title: Optimization of receptor-G protein coupling by bilayer lipid composition I: kinetics of rhodopsin-transducin binding.
abstract: The role of membrane composition in modulating the rate of G protein-receptor complex formation was examined using rhodopsin and transducin (G(t)) as a model system. Metarhodopsin II (MII) and MII-G(t) complex formation rates were measured, in the absence of GTP, via flash photolysis for rhodopsin reconstituted in 1-stearoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (18:0,18:1PC) and 1-stearoyl-2-docosahexaenoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (18:0,22:6PC) bilayers, with and without 30 mol% cholesterol. Variation in bilayer lipid composition altered the lifetime of MII-G(t) formation to a greater extent than the lifetime of MII. MII-G(t) formation was fastest in 18:0,22:6PC and slowest in 18:0,18:1PC/30 mol% cholesterol. At 37 degrees C and a G(t) to photolyzed rhodopsin ratio of 1:1 in 18:0,22:6PC bilayers, MII-G(t) formed with a lifetime of 0.6 +/- 0.06 ms, which was not significantly different from the lifetime for MII formation. Incorporation of 30 mol% cholesterol slowed the rate of MII-G(t) complex formation by about 400% in 18:0,18:1PC, but by less than 25% in 18:0,22:6PC bilayers. In 18:0,22:6PC, with or without cholesterol, MII-G(t) formed rapidly after MII formed. In contrast, cholesterol in 18:0,18:1PC induced a considerable lag time in MII-G(t) formation after MII formed. These results demonstrate that membrane composition is a critical factor in determining the temporal response of a G protein-coupled signaling system.
authors.affiliation: Section of Fluorescence Studies, Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Litman
mesh_terms: D002784:Cholesterol / Q000737:chemistry; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008027:Light; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011485:Protein Binding; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D015293:Transducin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D012243:Rhodopsin; D002784:Cholesterol; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D015293:Transducin