title: Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to GS protein alpha-subunit sequence accelerate differentiation of fibroblasts to adipocytes.
abstract: Fully-differentiated mouse 3T3-L1 fibroblasts accumulate large amounts of lipid at 7-10 days after induction by insulin or by dexamethasone and a methyl xanthine. G proteins mediate transmembrane signalling from a diverse group of cell-surface receptors to effector units that include phospholipase C, adenylyl cyclase and ion channels. They are also targets of regulation themselves. 3T3-L1 fibroblasts display marked changes in levels of G protein when induced to differentiate to adipocytes. Here we show that cholera toxin, which ADP-ribosylates and activates the G protein subunit Gs alpha, blocks the induction of differentiation, whereas increasing intracellular cyclic AMP directly with the dibutyryl analogue or indirectly with pertussis toxin or forskolin does not affect differentiation. Oligodeoxynucleotides antisense to the sequence encoding Gs alpha accelerate differentiation markedly. The time course of adipogenesis declined from 7-10 days in controls to roughly 3 days in cultures treated with antisense-Gs alpha oligodeoxynucleotides, whereas oligodeoxynucleotides, antisense to Gi alpha 1, Gi alpha 3, and sense and missense to Gs alpha, had no such effect. Antisense-Gs alpha alone induced differentiation by day 7, indicating that Gs alpha activity modulates differentiation in 3T3-L1 cells, acting in a new role which is independent of increased intracellular cAMP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Watkins
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Malbon
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D016475:3T3 Cells; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D003907:Dexamethasone; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine