Identification and analysis of two splice variants of human G2A generated by alternative splicing

J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2010 Feb;332(2):469-78. doi: 10.1124/jpet.109.158758. Epub 2009 Oct 23.

Abstract

G2A is a G protein-coupled receptor that can be induced by various stressors. G2A is reported to have proton-sensing activity that mediates intracellular inositol phosphate (IP) accumulation with decreasing pH. We previously showed that G2A is also activated by some oxidized free fatty acids such as 9-hydroxyoctadecadienoic acid (9-HODE). In this study, we identified a novel alternative splice variant of G2A (G2A-b) that has a partially different N terminus compared with the G2A originally reported (G2A-a). The two splice variants of G2A show similar tissue distributions, but G2A-b is expressed more abundantly. There was no difference between the two variants in 9-HODE-induced cellular responses, such as intracellular calcium mobilization and GDP/GTP exchange of Galpha protein, and in proton-sensitive IP accumulation. However, G2A-b showed a higher basal activity in terms of IP accumulation. Mutagenesis study revealed that the difference in the basal activity is attributable to the K7 residue that exists only in G2A-a. We further demonstrated that an R42A mutation largely impaired both the basal and proton-sensing activities, but did not affect the 9-HODE-induced intracellular calcium increase. Taken together, we found an additional novel G2A variant (G2A-b) that is the major transcript with functional response to ligand stimulation as well as G2A-a, and succeeded in discriminating proton-sensing and oxidized fatty acid-sensing activities of G2A.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alternative Splicing*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • CHO Cells
  • COS Cells
  • Calcium / metabolism
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / drug effects
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / genetics*
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / metabolism
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Cricetinae
  • Cricetulus
  • Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein A / metabolism
  • Guanosine Triphosphate / metabolism
  • HL-60 Cells
  • Humans
  • Inositol Phosphates / metabolism
  • Leukocytes
  • Linoleic Acids, Conjugated / pharmacology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Protein Isoforms / drug effects
  • Protein Isoforms / genetics*
  • Protein Isoforms / metabolism
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / drug effects
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / genetics*
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / metabolism
  • Serum Response Element / physiology
  • Transfection

Substances

  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein A
  • G2A receptor
  • Inositol Phosphates
  • Linoleic Acids, Conjugated
  • Protein Isoforms
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
  • 9-hydroxy-10,12-octadecadienoic acid
  • Guanosine Triphosphate
  • Calcium