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SUBMITTER: Xu X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2064430 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Xuehua X Meier-Schellersheim Martin M Yan Jianshe J Jin Tian T
The Journal of cell biology 20070701 1
Gprotein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling mediates a balance of excitatory and inhibitory activities that regulate Dictyostelium chemosensing to cAMP. The molecular nature and kinetics of these inhibitors are unknown. We report that transient cAMP stimulations induce PIP3 responses without a refractory period, suggesting that GPCR-mediated inhibition accumulates and decays slowly. Moreover, exposure to cAMP gradients leads to asymmetric distribution of the inhibitory components. The gradients i ...[more]