192 results on '"Ross, E. M."'
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2. Skim-Nanopore sequencing for routine genomic evaluation and bacterial pathogen detection in cattle.
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Lamb, H. J., Nguyen, L. T., Briody, T. E., Ambrose, R. K., Hayes, B. J., Mahony, T. J., and Ross, E. M.
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Context: Genotyping-by-sequencing, the use of sequence reads to genotype single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), has seen an increase in popularity as a tool for genomic prediction. Oxford Nanopore Technologies (Nanopore) sequencing is an emerging technology that produces long sequence reads in real-time. Recent studies have established the ability for low-coverage Nanopore sequence data to be used for genomic prediction. However, the value proposition of Nanopore sequencing for individuals could be improved if both genotyping and disease diagnosis are achieved from a single sample. Aims: This study aimed to demonstrate that Nanopore sequencing can be used for both rapid genotyping and as a disease diagnostic tool using the same sample in livestock. Methods: Total DNA extracts from nasal swabs collected from 48 feedlot cattle presenting with clinical signs of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) were sequenced using the Nanopore PromethION sequencer. After 24 h of sequencing, genotypes were imputed and genomic estimated breeding values (GEBVs) for four traits were derived using 641 163 SNPs and corresponding SNP effects. These GEBVs were compared with GEBVs derived from SNP array genotypes and calculated using the same SNP effects. Unmapped sequence reads were classified into taxa using Kraken2 and compared with quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) results for five BRD-associated pathogens of interest. Key results: Sequence-derived genotypes for 46 of the 48 animals were produced in 24 h and GEBV correlations ranged between 0.92 and 0.94 for the four traits. Eleven different BRD-associated pathogens (two viruses and nine bacterial species) were detected in the samples using Nanopore sequence data. A significant (P < 0.001) relationship between Nanopore and qPCR results was observed for five overlapping species when a maximum threshold cycle was used. Conclusions: The results of this study indicated that 46 cattle genomes can be multiplexed and accurately genotyped for downstream genomic prediction by using a single PromethION flow cell (ver. R9.4) in 24 h. This equates to a cost of AUD35.82 per sample for consumables. The concordance between qPCR results and pathogen proportion estimates also indicated that some pathogenic species, in particular bacterial species, can be accurately identified from the same test. Implications: Using Nanopore sequencing, routine genotyping and disease detection in livestock could be combined into one cost-competitive test with a rapid turnaround time. Genotyping, to test an animal or herd genetic merit, has become a routine part of most livestock production systems. New genotyping methods offer the potential to significantly decrease the turnaround time of genotyping and also incorporate new genetic information into the analysis. In this study, we have demonstrated that one such genotyping method can be used to genotype cattle and detect bacterial bovine respiratory pathogens in 24 h at a cost similar to that of existing methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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3. The Avian β -adrenergic Receptor: Primary Structure and Membrane Topology
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Yarden, Y., Rodriguez, H., Brandt, D. R., May, D. C., Burnier, J., Harkins, R. N., Chen, E. Y., Ramachandran, J., Ullrich, A., and Ross, E. M.
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- 1986
4. Administration of Medicines in School: Who Is Responsible?
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Bannon, M. J. and Ross, E. M.
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- 1998
5. Flora of south-eastern Queensland
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Stanley, T. D. (Trevor D.), Ross, E. M. (Estelle M.), Smithsonian Libraries, Stanley, T. D. (Trevor D.), and Ross, E. M. (Estelle M.)
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Australia ,Botany ,Classification ,Identification ,Plants ,Queensland - Published
- 1983
6. Understanding molecular etiopathologies in intellectual disabilities
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Peter-Ross, E. M.
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- 2008
7. Human herpesviruses-6 and -7 each cause significant neurological morbidity in Britain and Ireland
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Ward, K N, Andrews, N J, Verity, C M, Miller, E, and Ross, E M
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- 2005
8. Outcome of Childhood Status Epilepticus and Lengthy Febrile Convulsions: Findings of National Cohort Study.
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Verity, C M, Ross, E M, and Golding, Jean.
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- 1993
9. Representation Of Whole-Time Consultants
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Astin, M. K., Ball, K., Barclay, J., Charlesworth, M., Cormack, R. S., Csonka, G. W., Edwards, D. A. W., Gooding, D., Hulands, G. H., Jansz, C., Jones, W. T., Kreel, L., Liberman, M. M., Lovell, D., McFadyen, I. R., McKenzie, C. G., McNicol, M. W., McSwiggan, D. A., Mikhail, J. R., Miller, D. L., Misiewicz, J. J., Mitchell, D. N., Porter, B. B., Ross, E. M., Shawdon, H., Savin, B., Slavin, G., Snow, P., and Taylor, C. E. D.
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- 1975
10. A NEW SPECIES OF MACARTHURIA (AIZOACEAE) FROM SOUTH-EASTERN QUEENSLAND
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Ross, E. M.
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- 1984
11. Pertussis Immunisation And Serious Acute Neurological Illness In Children
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Miller, D. L., Ross, E. M., Alderslade, R., Bellman, M. H., and Rawson, N. S. B.
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- 1981
12. Epilepsy In The First 10 Years Of Life: Findings Of The Child Health And Education Study
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Verity, C. M., Ross, E. M., and Golding, Jean
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- 1992
13. Cigarette Smoking In Pregnancy: Its Influence On Birth Weight And Perinatal Mortality
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Butler, N. R., Goldstein, H., and Ross, E. M.
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- 1972
14. Asymptomatic Bacteriuria In Girl Entrants To Dundee Primary Schools
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Savage, D. C. L., Wilson, Margaret I., Ross, E. M., and Fee, W. M.
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- 1969
15. Investigating the effect of two methane-mitigating diets on the rumen microbiome using massively parallel sequencing.
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Ross, E. M., Moate, P. J., Marett, L., Cocks, B. G., and Hayes, B. J.
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RUMEN microbiology , *DAIRY cattle feeding & feeds , *HOLSTEIN-Friesian cattle , *METHANE & the environment , *FEED additives - Abstract
Variation in the composition of microorganisms in the rumen (the rumen microbiome) of dairy cattle (Bos taurus) is of great interest because of possible links to methane emission levels. Feed additives are one method being investigated to reduce enteric methane production by dairy cattle. Here we report the effect of 2 methanemitigating feed additives (grapemarc and a combination of lipids and tannin) on rumen microbiome profiles of Holstein dairy cattle. We used untargeted (shotgun) massively parallel sequencing of microbes present in rumen fluid to generate quantitative rumen microbiome profiles. We observed large effects of the feed additives on the rumen microbiome profiles using multiple approaches, including linear mixed modeling, hierarchical clustering, and metagenomic predictions. The effect on the fecal microbiome profiles was not detectable using hierarchical clustering, but was significant in the linear mixed model and when metagenomic predictions were used, suggesting a more subtle effect of the diets on the lower gastrointestinal microbiome. A differential representation analysis (analogous to differential expression in RNA sequencing) showed significant overlap in the contigs (which are genome fragments representing different microorganism species) that were differentially represented between experiments. These similarities suggest that, despite the different additives used, the 2 diets assessed in this investigation altered the microbiomes of the samples in similar ways. Contigs that were differentially represented in both experiments were tested for associations with methane production in an independent set of animals. These animals were not treated with a methane-mitigating diet, but did show substantial natural variation in methane emission levels. The contigs that were significantly differentially represented in response to both dietary additives showed a significant enrichment for associations with methane production. This suggests that these methane-mitigating diets have altered the rumen microbiome toward naturally low methane-emitting microbial profiles. The contig sequences are predominantly new and include Faecalibacterium spp. The contigs we have identified here are potential biomarkers for low-methane-emitting cattle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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16. The symbiotic rumen microbiome and cattle performance: a brief review.
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Bath, C., Morrison, M., Ross, E. M., Hayes, B. J., and Cocks, B. G.
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The rumen of the dairy cow contains a rich and diverse collection of microbes that during feed digestion produce significant quantities of methane gas and ammonia, both of which contribute to greenhouse gas emissions. Strategies to redirect rumen carbon and nitrogen metabolism away from these products provide opportunities for significant productivity improvements in livestock systems not only by improving nutrient retention, but also by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In order to develop these strategies, a greater knowledge of the diversity of the microbes within their rumen and their genomic capability is required. Many have used several techniques to study the rumen microbes, and the technology continues to improve. Among them include researchers at the Department of Primary Industries Victoria (DPI Vic) and the Dairy Futures Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) who are addressing the issue of regulation of methane emissions in dairy cattle, while scientists in Queensland and New South Wales, as part of the most recent Beef CRC program, focus on beef cattle. In this brief review, we examine how the techniques used in rumen microbial ecology have changed, and how technology improvements continue to allow us to examine the rumen microbiota of cattle and other ruminants, so as to better understand and possibly select animals with superior traits, leading to improvements in feed efficiency, methane emissions and nitrogen retention. The rumen microorganisms provide energy for the ruminant animal but also influence productivity, methane emissions and nitrogen retention. This review focuses on technology changes within rumen ecology, with emphasis on our research toward increased productivity of cattle. Exploring the symbiotic relationships of the rumen through (meta)genomics may hold the key to a better understanding, and subsequent improvements in productivity, with less environmental impacts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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17. Whooping cough immunization in France and Britain: discussion paper.
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Ross, E. M. and Edouard, L.
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VACCINATION of children ,WHOOPING cough vaccines ,BACTERIAL vaccines - Abstract
The article compares the administration of whooping cough immunization in France and Great Britain. It has been noted that the latter is not really active in the vaccination policy, while the former normally incorporates whooping cough vaccine with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids. However, administration of the vaccine had brought out various side effects in each of the country.
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- 1983
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18. Whooping cough and whooping cough vaccine: the risks and benefits debate.
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MILLER, D. L., ALDERSLADE, R., and ROSS, E. M.
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- 1982
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19. Reye's syndrome in children under three years old.
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BELLMAN, MARTIN H., ROSS, EUAN M., MILLER, DAVID L., Bellman, M H, Ross, E M, and Miller, D L
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COMPARATIVE studies ,LIVER ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL cooperation ,PROGNOSIS ,RESEARCH ,EVALUATION research ,REYE'S syndrome ,DIAGNOSIS - Abstract
The National Childhood Encephalopathy Study identified 37 cases of Reye's syndrome in children aged between 2 and 36 months in a 3-year period, giving an estimated incidence in Great Britain of 0.7/100 000 children a year. The diagnostic features were neither consistently positive in these cases, nor negative in 11 others later considered not to have Reye's syndrome. The prognosis was poor; the fatality rate was 46%, and 60% of the survivors were handicapped. A surveillance scheme to investigate pathological, clinical, and epidemiological factors in this rare condition is required. This has now been set up in the UK. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1982
20. Biochemical Properties of Hormone-Sensitive Adenylate Cyclase.
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Ross, E M and Gilman, A G
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- 1980
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21. Whooping cough immunization in France and Britain: discussion paper
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Ross, E M and Edouard, L
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Pertussis Vaccine ,Brain Diseases ,Financing, Government ,Whooping Cough ,Child, Preschool ,Vaccination ,Humans ,Infant ,France ,United Kingdom ,Research Article - Published
- 1983
22. Joubert-Boltshauser syndrome with polydactyly in siblings.
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Egger, J, Bellman, MH, Ross, EM, Baraitser, M, Bellman, M H, and Ross, E M
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Two siblings are described with clinical features of the Joubert–Boltshauser syndrome. Both had polydactyly and one had fleshy tumours of the tongue. Computed tomography of the brain showed hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis, associated in one case with a cyst of the fourth ventricle. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 1982
23. CIGARETTE SMOKING IN PREGNANCY.
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BUTLER, N. R., GOLDSTEIN, H., and ROSS, E. M.
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- 1972
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24. Human herpesviruses-6 and -7 and neurological morbidity.
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Ward, K. N., Andrews, N. J., Verity, C. M., Miller, E., and Ross, E. M.
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LETTERS to the editor ,HERPESVIRUSES - Abstract
A letter to the editor is presented in response to the review of the article "Human Herpesviruses-6 and -7 and Neurological Morbidity in Britain and Ireland," by K. N. Ward, N. J. Andrews and C. M. Verity in the June 2005 issue.
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- 2006
25. Fitting nutrition into the medical model: the role of decision analytic cost-effectiveness techniques.
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Ross, E M, Rosenberg, I H, Dawson-Hughes, B, Col, N F, and Wong, J B
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Physicians are accustomed to making decisions based on information regarding the prevalence of disease, symptoms, physical signs, laboratory test results, and the risks and benefits of alternative treatments. If nutritional assessment and therapeutics are to become more common components of medical practice, significant barriers in each of these areas must be overcome. Even rudimentary dietary assessment is often missing from physician education. Dietary assessment tools that are readily available and that have demonstrated usefulness are largely unknown. In addition, many nutritional interventions have not been formally investigated in randomized, controlled trials, and thus their cost-effectiveness remains unknown. We present one approach to these issues by discussing the construction of a decision model examining strategies for vitamin D and calcium screening. The application of medical decision making techniques to problems in clinical nutrition illustrates how findings from research studies may be used to determine the risks, benefits and costs of alternative population based health related nutrition policies which can then be applied by physicians in their daily interactions with patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1999
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26. Neonatal tetanus (St Kilda, 19th century)
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Woody, R C and Ross, E M
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BUTTER , *CULTURE , *HISTORY , *TETANUS - Published
- 1989
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27. Patient-Specific Decisions About Hormone Replacement Therapy in Postmenopausal Women.
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Col, N F, Eckman, M H, Karas, R H, Pauker, S G, Goldberg, R J, and Ross, E M
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- 1997
28. Letter: Smoking hazards to the fetus.
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Ross, E M, Butler, N R, and Goldstein, H
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- 1973
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29. Molecular hypotheses to explain the shared pathways and underlying pathobiological causes in catatonia and in catatonic presentations in neuropsychiatric disorders.
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Peter-Ross EM
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- Alternative Splicing, Behavior, Brain metabolism, Endocytosis, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Variation, Homeostasis, Humans, Lysosomes metabolism, Mitochondria metabolism, Models, Theoretical, Phenotype, RNA, Small Nucleolar genetics, Catatonia physiopathology, Mental Disorders metabolism, Mental Disorders physiopathology, RNA, Small Nucleolar physiology
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The pathobiological causes, the shared cellular and molecular pathways in catatonia and in catatonic presentation in neuropsychiatric disorders are yet to be determined. The hypotheses in this paper have been deduced from the latest scientific research findings and clinical observations of patients with genetic disorders, behavioral phenotypes and other family members suffering mental disorders. The first hypothesis postulates that catatonia and the heterogeneity of catatonic signs and symptoms involve nucleolar dysfunction arising from abnormalities of the brain-specific, non-coding micro-RNA, SNORD115 genes (either duplications or deletions) which result in pathobiological dysfunction of various combinations in the downstream pathways (possibly along with other genes in these shared pathways). SNORD115 controls five genes CRHR1, PBRM1, TAF1, DPM2, and RALGPS1 as well as the alternative splicing of serotonin 2C receptor. SNORD115 abnormalities with varying downstream multigene involvement would account for catatonia across the life span within some subtypes of autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar and major depressive disorder, psychosis, genetic disorders, and in immune disorders such as anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antibody encephalitis as well as the susceptibility to the neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) if environmentally triggered. Furthermore, SNORD115 genes may underlie a genetic vulnerability when environmental triggers result in excess serotonin producing the serotonin syndrome, a condition similar to NMS in which catatonia may occur. Dysfunction of SNORD115-PBRM1 connecting with SMARCA2 as well as other proven schizophrenia-associated genes might explain why traditionally catatonia has been classified with schizophrenia. SNORD115-TAF1 and SNORD-DPM2 dysfunction introduce possible clues to the parkinsonism and increased creatinine phosphokinase in NMS, while abnormalities of SNORD115-RALGPS1 suggest links to both anti-NMDAR encephalitis and the proven predisposing catatonic SHANK3 gene. The second hypothesis postulates that periodic catatonia (PC) on 15q15 involves abnormalities of vacuolar protein sorting 39 (VPS39), a proven de novo schizophrenic gene in this chromosomal locus and part of the HOPS complex. These will impact the autophagic and endocytic pathways, thereby lowering lysosomal degradation. VPS39 mutations may be considered also to disrupt lysosome-mitochondria tethering and transport of lipids and calcium through membrane contact sites (MCSs). To account for the periodicity in PC it is speculated that the mammalian equivalent of the vacuole and mitochondria patch (vCLAMP) would be altered by VPS39 mutations and subsequently followed by the mammalian equivalent of endoplasmic reticulum mitochondria encounter structure (ERMES) restoring mitochondrial homeostasis. Future precision psychiatry will require accurate pathophysiologically-defined psychiatric diagnoses to accelerate the discovery of specific molecular-targeted medications to improve therapeutic outcomes., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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30. RGSZ1 and Ret RGS: two of several splice variants from the gene RGS20.
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Barker SA, Wang J, Sierra DA, and Ross EM
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- 3' Untranslated Regions, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Base Sequence, Cattle, DNA, Humans, Membrane Proteins chemistry, Molecular Sequence Data, Nerve Tissue Proteins chemistry, Open Reading Frames, RGS Proteins, RNA, Messenger genetics, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, GTPase-Activating Proteins, Membrane Proteins genetics, Nerve Tissue Proteins genetics, RNA Splicing
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RGSZ1 and Ret RGS, members of the regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS) family, are GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs) with high selectivity for G alpha(z). We show here that RGSZ1 and Ret RGSZ1 are products of two of several splice variants of one gene, RGS20. RGS20 spans approximately 107 kb and contains at least seven exons. Five exons account for RGSZ1, including a single exon distinct to RGSZ1 that encodes a newly identified amino-terminal region. The previously described open reading frame (ORF) and 3' untranslated region are encoded by four downstream exons that also encode about half of Ret RGS. The 5' end of the RGSZ1 ORF contains several in-frame ATG codons (3-5 depending on the species), and multiple translational start sites may help explain the molecular weight heterogeneity of purified bovine brain RGSZ. Ret RGS replaces the 24 N-terminal amino acid residues of RGSZ1 with a large, N-terminal region that initially distinguished the bovine Ret RGS from human and mouse RGSZ1. This N-terminal domain is encoded by two distinct 5' exons that are variably combined with the four downstream exons shared with RGSZ1 to produce at least six mRNAs. They encode proteins with N termini that vary in size, hydrophobicity, and the presence of a cysteine string. At least two mRNAs that include the exon that encodes the N-terminal region unique to RGSZ1 were found in brain and a few other tissues, but not retina. RGS20 thus can account for multiple G(z)-selective GAPs in different tissues.
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- 2001
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31. Binding of regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins to phospholipid bilayers. Contribution of location and/or orientation to Gtpase-activating protein activity.
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Tu Y, Woodson J, and Ross EM
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- Animals, Humans, Protein Binding, Rats, GTPase-Activating Proteins metabolism, Lipid Bilayers, Phospholipids metabolism, RGS Proteins metabolism
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Regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins must bind membranes in an orientation that permits the protein-protein interactions necessary for regulatory activity. RGS4 binds to phospholipid surfaces in a slow, multistep process that leads to maximal GTPase-activating protein (GAP) activity. When RGS4 is added to phospholipid vesicles that contain m2 or m1 muscarinic receptor and G(i), G(z), or G(q), GAP activity increases approximately 3-fold over 4 h at 30 degrees C and more slowly at 20 degrees C. This increase in GAP activity is preceded by several other events that suggest that, after binding, optimal interaction with G protein and receptor requires reorientation of RGS4 on the membrane surface, a conformational change, or both. Binding of RGS4 is initially reversible but becomes irreversible within 5 min. Onset of irreversibility parallels initial quenching of tryptophan fluorescence (t(12) approximately 30 s). Further quenching occurs after binding has become irreversible (t(12) approximately 6 min) but is complete well before maximal GAP activity is attained. These processes all appear to be energetically driven by the amphipathic N-terminal domain of RGS4 and are accelerated by palmitoylation of cysteine residues in this region. The RGS4 N-terminal domain confers similar membrane binding behavior on the RGS domains of either RGS10 or RGSZ1.
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- 2001
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32. GTPase-activating proteins for heterotrimeric G proteins: regulators of G protein signaling (RGS) and RGS-like proteins.
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Ross EM and Wilkie TM
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Caenorhabditis elegans genetics, Caenorhabditis elegans metabolism, Conserved Sequence, GTPase-Activating Proteins genetics, Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins genetics, Humans, Models, Biological, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Potassium Channels metabolism, Protein Structure, Tertiary, RGS Proteins genetics, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Signal Transduction, GTPase-Activating Proteins chemistry, GTPase-Activating Proteins metabolism, Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins chemistry, Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, RGS Proteins chemistry, RGS Proteins metabolism
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GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs) regulate heterotrimeric G proteins by increasing the rates at which their subunits hydrolyze bound GTP and thus return to the inactive state. G protein GAPs act allosterically on G subunits, in contrast to GAPs for the Ras-like monomeric GTP-binding proteins. Although they do not contribute directly to the chemistry of GTP hydrolysis, G protein GAPs can accelerate hydrolysis >2000-fold. G protein GAPs include both effector proteins (phospholipase C-¿, p115RhoGEF) and a growing family of regulators of G protein signaling (RGS proteins) that are found throughout the animal and fungal kingdoms. GAP activity can sharpen the termination of a signal upon removal of stimulus, attenuate a signal either as a feedback inhibitor or in response to a second input, promote regulatory association of other proteins, or redirect signaling within a G protein signaling network. GAPs are regulated by various controls of their cellular concentrations, by complex interactions with G¿ or with G¿5 through an endogenous G-like domain, and by interaction with multiple other proteins.
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- 2000
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33. Palmitoylation of a conserved cysteine in the regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) domain modulates the GTPase-activating activity of RGS4 and RGS10.
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Tu Y, Popov S, Slaughter C, and Ross EM
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- Animals, Base Sequence, Cysteine chemistry, DNA Primers, DNA, Complementary, GTP-Binding Proteins chemistry, GTPase-Activating Proteins chemistry, GTPase-Activating Proteins genetics, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, RGS Proteins chemistry, RGS Proteins genetics, Spodoptera, Cysteine metabolism, GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, GTPase-Activating Proteins metabolism, Palmitic Acid metabolism, RGS Proteins metabolism
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RGS4 and RGS10 expressed in Sf9 cells are palmitoylated at a conserved Cys residue (Cys(95) in RGS4, Cys(66) in RGS10) in the regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) domain that is also autopalmitoylated when the purified proteins are incubated with palmitoyl-CoA. RGS4 also autopalmitoylates at a previously identified cellular palmitoylation site, either Cys(2) or Cys(12). The C2A/C12A mutation essentially eliminates both autopalmitoylation and cellular [(3)H]palmitate labeling of Cys(95). Membrane-bound RGS4 is palmitoylated both at Cys(95) and Cys(2/12), but cytosolic RGS4 is not palmitoylated. RGS4 and RGS10 are GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs) for the G(i) and G(q) families of G proteins. Palmitoylation of Cys(95) on RGS4 or Cys(66) on RGS10 inhibits GAP activity 80-100% toward either Galpha(i) or Galpha(z) in a single-turnover, solution-based assay. In contrast, when GAP activity was assayed as acceleration of steady-state GTPase in receptor-G protein proteoliposomes, palmitoylation of RGS10 potentiated GAP activity >/=20-fold. Palmitoylation near the N terminus of C95V RGS4 did not alter GAP activity toward soluble Galpha(z) and increased G(z) GAP activity about 2-fold in the vesicle-based assay. Dual palmitoylation of wild-type RGS4 remained inhibitory. RGS protein palmitoylation is thus multi-site, complex in its control, and either inhibitory or stimulatory depending on the RGS protein and its sites of palmitoylation.
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- 1999
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34. Reciprocal signaling between heterotrimeric G proteins and the p21-stimulated protein kinase.
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Wang J, Frost JA, Cobb MH, and Ross EM
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- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases, Myelin Basic Protein metabolism, Phosphorylation, Protein Binding, Protein Kinase C metabolism, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases antagonists & inhibitors, RGS Proteins metabolism, Serine metabolism, Signal Transduction, Substrate Specificity, p21-Activated Kinases, rac1 GTP-Binding Protein metabolism, Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases metabolism, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
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p21-activated protein kinase (PAK)-1 phosphorylated Galpha(z), a member of the Galpha(i) family that is found in the brain, platelets, and adrenal medulla. Phosphorylation approached 1 mol of phosphate/mol of Galpha(z) in vitro. In transfected cells, Galpha(z) was phosphorylated both by wild-type PAK1 when stimulated by the GTP-binding protein Rac1 and by constitutively active PAK1 mutants. In vitro, phosphorylation occurred only at Ser(16), one of two Ser residues that are the major substrate sites for protein kinase C (PKC). PAK1 did not phosphorylate other Galpha subunits (i1, i2, i3, o, s, or q). PAK1-phosphorylated Galpha(z) was resistant both to RGSZ1, a G(z)-selective GTPase-activating protein (GAP), and to RGS4, a relatively nonselective GAP for the G(i) and G(q) families of G proteins. Phosphorylation of Ser(27) by PKC did not alter sensitivity to either GAP. The previously described inhibition of G(z) GAPs by PKC is therefore mediated by phosphorylation of Ser(16). Phosphorylation of either Ser(16) by PAK1 or Ser(27) by PKC decreased the affinity of Galpha(z) for Gbetagamma; phosphorylation of both residues by PKC caused no further effect. PAK1 thus regulates Galpha(z) function by attenuating the inhibitory effects of both GAPs and Gbetagamma. In this context, the kinase activity of PAK1 toward several protein substrates was directly inhibited by Gbetagamma, suggesting that PAK1 acts as a Gbetagamma-regulated effector protein. This inhibition of mammalian PAK1 by Gbetagamma contrasts with the stimulation of the PAK homolog Ste20p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by the Gbetagamma homolog Ste4p/Ste18p.
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- 1999
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35. Rapid GTP binding and hydrolysis by G(q) promoted by receptor and GTPase-activating proteins.
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Mukhopadhyay S and Ross EM
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- Animals, Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases antagonists & inhibitors, Catalysis, Escherichia coli, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11, Guanosine Diphosphate metabolism, Hydrolysis, Isoenzymes metabolism, Kinetics, Phospholipase C beta, Protein Folding, Proteins metabolism, Spodoptera, Type C Phospholipases metabolism, GTP Phosphohydrolases metabolism, GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, Guanosine Triphosphate metabolism, RGS Proteins
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Receptor-promoted GTP binding and GTPase-activating protein (GAP)-promoted GTP hydrolysis determine the onset and termination of G protein signaling; they coordinately control signal amplitude. The mechanisms whereby cells independently regulate signal kinetics and signal amplitude are therefore central to understanding G protein function. We have used quench-flow kinetic methods to measure the rates of the individual reactions of the agonist-stimulated GTPase cycle for G(q) during steady-state signaling. G(q) and m1 muscarinic cholinergic receptor were co-reconstituted into proteoliposomes with one of two GAPs: phospholipase C (PLC)-beta1, the major G(q)-regulated effector protein, and RGS4, a GAP commonly thought to be an inhibitor of G(q) signaling. In this system, the rate constant for GAP-stimulated hydrolysis of Galpha(q)-bound GTP at 30 degrees C was 9-12 s(-1) for PLC-beta1 and 22-27 s(-1) for RGS4. These rates are 1,000- to 2,000-fold faster than in the absence of a GAP and far faster than measured previously. G(q) can thus hydrolyze bound GTP with deactivation half-times of 25-75 ms at 30 degrees C, commensurate with physiological rates of signal termination. GDP/GTP exchange, which reactivates G(q), was the principal rate-limiting step for the GTPase cycle and was also faster than previously thought. At physiological concentrations of GTP, exchange was limited by the rate of dissociation of GDP from the receptor-G(q) complex, with a maximal rate of 1.8 s(-1) at 30 degrees C. Comparison of activation and deactivation rates help explain how GDP/GTP exchange balance rapid GTP hydrolysis to maintain steady-state signal amplitude.
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- 1999
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36. Individualizing therapy to prevent long-term consequences of estrogen deficiency in postmenopausal women.
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Col NF, Pauker SG, Goldberg RJ, Eckman MH, Orr RK, Ross EM, and Wong JB
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- Alendronate therapeutic use, Bone Density drug effects, Breast Neoplasms chemically induced, Coronary Disease blood, Coronary Disease etiology, Decision Support Techniques, Estrogens agonists, Estrogens, Conjugated (USP) therapeutic use, Female, Hip Fractures prevention & control, Humans, Life Expectancy, Lipids blood, Markov Chains, Middle Aged, Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal blood, Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal etiology, Piperidines therapeutic use, Raloxifene Hydrochloride, Risk, Risk Factors, Sensitivity and Specificity, Coronary Disease prevention & control, Estrogen Replacement Therapy adverse effects, Estrogens deficiency, Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal prevention & control, Postmenopause blood
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Background: Alendronate sodium and raloxifene hydrochloride were recently approved for the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis, but data on their clinical efficacy are limited. We compared these drugs with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to help women and physicians guide postmenopausal treatment decisions., Objective: To help physicians understand how they can best help women choose the most beneficial therapy after menopause based on their individual risk profile., Methods: We developed a decision analytic Markov model to compare the effects of alendronate therapy, raloxifene therapy, and HRT on risks of hip fracture, coronary heart disease (CHD), breast cancer, and life expectancy. Regression models linked individual risk factors to future disease risks and were modified by drug effects on bone density, lipid levels, and associated breast cancer effects., Results: Hormone replacement therapy, alendronate therapy, and raloxifene therapy have similar predicted efficacies in preventing hip fractures (estimated relative risk, 0.57, 0.54, and 0.58, respectively). Hormone replacement therapy should be more than 10 times more effective than raloxifene therapy in preventing CHD, but raloxifene therapy may not induce breast cancer. Women at low risk for hip fracture, CHD, and breast cancer do not benefit significantly from any treatment. Among women at average risk, HRT was preferred unless raloxifene therapy could reduce the risk of breast cancer by at least 66%, compared with a 47% increase for HRT. Women at high risk for CHD benefit most from HRT; women at high risk for breast cancer but low risk for CHD benefit most from raloxifene therapy, but only if it lowers the risk of breast cancer., Conclusion: Because of significant differences in the impact of these drugs, treatment choice depends on an individual woman's risk for hip fracture, CHD, and breast cancer.
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- 1999
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37. Phospholipase C-beta1 directly accelerates GTP hydrolysis by Galphaq and acceleration is inhibited by Gbeta gamma subunits.
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Chidiac P and Ross EM
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- Animals, Binding, Competitive, Enzyme Inhibitors pharmacology, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11, GTP-Binding Proteins genetics, GTPase-Activating Proteins, Kinetics, Mice, Mutation, Phospholipase C beta, Protein Binding, Signal Transduction, GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, Guanosine Triphosphate metabolism, Isoenzymes metabolism, Proteins metabolism, RGS Proteins, Type C Phospholipases metabolism
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Phospholipase C-beta, the principal effector protein regulated by Galphaq, has been shown to increase the agonist-stimulated, steady-state GTPase activity of Gq in proteoliposomes that contain both heterotrimeric Gq and m1 muscarinic receptor. We now use a moderately stable complex of R183C Galphaq bound to GTP to show that PLC-beta1 acts directly as a GTPase-activating protein (GAP) for isolated Galphaq in a membrane-free system. PLC-beta1 accelerated the hydrolysis of GalphaqR183C.GTP up to 20-fold. The Km was 1.5 nM, which is similar both to the EC50 with which R183C and wild type Galphaq activate PLC-beta1 and to the EC50 with which PLC-beta1 acts as a Gq GAP in the vesicle-based assay. The Galphaq GAP activity of RGS4 can also be quantitated by this assay; it accelerated hydrolysis of bound GTP about 100-fold. The Gq GAP activities of both PLC-beta1 and RGS4 are blocked by Gbeta gamma subunits, probably by a competitive mechanism. These data suggest either that the Gbeta gamma subunits are not continuously required for receptor-catalyzed GDP/GTP exchange during steady-state GTP hydrolysis or that GAPs, either PLC-beta or RGS proteins, can substitute for Gbeta gamma in this set of reactions.
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- 1999
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38. Kinetic control of guanine nucleotide binding to soluble Galpha(q).
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Chidiac P, Markin VS, and Ross EM
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- Ammonium Sulfate pharmacology, Animals, Cells, Cultured, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11, Insecta, Kinetics, Ligands, Mice, Protein Binding, Protein Denaturation, Sulfur Radioisotopes, Time Factors, GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, Guanine Nucleotides metabolism, Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) metabolism
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Binding of guanine nucleotides to heterotrimeric G proteins is controlled primarily by kinetic factors, such as the release of bound GDP, rather than by affinity alone. Detergent-solubilized Galpha(q) displays unusual guanine nucleotide binding properties in comparison with other G protein alpha subunits. Under conditions where most G proteins bind nearly stoichiometric GTPgammaS in 5-30 min at micromolar nucleotide concentrations, GTPgammaS binding to Galpha(q) is slow (>1 hr to completion), markedly substoichiometric, and dependent upon high concentrations of nucleotide (0.1 to 0.2 mM). Although the latter two properties suggest low affinity, GTPgammaS dissociation is immeasurably slow under commonly used conditions. We found that purified Galpha(q) can bind stoichiometric GTPgammaS, but that binding is controlled kinetically by a combination of factors. GDP (or IDP) dissociated slowly from Galpha(q), but the dissociation rate increased linearly with the concentration of (NH4)2SO4 up to 0.75 M (approximately 20-fold acceleration). The resulting GDP-free Galpha(q) was labile to rapid and irreversible denaturation, however (rate constant > or = 1 min(-1) at 20 degrees). Denaturation competed kinetically with relatively slow GTPgammaS association, such that stoichiometric binding was only attained at 100 microM GTPgammaS. These findings reconcile the slowly reversible binding of GTPgammaS to Galpha(q) with the other behaviors that suggested lower affinity, and point out that events subsequent to GDP dissociation can markedly influence the rates and extents of guanine nucleotide binding to G protein alpha subunits. Understanding these interactions allowed the direct, accurate quantitation of active Galpha(q) by a simple GTPgammaS binding assay in the presence of (NH4)2SO4, and similarly can prevent underestimation of the concentrations of other G proteins.
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- 1999
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39. Modulation of the affinity and selectivity of RGS protein interaction with G alpha subunits by a conserved asparagine/serine residue.
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Posner BA, Mukhopadhyay S, Tesmer JJ, Gilman AG, and Ross EM
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- Animals, Binding, Competitive genetics, Cysteine genetics, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gi-Go metabolism, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11, GTP-Binding Proteins antagonists & inhibitors, GTP-Binding Proteins genetics, Guanosine Triphosphate metabolism, Humans, Hydrolysis, Lysine genetics, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Proline genetics, Protein Binding genetics, Proteins genetics, Proteins physiology, Receptors, Cell Surface physiology, Asparagine metabolism, Conserved Sequence, GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, GTPase-Activating Proteins, Proteins metabolism, RGS Proteins, Serine metabolism
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The crystal structure of the complex between a G protein alpha subunit (Gi alpha 1) and its GTPase-activating protein (RGS4) demonstrated that RGS4 acts predominantly by stabilization of the transition state for GTP hydrolysis [Tesmer, J. J., et al. (1997) Cell 89, 251]. However, attention was called to a conserved Asn residue (Asn128) that could play a catalytic role by interacting, directly or indirectly, with the hydrolytic water molecule. We have analyzed the effects of several disparate substitutions for Asn128 on the GAP activity of RGS4 toward four G alpha substrates (Go, Gi, Gq, and Gz) using two assay formats. The results substantiate the importance of this residue but indicate that it is largely involved in substrate binding and that its function may vary with different G alpha targets. Various mutations decreased the apparent affinity of RGS4 for substrate G alpha proteins by several orders of magnitude, but had variable and modest effects on maximal rates of GTP hydrolysis when tested with different G alpha subunits. One mutation, N128F, that differentially decreased the GAP activity toward G alpha i compared with that toward G alpha q could be partially suppressed by mutation of the nearby residue in G alpha i to that found in G alpha q (K180P). Detection of GAP activities of the mutants was enhanced in sensitivity up to 100-fold by assay at steady state in proteoliposomes that contain heterotrimeric G protein and receptor.
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- 1999
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40. The N-terminal domain of RGS4 confers receptor-selective inhibition of G protein signaling.
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Zeng W, Xu X, Popov S, Mukhopadhyay S, Chidiac P, Swistok J, Danho W, Yagaloff KA, Fisher SL, Ross EM, Muallem S, and Wilkie TM
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Calcium metabolism, Carbachol pharmacology, Hydrolysis, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Peptide Fragments metabolism, Proteins genetics, Sequence Deletion, Calcium Signaling, GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, Proteins metabolism, RGS Proteins, Receptors, Cell Surface metabolism
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Regulators of heterotrimeric G protein signaling (RGS) proteins are GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs) that accelerate GTP hydrolysis by Gq and Gi alpha subunits, thus attenuating signaling. Mechanisms that provide more precise regulatory specificity have been elusive. We report here that an N-terminal domain of RGS4 discriminated among receptor signaling complexes coupled via Gq. Accordingly, deletion of the N-terminal domain of RGS4 eliminated receptor selectivity and reduced potency by 10(4)-fold. Receptor selectivity and potency of inhibition were partially restored when the RGS4 box was added together with an N-terminal peptide. In vitro reconstitution experiments also indicated that sequences flanking the RGS4 box were essential for high potency GAP activity. Thus, RGS4 regulates Gq class signaling by the combined action of two domains: 1) the RGS box accelerates GTP hydrolysis by Galphaq and 2) the N terminus conveys high affinity and receptor-selective inhibition. These activities are each required for receptor selectivity and high potency inhibition of receptor-coupled Gq signaling.
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- 1998
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41. RGSZ1, a Gz-selective RGS protein in brain. Structure, membrane association, regulation by Galphaz phosphorylation, and relationship to a Gz gtpase-activating protein subfamily.
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Wang J, Ducret A, Tu Y, Kozasa T, Aebersold R, and Ross EM
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Base Sequence, Cattle, Cloning, Molecular, Detergents pharmacology, Enzyme Activation physiology, GTPase-Activating Proteins, Humans, Liposomes metabolism, Molecular Sequence Data, Phosphoproteins metabolism, Phosphorylation, Protein Kinase C metabolism, Proteins metabolism, RNA, Messenger metabolism, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Substrate Specificity, Brain metabolism, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins, Membrane Proteins chemistry, Nerve Tissue Proteins chemistry, Proteins chemistry, RGS Proteins
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We cloned the cDNA for human RGSZ1, the major Gz-selective GTPase-activating protein (GAP) in brain (Wang, J., Tu, Y., Woodson, J., Song, X., and Ross, E. M. (1997) J. Biol. Chem. 272, 5732-5740) and a member of the RGS family of G protein GAPs. Its sequence is 83% identical to RET-RGS1 (except its N-terminal extension) and 56% identical to GAIP. Purified, recombinant RGSZ1, RET-RGS1, and GAIP each accelerated the hydrolysis of Galphaz-GTP over 400-fold with Km values of approximately 2 nM. RGSZ1 was 100-fold selective for Galphaz over Galphai, unusually specific among RGS proteins. Other enzymological properties of RGSZ1, brain Gz GAP, and RET-RGS1 were identical; GAIP differed only in Mg2+ dependence and in its slightly lower selectivity for Galphaz. RGSZ1, RET-RGS1, and GAIP thus define a subfamily of Gz GAPs within the RGS proteins. RGSZ1 has no obvious membrane-spanning region but is tightly membrane-bound in brain. Its regulatory activity in membranes depends on stable bilayer association. When co-reconstituted into phospholipid vesicles with Gz and m2 muscarinic receptors, RGSZ1 increased agonist-stimulated GTPase >15-fold with EC50 <12 nM, but RGSZ1 added to the vesicle suspension was <0.1% as active. RGSZ1, RET-RGS1, and GAIP share a cysteine string sequence, perhaps targeting them to secretory vesicles and allowing them to participate in the proposed control of secretion by Gz. Phosphorylation of Galphaz by protein kinase C inhibited the GAP activity of RGSZ1 and other RGS proteins, providing a mechanism for potentiation of Gz signaling by protein kinase C.
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- 1998
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42. Dynamic regulation of RGS2 suggests a novel mechanism in G-protein signaling and neuronal plasticity.
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Ingi T, Krumins AM, Chidiac P, Brothers GM, Chung S, Snow BE, Barnes CA, Lanahan AA, Siderovski DP, Ross EM, Gilman AG, and Worley PF
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- Animals, COS Cells chemistry, COS Cells enzymology, Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases metabolism, Cerebral Cortex chemistry, Cerebral Cortex cytology, Cerebral Cortex enzymology, Cocaine pharmacology, Dopamine Antagonists pharmacology, Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors pharmacology, Female, GTP Phosphohydrolases metabolism, Gene Expression drug effects, Gene Expression physiology, Genes, Immediate-Early physiology, Haloperidol pharmacology, Hippocampus chemistry, Hippocampus cytology, Hippocampus enzymology, Hydrolysis, Lipid Metabolism, Male, Neurons chemistry, Neurons drug effects, RNA, Messenger metabolism, Rats, Rats, Inbred F344, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Receptors, Muscarinic physiology, Signal Transduction drug effects, Synaptic Transmission drug effects, Synaptic Transmission physiology, GTP-Binding Proteins physiology, Neuronal Plasticity physiology, Neurons enzymology, Signal Transduction physiology
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Long-term neuronal plasticity is known to be dependent on rapid de novo synthesis of mRNA and protein, and recent studies provide insight into the molecules involved in this response. Here, we demonstrate that mRNA encoding a member of the regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS) family, RGS2, is rapidly induced in neurons of the hippocampus, cortex, and striatum in response to stimuli that evoke plasticity. Although several members of the RGS family are expressed in brain with discrete neuronal localizations, RGS2 appears unique in that its expression is dynamically responsive to neuronal activity. In biochemical assays, RGS2 stimulates the GTPase activity of the alpha subunit of Gq and Gi1. The effect on Gi1 was observed only after reconstitution of the protein in phospholipid vesicles containing M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. RGS2 also inhibits both Gq- and Gi-dependent responses in transfected cells. These studies suggest a novel mechanism linking neuronal activity and signal transduction.
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- 1998
43. Guanosine triphosphatase-activating proteins for heterotrimeric G-proteins.
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Ross EM, Wang J, Tu Y, and Biddlecome GH
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- Animals, Enzyme Activation, GTP Phosphohydrolases metabolism, GTPase-Activating Proteins, Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) metabolism, Guanosine Diphosphate metabolism, Guanosine Triphosphate metabolism, Isoenzymes metabolism, Macromolecular Substances, Phospholipase C beta, Protein Multimerization, Signal Transduction, Type C Phospholipases metabolism, GTP-Binding Proteins chemistry, GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, Proteins metabolism
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- 1998
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44. PDZ domain proteins: scaffolds for signaling complexes.
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Ranganathan R and Ross EM
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- Animals, Binding Sites, Calcium Channels metabolism, Drosophila, GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, Protein Kinase C metabolism, TRPC Cation Channels, Type C Phospholipases metabolism, Drosophila Proteins, Eye Proteins metabolism, Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate metabolism, Signal Transduction
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InaD, a Drosophila photoreceptor scaffolding protein, assembles multiple signal-transducing proteins at the membrane via its five PDZ domains, enhancing speed and efficiency of vision. Extensive conservation of PDZ domains suggests that these motifs have a general role in organizing diverse signaling complexes.
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- 1997
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45. Inhibition of brain Gz GAP and other RGS proteins by palmitoylation of G protein alpha subunits.
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Tu Y, Wang J, and Ross EM
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- Animals, Cell Line, Dithiothreitol pharmacology, GTPase-Activating Proteins, Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) metabolism, Guanosine Triphosphate metabolism, Hydrolysis, Kinetics, Palmitoyl Coenzyme A metabolism, Phosphoproteins antagonists & inhibitors, Phosphoproteins metabolism, Proteins metabolism, Signal Transduction, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins, Palmitic Acid metabolism, Proteins antagonists & inhibitors, RGS Proteins
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Palmitoylation of the alpha subunit of the guanine nucleotide-binding protein Gz inhibited by more than 90 percent its response to the guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase)-accelerating activity of Gz GAP, a Gz-selective member of the regulators of G-protein signaling (RGS) protein family of GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs). Palmitoylation both decreased the affinity of Gz GAP for the GTP-bound form of Galphaz by at least 90 percent and decreased the maximum rate of GTP hydrolysis. Inhibition was reversed by removal of the palmitoyl group by dithiothreitol. Palmitoylation of Galphaz also inhibited its response to the GAP activity of Galpha-interacting protein (GAIP), another RGS protein, and palmitoylation of Galphai1 inhibited its response to RGS4. The extent of inhibition of Gz GAP, GAIP, RGS4, and RGS10 correlated roughly with their intrinsic GAP activities for the Galpha target used in the assay. Reversible palmitoylation is thus a major determinant of Gz deactivation after its stimulation by receptors, and may be a general mechanism for prolonging or potentiating G-protein signaling.
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- 1997
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46. Colloquium on signaling and molecular structure in pharmacology (La Jolla, California, March 11-12, 1997).
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Taylor P, Ross EM, Sternweis PC, Neubig RR, and McCammon JA
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- Animals, Computer Simulation, Humans, Rhodopsin chemistry, Structure-Activity Relationship, src Homology Domains, GTP-Binding Proteins physiology, Protein Conformation, Signal Transduction
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- 1997
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47. Expression of human muscarinic cholinergic receptors in tobacco.
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Mu JH, Chua NH, and Ross EM
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- Cells, Cultured, GTP-Binding Proteins genetics, Humans, Plants, Genetically Modified, Seeds genetics, Transformation, Genetic, Plants, Toxic, Receptors, Muscarinic biosynthesis, Receptors, Muscarinic genetics, Nicotiana genetics
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We expressed human m1, m2 and chimeric muscarinic cholinergic receptors (MAChR) in tobacco plants and in cultured BY2 tobacco cells using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. The membranes of most transgenic plants and calli bound muscarinic ligands with appropriate affinities, kinetics and pharmacologic specificity, as determined by direct and competitive binding measurements using the muscarinic ligand [3H]quinuclidinyl benzylate (QNB). Membranes of untransformed plants and calli or those transformed with vector alone did not bind [3H]QNB. Preliminary experiments did not suggest regulation of endogenous plant G protein signalling pathways by the recombinant receptors. Membranes from one callus clone expressed m1 MAChR at the level of 2.0-2.5 pmol [3H]QNB bound per mg membrane protein, more than the number of m1 MAChR in mammalian brain and comparable to that expressed in Sf9 insect cells using baculovirus vectors. This work demonstrates high level expression of active G protein-coupled receptors in plants, such that signaling might be genetically reconstituted by co-expression of appropriate G proteins and effectors.
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- 1997
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48. A Gs-selective analog of the receptor-mimetic peptide mastoparan binds to Gs alpha in a kinked helical conformation.
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Sukumar M, Ross EM, and Higashijima T
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- Drug Design, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs chemistry, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Micelles, Models, Molecular, Peptides, Protein Conformation, Wasp Venoms chemistry, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs metabolism, Oncogene Proteins metabolism, Wasp Venoms metabolism
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Mastoparan, a 14-residue peptide, stimulates GDP/GTP exchange on G proteins in a manner strikingly analogous to that of agonist-bound receptors. Presumably, the peptide structurally mimics a receptor's G protein-binding domain. We previously reported that mastoparan-X binds to alpha-subunits of Gi and Go in a predominantly alpha-helical conformation [Sukumar, M., & Higashijima, T. (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 21421-21424]. We have now developed an analogous peptide, INWKGIASM-alpha-aminoisobutyryl (Aib)-RQVL-NH2 (MP-S), which is a selective activator of Gs. We report the conformation of MP-S when it is bound to Gs alpha, determined from distance geometry calculations based on transferred nuclear Overhauser effects (TRNOEs). The Gs-bound conformation of MP-S is an alpha-helix that is kinked at residue 9. The conformations of MP-S when bound to Gi alpha or Go alpha are similar to the Gs alpha-bound conformation. In contrast, the lipid-bound conformation of MP-S is a straight helix. On the basis of the Gs-bound conformation of MP-S, directions for the design of Gs-selective peptidergic mimics of receptors are suggested.
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- 1997
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49. A GTPase-activating protein for the G protein Galphaz. Identification, purification, and mechanism of action.
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Wang J, Tu Y, Woodson J, Song X, and Ross EM
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- Animals, Brain Chemistry, Cattle, Chromatography, Gel, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, GTPase-Activating Proteins, Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) metabolism, Guanosine Triphosphate metabolism, Kinetics, Magnesium pharmacology, Molecular Weight, Proteins chemistry, Proteins metabolism, Receptor, Muscarinic M2, Receptors, Muscarinic metabolism, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, Heterotrimeric GTP-Binding Proteins, Proteins isolation & purification
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A GTPase-activating protein (GAP) specific for Galphaz was identified in brain, spleen, retina, platelet, C6 glioma cells, and several other tissues and cells. Gz GAP from bovine brain is a membrane protein that is refractory to solubilization with most detergents but was solubilized with warm Triton X-100 and purified up to 50,000-fold. Activity is associated with at least two separate proteins of Mr approximately 22,000 and 28,000, both of which have similar specific activities. In an assay that measures the rate of hydrolysis of GTP pre-bound to detergent-soluble Galphaz, the GAP accelerates hydrolysis over 200-fold, from 0.014 to 3 min -1 at 15 degrees C, or to >/=20 min-1 at 30 degrees C. It does not alter rates of nucleotide association or dissociation. When co-reconstituted into phospholipid vesicles with trimeric Gz and m2 muscarinic receptor, Gz GAP accelerates agonist-stimulated steady-state GTP hydrolysis as predicted by its effect on the hydrolytic reaction. In the single turnover assay, the Km of the GAP for Galphaz-GTP is 2 nM. Its activity is inhibited by Galphaz-guanosine 5'-O-thiotriphosphate (Galphaz-GTPgammaS) or by Galphaz-GDP/AlF4 with Ki approximately 1.5 nM for both species; Galphaz-GDP does not inhibit. G protein betagamma subunits inhibit Gz GAP activity, apparently by forming a GTP-Galphazbetagamma complex that is a poor GAP substrate. Gz GAP displays little GAP activity toward Galphai1 or Galphao, but its activity with Galphaz is competitively inhibited by both Galphai1 and Galphao at nanomolar concentrations when they are bound to GTPgammaS but not to GDP. Neither phospholipase C-beta1 (a Gq GAP) nor several adenylyl cyclase isoforms display Gz GAP activity.
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- 1997
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50. Carboxyl-terminal fragments of phospholipase C-beta1 with intrinsic Gq GTPase-activating protein (GAP) activity.
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Paulssen RH, Woodson J, Liu Z, and Ross EM
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- GTPase-Activating Proteins, Hydrolysis, Isoenzymes antagonists & inhibitors, Isoenzymes chemistry, Phospholipase C beta, Phospholipids metabolism, Type C Phospholipases antagonists & inhibitors, Type C Phospholipases chemistry, Isoenzymes metabolism, Proteins metabolism, Type C Phospholipases metabolism
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Fragments of the approximately 50 kDa COOH-terminal region of phospholipase C-beta1 (PLC-beta1(1)), ranging in size from 14 to 38 kDa, were expressed in Escherichia coli, purified, and tested for their regulatory activities. As expected, none of the fragments had phospholipase activity. Several fragments, referred to as PLC tails, displayed GTPase-activating protein (GAP) activity for Gq, the G protein class that stimulates the PLC-betas in response to receptors. Gq GAP activity is characteristic of intact PLC-betas. In reconstituted phospholipid vesicles that contained purified Gq and m1 muscarinic cholinergic receptors, the most active tails increased agonist-stimulated, steady-state GTPase activity over 4-fold. Stimulation of steady-state GTPase by the tails depended on receptors for facilitation of GDP-GTP exchange, suggesting that the tails act by accelerating hydrolysis of bound GTP. In addition to intrinsic GAP activity, one tail with high GAP activity and others with low or minimal activity potentiated the GAP activity of intact PLC-beta1. Other tails inhibited PLC-beta1s GAP effect. Both intrinsic GAP activity and potentiation of the PLC-beta1 GAP effect were often biphasic, with maxima as low as 100 nM tail and declining activities at higher concentrations. Several tails inhibited either the phospholipase activity of PLC-beta1, its stimulation by Gq, or both. The tails thus define the region of PLC-beta1 that has Gq GAP activity and suggest a mechanism of action in which the COOH terminus of PLC-betas can interact with Gq and with other PLC-beta1 molecules.
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- 1996
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