Protein kinase A directly phosphorylates metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 to modulate its function

Autor: Myriam Heiman, Ken Uematsu, Julio C. Padovan, Akinori Nishi, Marina Zelenina, Anita Aperia, Brian T. Chait, Paul Greengard
Přispěvatelé: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Heiman, Myriam
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: PMC
Popis: Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) regulates excitatory post-synaptic signaling in the central nervous system (CNS) and is implicated in various CNS disorders. Protein kinase A (PKA) signaling is known to play a critical role in neuropsychiatric disorders such as Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, and addiction. Dopamine signaling is known to modulate the properties of mGluR5 in a cAMP- and PKA-dependent manner, suggesting that mGluR5 may be a direct target for PKA. Our study identifies mGluR5 at Ser870 as a direct substrate for PKA phosphorylation and demonstrates that this phosphorylation plays a critical role in the PKA-mediated modulation of mGluR5 functions such as extracellular signal-regulated kinase phosphorylation and intracellular Ca[superscript 2+] oscillations. The identification of the molecular mechanism by which PKA signaling modulates mGluR5-mediated cellular responses contributes to the understanding of the interaction between dopaminergic and glutamatergic neuronal signaling. We identified serine residue 870 (S870) in metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) as a direct substrate for protein kinase A (PKA). The phosphorylation of this site regulates the ability of mGluR5 to induce extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) phosphorylation and intracellular Ca[superscript 2+] oscillations. This study provides a direct molecular mechanism by which PKA signaling interacts with glutamate neurotransmission.
Databáze: OpenAIRE