title: Adenylyl cyclase, a coincidence detector for nitric oxide.
abstract: Nitric oxide (NO) donors inhibit hormone- and forskolin-stimulated adenylyl cyclase activity in purified plasma membrane preparations from N18TG2 neuroblastoma cells. Northern blot analyses indicate that the predominant isoform of adenylyl cyclase in N18TG2 cells is the type VI. Our experiments eliminate all the known regulatory proteins for this isoform as possible targets of NO. NO decreases the Vmax of the enzyme without altering the Km for ATP. Occupancy of the substrate-binding site protects the enzyme from the inhibitory effects of NO, suggesting that the conformation of the enzyme determines its sensitivity. The inhibition is reversed by reducing agents, implicating a Cys residue(s) as the target for nitric oxide and an S-nitrosylation as the underlying modification. These findings implicate NO as a novel cellular regulator of the type VI isoform of adenylyl cyclase.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McVey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Howlett
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000527:Alprostadil / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D019206:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000494:pharmacology; D010396:Penicillamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D026423:S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D005576:Colforsin; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D026423:S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine; D019206:GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D000527:Alprostadil; D010396:Penicillamine