprobes, the immunoreactivity of a Go alpha-like protein was detected on the cytoplasmic face of the apical plasma membrane, coated pits and vesicles, and in the apical cytoplasmic matrix. In ciliated ependymal cells, the positive immunostaining displayed a dotted pattern at the surface of demembranated axonema of apical kinocilia. These findings strongly suggest that G proteins, especially Go, are involved in transducing chemical signals that modulate traffic and exchanges between cerebrospinal fluid and ependyma through the apical membrane of ependymocytes.
...
PMID:Apical localization of the alpha subunit of GTP-binding protein Go in choroidal and ciliated ependymocytes. 249 7
A possible role for G proteins in contributing to the chronic actions of opiates was investigated in the rat locus coeruleus (LC). The LC is a relatively homogeneous brain region that appears to play an important role in mediating acute and chronic opiate action in animals, as well as in humans. It was found that chronic, but not acute, treatment of rats with morphine, under conditions known to induce states of opiate tolerance and dependence, produced an increase in the level of
pertussis
toxin-mediated ADP-ribosylation of G proteins in the LC. The morphine-induced increase in ADP-ribosylation occurred in both Gi and Go, and was observed over a 30-fold range of
NAD
concentrations used. Concomitant treatment of rats with the opiate receptor antagonist naltrexone blocked the ability of morphine to produce this effect. In contrast, chronic morphine had no effect on
pertussis
toxin-mediated ADP-ribosylation of Gi and Go in the other brain regions studied, including the neostriatum, frontal cortex, and dorsal raphe. Chronic morphine also had no effect on cholera toxin-mediated ADP-ribosylation of Gs in the LC and these other brain regions. Preliminary immunoblot analysis revealed that increased ADP-ribosylation levels of the alpha subunit of Go in the LC were associated with equivalent increases in the immunoreactivity of this protein in this brain region. It is possible that the observed regulation of G-proteins by morphine in the LC represents part of the changes that underlie opiate addiction in these neurons.
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PMID:Regulation of G proteins by chronic morphine in the rat locus coeruleus. 249 49
The interaction of cholinergic agonists and antagonists with smooth muscle muscarinic receptors has been investigated by measurement of displacement of the muscarinic antagonist [3H]QNB (quinuclidinyl benzilate) in membranes prepared from toad stomach. The binding of [3H]QNB was saturable, reversible and of high affinity (KD = 423 pM). The muscarinic receptor subtypes present in gastric smooth muscle were classified by determining the relative affinities for the selective antagonists pirenzepine (M1), AF-DX 116 (M2) and 4-DAMP (M3). The results from these studies indicate the presence of a heterogeneous population of muscarinic receptor subtypes, with a majority (88%) exhibiting characteristics of M3 receptors and a much smaller population (12%) exhibiting characteristics of M2 receptors. The binding curve for the displacement of [3H]QNB binding by the agonist oxotremorine was complex and was consistent with presence of two affinity states: 24% of the receptors had a high affinity (KD = 4.7 nM) for oxotremorine and 76% displayed nearly a 1,000-fold lower affinity (KD = 4.4 microM). When oxotremorine displacement of [3H]QNB binding was determined in the presence GTP gamma S, high affinity binding was abolished, indicating that high affinity agonist binding may represent receptors coupled to G proteins. Moreover,
pertussis
toxin pretreatment of membranes also abolished high affinity agonist binding, indicating that the muscarinic receptors are coupled to
pertussis
toxin-sensitive G proteins. Reaction of smooth muscle membranes with
pertussis
toxin in the presence [32P]
NAD
caused the [32P]-labelling of a 40 dD protein that may represent the alpha subunit(s) of G proteins that are known to by
NAD
-ribosylated by the toxin.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Interaction of agonists and selective antagonists with gastric smooth muscle muscarinic receptors. 249 69
Pertussis
toxin catalyzes ADP-ribosylation of a family of GTP-binding proteins (G alpha proteins) involved in signal transduction. It is thought that this activity is responsible for the attenuating effects of the toxin on the actions of a number of hormones and neurotransmitters. By utilizing specific antisera for detecting on electrophoretic transfer blots (Western blots) alpha proteins that are subject to ADP-ribosylation, it was found that treatment of these proteins with
pertussis
toxin resulted in shifts in their electrophoretic mobility and marked enhancement of their immunoreactivity compared to untreated proteins. No changes in mobility or immunoreactivity with specific antisera were observed with beta subunits of G proteins. Both effects on alpha proteins required the same ingredients, including detergents, ATP, and sulfhydryl reducing agents, that other studies have shown are required for activation of the ADP-ribosylating activity of
pertussis
toxin. However, NAD+, the substrate for ADP-ribosylating activity, was not required. Moreover, inhibition of the ADP-ribosylating activity by 50 mM nicotinamide failed to block the
NAD
-independent effects of the toxin. These findings indicate that the toxin induces structural changes in alpha proteins independently of its ADP-ribosylating activity and raise the possibility that these structural changes are primary to ADP-ribosylation and causative of many of the biological effects of
pertussis
toxin.
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PMID:Pertussis toxin induces structural changes in G alpha proteins independently of ADP-ribosylation. 252 74
The effect of amiloride on the hormonal regulation of adenylate cyclase was studied in the rat anterior pituitary. The diuretic did not alter basal adenylate cyclase but augmented the enzyme activity in an irreversible manner in the presence of guanosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate) (GTP gamma S) stimulated adenylate cyclase at lower concentrations and inhibited at higher concentrations. Amiloride treatment enhanced the stimulatory and abolished the inhibitory phase of GTP gamma S action. In addition, amiloride also attenuated the inhibitory effects of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF 99-126) and angiotensin II on cAMP levels and adenylate cyclase activity. On the other hand, amiloride showed an additive effect on the stimulation exerted by corticotropin-releasing factor and vasoactive intestinal peptide on adenylate cyclase in anterior pituitary and on isoproterenol-stimulated cAMP levels in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells.
Pertussis
toxin, in the presence of [alpha-32 P]
NAD
, catalyzed the ADP-ribosylation of two protein bands of Mr 41,000 and 39,000, referred to as Gi and Go, respectively, in the anterior pituitary, and 40,000-Da protein in the aorta, referred to as Gi. Amiloride treatment inhibited the labeling of all these bands in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Similarly, the
pertussis
toxin-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation of purified Gi from bovine brain was also inhibited by amiloride treatment. However, amiloride had no significant effect on the cholera toxin-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation of Gs. These data suggest that amiloride interacts with the guanine nucleotide regulatory proteins Gi and Go. Modification of Gi results in the attenuation of hormone-induced adenylate cyclase and cAMP inhibition. However, the interaction between amiloride and Go and the consequent Ca2+ mobilization and phosphatidylinositol turnover have to be investigated.
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PMID:Amiloride interacts with guanine nucleotide regulatory proteins and attenuates the hormonal inhibition of adenylate cyclase. 254 11
The structural gene of the S-1 subunit of
pertussis
toxin (rS-1) and the catalytic C180 peptide of the S-1 subunit (C180 peptide) were independently subcloned downstream of the tac promoter in Escherichia coli. Both constructions included DNA encoding for the predicted leader sequence of the S-1 subunit which was inserted between the tac promoter and the structural gene. E. coli containing the plasmids encoding for rS-1 and C180 peptide produced a peptide that reacted with anti-
pertussis
toxin antibody and had a molecular weight corresponding to that of the cloned gene; some degradation of rS-1 was observed. Extracts of E. coli containing plasmids encoding for rS-1 and the C180 peptide possessed ADP-ribosyltransferase activity. Subcellular fractionation showed that both rS-1 and the C180 peptide were present in the periplasm, indicating that E. coli recognized the
pertussis
toxin peptide leader sequence. The protein sequence of the amino terminus of the C180 peptide was identical to that of authentic S-1 subunit produced by Bordetella
pertussis
, which showed that E. coli leader peptidase correctly processed the
pertussis
toxin peptide leader sequence. Two single amino acid substitutions at residue 26 (C180I-26) and residue 139 (C180S-139) which were previously shown to reduce ADP-ribosyltransferase activity were introduced into the C180 peptide. C180I-26 possessed approximately 1% of the
NAD
-glycohydrolase activity of the C180 peptide, suggesting that tryptophan 26 functions in the interaction of
NAD
with the C180 peptide. In contrast, C180S-139 possessed essentially the same level of
NAD
-glycohydrolase activity as the C180 peptide, suggesting that glutamic acid 139 does not function in the interaction of
NAD
but plays a role in a later step in the ADP-ribosyltransferase reaction.
...
PMID:Expression and secretion of the S-1 subunit and C180 peptide of pertussis toxin in Escherichia coli. 254 19
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