Reference - PMID:19285552 - Dual positive and negative regulation of GPCR signaling by GTP hydrolysis.
Reference summary
- PubMed ID
- PMID:19285552
- Title
- Dual positive and negative regulation of GPCR signaling by GTP hydrolysis.
- Authors
- Smith B, Hill C, Godfrey EL, Rand D, van den Berg H, Thornton S, Hodgkin M, Davey J, Ladds G
- Citation
- Cell Signal 2009 Jul;21(7):1151-60
- Publication year
- 2009
- Abstract
- G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) regulate a variety of intracellular pathways through their ability to promote the binding of GTP to heterotrimeric G proteins. Regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins increases the intrinsic GTPase activity of Galpha-subunits and are widely regarded as negative regulators of G protein signaling. Using yeast we demonstrate that GTP hydrolysis is not only required for desensitization, but is essential for achieving a high maximal (saturated level) response. Thus RGS-mediated GTP hydrolysis acts as both a negative (low stimulation) and positive (high stimulation) regulator of signaling. To account for this we generated a new kinetic model of the G protein cycle where Galpha(GTP) enters an inactive GTP-bound state following effector activation. Furthermore, in vivo and in silico experimentation demonstrates that maximum signaling output first increases and then decreases with RGS concentration. This unimodal, non-monotone dependence on RGS concentration is novel. Analysis of the kinetic model has revealed a dynamic network motif that shows precisely how inclusion of the inactive GTP-bound state for the Galpha produces this unimodal relationship.
