3-Adrenergic receptors components

Cyclic AMP is eventually eliminated by cAMP phosphodiesterase, and Gs turns itself off by hydrolysis of its bound GTP to GDP. When the epinephrine signal persists, j8-adrenergic receptor-specific protein kinase and arrestin 2 temporarily desensitize the receptor and cause it to move into intracellular vesicles. In some cases, arrestin also acts as a scaffold protein, bringing together protein components of a signaling pathway such as the MAPK cascade. 

Apart from causing very well known cardiotoxic effects, phenothiazine derivatives can accumulate in lung epithelial cell membranes and therefore cause severe respiratory disorders. In the study performed by Ito et al. [279] it was found that CPZ (9) inhibited transepithelial Cl transport, mainly due to two mechanisms influence on the beta-adrenergic receptor and inhibition of basolateral potassium channels. The authors of this study also suggested that the recorded effects could result from the electrostatic interactions between the drug molecules and negatively charged components of the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane. 

Figure 8. Representation of the interaction between CRF, -adrenergic, and dopaminergic (DA.) receptors in the control of pars intermedia cell activity. The CRF and / -adrenergic receptors stimulate adenylate cyclase activity through interaction with the Ns-GTP-binding component. Dopamine, on the other hand, interacts with the Ni-GTP-binding component, causing inhibition of basal as well as CRF- and f3-adrenergic-induced adenylate cyclase activity.

The binding of ligands to the / -adrenergic receptor of plasma membranes stimulates adenylate cyclase activity in a process that requires GTP. The existence of a separate GTP-binding protein (42,000 daltons), besides the hormone binding component and the cyclase, was confirmed by photoaffinity labeling with y-(4-azidoanilino)-GTP (Pfeuffer, 1977). Recent purification of the GTP binding protein has confirmed the existence of a 42,000 dalton subunit that is the substrate for ADP-ribosylation by cholera toxin and NAD. 

Korner M, Gilon C, Schramm M. Locking of hormone in the p-adrenergic receptor by attack on a sulfhydryl in an associated component. J Biol Chem 1982 257 3389-3396. 

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Williams BR, Barber R, Clark RB. Kinetic analysis of agonist-induced down regulation of the beta(2)-adrenergic receptor in BEAS-2B cells reveals high- and low-affinity components. Mol Pharmacol 2000 58(2) 421-30. 

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