Abstract
The GDP/GTP exchange reaction of rho p21, a member of ras p21-related small GTP-binding protein superfamily, is regulated by two stimulatory GDP/GTP exchange proteins (GEPs), named smg GDS and rho GDS, and by one inhibitory GEP, named rho GDI. In bovine aortic smooth muscle, rho GDS and rho GDI were major GEPs for rho p21, and the rho GDI activity on the GDP/GTP exchange reaction of rho p21 was stronger than the rho GDS activity in their simultaneous presence. Moreover, in the crude cytosol, the GDP-bound form of rho p21 was complexed with rho GDI but not with rho GDS. These results, together with our recent finding that rho p21 is involved in the vasoconstrictor-induced Ca2+ sensitization of smooth muscle contraction, suggest that there is some mechanism to release the inhibitory action of rho GDI and to make rho p21 sensitive to the stimulatory action of rho GDS, eventually leading to the rho p21 activation, in the signaling pathways of the vasoconstrictor receptors in smooth muscle.
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