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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 286: C22-C30, 2004. First published September 3, 2003; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00229.2003
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RECEPTORS AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION

The Ca2+-sensing receptor couples to G{alpha}12/13 to activate phospholipase D in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells

Chunfa Huang, Kristine M. Hujer, Zhenzhen Wu, and R. Tyler Miller

Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, and Louis Stokes Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106

Submitted 2 June 2003 ; accepted in final form 29 August 2003

The Ca2+-sensing receptor (CaR) couples to multiple G proteins involved in distinct signaling pathways: G{alpha}i to inhibit the activity of adenylyl cyclase and activate ERK, G{alpha}q to stimulate phospholipase C and phospholipase A2, and G{beta}{gamma} to stimulate phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. To determine whether the receptor also couples to G{alpha}12/13, we investigated the signaling pathway by which the CaR regulates phospholipase D (PLD), a known G{alpha}12/13 target. We established Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cell lines that stably overexpress the wild-type CaR (CaRWT) or the nonfunctional mutant CaRR796W as a negative control, prelabeled these cells with [3H]palmitic acid, and measured CaR-stimulated PLD activity as the formation of [3H]phosphatidylethanol (PEt). The formation of [3H]PEt increased in a time-dependent manner in the cells that overexpress the CaRWT but not the CaRR796W. Treatment of the cells with C3 exoenzyme inhibited PLD activity, which indicates that the CaR activates the Rho family of small G proteins, targets of G{alpha}12/13. To determine which G protein(s) the CaR couples to in order to activate Rho and PLD, we pretreated the cells with pertussis toxin to inactivate G{alpha}i or coexpressed regulators of G protein-signaling (RGS) proteins to attenuate G protein signaling (RGS4 for G{alpha}i and G{alpha}q, and a p115RhoGEF construct containing the RGS domain for G{alpha}12/13). Overexpression of p115RhoGEF-RGS in the MDCK cells that overexpress CaRWT inhibited extracellular Ca2+-stimulated PLD activity, but pretreatment of cells with pertussis toxin and overexpression of RGS4 were without effect. The involvement of other signaling components such as protein kinase C, ADP-ribosylation factor, and phosphatidylinositol biphosphate was excluded. These findings demonstrate that the CaR couples to G{alpha}12/13 to regulate PLD via a Rho-dependent mechanism and does so independently of G{alpha}i and G{alpha}q. This suggests that the CaR may regulate cytoskeleton via G{alpha}12/13, Rho, and PLD.

calcium-sensing receptor; G proteins; RGS proteins



Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: C. Huang, Div. of Nephrology, Dept. of Medicine, Case Western Reserve Univ., Louis Stokes Veteran Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Blvd, 151W, Cleveland, OH 44106 (E-mail: cxh87{at}po.cwru.edu).




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