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Journal of Cell Biology | 2002

Differential PI 3-kinase dependence of early and late phases of recycling of the internalized AT1 angiotensin receptor

László Hunyady; Albert J. Baukal; Zsuzsanna Gáborik; Jesus A. Olivares-Reyes; Márta Bor; Márta Szaszák; Robert Lodge; Kevin J. Catt; Tamas Balla

Agonist-induced endocytosis and processing of the G protein–coupled AT1 angiotensin II (Ang II) receptor (AT1R) was studied in HEK 293 cells expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP)– or hemagglutinin epitope–tagged forms of the receptor. After stimulation with Ang II, the receptor and its ligand colocalized with Rab5–GFP and Rab4–GFP in early endosomes, and subsequently with Rab11–GFP in pericentriolar recycling endosomes. Inhibition of phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase by wortmannin (WT) or LY294002 caused the formation of large endosomal vesicles of heterogeneous Rab composition, containing the ligand–receptor complex in their limiting membranes and in small associated vesicular structures. In contrast to Alexa®–transferrin, which was mainly found in small vesicles associated with the outside of large vesicles in WT-treated cells, rhodamine–Ang II was also segregated into small internal vesicles. In cells labeled with 125I-Ang II, WT treatment did not impair the rate of receptor endocytosis, but significantly reduced the initial phase of receptor recycling without affecting its slow component. Similarly, WT inhibited the early, but not the slow, component of the recovery of AT1R at the cell surface after termination of Ang II stimulation. These data indicate that internalized AT1 receptors are processed via vesicles that resemble multivesicular bodies, and recycle to the cell surface by a rapid PI 3-kinase–dependent recycling route, as well as by a slower pathway that is less sensitive to PI 3-kinase inhibitors.


Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 1985

Binding sites for inositol trisphosphate in the bovine adrenal cortex

Albert J. Baukal; Gaetan Guillemette; Ronald P. Rubin; András Spät; Kevin J. Catt

Binding sites for inositol trisphosphate (IP3) have been identified in bovine adrenal cortex, employing [32P]IP3 prepared from human erythrocytes radiolabeled with [32P]ATP. IP3 was bound to adrenal microsomes with high affinity (Kd = 5 nM) and low capacity (186 fmol/mg protein). During kinetic studies, half-maximal binding was reached in less than one min at 4 degrees C, and dissociation was even more rapid with t1/2 of about 10 sec. [32P]IP2 showed no binding to the microsomal sites, which represent putative receptors at which IP3 acts to elevate intracellular calcium concentration during the actions of peptide hormones such as angiotensin II.


Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology | 1982

Characterization of angiotensin II receptors in the anterior pituitary gland

Richard L. Hauger; Greti Aguilera; Albert J. Baukal; K. J. Catt

Specific and high affinity binding sites for angiotensin II were demonstrated in the anterior pituitary gland by binding studies with [125I] iodoangiotensin II. The binding properties of the pituitary receptors were similar to those of angiotensin II receptors present in the adrenal gland. The concentration of binding sites in rat anterior pituitary (293 +/- 50 fmoles/mg protein) was less than in the adrenal gland, but was much greater than in smooth muscle. Angiotensin II receptors were identified in the anterior pituitary tissue of mature and immature animals of both sexes, and in species including rat, rabbit and dog. No binding of angiotensin II was detected in posterior pituitary homogenates, or in GH3 pituitary tumor cells. Collagenase-dispersed anterior pituitary cells also contained specific binding sites for angiotensin II, with equilibrium binding constant (Ka) of 3.6 x 10(9) M-1. The presence of specific high-affinity angiotensin II receptor in the anterior pituitary gland provides a mechanism by which angiotensin-like peptides could modulate the process of pituitary hormone secretion.


Science | 1974

Cation Dependence of High-Affinity Angiotensin II Binding to Adrenal Cortex Receptors

H. Glossmann; Albert J. Baukal; Kevin J. Catt

The specific binding of monoiodinated angiotensin II by particulate receptors from the bovine adrenal cortex is enhanced by addition of sodium and potassium ions, but not other cations. In the presence of 140 millimolar sodium, increased uptake of angiotensin II by adrenal receptors is associated with the appearance of high-affinity binding sites with an association constant of 2 x 109 liters per mole.


Endocrinology | 1999

N-Linked Glycosylation Is Required for Optimal AT1a Angiotensin Receptor Expression in COS-7 Cells

Suman Jayadev; Roger D. Smith; Gowraganahalli Jagadeesh; Albert J. Baukal; László Hunyady; Kevin J. Catt

The nature and role of glycosylation in AT1 angiotensin receptor (AT1-R) function were investigated by expressing glycosylation-deficient influenza hemagglutinin (HA) epitope-tagged rat AT1a-Rs (HA-AT1a-Rs) in COS-7 cells. All three asparagine residues (Asn4, Asn176, Asn188) contained within consensus sites for N-linked glycosylation could be glycosylated in Cos-7 cells and appeared to be glycosylated on the endogenous AT1-R in bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells. Heterogeneity of glycosylation at each site accounted for the broad migration pattern of the AT1-R in SDS-PAGE. Mutation at each glycosylation site, either alone or in combination, had little effect on ligand binding parameters (although the N4K mutant had higher affinity) or signaling activity. However, an increasing number of mutated glycosylation sites was associated with decreasing cell surface receptor expression, which was minimal for the unglycosylated N4K/N176Q/N188Q receptor. Decreased surface expression of mutant HA-AT1a-Rs was correlated...


Journal of Steroid Biochemistry | 1979

Steroid biosynthetic lesions in gonadotropin-desensitized Leydig cells.

Maria L. Dufau; Selva Cigorraga; Albert J. Baukal; J.M. Bator; S.H. Sorrell; J.F. Neubauer; Kevin J. Catt

Abstract Administration of exogenous gonadotropins to rats causes loss of LH receptors and a decrease in the maximum steroidogenic response when Leydig cells are subsequently stimulated by LH or hCG. The impaired testosterone response of desensitized Leydig cells is more evident after intravenous than after subcutaneous treatment with hCG, and is due to a partial defect in testicular 17,20 lyase activity. The enzyme defect is present in Leydig cells from animals given intravenous hCG to produce about 70% loss of LH receptors, yet is relatively small after treatment with subcutaneous hCG to produce the same degree of receptor loss, suggesting that the steroidogenic block is not only due to receptor depletion. Acute elevations of endogenous LH by single doses of LHRH caused the same changes as exogenous hCG, with marked receptor loss and reduction in testosterone responses to hCG, dibutyryl cyclic AMP and choleragen. However, pregnenolone formation (measured in the presence of cyanoketone and spironolactone to inhibit pregnenolone metabolism) was normal or increased in desensitized Leydig cells from LHRH-treated animals. Accumulation of progesterone and 170H-progesterone occurred in serum and incubated Leydig cells of desensitized animals, localizing the major steroidogenic block to the conversion of 170H-steroids to androgens. In cultures of normal rat and murine tumor Leydig cells, 17–20 lyase and 17α-hydroxylase were markedly decreased when LH receptors were lost, suggesting coordinate regulation of receptors and steroidogenic enzymes in vitro . However, the in vivo development of the steroid block was not coincident with the loss and return of LH receptors. A role of oestradiol in the gonadotropin-induced enzyme defect was suggested by acute elevations of testicular oestradiol 30 min after intravenous hCG (whereas more gradual increases occurred 4–8 h after subcutaneous hCG), and by the ability of an oestrogen antagonist (Tamoxifen) to prevent the reduction of testosterone responses caused by intravenous hCG. These results indicate that acute elevation of oestradiol production is a contributory factor in the steroidogenic lesions of LHRH- and hCG-desensitized Leydig cells in the rat testis.


Journal of Steroid Biochemistry | 1987

Angiotensin II receptors and mechanisms of action in adrenal glomerulosa cells

Kevin J. Catt; M.C. Carson; William P. Hausdorff; C.M. Leach-Harper; Albert J. Baukal; G. Guillemette; Tamas Balla; Greti Aguilera

The plasma-membrane receptors, coupling mechanisms, and effector enzymes that mediate target-cell activation by angiotensin II (AII) have been characterized in rat and bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells. The AII holoreceptor is a glycoprotein of Mr approximately 125,000 under non-denaturing conditions. Photoaffinity labeling of AII receptors with azido-AII derivatives has shown size heterogeneity among the AII binding sites between species and target tissues, with Mr values of 55,000 to 79,000. Such variations in molecular size probably reflect differences in carbohydrate content of the individual receptor sites. The adrenal AII receptor, like that in other tissues, is coupled to the inhibitory guanine nucleotide inhibitory protein (Ni). However, studies with pertussis toxin have shown that stimulation of aldosterone production by AII is not mediated by Ni but by a pertussis-insensitive nucleotide regulatory protein of unidentified nature. Although Ni is not involved in the stimulatory action of AII on steroidogenesis, it does mediate the inhibitory effects of high concentrations of AII upon aldosterone production. The actions of AII on adrenal cortical function are thus regulated by at least two guanine nucleotide regulatory proteins that are selectively activated by increasing AII concentrations. The principal effector enzyme in AII action is phospholipase C, which is rapidly stimulated in rat and bovine glomerulosa after AII receptor activation. AII-induced breakdown of phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate (PIP2) and phosphatidylinositol phosphate (PIP) leads to formation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) and inositol 1,4-bisphosphate (IP2). These are metabolized predominantly to inositol-4-monophosphate, which serves as a marker of polyphosphoinositide breakdown, whereas inositol-1-phosphate is largely derived from phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis. The AII-stimulated glomerulosa cell also produces inositol 1,3,4-trisphosphate, a biologically inactive IP3 isomer formed from Ins-1,4,5-trisphosphate via inositol tetrakisphosphate (IP4) during ligand activation in several calcium-dependent target cells. The Ins-1,4,5-P3 formed during AII action binds with high affinity to specific intracellular receptors that have been characterized in the bovine adrenal gland and other AII target tissues, and may represent the sites through which IP3 causes calcium mobilization during the initiation of cellular responses.


Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology | 1988

CONTROL OF GLOMERULOSA CELL FUNCTION BY ANGIOTENSIN II: TRANSDUCTION BY G‐PROTEINS AND INOSITOL POLYPHOSPHATES*

Kevin J. Catt; Tamas Balla; Albert J. Baukal; William P. Hausdorff; Greti Aguilera

1. The receptor‐activated mechanisms that mediate the steroidogenic actions of angiotensin II (AII) have been characterized in rat and bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells. In rat adrenal cells, the AII receptor is coupled to a guanine nucleotide inhibitory protein which reduces adenylate cyclase activity and cyclic AMP production. However, receptor‐mediated stimulation of aldosterone production by AII is exerted through a separate pertussis‐insensitive nucleotide regulatory protein that subserves coupling of activated receptors to phospholipase C.


Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 1987

Angiotensin-induced formation and metabolism of inositol polyphosphates in bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells

Gaetan Guillemette; Albert J. Baukal; Tamas Balla; Kevin J. Catt

The actions of angiotensin II (AII) on inositol polyphosphate production and metabolism were analyzed in cultured bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells. In cells labeled for 24 hr with [3H]inositol, AII caused a rapid and prominent rise in formation of Ins-P3 (mainly the Ins-1,3,4,-P3 isomer) and of Ins-P4, with marked increases in two isomers of Ins-P2 and Ins-P. These findings are consistent with rapid formation and turnover of Ins-1,4,5-P3, partly via conversion to Ins-1,3,4,5-P4 with subsequent metabolism to Ins-1,3,4-P3 and lower inositol phosphates. The demonstration of a cytosolic Ins-P3-kinase gave further evidence for the presence of the tris/tetrakisphosphate pathway and Ins-P4 synthesis during AII action in the bovine adrenal cortex.


Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology | 1984

GnRH agonist-induced inhibitory and stimulatory effects during ovarian follicular maturation

Tapio Ranta; Michael Knecht; Albert J. Baukal; Matti Korhonen; Kevin J. Catt

The in vivo regulation of ovarian gonadotropin and prolactin receptors and adenylate cyclase activity by FSH, and the potent GnRH agonist [D-Ala6]des-Gly10-GnRH N-ethylamide (GnRHa), was studied in immature hypophysectomized diethylstilbestrol-implanted rats. During FSH treatment over a 48 h period, FSH receptors increased 2-fold with the maximum response during the first 12 h, whereas LH and prolactin receptors increased by 10-fold and 6-fold with the maximum response from 12 to 48 h. Administration of GnRHa at any time during the 48 h period of FSH treatment inhibited the subsequent development of gonadotropin and PRL receptors. In contrast, administration of a single dose of 10 micrograms GnRHa after 48 h of FSH treatment stimulated follicular luteinization and caused increases in basal adenylate cyclase activity, ovarian weight and PRL receptor content, and concomitant decreases in gonadotropin receptors and adenylate cyclase responses. In the immature follicles of animals not primed with FSH, GnRHa caused progressive inhibition of FSH-sensitive adenylate cyclase activity, with a decrease in FSH receptors, but increased both basal and GMP-P(NH)P-stimulated adenylate cyclase activities. These results demonstrate that GnRHa causes marked inhibition of gonadotropin receptor expression in the basal and FSH-stimulated ovary. This decrease in gonadotropin receptors is an important component of the mechanism by which GnRH agonists inhibit ovarian gonadotropin-sensitive adenylate cyclase activity. In addition, these peptides exert stimulatory effects upon ovarian weight and basal adenylate cyclase activity, and cause an increase in PRL receptors and luteinization of mature ovarian follicles.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Kevin J. Catt

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Tamas Balla

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K. J. Catt

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László Hunyady

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Gaetan Guillemette

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Maria L. Dufau

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Michael Knecht

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Greti Aguilera

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Tapio Ranta

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