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The surface cyclic AMP receptors, cAR1, cAR2, and cAR3, promote Ca2+ influx in Dictyostelium discoideum by a G alpha 2-independent mechanism

JL Milne and PN Devreotes

Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.

Activation of surface folate receptors or cyclic AMP (cAMP) receptor (cAR) 1 in Dictyostelium triggers within 5-10 s an influx of extracellular Ca2+ that continues for 20 s. To further characterize the receptor-mediated Ca2+ entry, we analyzed 45Ca2+ uptake in amoebas overexpressing cAR2 or cAR3, cARs present during multicellular development. Both receptors induced a cAMP-dependent Ca2+ uptake that had comparable kinetics, ion selectivity, and inhibitor profiles as folate- and cAR1-mediated Ca2+ uptake. Analysis of mutants indicated that receptor-induced Ca2+ entry does not require G protein alpha subunits G alpha 1, G alpha 2, G alpha 3, G alpha 4, G alpha 7, or G alpha 8. Overexpression of cAR1 or cAR3 in g alpha 2- cells did not restore certain G alpha 2-dependent events, such as aggregation, or cAMP-mediated activation of adenylate and guanylate cyclases, but these strains displayed a cAMP-mediated Ca2+ influx with kinetics comparable to wild-type aggregation-competent cells. These results suggest that a plasma membrane-associated Ca(2+)-influx system may be activated by at least four distinct chemoreceptors during Dictyostelium development and that the response may be independent of G proteins.

Volume 4, Issue 3, pp. 283-292, 03/01/1993
Copyright © 1993 by The American Society for Cell Biology




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