A cholera toxin-sensitive G-protein stimulates exocytosis in sea urchin eggs.
A cholera toxin-sensitive G-protein stimulates exocytosis in sea urchin eggs.
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霍乱毒素敏感的 G 蛋白会刺激海胆卵的胞吐作用。
DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(87)90260-0
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发表时间:
1987
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Primakoff,P
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作者:
Turner,PR;Jaffe,LA;Primakoff,P
To identify guanine nucleotide binding proteins (G-proteins) in sea urchin eggs and to investigate their role in signal transduction at fertilization, we used cholera toxin (CTX) and pertussis toxin (PTX), which catalyze the specific ADP-ribosylation of G-proteins. Cell surface complex, consisting of plasma membranes and adhering cortical vesicles, was prepared from eggs ofLytechinus variegatusand incubated with32P-labeled NAD in the presence of CTX or PTX. CTX catalyzed the ADP-ribosylation of a 47-kDa polypeptide, whereas PTX catalyzed the ADP-ribosylation of a 40-kDa polypeptide. Microinjection of ∼30 μg/ml whole CTX or ∼20 μg/ml CTX subunit A into intact eggs caused exocytosis of cortical vesicles. However, if the eggs were first injected with EGTA (0.6–1.4 mM), injection of CTX did not cause exocytosis. Eggs injected with 0.8–2.8 mMcAMP or 1.0–4.0 mMadenosine 3′:5′-monophosphothioate cyclic Sp-isomer (cAMP-S), a hydrolysis-resistant analog of cAMP, did not undergo exocytosis. These results suggest that a CTX-sensitive G-protein is involved in regulating Ca2+release and exocytosis of cortical vesicles in sea urchin eggs.