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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001, PMID: 11517300

Glucagon receptor activates extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1/2 via cAMP-dependent protein kinase.

Jiang, Y; Cypess, A M; Muse, E D; Wu, C R; Unson, C G; Merrifield, R B; Sakmar, T P

We prepared a stable cell line expressing the glucagon receptor to characterize the effect of G(s)-coupled receptor stimulation on extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) activity. Glucagon treatment of the cell line caused a dose-dependent increase in cAMP concentration, activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), and transient release of intracellular calcium. Glucagon treatment also caused rapid dose-dependent phosphorylation and activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase/ERK kinase (MEK1/2) and ERK1/2. Inhibition of either PKA or MEK1/2 blocked ERK1/2 activation by glucagon. However, no significant activation of several upstream activators of MEK, including Ras, Rap1, and Raf, was observed in response to glucagon treatment. In addition, chelation of intracellular calcium reduced glucagon-mediated ERK1/2 activation. In transient transfection experiments, glucagon receptor mutants that bound glucagon but failed to increase intracellular cAMP and calcium concentrations showed no glucagon-stimulated ERK1/2 phosphorylation. We conclude that glucagon-induced MEK1/2 and ERK1/2 activation is mediated by PKA and that an increase in intracellular calcium concentration is required for maximal ERK activation.

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ERK1/2 → MEK1/2: " Inhibition of either PKA or MEK1/2 blocked ERK1/2 activation by glucagon "

ERK1/2 → PKA: " Inhibition of either PKA or MEK1/2 blocked ERK1/2 activation by glucagon "

ERK1/2 → glucagon: " In addition, chelation of intracellular calcium reduced glucagon mediated ERK1/2 activation "

ERK1/2 → glucagon: " In transient transfection experiments, glucagon receptor mutants that bound glucagon but failed to increase intracellular cAMP and calcium concentrations showed no glucagon stimulated ERK1/2 phosphorylation "

ERK1/2 → glucagon: " We conclude that glucagon induced MEK1/2 and ERK1/2 activation is mediated by PKA and that an increase in intracellular calcium concentration is required for maximal ERK activation "

ERK → MEK1/2: " We conclude that glucagon induced MEK1/2 and ERK1/2 activation is mediated by PKA and that an increase in intracellular calcium concentration is required for maximal ERK activation "

ERK → PKA: " We conclude that glucagon induced MEK1/2 and ERK1/2 activation is mediated by PKA and that an increase in intracellular calcium concentration is required for maximal ERK activation "

MEK1/2 → glucagon: " We conclude that glucagon induced MEK1/2 and ERK1/2 activation is mediated by PKA and that an increase in intracellular calcium concentration is required for maximal ERK activation "

MEK1/2 → PKA: " We conclude that glucagon induced MEK1/2 and ERK1/2 activation is mediated by PKA and that an increase in intracellular calcium concentration is required for maximal ERK activation "

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