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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 261, Issue 31, 14482-14489, 11, 1986

Solubilization of the liver vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor. Hydrodynamic characterization and evidence for an association with a functional GTP regulatory protein

A Couvineau, B Amiranoff and M Laburthe

Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) receptors were solubilized using the nondenaturing detergent Triton X-100 after occupancy of rat liver membrane-bound receptors with 125I-VIP. Gel filtration and ultracentrifugation on sucrose density gradients revealed the existence in the soluble macromolecular fraction of two labeled components: a major (80%) heavy component and a minor (20%) light one. The two components exhibit the following hydrodynamic parameters: Stokes radius, 5.8 nm: s20,w, 5.98 s; Mr, 150,000; frictional ratio, 1.52 for the major; and Stokes radius, 3.0 nm: s20,w, 3.98 s; Mr = 52,000; frictional ratio, 1.12 for the minor component. The labeling of these components was specific in that it dramatically decreased when unlabeled VIP was added together with 125I-VIP. The pharmacological specificity was also assessed by using 10 nM histidylisoleucineamide (a VIP agonist). Many lines of evidence indicate that the light component (Mr = 52,000) is the VIP-receptor complex while the heavy component (Mr = 150,000) is a ternary complex consisting of VIP, the receptor, and a guanine nucleotide regulatory protein, probably Ns. GTP is required to dissociate 125I-VIP from the heavy component whereas it is ineffective on the light component. This effect is nucleotide specific. After cholera toxin-induced [32P]ADP ribosylation of liver membranes, a high peak of 32P radioactivity containing the alpha subunit (Mr = 42,000) of the Ns protein is coeluted with the heavy component on Sephacryl S-300. By mild urea (2 M) treatment, the heavy component is converted into the light without significant dissociation of 125I-VIP. When a Triton extract of membranes prelabeled with 125I-VIP is treated with dithiobis(succinimidyl propionate) subsequent sodium dodecyl sulfate- polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis reveals a major band corresponding to Mr = 150,000. Alternatively, when prelabeled membranes are directly treated with the cross-linker, a major complex of Mr = 51,000 is observed. This may be related to different accessibility of the cross-linker to the site at which the receptor and the Ns protein interact in the two conditions. In conclusion, these data represent initial reports on the successful solubilization of functional VIP- receptor complexes and provide evidence for an interaction between liver VIP-receptor complexes and a GTP-binding protein.
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