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Receptor-Controlled Phosphorylation of ₁ Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase Enhances Nitric Oxide-Dependent Cyclic Guanosine 5'-Monophosphate Production in Pituitary Cells

Endocrinology and Reproduction Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4510

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. Stanko Stojilkovic, Section on Cellular Signaling, Endocrinology and Reproduction Research Branch/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Building 49, Room 6A-36, 49 Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4510. E-mail: stankos{at}helix.nih.gov.

It is generally accepted that G protein-coupled receptors stimulate soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC)-mediated cGMP production indirectly, by increasing nitric oxide (NO) synthase activity in a calcium- and kinase-dependent manner. Here we show that normal and GH₃ immortalized pituitary cells expressed ₁ß₁-sGC heterodimer. Activation of adenylyl cyclase by GHRH, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide, vasoactive intestinal peptide, and forskolin increased NO and cGMP levels, and basal and stimulated cGMP production was abolished by inhibition of NO synthase activity. However, activators of adenylyl cyclase were found to enhance this NO-dependent cGMP production even when NO was held constant at basal levels. Receptor-activated cGMP production was mimicked by expression of a constitutive active protein kinase A and was accompanied with phosphorylation of native and recombinant ₁-sGC subunit. Addition of a protein kinase A inhibitor, overexpression of a dominant negative mutant of regulatory protein kinase A subunit, and substitution of Ser₁₀₇-Ser₁₀₈ N-terminal residues of ₁-subunit with alanine abolished adenylyl cyclase-dependent cGMP production without affecting basal and NO donor-stimulated cGMP production. These results indicate that phosphorylation of ₁-subunit by protein kinase A enlarges the NO-dependent sGC activity, most likely by stabilizing the NO/₁ß₁ complex. This is the major pathway by which adenylyl cyclase-coupled receptors stimulate cGMP production.

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