Abstract
We have characterized vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) receptor/G-protein coupling in rat alveolar macrophage (AM) membranes and find that pertussis toxin treatment and antisera against G(αi3) and G(αs) reduce high-affinity 125I-VIP binding, indicating that both G(αs) and G(αi3) couple to the VIP-receptor. The predominant VIP-receptor subtype in AM is VPAC1 and we examined the G-protein interactions of the human VPAC1 that had been transfected into HEK293 cells. VPAC1 has a molecular mass of 56 kDa; GTP analogs reduced 125I-VIP binding to this protein demonstrating that high-affinity binding of VIP to the receptor requires coupling to G-protein. Functional VIP/VPAC1/ G-protein complexes were captured by covalent cross-linking and analyzed by Western blotting. The transfected human VPAC1 receptor in HEK293 was found to be coupled to G(αs) but not G(αi) or G(αq). Furthermore, pertussis toxin treatment had no effect on VPAC1/G-protein coupling in these cells. These observations suggest that the G-proteins activated by VPAC1 may be dependent upon species and cell type. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 922-928 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Volume | 272 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 16 2000 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- G(i3)
- G-protein
- G-protein, inhibitory
- Human VPAC
- Lung
- Rat alveolar macrophages
- Receptor signaling
- Vasoactive intestinal peptide
- Vasoactive intestinal peptide receptors
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology