Abstract
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) are now regarded as being able to acquire heterodimer conformations affecting their pharmacology, signaling and trafficking. In co-immunoprecipitation studies using differentially epitope-tagged receptors, we herein provide direct evidence for heterodimerization of human neurotensin type 1 receptor (hNTR1) and type 2 receptor (hNTR2). Using chimeric constructs, we also identified the hNTR2 transmembrane 2 (TM2) to TM4 region as crucial for the formation of the dimerization interface. At the functional level, we demonstrated that the co-expression of hNTR2 suppressed hNTR1-mediated adenylate cyclase/cAMP and phospholipase C activation. Finally, confocal microscopy revealed that whereas tagged hNTR1 expressed alone were localized to the plasma membrane, co-expression of hNTR2 caused the retention of hNTR1 in sub-cellular compartments, indicating that heterodimerization with hNTR2 interferes with the proper recruitment of hNTR1 to the plasma membrane. Overall, this study proposes a novel function of NTR2 in the regulation of NTR1 activity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1007-1013 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Volume | 391 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 Jan 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by Grants from the Korea Research Foundation ( KRF-2006-005-J03001 ), the Ministry of Sciences and Technology ( R01-2004-000-10163-0 ), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research ( CIHR, MOP-74618 ) awarded, respectively, to J.Y.S., H.B.K. and P.S. P.S. is a CIHR new investigator and member of the FRSQ-funded Centre de Recherche Clinique Étienne Lebel.
Keywords
- Dimerization
- G-protein-coupled receptor
- Neurotensin
- Signal transduction
- Trafficking
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology