PMID: 2503407Jun 1, 1989Paper

Calmodulin modulates thymocyte adenylate cyclase activity through the guanine nucleotide regulatory unit

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
J Segal

Abstract

We have previously demonstrated in rat thymocyte plasma membranes that adenylate cyclase activity and its stimulation by 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3) are influenced by calmodulin, and that these effects of calmodulin require calcium. In the present study, the mechanism by which calmodulin exerts its action was examined, in situ, in fresh plasma membranes isolated from rat thymocytes. Adenylate cyclase activity was potentiated by guanyl nucleotides, NaF and forskolin. Calmodulin did not affect basal adenylate cyclase activity. However, calmodulin influenced the guanyl nucleotide- and forskolin-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity, but had no effect on the fluoride-stimulated enzyme activity. This was evident from experiments with inhibitors of calmodulin: trifluoperazine, calmidazolium, and antibodies against calmodulin. The three inhibitors did not change basal adenylate cyclase activity, but all produced a marked decrease in the guanyl nucleotide- and forskolin-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity. The inhibitory effect of all three agents was reversed completely by the addition of calmodulin. The three inhibitors, however, failed to affect the fluoride-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity. In addition, T3, like the calmodu...Continue Reading

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