TY - JOUR
T1 - G-protein α subunit Giα2 mediates erythropoietin signal transduction in human erythroid precursors
AU - Miller, Barbara A.
AU - Bell, Laurie
AU - Hansen, Carl A.
AU - Robishaw, Janet D.
AU - Linder, Maurine E.
AU - Cheung, Joseph Y.
PY - 1996/10/15
Y1 - 1996/10/15
N2 - Erythropoietin induces a dose-dependent increase in cytosolic calcium in human erythroblasts that is mediated by a voltage-independent Ca2+ channel. Inhibition of this response to erythropoietin by pertussis toxin suggests involvement of guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory proteins (G-proteins). The role of G-proteins in regulation of the erythropoietin-modulated Ca2+ channel was delineated here by microinjection of G-protein modulators or subunits into human erythroid precursors. This is the first report on the use of microinjection to study erythropoietin signal transduction in normal precursor cells. Fura-2 loaded day-10 burst-forming units-erythroid-derived erythroblasts were used for microinjection and free intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(i)]) was measured with digital video imaging. BCECF (1,2',7'-bis(2-carboxyethyl)-5-(and -6-)-carboxyfluorescein) was included in microinjectate, and an increase in BCECF fluorescence was evidence of successful microinjection. Cells were microinjected with nonhydrolyzable analogues of GTP, GTPγS or GDPβS, which maintain the α subunit in an activated or inactivated state, respectively. [Ca(i)] increased significantly in a dose-dependent manner after microinjection of GTPγS. However, injection of GDPβS blocked the erythropoietin-induced calcium increase, providing direct evidence that activation of a G-protein is required. To delineate which G-protein subunits are involved, α or βγ transducin subunits were purified and microinjected as a sink for βγ or α subunits in the erythroblast, respectively. Transducin βγ, but not α, subunits eliminated the calcium response to erythropoietin, demonstrating the primary role of the α subunit. Microinjected antibodies to Giα2, but not Giα1 or Giα3, blocked the erythropoietin-stimulated [Ca(i)] rise, identifying Giα2 as the subunit involved. This was confirmed by the ability of microinjected recombinant myristoylated Giα2, but not Giα1 or Giα3 subunits, to reconstitute the response of pertussis toxin-treated erythroblasts to erythropoietin. These data directly demonstrate a physiologic function of G- proteins in hematopoietic cells and show that Giα2 is required in erythropoietin modulation of [Ca(i)] via influx through calcium channels.
AB - Erythropoietin induces a dose-dependent increase in cytosolic calcium in human erythroblasts that is mediated by a voltage-independent Ca2+ channel. Inhibition of this response to erythropoietin by pertussis toxin suggests involvement of guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory proteins (G-proteins). The role of G-proteins in regulation of the erythropoietin-modulated Ca2+ channel was delineated here by microinjection of G-protein modulators or subunits into human erythroid precursors. This is the first report on the use of microinjection to study erythropoietin signal transduction in normal precursor cells. Fura-2 loaded day-10 burst-forming units-erythroid-derived erythroblasts were used for microinjection and free intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(i)]) was measured with digital video imaging. BCECF (1,2',7'-bis(2-carboxyethyl)-5-(and -6-)-carboxyfluorescein) was included in microinjectate, and an increase in BCECF fluorescence was evidence of successful microinjection. Cells were microinjected with nonhydrolyzable analogues of GTP, GTPγS or GDPβS, which maintain the α subunit in an activated or inactivated state, respectively. [Ca(i)] increased significantly in a dose-dependent manner after microinjection of GTPγS. However, injection of GDPβS blocked the erythropoietin-induced calcium increase, providing direct evidence that activation of a G-protein is required. To delineate which G-protein subunits are involved, α or βγ transducin subunits were purified and microinjected as a sink for βγ or α subunits in the erythroblast, respectively. Transducin βγ, but not α, subunits eliminated the calcium response to erythropoietin, demonstrating the primary role of the α subunit. Microinjected antibodies to Giα2, but not Giα1 or Giα3, blocked the erythropoietin-stimulated [Ca(i)] rise, identifying Giα2 as the subunit involved. This was confirmed by the ability of microinjected recombinant myristoylated Giα2, but not Giα1 or Giα3 subunits, to reconstitute the response of pertussis toxin-treated erythroblasts to erythropoietin. These data directly demonstrate a physiologic function of G- proteins in hematopoietic cells and show that Giα2 is required in erythropoietin modulation of [Ca(i)] via influx through calcium channels.
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U2 - 10.1172/JCI118971
DO - 10.1172/JCI118971
M3 - Article
C2 - 8878422
AN - SCOPUS:0029861096
SN - 0021-9738
VL - 98
SP - 1728
EP - 1736
JO - Journal of Clinical Investigation
JF - Journal of Clinical Investigation
IS - 8
ER -