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. 1996 Aug 6;93(16):8258–8263. doi: 10.1073/pnas.93.16.8258

Transformation of Rat-1 fibroblasts with the v-src oncogene increases the tyrosine phosphorylation state and activity of the alpha subunit of Gq/G11.

W W Liu 1, R R Mattingly 1, J C Garrison 1
PMCID: PMC38657  PMID: 8710857

Abstract

Two major intermediaries in signal transduction pathways are pp60v-sre family tyrosine kinases and heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide-binding proteins. In Rat-1 fibroblasts transformed by the v-src oncogene, endothelin-1 (ET-1)-induced inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate accumulation is increased 6-fold, without any increases in the numbers of ET-1 receptors or in the response to another agonist, thrombin. This ET-1 hyperresponse can be inhibited by an antibody directed against the carboxyl terminus of the Gq/G11 alpha subunit, suggesting that the Gq/G11 protein couples ET-1 receptors to phospholipase C (PLC). While v-src transformation did not increase the expression of the Gq/G11 alpha subunit, immunoblotting with anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies and phosphoamino acid analysis demonstrated that the Gq/G11 alpha subunit becomes phosphorylated on tyrosine residues in v-src-transformed cells. Moreover, when the Gq/G11 protein was extracted from control and transformed cell lines and reconstituted with exogenous PLC, AIF*4-stimulated Gq/G11 activity was markedly increased in extracts from v-src-transformed cells. Our results demonstrate that the process of v-src transformation can increase the tyrosine phosphorylation state of the Gq/G11 alpha-subunit in intact cells and that the process causes an increase in the Gq/G11 alpha-subunit's ability to stimulate PLC following activation with AIF-4.

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