Rapid kinetics of alpha 2-adrenergic inhibition of adenylate cyclase. Evidence for a distal rate-limiting step.
Rapid kinetics of alpha 2-adrenergic inhibition of adenylate cyclase. Evidence for a distal rate-limiting step.
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腺苷酸环化酶的 α2-肾上腺素能抑制的快速动力学。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00448a015
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发表时间:
1989
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Neubig,RR
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作者:
Thomsen,WJ;Neubig,RR
Revised Manuscript Received June 13, 1989 abstract: Activation and inhibition of adenylate cyclase in the presence of GTP, the natural guanine nucleotide regulator, are too fast to study by standard biochemical methods. In order to identify the rate-limiting steps in adenylatecyclase regulation, we measured the kinetics of stimulation and inhibition of the enzyme on a subsecond to second time scale using a novel rapid-mix quench technique. Even using our rapid-mix quench method, activation by PGE, and forskolin was instantaneous (cAMP accumulation was linear between 0.5 and 30 s). In contrast, we found a lag period of 1.2-10 s for epinephrine-mediated inhibition. The length of the lag depended on the concentration of GTP and monovalent cations present. In the absence of NaCl, the rate constant for the onset of inhibition (kinh) increased only slightly with GTP concentration saturating at a value of 0.16 s" 1 (i1/24.3 s) at 1 µ GTP. In the presence of 100 mM NaCl, kinh was strongly dependent on GTP concentration, reaching a maximum value of 0.57 s" 1(1/2 1.2 s) at100 µ GTP. Thus, activation of both G¡ and Gs in intact platelet membranes is much faster(tl/2< 5 s) than previously reported for reconstituted systems. Also, the strong dependence of the rate of adenylate cyclase inhibition on GTP concentration implies that the rate-limiting step in inhibition is distal to GTP binding. The effect of NaCl to increase the maximal rate of inhibition is specific for sodium since KC1 has no effect on kinh. In contrast, both sodiumand potassium chloride increased the steady-state EC50 for epinephrine and GTP while neither affected the maximum percentage inhibition. We used these kinetic and steady-state data to test several models of a2-receptor and G-mediated adenylate cyclase inhibition in a quantitative manner. Two distinct modelsgave similar fits of experimental data in the absence of NaCl. In one, the rate-limiting step is GDP release while in the other, activation of the GTP-liganded G protein is limiting. Only the latter model also explains our prior observation that preincubation of platelet membranes with a2 agonist in the absence of GTP increases the potency for inhibition [Thomsen et al.(1988) Mol. Pharmacol. 34, 814-822]. Thus, both inthe presence and in the absence of sodium chloride, the conformational change of GTP-liganded G¡ rather than GDP release is rate limiting. According to this model, sodium chloride increases the rate of three reaction steps:(1) agonist dissociation from receptor;(2) GTP dissociation from G¡; and (3) the rate-limiting conformational change of GTP-liganded G protein. The rapid kinetic studies reported here provide new information regarding regulation of adenylate cyclase by sodium chloride and the natural nucleotide regulator, GTP../Agonist binding to a2-adrenergic receptors results in in-hibition of adenylate cyclase (Limbird, 1981) and activation of other cellular responses such as phospholipases and ion channels (Limbird, 1988). These responses involve at least three distinct proteins: the a2-receptor itself, an inhibitory guanine nucleotide binding protein termed G¡* and the catalytic subunit of adenylate cyclase or other effector enzyme (Gilman, 1987). Because of the number of components and the complex nature of their interactions, the exact molecular mechanism of agonist-mediated G protein activation remains unclear. Studies of the transient kinetics of hormone and guanine nucleotide mediated stimulation and inhibition of adenylate cyclase using plasma membrane preparations have contributed to our understanding of the mechanism of these processes. Both stimulation and inhibition of adenylate cyclase by non-