Membrane Guanylate Cyclase, A Multimodal Transduction Machine: History, Present and Future Directions

A sequel to these authors’ earlier comprehensive reviews which covered the field of mammalian membrane guanylate cyclase (MGC) from its origin to the year 2010, this article contains 13 parts. The first is HISTORICAL and covers MGC from the year 1963-1987, summarizing its colorful developmental stag...

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Main Authors: Rameshwar K Sharma, Teresa eDuda
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnmol.2014.00056/full
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description A sequel to these authors’ earlier comprehensive reviews which covered the field of mammalian membrane guanylate cyclase (MGC) from its origin to the year 2010, this article contains 13 parts. The first is HISTORICAL and covers MGC from the year 1963-1987, summarizing its colorful developmental stages from its passionate pursuit to its consolidation. The second deals with the establishment of its BIOCHEMICAL IDENTITY. MGC becomes the transducer of a hormonal signal and founder of the peptide hormone receptor family, and creates the notion that hormone signal transduction is its sole physiological function. The third defines its EXPANSION. The discovery of ROS-GC subfamily is made and it links ROS-GC with the physiology of PHOTOTRANSDUCTION. Parts 4 to 7 cover its BIOCHEMISTRY and PHYSIOLOGY. The noteworthy events are that augmented by GCAPs, ROS-GC proves to be a transducer of the free Ca2+ signals generated within neurons; ROS-GC becomes a two-component transduction system and establishes itself as a source of cyclic GMP, the second messenger of phototransduction. Part 8 demonstrates how this knowledge begins to be TRANSLATED into the diagnosis and providing the molecular definition of retinal dystrophies. Part 9 discusses a striking property of ROS-GC where it becomes a [Ca2+]i bimodal switch and transcends its signaling role in other neural transduction processes. In this course, discovery of the first CD-GCAP (Ca2+-dependent guanylate cycles activator), the S100B protein, is made. It extends the role of ROS-GC transduction system beyond the photoreceptor cells to the signaling processes in the synapse region between photoreceptor and cone ON-bipolar cells; in Part 10, discovery of ANOTHER CD-GCAP, NC, is made and its linkage with signaling of the inner plexiform layer neurons is established. Part 11 discusses linkage of the ROS-GC transduction system with other sensory transduction processes: Pineal gland, Olfaction and Gustation. In the next, part 12, a theo
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spelling doaj.art-34aa7b3f1cae4a6eaf555a594f3bdc392022-12-22T00:59:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience1662-50992014-07-01710.3389/fnmol.2014.0005691003Membrane Guanylate Cyclase, A Multimodal Transduction Machine: History, Present and Future DirectionsRameshwar K Sharma0Teresa eDuda1Salus UniversitySalus UniversityA sequel to these authors’ earlier comprehensive reviews which covered the field of mammalian membrane guanylate cyclase (MGC) from its origin to the year 2010, this article contains 13 parts. The first is HISTORICAL and covers MGC from the year 1963-1987, summarizing its colorful developmental stages from its passionate pursuit to its consolidation. The second deals with the establishment of its BIOCHEMICAL IDENTITY. MGC becomes the transducer of a hormonal signal and founder of the peptide hormone receptor family, and creates the notion that hormone signal transduction is its sole physiological function. The third defines its EXPANSION. The discovery of ROS-GC subfamily is made and it links ROS-GC with the physiology of PHOTOTRANSDUCTION. Parts 4 to 7 cover its BIOCHEMISTRY and PHYSIOLOGY. The noteworthy events are that augmented by GCAPs, ROS-GC proves to be a transducer of the free Ca2+ signals generated within neurons; ROS-GC becomes a two-component transduction system and establishes itself as a source of cyclic GMP, the second messenger of phototransduction. Part 8 demonstrates how this knowledge begins to be TRANSLATED into the diagnosis and providing the molecular definition of retinal dystrophies. Part 9 discusses a striking property of ROS-GC where it becomes a [Ca2+]i bimodal switch and transcends its signaling role in other neural transduction processes. In this course, discovery of the first CD-GCAP (Ca2+-dependent guanylate cycles activator), the S100B protein, is made. It extends the role of ROS-GC transduction system beyond the photoreceptor cells to the signaling processes in the synapse region between photoreceptor and cone ON-bipolar cells; in Part 10, discovery of ANOTHER CD-GCAP, NC, is made and its linkage with signaling of the inner plexiform layer neurons is established. Part 11 discusses linkage of the ROS-GC transduction system with other sensory transduction processes: Pineal gland, Olfaction and Gustation. In the next, part 12, a theohttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnmol.2014.00056/fullCyclic GMPmembrane guanylate cyclasemultiple transduction modesANF-RGCROS-GC
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Membrane Guanylate Cyclase, A Multimodal Transduction Machine: History, Present and Future Directions
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
Cyclic GMP
membrane guanylate cyclase
multiple transduction modes
ANF-RGC
ROS-GC
title Membrane Guanylate Cyclase, A Multimodal Transduction Machine: History, Present and Future Directions
title_full Membrane Guanylate Cyclase, A Multimodal Transduction Machine: History, Present and Future Directions
title_fullStr Membrane Guanylate Cyclase, A Multimodal Transduction Machine: History, Present and Future Directions
title_full_unstemmed Membrane Guanylate Cyclase, A Multimodal Transduction Machine: History, Present and Future Directions
title_short Membrane Guanylate Cyclase, A Multimodal Transduction Machine: History, Present and Future Directions
title_sort membrane guanylate cyclase a multimodal transduction machine history present and future directions
topic Cyclic GMP
membrane guanylate cyclase
multiple transduction modes
ANF-RGC
ROS-GC
url http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnmol.2014.00056/full
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