Membrane‐bound and cytosolic forms of heterotrimeric G proteins in young and adult rat myocardium: Influence of neonatal hypo‐ and hyperthyroidism

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Abstract

Membrane and cytosolic fractions prepared from ventricular myocardium of young (21-day-old) hypo- or hyperthyroid rats and adult (84-day-old) previously hypo- or hyperthyroid rats were analyzed by immunoblotting with specific anti-G-protein antibodies for the relative content of Gs alpha, Gi alpha/Go alpha, Gq alpha/G11 alpha, and G beta. All tested G protein subunits were present not only in myocardial membranes but were at least partially distributed in the cytosol, except for Go alpha2, and G11 alpha. Cytosolic forms of the individual G proteins represented about 5-60% of total cellular amounts of these proteins. The long (Gs alpha-L) isoform of Gs alpha prevailed over the short (Gs alpha-S) isoform in both crude myocardial membranes and cytosol. The Gs alpha-L/Gs alpha-S ratio in membranes as well as in cytosol increased during maturation due to a substantial increase in Gs alpha-L. Interestingly, whereas the amount of membrane-bound Gi alpha/Go alpha and Gq alpha/G11 alpha proteins tend to lower during postnatal development, cytosolic forms of these G proteins mostly rise. Neonatal hypothyroidism reduced the amount of myocardial Gs alpha and increased that of Gi alpha/Go alpha proteins. By contrast, neonatal hyperthyroidism increased expression of Gs alpha and decreased that of Gi alpha and G11 alpha in young myocardium. Changes in G protein content induced by neonatal hypo- and hyperthyroidism in young rat myocardium were restored in adulthood. Alterations in the membrane-cytosol balance of G protein subunits associated with maturation or induced by altered thyroid status indicate physiological importance of cytosolic forms of these proteins in the rat myocardium.

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