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RECEPTORS AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION

Involvement of G protein -subunits in diverse signaling induced by G_i/o-coupled receptors: study using the Xenopus oocyte expression system

Department of Pharmacology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan

Submitted 5 March 2004 ; accepted in final form 13 May 2004

We studied the functions of -subunits of G_i/o protein using the Xenopus oocyte expression system. Isoproterenol (ISO) elicited cAMP production and slowly activating Cl^– currents in oocytes expressing ₂-adrenoceptor and the protein kinase A-dependent Cl^– channel encoded by the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), [D-Ala², D-Leu⁵]-enkephalin (DADLE), and baclofen enhanced ISO-induced cAMP levels and CFTR currents in oocytes expressing ₂-adrenoceptor-CFTR and 5-HT_1A receptor (5-HT_1AR), -opioid receptor, or GABA_B receptor, respectively. 5-HT also enhanced pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide (PACAP) 38-induced cAMP levels and CFTR currents in oocytes expressing PACAP receptor, CFTR and 5-HT_1AR. The 5-HT-induced enhancement of G_s-coupled receptor-mediated currents was abrogated by pretreatment with pertussis toxin (PTX) and coexpression of G transducin (G_t). The 5-HT-induced enhancement was further augmented by coexpression of the G-activated form of adenylate cyclase (AC) type II but not AC type III. Thus -subunits of G_i/o protein contribute to the enhancement of G_s-coupled receptor-mediated responses. 5-HT and DADLE did not elicit any currents in oocytes expressing 5-HT_1AR or -opioid receptor alone. They elicited Ca²⁺-activated Cl^– currents in oocytes coexpressing these receptors with the G-activated form of phospholipase C (PLC)-2 but not with PLC-1. These currents were inhibited by pretreatment with PTX and coexpression of G_t, suggesting that -subunits of G_i/o protein activate PLC-2 and then cause intracellular Ca²⁺ mobilization. Our results indicate that -subunits of G_i/o protein participate in diverse intracellular signals, enhancement of G_s-coupled receptor-mediated responses, and intracellular Ca²⁺ mobilization.

G protein-coupled receptor; cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene; cross talk; electrophysiology

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