title: The stability of the agonist beta2-adrenergic receptor-Gs complex: evidence for agonist-specific states.
abstract: A restricted version of the ternary complex model for receptor-G protein complex formation has recently been proposed. Known as the two-state model, this model proposes that in the context of agonist and G protein interactions, only two thermodynamic states exist for the receptor: active (R*) and inactive (R). One form of this model suggests that only the R* state of the receptor is capable of interacting with and subsequently activating G proteins. We directly tested the kinetic aspects of a strict two-state receptor model in a cell line containing the native beta2-adrenergic receptor that is capable of inducing Gs expression. We examined adenylyl cyclase activity in the presence of limiting GTP levels and concluded that there exists a different rate of heterotrimer dissociation (i.e., HR*G yields HR* + G*) for different beta2-agonists. This finding is inconsistent with a strict two-state model in which R* is a characteristic of the receptor that is independent of the identity of the agonist. It implies that agonist activation of adenylyl cyclase is more complicated than a simple two-state model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Biology, Pharmacology, and Physiology, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, 77225-0334, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Krumins
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barber
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases