Mediation of PACAPlike neuropeptide transmission by coactivation of Ras/Raf and cAMP signal transduction pathways in Drosophila
Mediation of PACAPlike neuropeptide transmission by coactivation of Ras/Raf and cAMP signal transduction pathways in Drosophila
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果蝇中 Ras/Raf 和 cAMP 信号转导途径共激活介导 PACAP 样神经肽传递
作者:
Y. Zhong
MUCH work on the signal transduction mechanisms underlying neurotransmission has been directed towards studying the roles of the cyclic AMP and phosphoinositide pathways13. Upon ligand binding, the transmitter receptors interact with heterotrimeric G proteins, allowing Gα and Gβγ subunits to disengage2,3. The free Gα then modulates the activity of adenylyl cyclase and phospholipase C13. It has been suggested that the Gβγ complex which is activated through muscarinic or neuropeptide receptors can stimulate mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) via activation of the small guanine-nucleotide-binding protein Ras4,5. Sequential activation of the intermediates in the Ras/Raf serinethreonine protein kinase/MAPK kinase/MAPK/transcription factor pathway has emerged as a central mechanism for controlling cell proliferation and differentiation in yeast, worms, fruitflies and mammals611. Here we show, by analysis of Drosophila mutants, that synaptic current and modulation of K+ current, triggered by a pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating polypeptide-like neuropeptide12, are mediated by coactivation of the Ras/Raf and Ruta-agaadenylyl cyclase pathways. Thus the Ras/Raf pathway also appears to be essential for G-protein-coupled neurotransmission.
DOI:
10.1126/science.1553544
发表时间:
1992
期刊:
Science (New York, N.Y.)
影响因子:
--
作者:
Martin,GA;Yatani,A;Clark,R;Conroy,L;Polakis,P;Brown,AM;McCormick,F
通讯作者:
McCormick,F
影响因子:
1.9
作者:
Zhong,Y;Wu,CF
通讯作者:
Wu,CF