Neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid NG108-15 cells endogenously express at least three receptors which activate adenylate cyclase via the intermediacy of the stimulatory G-protein, Gs. Sustained exposure of the cells to agonists at the IP prostanoid receptor results in a substantial decrease in cellular levels of the alpha-subunit of Gs (Gs alpha) [McKenzie and Milligan (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 17084-17093; Adie, Mullaney, McKenzie and Milligan (1992) Biochem J. 285, 529-536]. By contrast, equivalent treatments of the cells with agonists at either the A2 adenosine receptor or the secretin receptor have no measurable effect on cellular amounts of Gs alpha. To examine whether this is a feature specific to the IP prostanoid receptor or is related to the level of expression of the individual receptors, NG108-15 cells were transfected with a construct containing a human beta 2-adrenoceptor cDNA under the control of the beta-actin promoter. Two clones of these cells were examined in detail, beta N22, which expressed some 4000 fmol/mg of membrane protein, and clone beta N17, which expressed approx. 300 fmol/mg of membrane protein of the receptor. Exposure of beta N22 cells to the beta-adrenergic agonist isoprenaline resulted maximally in some 55% decrease in membrane-associated levels of Gs alpha, without effect on membrane levels of Gi2 alpha, Gi3 alpha, G(o) alpha or Gq alpha/G11 alpha. Dose-response curves to isoprenaline in beta N22 cells indicated that half-maximal down-regulation of Gs alpha was produced by approx. 1 nM agonist. Equivalent exposure of beta N17 cells to isoprenaline did not significantly modify levels of any of the G-protein alpha subunits, including Gs alpha. In beta N22 cells the IP prostanoid receptor was expressed at similar levels to those in wild-type NG108-15 cells, and treatment with iloprost resulted in a similar down-regulation of cellular Gs alpha levels. Iloprost was also effective in causing down-regulation of Gs alpha levels in clone beta N17. Concurrent addition of both isoprenaline and iloprost to clone beta N22 resulted in less than additive down-regulation of Gs alpha. These results demonstrate that the phenomenon of agonist-induced specific G-protein down-regulation is determined by the levels of expression of the receptor.
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June 15 1994
Agonist regulation of cellular Gs α-subunit levels in neuroblastoma × glioma hybrid NG108-15 cells transfected to express different levels of the human β 2 adrenoceptor
E J Adie;
E J Adie
1Molecular Pharmacology Group, Departments of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, U.K.
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G Milligan
G Milligan
1Molecular Pharmacology Group, Departments of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, U.K.
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Online ISSN: 1470-8728
Print ISSN: 0264-6021
© 1994 The Biochemical Society, London
1994
Biochem J (1994) 300 (3): 709–715.
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E J Adie, G Milligan; Agonist regulation of cellular Gs α-subunit levels in neuroblastoma × glioma hybrid NG108-15 cells transfected to express different levels of the human β 2 adrenoceptor. Biochem J 15 June 1994; 300 (3): 709–715. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bj3000709
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