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Mastoparan and Rab3AL peptide potentiation of calcium‐independent secretory activity in rat melanotrophs is inhibited by GDPβS
Author(s) -
Rupnik M,
Law G.J,
Mason W.T,
Zorec R
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/s0014-5793(97)00731-x
Subject(s) - mastoparan , heterotrimeric g protein , g protein , microbiology and biotechnology , gtpase , stimulation , endocrinology , medicine , chemistry , biology , biophysics , signal transduction
The whole‐cell patch‐clamp membrane capacitance measurement was used to monitor secretory activity in rat melanotrophs, while rab3AL, putative effector domain peptides of Rab3 small GTPases (20–30 kDa), were introduced into cytosol. In melanotrophs dialyzed with calcium free solutions membrane capacitance tends to decrease slightly. This decrease is further potentiated with GDPβS (500 μM). We found that rab3AL (100 μM) stimulated secretory activity in the absence of calcium. The rab3AL response was qualitatively comparable to the response to mastoparan (1 μM), an activator of certain heterotrimeric GTP‐binding proteins. Interestingly, inclusion of GDPβS (500 μM) resulted in a blockade of both rab3AL and mastoparan induced responses. We conclude that rab3AL and mastoparan induce calcium‐independent stimulation of secretory activity in rat melanotrophs by activation of a downstream heterotrimeric GTP‐binding protein.