title: RGS1 is expressed in monocytes and acts as a GTPase-activating protein for G-protein-coupled chemoattractant receptors.
abstract: The leukocyte response to chemoattractants is transduced by the interaction of transmembrane receptors with GTP-binding regulatory proteins (G-proteins). RGS1 is a member of a protein family constituting a newly appreciated and large group of proteins that act as deactivators of G-protein signaling pathways by accelerating the GTPase activity of G-protein alpha subunits. We demonstrate here that RGS1 is expressed in human monocytes; by immunofluorescence and subcellular fractionation RGS1 was localized to the plasma membrane. By using a mixture of RGS1 and plasma membranes, we were able to demonstrate GAP activity of RGS1 on receptor-activated G-proteins; RGS1 did not affect ligand-stimulated GDP-GTP exchange. We found that RGS1 desensitizes a variety of chemotactic receptors including receptors for N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine, leukotriene B4, and C5a. Interaction of RGS proteins and ligand-induced G-protein signaling can be demonstrated by determining GTPase activity using purified RGS proteins and plasma membranes.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Denecke
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meyerdierks
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Böttger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D016466:CHO Cells; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D020710:RGS Proteins; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism*; D018000:Receptors, Peptide / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection; D020298:U937 Cells; D020692:rab3 GTP-Binding Proteins
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D020710:RGS Proteins; C080831:RGS1 protein, human; D044042:Receptors, Formyl Peptide; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D018000:Receptors, Peptide; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D020692:rab3 GTP-Binding Proteins