title: Reconstitution of agonist-stimulated phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate hydrolysis using purified m1 muscarinic receptor, Gq/11, and phospholipase C-beta 1.
abstract: We describe the reconstitution using purified proteins of the m1 muscarinic cholinergic pathway that activates phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate-specific phospholipase C via the G protein Gq/11. Recombinant m1 muscarinic receptor was co-reconstituted in lipid vesicles with either hepatic Gq/11 or with cerebral alpha q/11 and beta gamma subunits. The rate of [35S]GTP gamma S binding to the reconstituted vesicles was stimulated 20-50-fold by agonist. Maximal receptor-catalyzed binding was 7 mol of GTP gamma S bound per mol of receptor. The m2 muscarinic receptor was a poor activator of Gq/11. The binding of [alpha-32P]GTP to [gamma-32P]GTP to m1/Gq/11 vesicles indicated that the receptor could maintain up to 40% of the total coupled Gq/11 in the GTP bound state. The rate of hydrolysis of bound GTP, 0.8 min-1, is consistent with the rate predicted from the GTP binding data but is 3-5-fold lower than rates reported for other trimeric G proteins. Agonist-stimulated photo-affinity labeling with gamma-(4-azidoanilido)-[alpha-32P]GTP indicated that the receptor catalyzed binding to both alpha q and alpha 11 with about equal efficiency. Receptor-catalyzed activation of Gq/11 by GTP gamma S, measured as the ability to activate purified phospholipase C-beta 1, paralleled receptor-catalyzed [35S]GTP gamma S binding. Co-reconstitution of receptor, Gq/11, and phospholipase C-beta 1 restored GTP gamma S-dependent carbachol-stimulated hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. The m1 receptor, Gq/11, and phospholipase C-beta 1 are thus sufficient to initiate the hormonal inositol trisphosphate/diacylglycerol signaling pathway without additional proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Science, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9041.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berstein
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Blank
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Smrcka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Higashijima
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Sternweis
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Exton
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) / Q000378:metabolism; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins