title: Identification of a Mg(2+)- and guanyl nucleotide-dependent glucagon receptor cycle by use of permeabilized canine hepatocytes.
abstract: We have investigated (by use of intact and saponinpermeabilized canine hepatocytes) the roles of Mg2+ and guanyl nucleotides in regulating glucagon-receptor interactions. In contrast to intact cells, saponinpermeabilized hepatocytes bind [[125I]iodo-Tyr10]glucagon according to a single first-order process and exhibit a single apparent dissociation constant for glucagon binding during steady-state incubations. Further analysis of the permeabilized cell system demonstrated (a) the temperature-sensitive action of Mg2+ to enhance the extent and affinity of glucagon-receptor interactions at steady-state, (b) the conversion of Mg(2+)-independent hormone-receptor complexes to Mg(2+)-dependent complexes, (c) the effect of guanyl nucleotides to inhibit specifically the Mg(2+)-dependent component of glucagon-receptor interactions, (d) the more rapid association of glucagon with receptor during cell incubations occurring in the presence of guanyl nucleotides or in the absence of Mg2+, and (e) the ability of guanyl nucleotides to induce both high and low affinity states of glucagon-receptor interactions. Additional experiments identified an effect of cell incubations in the presence of glucagon to limit the subsequent binding of hormone, the ability of GDP, GTP, or guanosine-5'-3-O-(thio)triphosphate (GTP gamma S) to dissociate previously bound glucagon, and a specific requirement for GDP to re-activate the glucagon receptor for additional cycles of hormone binding. A model is presented in which (a) glucagon binds to receptor in a Mg(2+)-independent fashion, (b) glucagon-receptor complexes are converted to a Mg(2+)-dependent state, (c) guanyl nucleotide exchange initiates both an alteration in glucagon-receptor affinity and the subsequent dissociation of hormone, and (d) in the context of the intact cell, G protein-mediated hydrolysis of GTP to GDP is required to reinitialize the system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Post
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Tager
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004285:Dogs; D005934:Glucagon / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006150:Guanine Nucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) / Q000494:pharmacology; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011964:Receptors, Gastrointestinal Hormone / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D018027:Receptors, Glucagon; D012503:Saponins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D006150:Guanine Nucleotides; D011964:Receptors, Gastrointestinal Hormone; D018027:Receptors, Glucagon; D012503:Saponins; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D005934:Glucagon; D008274:Magnesium