Interclass GPCR heteromerization affects localization and trafficking

Autor: Stuart C. Sealfon, Urjita H. Shah, Rudy Toneatti, Miguel Fribourg, Paul T. Arsenovic, Juan F. López-Giménez, Justin M. Saunders, Daniel E. Conway, Jong M. Shin, Deanna L. Benson, William G.M. Janssen, Javier González-Maeso, Carl R. Mayer
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Sci Signal
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Popis: Membrane trafficking processes regulate G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) activity. Although class A GPCRs are capable of activating G proteins in a monomeric form, they can also potentially assemble into functional GPCR heteromers. Here, we showed that the class A serotonin 5-HT(2A) receptors (5-HT(2A)R) affected the localization and trafficking of class C metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 (mGluR2) through a mechanism that required their assembly as heteromers in mammalian cells. In the absence of agonists, 5-HT(2A)R was primarily localized within intracellular compartments, and coexpression of 5-HT(2A)R with mGluR2 increased the intracellular distribution of the otherwise plasma membrane-localized mGluR2. Agonists for either 5-HT(2A)R or mGluR2 differentially affected trafficking through Rab5-positive endosomes in cells expressing each component of the 5-HT(2A)R-mGluR2 heterocomplex alone, or together. Additionally, overnight pharmacological 5-HT(2A)R blockade with clozapine, but not with M100907, decreased mGluR2 density through a mechanism that involved heteromerization between 5-HT(2A)R and mGluR2. Using TAT-tagged peptides and chimeric constructs that are unable to form the interclass 5-HT(2A)R-mGluR2 complex, we demonstrated that heteromerization was necessary for the 5-HT(2A)R-dependent effects on mGluR2 subcellular distribution. Expression of 5-HT(2A)R also augmented intracellular localization of mGluR2 in mouse frontal cortex pyramidal neurons. Together, our data suggest that GPCR heteromerization may itself represent a mechanism of receptor trafficking and sorting.
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