The molecular weight of the vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) receptor in rat lung and its interaction with the stimulatory guanine nucleotide-binding protein (Gs) were assessed by covalent cross-linking, sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and immunological techniques. Studies with two cross-linking agents indicated that the VIP receptor in this tissue is a single polypeptide of Mr = 54,000. The VIP-occupied receptor could be cross-linked to neighboring proteins after detergent solubilization; higher molecular weight complexes of Mr = 114,000 and 184,000 were formed. Immunoblotting with antisera against G-protein subunits demonstrated that both complexes contained the alpha-subunit of Gs as well as the 125I-VIP cross-linked receptor whereas only the Mr = 184,000 complex contained the beta-subunit. Pretreatment with GTP reduced the prominence of these complexes, verifying the functional nature of this receptor-Gs association. Studies with a third cross-linking agent, ethylene glycol bis(succinimidyl succinate), provided direct evidence of physically associated, ternary VIP-receptor-Gs complexes actually in the membrane milieu. That these complexes were functionally associated with shown by their inhibition by anti-Gs alpha anti-serum. Since treatment of membranes with guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) resulted in the separation of the VIP-cross-linked receptor from Gs such that no cross-linking could occur, we conclude that the binding of GTP analogs induces a conformational change in Gs in the membrane milieu.
Evidence for the formation of a functional complex between vasoactive intestinal peptide, its receptor, and Gs in lung membranes.
J. Kermode,A. DeLuca,A. Zilberman,J. Valliere,S. Shreeve
Published 1992 in Journal of Biological Chemistry
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1992
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Journal of Biological Chemistry
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1992-02-15
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