Measurement of agonist efficacy using an α2A‐adrenoceptor‐Gi1α fusion protein
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- 8 December 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 419 (1), 141-146
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(97)01431-2
Abstract
A fusion protein was constructed between the porcine α2A-adrenoceptor and a pertussis toxin-insensitive (Cys351Gly) form of the α subunit of the G protein Gi1. Addition of agonist ligands to membranes of COS-7 cells transiently transfected to express this construct, and treated with pertussis toxin prior to cell harvest, resulted in stimulation of both high affinity GTPase activity and enhanced binding of [35S]GTPγS. By considering the fusion protein as an agonist-activated enzyme and measuring V max of GTP hydrolysis a range of agonist ligands displayed varying efficacy in their capacity to activate the receptor-associated G protein with adrenaline=noradrenaline=α-methylnoradrenaline>UK14304>BHT933≥xylazine=clonidine. A similar rank order was observed following independent co-expression of the α2A-adrenoceptor and Cys351Gly-Gi1α. These data demonstrate the utility and applicability of using a receptor-G protein fusion protein approach, in which the stoichiometry of receptor and G protein is fixed at 1:1, to measure and further understand the nature of agonist efficacy.Keywords
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