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HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS
卷 15, 期 7, 页码 1087-1098出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl023
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- NINDS NIH HHS [2R01 NS34779-06, R01 NS034779] Funding Source: Medline
Neurofibromatosis type I (NFI) is a common genetic disorder that causes nervous system tumors, and learning and memory defects in humans, and animal models. We identify a novel growth factor stimulated adenylyl cyclase (AC) pathway in the Drosophila brain, which is disrupted by mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), neurofibromin (NF1) and Ras, but not G alpha(s). This is the first demonstration in a metazoan that a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) pathway, acting independently of the heterotrimeric G-protein subunit G alpha(s), can activate AC. We also show that G alpha(s) is the major G alpha isoform in fly brains, and define a second AC pathway stimulated by serotonin and histamine requiring NF1 and G alpha(s), as well as a third, classical G alpha(s)-dependent AC pathway, which is stimulated by Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-amide (FMRFamide) and dopamine. Using mutations and deletions of the human NF1 protein (hNF1) expressed in Nf1 mutant flies, we show that Ras activation by hNF1 is essential for growth factor stimulation of AC activity. Further, we demonstrate that sequences in the C-terminal region of hNF1 are sufficient for NF1/G alpha(s)-dependent neurotransmitter stimulated AC activity, and for rescue of body size defects in Nf1 mutant flies.
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