title: Leukotriene D4-induced activation and translocation of the G-protein alpha i3-subunit in human epithelial cells.
abstract: The present results show that stimulation of Intestine 407 epithelial cells with LTD4 (Leukotriene D4) triggers a rapid activation of the pertussis-toxin-sensitive Gi3-protein and a simultaneous translocation of its alpha-subunits to a crude cytoskeletal fraction. The activation of G alpha i3, which was measured as the GTP/ GDP exchange ratio, peaked about 15 s after the addition of LTD4. Western blot analyses of subcellular fractions showed that G alpha i3-subunits accumulated in the cytoskeletal fraction and decreased in the membrane fraction, and the decrease was most marked 15 s after the exposure to LTD4. None of the other pertussis-toxin-sensitive G-proteins (Gi3-Z and G alpha 0) were activated or translocated upon stimulation with LTD4. This agonist was also found to reduce the GTP/GDP exchange ratio of Gi-proteins without affecting the subcellular distribution of its alpha-subunits. These findings imply that the Gi3-protein is the pertussis-toxin-sensitive G-protein previously found to mediate several downstream LTD4-stimulated signalling events. Furthermore, the translocation of G alpha i3-subunits to the cytoskeleton and the simultaneous inhibition of G3-proteins indicate that the cytoskeleton might participate in the signalling process of human epithelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Division of Experimental Pathology, Lund University, Wallenberg Laboratory, Malmö, Sweden.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Adolfsson
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Ohd
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sjölander
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D007422:Intestines / Q000166:cytology; D017998:Leukotriene D4 / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D020662:Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors; D011506:Proteins; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate; D017998:Leukotriene D4; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins