title: An alpha 40 subunit of a GTP-binding protein immunologically related to Go mediates a dopamine-induced decrease of Ca2+ current in snail neurons.
abstract: Dopamine induces a decrease in voltage-dependent Ca2+ current in identified neurons of the snail H. aspersa. This effect is blocked by intracellular injection of activated B. pertussis toxin and of an affinity-purified antibody against the alpha subunit of bovine Go protein. The dopamine effect is mimicked by intracellular injection of mammalian alpha o. In snail nervous tissue, pertussis toxin ADP-ribosylates a single protein band on SDS gels, and this band is recognized in immunoblots by the anti-alpha o antibody. We propose that this is a 40 kd alpha subunit of a molluscan G protein immunologically related to alpha o and that it mediates the effect of dopamine on Ca2+ currents in identified snail neurons.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Harris-Warrick
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paupardin-Tritsch
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Homburger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rouot
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bockaert
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Gerschenfeld
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012908:Snails / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D013873:Thionucleotides; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D002118:Calcium; D004298:Dopamine