کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10815838 1058506 2010 13 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Prenylation-deficient G protein gamma subunits disrupt GPCR signaling in the zebrafish
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی زیست شیمی
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Prenylation-deficient G protein gamma subunits disrupt GPCR signaling in the zebrafish
چکیده انگلیسی
Prenylation of G protein gamma (γ) subunits is necessary for the membrane localization of heterotrimeric G proteins and for functional heterotrimeric G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling. To evaluate GPCR signaling pathways during development, we injected zebrafish embryos with mRNAs encoding Gγ subunits mutated so that they can no longer be prenylated. Low-level expression of these prenylation-deficient Gγ subunits driven either ubiquitously or specifically in the primordial germ cells (PGCs) disrupts GPCR signaling and manifests as a PGC migration defect. This disruption results in a reduction of calcium accumulation in the protrusions of migrating PGCs and a failure of PGCs to directionally migrate. When co-expressed with a prenylation-deficient Gγ, 8 of the 17 wildtype Gγ isoforms individually confer the ability to restore calcium accumulation and directional migration. These results suggest that while the Gγ subunits possess the ability to interact with G Beta (β) proteins, only a subset of wildtype Gγ proteins are stable within PGCs and can interact with key signaling components necessary for PGC migration. This in vivo study highlights the functional redundancy of these signaling components and demonstrates that prenylation-deficient Gγ subunits are an effective tool to investigate the roles of GPCR signaling events during vertebrate development.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Cellular Signalling - Volume 22, Issue 2, February 2010, Pages 221-233
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