title: Pertussis toxin-sensitive Gi protein involvement in epidermal growth factor-induced activation of phospholipase C-gamma in rat hepatocytes.
abstract: Treatment of rat hepatocytes with epidermal growth factor (EGF) produced an enhanced tyrosine phosphorylation of the EGF receptor and phospholipase C-gamma (PLC-gamma) in conjunction with the mobilization of Ca2+. Approximately 30% of the total PLC-gamma was tyrosine-phosphorylated with a maximum being reached after 30 s of incubation with EGF. Pretreatment of the rats with pertussis toxin prior to isolation of the hepatocytes blocked EGF-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of PLC-gamma and Ca2+ mobilization but had no effect on autophosphorylation of the EGF receptor or Ca2+ responses elicited by angiotensin II or phenylephrine. Under these conditions Gi protein alpha subunits were fully ADP-ribosylated. A 41-kDa Gi protein alpha subunit was found to be present in the anti-PLC-gamma immune complex after EGF stimulation as shown by in vitro ADP-ribosylation using [32P]NAD+ and activated pertussis toxin. The kinetics of association between PLC-gamma with Gi alpha protein reached a maximum after 1 min of incubation with EGF. Antibodies specific for the EGF receptor also coimmunoprecipitated a Gi protein alpha subunit. Treatment of hepatocytes with EGF caused first an increase and then a decrease in the amount of Gi protein alpha subunit associated with the EGF receptor. In contrast, studies with cultured rat liver (WB) cells, a cell line in which EGF stimulation of phosphoinositide hydrolysis is not inhibited by pertussis toxin, showed that a stable complex of Gi alpha was not formed with either PLC-gamma or EGF receptor immunoprecipitates. These results indicate that a pertussis toxin-sensitive Gi protein is uniquely involved in the signal transduction pathway mediating EGF-induced activation of PLC-gamma and Ca2+ mobilization in hepatocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baffy
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Williamson
mesh_terms: D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003600:Cytosol / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012016:Reference Values; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D002118:Calcium