Constitutive interaction of the P2Y2 receptor with the hematopoietic cell-specific G protein G(alpha16) and evidence for receptor oligomers

Kotevic, Ivana; Kirschner, Karin M; Porzig, Hartmut; Baltensperger, Kurt (2005). Constitutive interaction of the P2Y2 receptor with the hematopoietic cell-specific G protein G(alpha16) and evidence for receptor oligomers. Cellular signalling, 17(7), pp. 869-80. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.cellsig.2004.11.011

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Hematopoietic cells uniquely express G(alpha16), a G protein alpha-subunit of the G(q)-type. G(alpha16) is obligatory for P2Y2 receptor-dependent Ca2+-mobilization in human erythroleukemia cells and induces hematopoietic cell differentiation. We tested whether P2Y2 receptors physically interact with G(alpha16). Receptor and G protein were fused to cyan (CFP) and yellow (YFP) variants of the green fluorescent protein (GFP), respectively. When expressed in K562 leukemia cells, the fusion proteins were capable of triggering a Ca2+-signal upon receptor stimulation, demonstrating their functional integrity. In fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) measurements using confocal microscopy, a strong FRET signal from the plasma membrane region of fixed, resting cells was detected when the receptor was co-expressed with the G protein as the FRET acceptor, as well as when the CFP-tagged receptor was co-expressed with receptor fused to YFP. We conclude that, under resting conditions, G(alpha16) and P2Y2 receptors form constitutive complexes, and that the P2Y2 receptor is present as an oligomer.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Center of Regenerative Medicine for Skeletal Tissues [discontinued] 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DBMR Forschung Mu35 > Center of Regenerative Medicine for Skeletal Tissues [discontinued]
UniBE Contributor:	Kotevic, Ivana
ISSN:	0898-6568
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 15:12
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:22
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/j.cellsig.2004.11.011
PubMed ID:	15763429
Web of Science ID:	000228151300009
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/31700 (FactScience: 196359)