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. 1997 May 2;276(5313):795-8.
doi: 10.1126/science.276.5313.795.

Requirement of Drosophila NF1 for activation of adenylyl cyclase by PACAP38-like neuropeptides

H F Guo  1 , I The, F Hannan, A Bernards, Y Zhong
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Requirement of Drosophila NF1 for activation of adenylyl cyclase by PACAP38-like neuropeptides

H F Guo et al. Science. .

Abstract

The human neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) tumor suppressor protein functions as a Ras-specific guanosine triphosphatase-activating protein, but the identity of Ras- mediated pathways modulated by NF1 remains unknown. A study of Drosophila NF1 mutants revealed that NF1 is essential for the cellular response to the neuropeptide PACAP38 (pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating polypeptide) at the neuromuscular junction. The peptide induced a 100-fold enhancement of potassium currents by activating the Ras-Raf and adenylyl cyclase-adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) pathways. This response was eliminated in NF1 mutants. NF1 appears to regulate the rutabaga-encoded adenylyl cyclase rather than the Ras-Raf pathway. Moreover, the NF1 defect was rescued by the exposure of cells to pharmacological treatment that increased concentrations of cAMP.

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