A G protein–coupled receptor and the intracellular synthase of its agonist functionally cooperate

Autor: Jean-Luc Parent, Jason C. Young, Andréane Cartier, Jean-François Larrivée, Jana Stankova, Samuel Génier, Chantal Binda
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: The Journal of Cell Biology
ISSN: 1540-8140
0021-9525
Popis: The GPCR DP1 promotes the activity of L-PGDS, the enzyme that produces the DP1 agonist PGD2, while at the same time L-PGDS promotes the export and activity of DP1 in response to PGD2.
Export of newly synthesized G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) remains poorly characterized. We show in this paper that lipocalin-type prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) synthase (L-PGDS) interacts intracellularly with the GPCR DP1 in an agonist-independent manner. L-PGDS promotes cell surface expression of DP1, but not of other GPCRs, in HEK293 and HeLa cells, independent of L-PGDS enzyme activity. In addition, formation of a DP1–Hsp90 complex necessary for DP1 export to the cell surface is dependent on the interaction between L-PGDS and the C-terminal MEEVD residues of Hsp90. Surprisingly, PGD2 synthesis by L-PGDS is promoted by coexpression of DP1, suggesting a possible intracrine/autocrine signaling mechanism. In this regard, L-PGDS increases the formation of a DP1–ERK1/2 complex and increases DP1-mediated ERK1/2 signaling. Our findings define a novel cooperative mechanism in which a GPCR (DP1) promotes the activity of the enzyme (L-PGDS) that produces its agonist (PGD2) and in which this enzyme in turn acts as a cofactor (of Hsp90) to promote export and agonist-dependent activity of the receptor.
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