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The ligand binding signals to a wide variety of seven transmembrane cell surface receptors are transduced into intracellular signals through heterotrimeric G-proteins. Recently, there have been reports which show diverse coupling patterns of ligand-activated receptors to the members of Gq family α subunits. In order to shed some light on these complex signal processing networks, interactions between Gαq family of G protein and neurokinin-2 receptor as well as muscarinic M1 receptor, which are considered to be new thearpeutic targets in asthma, were studied. Using washed membranes from Cos-7 cells co-transfected with different Gαq and receptor cDNAs, the receptors were stimulated with various concentrations of carbachol and neurokinin A and the agonist-dependent release of [3H]inositol phosphates through phospholipase C beta-1 activation was measured. Differential coupling of Gαq family of G-protein to muscarinic M1 receptor and neurokinin-2 receptor was observed. The neurokinin-2 receptor shows a ligand-mediated response in membranes co-transfected with Gαq, Gα11 and Gα14 but not Gα16 and the ability of the muscarinic M1 receptor to activate phospholipase C through Gαq/11 but not Gα14 and Gα16 was demonstrated. Clearly Gαq/11 can couple M1 and neurokinin-2 receptor to activate phospholipase C. But, there are differences in the relative coupling of the Gα14 and Gα16 subunits to these receptors.
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Lee, C.H., Shin, I.C., Kang, J.S. et al. Differential coupling of Gαq family of G-protein to muscarinic M1 receptor and neurokinin-2 receptor. Arch. Pharm. Res. 21, 423–428 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02974637
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