CAPRI and RASAL impose different modes of information processing on Ras due to contrasting temporal filtering of Ca2+.

TitleCAPRI and RASAL impose different modes of information processing on Ras due to contrasting temporal filtering of Ca2+.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2005
AuthorsLiu Q, Walker SA, Gao D, Taylor JA, Dai Y-F, Arkell RS, Bootman MD, H Roderick L, Cullen PJ, Lockyer PJ
JournalJ Cell Biol
Volume170
Issue2
Pagination183-90
Date Published2005 Jul 18
ISSN0021-9525
KeywordsAnimals, Calcium, Calcium Signaling, Cell Membrane, CHO Cells, Cricetinae, Cricetulus, Genes, ras, Green Fluorescent Proteins, HeLa Cells, Humans, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Protein Transport, ras GTPase-Activating Proteins, ras Proteins, Second Messenger Systems
Abstract

The versatility of Ca2+ as a second messenger lies in the complex manner in which Ca2+ signals are generated. How information contained within the Ca2+ code is interpreted underlies cell function. Recently, we identified CAPRI and RASAL as related Ca2+-triggered Ras GTPase-activating proteins. RASAL tracks agonist-stimulated Ca2+ oscillations by repetitively associating with the plasma membrane, yet CAPRI displays a long-lasting Ca2+-triggered translocation that is refractory to cytosolic Ca2+ oscillations. CAPRI behavior is Ca2+- and C2 domain-dependent but sustained recruitment is predominantly Ca2+ independent, necessitating integration of Ca2+ by the C2 domains with agonist-evoked plasma membrane interaction sites for the pleckstrin homology domain. Using an assay to monitor Ras activity in real time, we correlate the spatial and temporal translocation of CAPRI with the deactivation of H-Ras. CAPRI seems to low-pass filter the Ca2+ signal, converting different intensities of stimulation into different durations of Ras activity in contrast to the preservation of Ca2+ frequency information by RASAL, suggesting sophisticated modes of Ca2+-regulated Ras deactivation.

DOI10.1083/jcb.200504167
Alternate JournalJ Cell Biol
PubMed ID16009725
PubMed Central IDPMC1351313
Grant List072166 / / Wellcome Trust / United Kingdom
BBS/E/B/00001116 / / Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council / United Kingdom