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Alteration of Tubulin‐G i Protein Interaction in Rat Cerebral Cortex with Aging
Author(s) -
Hatta Shinichi,
Ozawa Hiroki,
Saito Toshikazu,
Ohshika Hideyo
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of neurochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.75
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 1471-4159
pISSN - 0022-3042
DOI - 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1994.63031104.x
Subject(s) - adenylyl cyclase , gtp' , cerebral cortex , tubulin , g protein , gs alpha subunit , endocrinology , medicine , cortex (anatomy) , biology , microtubule , biochemistry , chemistry , neuroscience , microbiology and biotechnology , enzyme , receptor , stimulation
The ability of the tubulin dimer to interact with and to modulate the G i function inhibiting adenylyl cyclase was examined in cerebral cortex membranes from 2‐month‐old and 24‐month‐old rats. The hydrolysis‐resistant GTP analogue 5′‐guanylylimidodiphosphate (GppNHp)‐dependent inhibition of adenylyl cyclase was significantly decreased in cerebral cortex membranes from 24‐month‐old rats. Tubulin, prepared from rat brains by polymerization with GppNHp, caused inhibition of adenylyl cyclase (∼28%) in 2‐month‐old rats. Tubulin‐GppNHp‐dependent inhibition of adenylyl cyclase in 24‐month‐old rats was significantly attenuated (∼15%). In 2‐month‐old rats, when tubulin, polymerized with the hydrolysis‐resistant photoaffinity GTP analogue [ 32 P] P 3 (4‐azidoanilido)‐ P 1 ‐5′‐GTP ([ 32 P]AAGTP), was incubated with cerebral cortex membranes, AAGTP was transferred from tubulin to G iα . Transfer of AAGTP from tubulin to G iα was reduced in 24‐month‐old rats. Furthermore, photoaffinity labeling of [ 32 P]AAGTP to G iα in cortex membranes was significantly decreased in 24‐month‐old rats. No differences were observed in the amounts of G sα , G iα , or G β subunits and tubulin, estimated by immunoblotting, in cortex membranes from 2‐month‐old and 24‐month‐old rats. These results suggest that the ability of tubulin to interact with G i and thereby modulate the inhibitory regulation of adenylyl cyclase is reduced in the cerebral cortex of 24‐month‐old rats.