From GTP and G proteins to TRPC channels: a personal account

Autores
Birnbaumer, Lutz
Año de publicación
2015
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
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By serendipity and good fortune, as a postdoctoral fellow in 1967, I landed at the right place at the right time, as I was allowed to investigate the mechanism by which hormones activate the enzyme adenylyl cyclase (then adenyl cyclase) in Martin Rodbell’s Laboratory at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. The work uncovered first, the existence of receptors separate from the enzyme and then, the existence of transduction mechanisms requiring guanosine-5′-triphosphate (GTP) and Mg2+. With my laboratory colleagues first and postdoctoral fellows after leaving NIH, I participated in the development of the field “signal transduction by G proteins,” uncovered by molecular cloning several G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and became interested in both the molecular makeup of voltage-gated Ca channels and Ca2+ homeostasis downstream of activation of phospholipase C (PLC) by the Gq/11 signaling pathway. We were able to confirm the hypothesis that there would be mammalian homologues of the Drosophila “transient receptor potential” channel and discovered the existence of six of the seven mammalian genes, now called transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) channels. In the present article, I summarize from a bird’s eye view of what I feel were key findings along this path, not only from my laboratory but also from many others, that allowed for the present knowledge of cell signaling involving G proteins to evolve. Towards the end, I summarize roles of TRPC channels in health and disease.
Fil: Birnbaumer, Lutz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas; Argentina. National Institute of Environmental Research; Estados Unidos
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Ca Signaling
G Protein-Coupled Receptor
G Proteins
Gtpase
Transient Receptor Potential Channel
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv From GTP and G proteins to TRPC channels: a personal account
title From GTP and G proteins to TRPC channels: a personal account
spellingShingle From GTP and G proteins to TRPC channels: a personal account
Birnbaumer, Lutz
Ca Signaling
G Protein-Coupled Receptor
G Proteins
Gtpase
Transient Receptor Potential Channel
title_short From GTP and G proteins to TRPC channels: a personal account
title_full From GTP and G proteins to TRPC channels: a personal account
title_fullStr From GTP and G proteins to TRPC channels: a personal account
title_full_unstemmed From GTP and G proteins to TRPC channels: a personal account
title_sort From GTP and G proteins to TRPC channels: a personal account
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Birnbaumer, Lutz
author Birnbaumer, Lutz
author_facet Birnbaumer, Lutz
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ca Signaling
G Protein-Coupled Receptor
G Proteins
Gtpase
Transient Receptor Potential Channel
topic Ca Signaling
G Protein-Coupled Receptor
G Proteins
Gtpase
Transient Receptor Potential Channel
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv By serendipity and good fortune, as a postdoctoral fellow in 1967, I landed at the right place at the right time, as I was allowed to investigate the mechanism by which hormones activate the enzyme adenylyl cyclase (then adenyl cyclase) in Martin Rodbell’s Laboratory at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. The work uncovered first, the existence of receptors separate from the enzyme and then, the existence of transduction mechanisms requiring guanosine-5′-triphosphate (GTP) and Mg2+. With my laboratory colleagues first and postdoctoral fellows after leaving NIH, I participated in the development of the field “signal transduction by G proteins,” uncovered by molecular cloning several G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and became interested in both the molecular makeup of voltage-gated Ca channels and Ca2+ homeostasis downstream of activation of phospholipase C (PLC) by the Gq/11 signaling pathway. We were able to confirm the hypothesis that there would be mammalian homologues of the Drosophila “transient receptor potential” channel and discovered the existence of six of the seven mammalian genes, now called transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) channels. In the present article, I summarize from a bird’s eye view of what I feel were key findings along this path, not only from my laboratory but also from many others, that allowed for the present knowledge of cell signaling involving G proteins to evolve. Towards the end, I summarize roles of TRPC channels in health and disease.
Fil: Birnbaumer, Lutz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas; Argentina. National Institute of Environmental Research; Estados Unidos
description By serendipity and good fortune, as a postdoctoral fellow in 1967, I landed at the right place at the right time, as I was allowed to investigate the mechanism by which hormones activate the enzyme adenylyl cyclase (then adenyl cyclase) in Martin Rodbell’s Laboratory at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. The work uncovered first, the existence of receptors separate from the enzyme and then, the existence of transduction mechanisms requiring guanosine-5′-triphosphate (GTP) and Mg2+. With my laboratory colleagues first and postdoctoral fellows after leaving NIH, I participated in the development of the field “signal transduction by G proteins,” uncovered by molecular cloning several G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and became interested in both the molecular makeup of voltage-gated Ca channels and Ca2+ homeostasis downstream of activation of phospholipase C (PLC) by the Gq/11 signaling pathway. We were able to confirm the hypothesis that there would be mammalian homologues of the Drosophila “transient receptor potential” channel and discovered the existence of six of the seven mammalian genes, now called transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) channels. In the present article, I summarize from a bird’s eye view of what I feel were key findings along this path, not only from my laboratory but also from many others, that allowed for the present knowledge of cell signaling involving G proteins to evolve. Towards the end, I summarize roles of TRPC channels in health and disease.
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Birnbaumer, Lutz; From GTP and G proteins to TRPC channels: a personal account; Springer; Journal of Molecular Medicine (Berlin, Germany); 93; 9; 9-2015; 941-953
0946-2716
1432-1440
CONICET Digital
CONICET
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