title: Potential role for a guanine nucleotide regulatory protein in chemoattractant receptor mediated polyphosphoinositide metabolism, Ca++ mobilization and cellular responses by leukocytes.
abstract: Islet activating protein from Bordetella pertussis toxin which ribosylates certain guanine nucleotide regulatory proteins causes a marked reduction of chemoattractant-elicited responses such as chemotaxis, O2 production and cAMP elevations in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. The toxin appears to exert its effects by preventing the rapid breakdown of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate induced by the chemotactic peptide N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine, thereby inhibiting the increase in intracellular [Ca++] which normally follows chemoattractant stimulation. Responses of leukocytes exposed to Concanavalin A, the Ca++ ionophore A23187, or phorbol myristate acetate were not affected by the toxin. Thus the chemoattractant receptor appears to be coupled to a phosphoinositide specific phospholipase C through a guanine nucleotide regulatory protein. We propose that this complex of receptor-guanine nucleotide regulatory protein-phospholipase C may be applicable to the class of receptors which mobilize intracellular Ca++ by stimulating polyphosphoinositide breakdown.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Verghese
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Snyderman
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D001711:Biotransformation; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D002628:Chemoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000097:blood; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000502:physiology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000097:blood*; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D002118:Calcium