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. 1981 Nov;78(11):6903–6906. doi: 10.1073/pnas.78.11.6903

Phosphorylation of the same specific protein during amylase release evoked by beta-adrenergic or cholinergic agonists in rat and mouse parotid glands.

R Jahn, H D Söling
PMCID: PMC349160  PMID: 6171823

Abstract

Stimulation of amylase secretion from the rat parotid gland by beta-adrenergic agonists is associated with a specific phosphorylation of three membrane-bound proteins designated as proteins I, II, and III [Jahn, R., Unger, C. & Söling, H. D. (1980) Eur. J. Biochem. 112, 345-352]. In contrast, stimuliation by carbachol induced significant phosphorylation of only protein I. This phosphorylation was low compared to isoproterenol-induced phosphorylation but corresponded to the smaller enhancement of amylase secretion. The mouse organ, however, is almost equally sensitive to beta-adrenergic and to cholinergic agonists. Incubation of mouse parotid gland slices with either 20 microM isoproterenol or 10 microM carbachol resulted in strong and comparable releases of amylase, which were accompanied by comparable phosphorylations of protein I. Proteins II and III were phosphorylated only in the presence of isoproterenol. Removal of external calcium by ethylene glycol bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetate abolished the carbachol-induced release of amylase but not the phosphorylation of protein I. Isoproterenol-induced secretion of amylase and phosphorylation of proteins I, II, and III were not inhibited under these conditions. Amylase release stimulated by the ionophore A-23187 was accompanied by the phosphorylation of protein I. Two-dimensional electrophoresis revealed that the radioactive spot corresponding to protein I was located at the same position after cholinergic and after beta-adrenergic stimulation, indicating that both stimuli led to the phosphorylation of the same membrane-associated protein. These findings strongly support the view that the phosphorylation of protein I is an important step in the sequence of events leading from receptor activation to exocytosis.

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