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CELLULAR SIGNALLING
卷 14, 期 3, 页码 249-257出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0898-6568(01)00240-6
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G protein; melatonin receptor; Ras; Rac; JNK; ERK
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R55GM056159, R01GM056159] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM56159] Funding Source: Medline
Melatonin is a pineal hormone involved in neuroendocrine processes in mammals. It has been shown that melatonin inhibits the enzymatic activities of adenylyl cyclases and the transcriptional activities of CREB. In this report, we demonstrate that 2-iodomelatonin (2IMT) treatment on COS-7 cells transfected with melatonin receptors (mtl and MT2) induces c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) activation, which is pertussis, toxin (PTX)-sensitive, Ras/Rac-dependent and may involve Src-family protein tyrosine kinases. Moreover, PTX-insensitive G(s), G(z) and G(16) are capable of linking activated melatonin receptors to the stimulation of JNK. Agonist stimulation on PTX-pretreated COS-7 cells overexpressing mt1 receptor, Galpha(s) and adenylyl cyclase VI led to increased cAMP accumulation. Stimulation of endogenous mt1 receptors in MCF-7 cells was associated with the activation of both JNK and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ER-K). This report demonstrates the stimulatory effect of melatonin receptors on JNK, and provides experimental evidence for a functional coupling between the G(i)-coupled melatonin receptor and G(s), in terms of adenylyl cyclase activation. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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