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Guanine Nucleotide Exchange-Independent Activation of Gs Protein by β2-Adrenoceptor

Özlem Uğur, Şükrü Sadik Öner, Paola Molinari, Caterina Ambrosio, Kemal Sayar and H. Ongun Onaran
Molecular Pharmacology September 2005, 68 (3) 720-728; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.104.010306
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β2-Adrenoceptor-mediated activation of Gs and adenylyl cyclase or other receptor-mediated G protein activations is believed to occur by receptor-catalyzed replacement of GDP with GTP on the α-subunit of the G protein. Here we showed that a β2-adrenoceptor-Gs system, heterologously expressed in cyc- or human embryonic kidney (HEK)-293 cells, can be activated in the presence of GDP or its phosphorylation-resistant analog, guanosine 5′-O-(2-thiodiphosphate) (GDPβS). The potency and maximal ability of GDP to activate Gs and adenylyl cyclase were identical to those of GTP. GDP-mediated activation of adenylyl cyclase, similar to that mediated by GTP, was concentration-dependent, required high magnesium concentrations, was inhibited by inverse agonists, and was correlated with the efficacy of receptor ligands used to stimulate the receptor. UDP did not block the GDP-mediated activation, although it completely blocked the formation of a small amount of GTP (∼5% GDP) from GDP. Moreover, the activation of Gs in the presence of GDP was insensitive to cholera toxin treatment of the cells, whereas that observed in the presence of GTP was amplified by the treatment, which showed that the activation observed in the presence of GDP was not mediated by GTP. Therefore, we concluded that GDP itself could mediate β-adrenoceptor-induced activation of Gs-adenylyl cyclase system as much as GTP. We discuss the results in the context of the current paradigm of receptor-mediated G protein activation and propose an additional mode of activation for β2-adrenoceptor-Gs adenylyl cyclase system where nucleotide exchange is not necessary and GDP and GTP play identical roles in receptor-induced Gs protein activation.

  • Received December 14, 2004.
  • Accepted June 1, 2005.
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Özlem Uğur, Şükrü Sadik Öner, Paola Molinari, Caterina Ambrosio, Kemal Sayar and H. Ongun Onaran
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Molecular Pharmacology September 1, 2005, 68 (3) 720-728; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.104.010306
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