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Covalent cross-linking of prostaglandin E receptor from bovine adrenal medulla with a pertussis toxin-insensitive guanine nucleotide-binding protein.

Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) specifically bound to 100,000 X g pellet prepared from bovine adrenal medulla, and [3H]PGE2-bound proteins were solubilized with 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonic acid. The dissociation of bound [3H]PGE2 from the proteins was enhanced by GTP. [3H]PGE2-specifically bound proteins were adsorbed onto a wheat germ agglutinin column and GTP treatment decreased the amount of [3H]PGE2 retained on the column. When [3H]PGE2-bound proteins were cross-linked in the membrane by dithiobis(succinimidyl propionate) and solubilized, bound [3H]PGE2 was no longer dissociated by GTP treatment, suggesting that cross-linking produced a stable and high-affinity complex of PGE receptor with a GTP-binding protein. Covalent cross-linking of the complex was attested by adsorption of dithiobis(succinimidyl propionate)-treated [3H]PGE2-bound proteins to GTP-Sepharose, and co-elution of [35S]guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) binding activity and immunoreactivities of alpha o and beta subunits of a GTP-binding protein. The cross-linked [3H]PGE2-bound complex was eluted as an apparently single radioactive peak at the position of Mr = 200,000 by gel filtration. These results have demonstrated that PGE receptor is a glycoprotein with an approximate Mr of 110,000, assuming that the Mr of the GTP-binding protein is 90,000. PGE2 neither activated nor inhibited adenylate cyclase activity, and pertussis toxin (islet-activating protein) did not affect PGE2 binding and its GTP sensitivity. These results suggest that the PGE receptor may be functionally associated with a pertussis toxin-insensitive GTP-binding protein and is not coupled to the adenylate cyclase system in bovine adrenal medulla.[1]

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  1. Covalent cross-linking of prostaglandin E receptor from bovine adrenal medulla with a pertussis toxin-insensitive guanine nucleotide-binding protein. Negishi, M., Ito, S., Tanaka, T., Yokohama, H., Hayashi, H., Katada, T., Ui, M., Hayaishi, O. J. Biol. Chem. (1987) [Pubmed]
 
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