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ArticleThe Biochemical journal1989

Cholera toxin treatment produces down-regulation of the alpha-subunit of the stimulatory guanine-nucleotide-binding protein (Gs).

G Milligan, C G Unson, M J Wakelam

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Article in The Biochemical journal, 1989. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 authors.

G MilliganDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
C G Unson
M J Wakelam

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effect of activation of the alpha-subunit(s) of the stimulatory guanine-nucleotide-binding protein, Gs, on levels of this polypeptide(s) associated with the plasma membrane of L6 skeletal myoblasts was ascertained. Incubation of these cells with cholera toxin led to a time- and concentration-dependent 'down-regulation' of both 44 and 42 kDa forms of Gs alpha as assessed by immunoblotting with an anti-peptide antiserum (CS1) able to identify the extreme C-terminus of Gs. The effect of cholera toxin was specific for Gs; levels of Gi alpha in membranes of cholera toxin-treated cells were not different from untreated cells. Down-regulation of Gs was absolutely dependent upon prior ADP-ribosylation, and hence activation of Gs and was not mimicked by other agents which elevate intracellular levels of cyclic AMP. Pretreatment with pertussis toxin, which catalyses ADP-ribosylation of Gi but not of Gs, did not down-regulate either Gi or Gs, demonstrating that covalent modification by ADP-ribosylation is alone not a signal for removal of G-proteins from the plasma membrane.

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AnimalsCell MembraneCholera ToxinGTP-Binding ProteinsL CellsMiceMuscle ProteinsMusclesCholera ToxinGTP-Binding ProteinsMuscle Proteins

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PMID2508632
PMCPMC1133316

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