title: Role of dopamine and indolamine derivatives in the regulation of the sea urchin adenylate cyclase.
abstract: The adenylate cyclase of the sea urchin egg is stimulated by dopamine in the presence of GTP. The enzyme activity is strongly enhanced when Gpp (NH)p is substituted for GTP, or after cholera toxin treatment. Gramine, an indolamine derivative, brings about non-competitive inhibition of the dopamine-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity. Pertussis toxin causes an attenuation of the gramine-induced inhibition of adenylate cyclase. These results show that dopamine and indolamine derivatives partecipate in the regulation of the adenylate cyclase activity of the sea urchin egg.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Station, Villa Comunale, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Capasso
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cretì
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: De Petrocellis
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: De Prisco
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Parisi
mesh_terms: D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000378:metabolism; D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D026121:Indole Alkaloids; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D012617:Sea Urchins; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000470:Alkaloids; D026121:Indole Alkaloids; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; C007884:gramine; D004298:Dopamine