title: Mechanisms for inhibition of the catalytic activity of adenylate cyclase by the guanine nucleotide-binding proteins serving as the substrate of islet-activating protein, pertussis toxin.
abstract: Two GTP-binding trimeric proteins (referred to as alpha 41 beta gamma and alpha 39 beta gamma based on the kilodalton molecular weights of their alpha-subunits) were purified from rat brain as the specific substrates of the ADP-ribosylation reaction catalyzed by islet-activating protein, pertussis toxin, and resolved irreversibly into alpha- and beta gamma-subunits by incubation with guanosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate) (GTP gamma S). Some of these resolved subunits interacted directly with the adenylate cyclase catalyst partially purified from rat brain in a detergent-containing solution, resulting in inhibition of the cyclase activity as follows. 1) GTP gamma S-bound alpha 41 inhibited the catalyst, but GTP gamma S-bound alpha 39 did not; the inhibition was competitive with GTP gamma S-bound alpha-subunit of Ns, the GTP-binding protein involved in activation of adenylate cyclase. 2) beta gamma from either alpha 41 beta gamma or alpha 39 beta gamma inhibited the catalyst in a manner not competitive with the activator such as forskolin or the alpha-subunit of Ns. 3) The ADP-ribosylation of alpha 41 beta gamma by islet-activating protein did not exert any influence on the subsequent GTP gamma S-induced resolution and the ability of the resolved GTP gamma S-bound alpha 41 to inhibit the catalyst. 4) The beta gamma-induced inhibition of the catalyst was additive to the inhibition caused by GTP gamma S-bound alpha 41. Thus, the direct inhibition of the catalyst by beta gamma or GTP gamma S-bound alpha 41 is a likely mechanism involved in receptor-mediated inhibition of adenylate cyclase, in addition to the previously proposed indirect inhibition due to the reduction of the concentration of the active alpha-subunit of Ns by reassociation with beta gamma.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oinuma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ui
mesh_terms: D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000378:metabolism; D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000067956:Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors; D013873:Thionucleotides; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D005576:Colforsin; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases