title: Ontogenesis of alpha 2-adrenoceptor coupling with GTP-binding proteins in the rat telencephalon.
abstract: The ontogenesis of alpha 2-adrenoceptors and GTP-binding proteins and their coupling activity were investigated in telencephalon membranes of developing rats. The manganese-induced elevation of [3H]clonidine binding was increased in an age-dependent manner but the guanosine 5'-O-(3-thio)triphosphate-induced decrease in binding did not change. The extent of the binding of [3H]clonidine at 15 nM (saturable concentration) increased in an age-dependent manner and reached the adult level at 4 days after birth. Cholera toxin and pertussis toxin catalyzed ADP-ribosylation of proteins of 46 and 41/39 kilodaltons (kDa) in solubilized cholate extracts of the membranes. The 41/39-kDa proteins ADP-ribosylated by pertussis toxin (Gi alpha + Go alpha) were increased with age and reached the adult level at day 12, whereas the 46-kDa protein (Gs alpha) reached its peak on day 12 and then decreased to the fetal level at the adult stage. The immunoblot experiments of the homogenates with antiserum (specific antibody against alpha- and beta-subunit of GTP-binding proteins) demonstrated that the 39-kDa alpha-subunit of (Go alpha) and the 36-kDa beta-subunit of GTP-binding protein (beta 36) increased with postnatal age. In contrast, 35-kDa beta-subunit (beta 35) did not change. From these results, it is suggested that the coupling activity of alpha 2-adrenoceptor with GTP-binding protein gradually develops in a manner parallel with the increase of alpha 2-adrenoceptor and pertussis toxin sensitive GTP-binding proteins, Gi, and that alpha 39 beta 36 gamma may be related to the differentiation and/or growth of nerve cells in rat telencephalon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mochii
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Agata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nomura
mesh_terms: D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D002712:Chlorides; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003000:Clonidine / Q000378:metabolism; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006150:Guanine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008345:Manganese / Q000378:metabolism; D017895:Manganese Compounds; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000378:metabolism*; D013687:Telencephalon / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology; D014020:Tissue Extracts / Q000378:metabolism; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D006150:Guanine Nucleotides; D017895:Manganese Compounds; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D013873:Thionucleotides; D014020:Tissue Extracts; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D008345:Manganese; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D003000:Clonidine; C025340:manganese chloride