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  • Title: Cellular responsiveness to cyclic AMP in a phosphodiesterase-defective mutant of Dictyostelium discoideum.
    Author: De Gunzburg J, Brachet P.
    Journal: Cell Differ; 1982 May; 11(3):117-23. PubMed ID: 6288269.
    Abstract:
    Responsiveness of Dictyostelium discoideum amoebae to cAMP, a chemotactic mediator, was investigated in a strain defective in cAMP-phosphodiesterase production. Cells were subjected to a high cAMP signal (10(-6) M) in the presence or absence of exogenous phosphodiesterase, and the changes of intracellular cAMP and cGMP concentrations and of adenylate cyclase activity were measured. In the presence of cAMP hydrolysis, both adenylate and guanylate cyclases are transiently activated. In the absence of hydrolysis, the high and constant extracellular cAMP concentration is sufficient to elicit a re-activation of adenylate cyclase a few minutes after the first transient response. In contrast, levels of cGMP remain basal for at least 20 min after termination of the initial response to the cAMP addition.
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