A series of truncated atrial natriuretic peptide analogs were examined as a means of defining the structural requirements for receptor occupancy and stimulation of cyclic GMP accumulation in bovine aortic smooth muscle cells. It was determined that deletion of amino acids from the carboxyl and/or amino termini of the peptides diminished their ability to increase cyclic GMP levels. Deletion of a...

In the presence of 10(-9) M calcium, rod outer segments freshly detached from dark-adapted frog retinas contain between 0.01 and 0.02 moles of guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic GMP) per mole of rhodopsin. The dark level of cyclic GMP is reduced approximately 50% by illumination that bleaches 5 x 10(5) rhodopsin molecules/outer segments. The dark levels of cyclic GMP also can be suppr...

Tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme in catecholamine biosynthesis, is subject to regulation by a variety of agents. Previous workers have found that cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and calcium-stimulated protein kinases activate tyrosine hydroxylase. We wanted to determine whether cyclic GMP might also be involved in the regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase activity. We found that ...

It is well known that adenine-based purines exert multiple effects on pain transmission. However, less attention has been given to the potential effects of guanine-based purines (GBPs) on pain transmission. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) guanosine and GMP on mice pain models. Mice received an i.c.v. injection of vehicle (saline or 10 muM...

The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is responsible for systemic infections in immunocompromised individuals and chronic respiratory disease in patients with cystic fibrosis. Cyclic nucleotides are known to play a variety of roles in the regulation of virulence-related factors in pathogenic bacteria. A set of P. aeruginosa genes, encoding proteins that contain putative domains char...

GMP-140 is a rapidly inducible receptor for neutrophils and monocytes expressed on activated platelets and endothelial cells. It is a member of the selectin family of lectin-like cell surface molecules that mediate leukocyte adhesion. We used a radioligand binding assay to characterize the interaction of purified GMP-140 with human neutrophils. Unstimulated neutrophils rapidly bound [125I]GMP-1...

OBJECTIVE In cultured human vascular smooth muscle cells, insulin increases cyclic GMP production by inducing nitric oxide (NO) synthesis. The aim of the present study was to determine whether in these cells the insulin-stimulated NO/cyclic GMP pathway plays a role in the regulation of glucose uptake. METHODS AND RESULTS Glucose transport in human vascular smooth muscle cells was measured as ...

In many bacteria, including Vibrio cholerae, cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP) controls the motile to biofilm life style switch. Yet, little is known about how this occurs. In this study, we report that changes in c-di-GMP concentration impact the biosynthesis of the MshA pili, resulting in altered motility and biofilm phenotypes in V. cholerae. Previously, we reported that cdgJ...

PilZ domain is one of the key receptors for the newly discovered secondary messenger molecule cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP). To date, several monomeric PilZ domain proteins have been identified. Some exhibit strong c-di-GMP binding activity, while others have barely detectable c-di-GMP binding activity and require an accessory protein such as FimX to indirectly respond to the c-di-GMP signal. We now...

Intracarotid infusion of bradykinin selectively increases the delivery of compounds into brain tumors. This study sought to determine the role of cyclic GMP in increased permeability across the blood-tumor barrier (BTB) after infusion of bradykinin. In permeability studies, 186 Wistar rats with RG2 gliomas and C6 gliomas were used. Transport across the BTB was quantified by autoradiography and ...