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Query: EC:2.7.11.13 (
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Acute desensitization of many guanine nucleotide-binding protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) requires receptor phosphorylation and subsequent binding of an
arrestin
. GPCRs are substrates for phosphorylation by several classes of kinases. Gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPr) is phosphorylated by a kinase other than
protein kinase C
(
PKC
) after exposure to agonist and is also a substrate for
PKC
-dependent phosphorylation after treatment with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA). Using GRPr mutants, we examined receptor domains required for agonist- and TPA-induced phosphorylation of GRPr and consequences of these phosphorylation events on GRPr signaling via Gq. Agonist- and TPA-stimulated GRPr phosphorylation in cells require an intact carboxyl terminal domain (CTD). GRPr is phosphorylated in vitro by GPCR kinase 2 (GRK2) and multiple
PKC
isoforms. An intact DRY motif is required for agonist-stimulated phosphorylation in cells, and agonist-dependent GRK2 phosphorylation in vitro. Although GRPr CTD mutants do not show enhanced in vitro coupling to Gq relative to intact GRPr, CTD mutants have more potent Gq-dependent signaling in cells. Acute desensitization involves CTD-independent processes because desensitization can precede ligand binding in intact GRPr and CTD mutants. TPA-mediated impairment of GRPr-Gq signaling in cells also requires an intact CTD. Similar to GRK2 phosphorylation,
PKC
phosphorylation reduces GRPr-Gq coupling by approximately 80% in vitro. Arrestin translocation to plasma membrane requires agonist, an intact DRY motif, and GRPr phosphorylation. Therefore, agonist- and
PKC
-induced GRPr phosphorylation sites are in nearby regions of the receptor, and phosphorylation at both sites has similar functional consequences for Gq signaling.
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PMID:Agonist- and protein kinase C-induced phosphorylation have similar functional consequences for gastrin-releasing peptide receptor signaling via Gq. 1450 Jul 46
The role of ERK, Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), p38, and c-Src in GnRH-stimulated FSHbeta-subunit promoter activity was examined in the LbetaT-2 gonadotroph cell line. Incubation of the cells with a GnRH agonist resulted in activation of ERK, JNK, p38, and c-Src. The peak of ERK activation was observed at 5 min, whereas that of JNK, p38, and c-Src at 30 min, declining thereafter. ERK activation by GnRH is dependent on
protein kinase C
(
PKC
), as evident by activation, inhibition, and depletion of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-sensitive
PKC
subspecies. Ca(2+) influx, but not Ca(2+) mobilization, is required for ERK activation. GnRH signaling to ERK is partially mediated by dynamin and a protein tyrosine kinase, apparently c-Src. ERK activation by GnRH in LbetaT-2 cells does not involve transactivation of epidermal growth factor receptor or mediation via Gbetagamma or beta-
arrestin
. Once activated by GnRH, ERK translocates to the nucleus. We examined the role of ERK, JNK, p38, and c-Src in GnRH-stimulated ovine FSHbeta promoter, linked to a luciferase reporter gene (-4741oFSHbeta-LUC). The
PKC
activator 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, but not the Ca(2+) ionophore ionomycin, stimulated FSHbeta-luciferase (LUC) activity. Furthermore, down-regulation of
PKC
, but not removal of Ca(2+), inhibited the GnRH response. Cotransfection of FSHbeta-LUC and the constitutively active forms of Raf-1 and MEK stimulated FSHbeta-LUC activity, whereas the dominant negatives of Ras, Raf-1, and MEK and the selective MEK inhibitor PD98059, abolished GnRH-induced FSHbeta-LUC activity. The dominant negatives of CDC42 and JNK reduced the GnRH response by 36 and 49%, respectively. Incubation of the cells with the p38 or the c-Src inhibitors SB203580 and PP1 also reduced the GnRH response. Surprisingly, two proximal activator protein-1 sites contribute very little to the GnRH response. Thus,
PKC
, ERK, JNK, p38, and c-Src, but not Ca(2+), are involved in GnRH induction of the ovine FSHbeta gene.
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PMID:Extracellular signal-regulated kinase, Jun N-terminal kinase, p38, and c-Src are involved in gonadotropin-releasing hormone-stimulated activity of the glycoprotein hormone follicle-stimulating hormone beta-subunit promoter. 1473 35
Translocation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) from the cell membrane to cytosol depends on the kind of ligand activating the receptor. This principle is clearly demonstrated for opioid receptors, because diverse opiate agonists rapidly induce receptor internalization, whereas morphine almost fails. We report here the impact of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase isoforms extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 on the internalization of delta-opioid receptors (DORs) expressed in human embryonic kidney (HEK)293 cells. Receptor activation by etorphine turned out to transiently phosphorylate ERK/MAP kinases and bring about DOR internalization within 20 min. In contrast, prolonged exposure of HEK293 cells to morphine excited persistent phosphorylation of ERK/MAP kinases, and those cells failed to internalize the opioid receptor. When ERK/MAP kinase phosphorylation was blocked by 2'-Amino-3'-methoxyflavone (PD98059), morphine gained the ability to strongly induce DOR endocytosis. The importance of activated MAP kinases for DOR internalization is further demonstrated by glutamate and paclitaxel because these substances induce phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and concomitantly prevent DOR sequestration by etorphine. In addition, receptor internalization by morphine was facilitated by inhibition of
protein kinase C
and opioid-mediated transactivation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), both activating ERK/MAP kinases by opioids. The mechanism affording DOR internalization by PD98059 may relate to
arrestin
, which uncouples GPCRs and thus triggers receptor internalization. Arrestin considerably translocates toward the cell membrane upon DOR activation by morphine in presence of the MAP kinase blocker, but it fails in the absence of PD98059. We conclude that ERK/MAP kinase activity prevents opioid receptor desensitization and sequestration by blocking arrestin 2 interaction with activated DORs.
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PMID:Extracellular signal-regulated kinase/mitogen-activated protein kinases block internalization of delta-opioid receptors. 1474 44
Many members of the chemokine receptor family of G protein-coupled receptors utilize multiple endogenous ligands. However, differences between the signaling properties of multiple chemokines through a single receptor have yet to be well characterized. In this study we investigated the early signaling events of CCR7 initiated by its two endogenous ligands, CCL19 and CCL21. Both CCL19 and CCL21 induce G protein activation and calcium mobilization with equal potency. However, only activation by CCL19, not CCL21, promotes robust desensitization of endogenous CCR7 in the human T cell lymphoma cell line H9. Desensitization occurs through the induction of receptor phosphorylation and beta-
arrestin
recruitment (shown in HEK293 cells expressing CCR7-FLAG). The sites of CCL19-induced phosphorylation were mapped by mutating to alanines the serines and threonines found within kinase phosphorylation consensus sequences in the carboxyl terminus of CCR7. A cluster of sites, including Thr-373-376 and Ser-378 is important for CCL19-mediated phosphorylation of the receptor, whereas residues serine 356, 357, 364, and 365 are important for basal receptor phosphorylation by
protein kinase C
. Activation of CCR7 by both ligands leads to signaling to the ERK1/2 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. However, CCL19 promotes 4-fold more ERK1/2 phosphorylation than does CCL21. The mechanism by which CCL19 activates ERK1/2 was determined to be beta-
arrestin
-dependent, because it is reduced both by depletion of beta-
arrestin
-2 with small interfering RNA and by elimination of the phosphorylation sites in the tail of the receptor. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that CCL19 and CCL21 place CCR7 in functionally distinct conformations that are independent of their G protein-coupling potency: one that allows the efficient desensitization of the receptor and activation of ERK1/2, and another that is impaired in these functions.
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PMID:Differential desensitization, receptor phosphorylation, beta-arrestin recruitment, and ERK1/2 activation by the two endogenous ligands for the CC chemokine receptor 7. 1505 93
Desensitization and internalization of G protein-coupled receptors can be mediated by phosphorylation within the C-terminal tail, facilitating beta-
arrestin
binding and targeting the receptor for internalization. Type II GnRH receptors (GnRH-Rs) show such regulation, but type I GnRH-Rs lack C-tails and are not rapidly desensitized or internalized. Here we show contrasting susceptibility of type I (human and sheep) and II (Xenopus) GnRH-Rs to regulation by
protein kinase C
(
PKC
). When human (h) or Xenopus (X) GnRH-Rs were expressed using recombinant adenovirus,
PKC
activation increased radioligand binding to XGnRH-Rs but not to hGnRH-Rs. A dominant-negative dynamin mutant (K44A) inhibited internalization of XGnRH-Rs (but not hGnRH-Rs) without influencing
PKC
regulation of XGnRH-R binding.
PKC
activation increased the affinity of XGnRH-Rs for the type II GnRH ligand and increased effects of low concentrations of GnRH-II on the [Ca(2+)](i) but had no effect on type I ligand binding to hGnRH-Rs, sGnRH-Rs or XGnRH-Rs, or to chimeric receptors with the XGnRH-R C-tail added to a type I receptor. Binding of type II ligand to human or sheep receptors was also unaffected but was increased in the chimeras. Mutation of both
PKC
-phosphorylation consensus sites in the XGnRH-R tail did not prevent the
PKC
-mediated increases in binding or alter agonist-induced translocation of beta-arrestin2/green fluorescent protein or inhibition of inositol phosphate accumulation by beta-arrestin2/green fluorescent protein. Thus, it appears that there are two distinct active conformations of XGnRH-Rs (differing in affinity for type I and II ligands) and that these cells exhibit a novel form of inside-out signaling in which
PKC
feeds back to influence receptor affinity.
...
PMID:Regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptors by protein kinase C: inside out signalling and evidence for multiple active conformations. 1526 25
In this study we characterized the heterologous desensitization and internalization of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 (mGluR1) splice variants mGluR1a and mGluR1b following activation of endogenous G(q/11)-coupled receptors in HEK293 cells. Agonist activation of M1 muscarinic acetylcholine or P2Y1 purinergic receptors triggered the
PKC
- and CaMKII-dependent internalization of mGluR1a. In co-immunoprecipitation studies, both glutamate and carbachol increased the association of GRK2 with mGluR1a. Co-addition of the
protein kinase C
(
PKC
) inhibitor GF109203X and the Ca(2+) calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) inhibitor KN-93 blocked the ability of glutamate and carbachol to increase the association of GRK2 with mGluR1a. Glutamate also increased the association of GRK2 with mGluR1b, whereas carbachol did not. However, unlike mGluR1a, glutamate-stimulated association of GRK2 with mGluR1b was not reduced by
PKC
/CaMKII inhibition. Pretreatment of cells expressing mGluR1a or mGluR1b with carbachol rapidly desensitized subsequent glutamate-stimulated inositol phosphate accumulation. The carbachol-induced heterologous desensitization and internalization of mGluR1a was blocked by LY367385, an mGluR1a antagonist with inverse agonist activity. Furthermore, LY367385 blocked the ability of carbachol to increase the association of GRK2 with mGluR1a. On the other hand, LY367385 had no effect on the carbachol-induced desensitization and internalization of the nonconstitutively active mGluR1b splice variant. These results demonstrate that the internalization of mGluR1a, triggered homologously by glutamate or heterologously by carbachol, is
PKC
/CaMKII-, GRK2-,
arrestin
-, and clathrin-dependent and that
PKC
/CaMKII activation appears to be necessary for GRK2 to associate with mGluR1a. Furthermore, the heterologous desensitization of mGluR1a is dependent upon the splice variant being in an active conformation.
...
PMID:Desensitization and internalization of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1a following activation of heterologous Gq/11-coupled receptors. 1518 96
Opioids are widely used as analgesics in clinical pain management for decades. However, opioid tolerance is a serious problem which limits their usefulness. The mechanisms of opioid tolerance are complex which involve many regulatory factors. Glutamate is an important extracellular neurotransmitter which activates glutamate receptor and induces a series of signal transduction to regulate the development of opioid tolerance. Previous studies have indicated an involvement of NMDA receptors in the development of beta-opioid tolerance and associated abnormal pain sensitivity. Many NMDA receptor antagonists had been demonstrated to regulate morphine tolerance development. In the NMDA-mediated intracellular mechanisms of opioid tolerance,
protein kinase C
(
PKC
) modulates beta-opioid receptor activation. Besides, the opioid receptor desensitization involves phosphorylation of receptors and subsequent binds to beta-
arrestin
. In knockout mice, lacking beta-
arrestin
-2, desensitization of beta-opioid receptor did not occur after chronic morphine treatment, and these animals also failed to develop antinociceptive tolerance. Moreover, morphine tolerance can be completely reversed with a low dose of the classical
PKC
inhibitor chelerythrine in the beta-
arrestin
-2 knock-out, but not wild-type mice. These findings indicate that, in the absence of beta-
arrestin
-2, contributions of
PKC
-dependent regulatory system would become apparent. In summary,
PKC
is regulated by NMDA receptors to affect the development of opioid tolerance, beta-
arrestin
-2 also influences
PKC
-induced opioid receptor desensitization.
PKC
may play an important role to coordinate these factors which regulate opioid tolerance.
...
PMID:Opioid tolerance: is there a dialogue between glutamate and beta-arrestin? 1534 5
Previously, D2 dopamine receptors (D2 DARs) have been shown to undergo G-protein-coupled receptor kinase phosphorylation in an agonist-specific fashion. We have now investigated the ability of the second messenger-activated protein kinases, protein kinase A (PKA) and
protein kinase C
(
PKC
), to mediate phosphorylation and desensitization of the D2 DAR. HEK293T cells were transiently transfected with the D2 DAR and then treated with intracellular activators and inhibitors of PKA or
PKC
. Treatment with agents that increase cAMP, and activate PKA, had no effect on the phosphorylation state of the D2 DAR, suggesting that PKA does not phosphorylate the D2 DAR in HEK293T cells. In contrast, cellular treatment with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), a
PKC
activator, resulted in an approximately 3-fold increase in D2 DAR phosphorylation. The phosphorylation was specific for
PKC
as the PMA effect was mimicked by phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate, but not by 4alpha-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate, active and inactive, phorbol diesters, respectively. The PMA-mediated D2 DAR phosphorylation was completely blocked by co-treatment with the
PKC
inhibitor, bisindolylmaleimide II, and augmented by co-transfection with PKCbetaI. In contrast,
PKC
inhibition had no effect on agonist-promoted phosphorylation, suggesting that
PKC
is not involved in this response.
PKC
phosphorylation of the D2 DAR was found to promote receptor desensitization as reflected by a decrease in agonist potency for inhibiting cAMP accumulation. Most interestingly,
PKC
phosphorylation also promoted internalization of the D2 DAR through a beta-
arrestin
- and dynamin-dependent pathway, a response not usually associated with
PKC
phosphorylation of G-protein-coupled receptors. Site-directed mutagenesis experiments resulted in the identification of two domains of
PKC
phosphorylation sites within the third intracellular loop of the receptor. Both of these domains are involved in regulating sequestration of the D2 DAR, whereas only one domain is involved in receptor desensitization. These results indicate that
PKC
can mediate phosphorylation of the D2 DAR, resulting in both functional desensitization and receptor internalization.
...
PMID:Protein kinase C mediates phosphorylation, desensitization, and trafficking of the D2 dopamine receptor. 1534 75
Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is a neuropeptide that plays an important role in several physiological processes. It activates two G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), MCH1R and MCH2R, of which MCH1R seems to be a key regulator of food intake. By using HEK293T cells stably transfected with Flag-tagged rat MCH1R, we investigated the mechanism underlying the MCH-induced internalization pathway, which is important for the desensitization or regulation of the receptor response. Quantitative analysis by flow cytometry indicated that the rate of MCH1R internalization progressed in a rapid and time-dependent manner during the first 30 min, and was partly inhibited by pretreatment with the selective
protein kinase C
(
PKC
) inhibitor Go6850. Overexpression of dominant-negative beta-
arrestin
-2 (284-409) or dynamin I-K44A significantly prevented MCH-induced internalization of MCH1R, while overexpression of dominant-negative beta-
arrestin
-1-V53D had no effect. A triple-substituted mutant at Thr317, Ser325 and Thr342 to Ala residue in the C-terminus significantly prevented MCH-induced receptor internalization. Similar extents of internalization prevention were noted with the deletion mutants DeltaThr342 and DeltaGlu346, lacking 11 and 7 residues in the C-terminal tail, respectively. Our data suggest that MCH1R undergoes rapid MCH-induced internalization through a
PKC
-, beta-
arrestin
-2- and dynamin I-dependent pathway and that a portion of the C-terminal tail plays an important role in the internalization process.
...
PMID:Properties of rat melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 internalization. 1547 26
Cysteinyl leukotrienes activate the cysteinyl leukotriene type 1 receptor (CysLT1R) to regulate numerous cell functions important in inflammatory processes and diseases such as asthma. Despite its physiologic importance, no studies to date have examined the regulation of CysLT1R signaling or trafficking. We have established model systems for analyzing recombinant human CysLT1R and found regulation of internalization and signaling of the CysLT1R to be unique among G protein-coupled receptors. Rapid and profound LTD4-stimulated internalization was observed for the wild type (WT) CysLT1R, whereas a C-terminal truncation mutant exhibited impaired internalization yet signaled robustly, suggesting a region within amino acids 310-321 as critical to internalization. Although overexpression of WT arrestins significantly increased WT CysLT1R internalization, expression of dominant-negative arrestins had minimal effects, and WT CysLT1R internalized in murine embryonic fibroblasts lacking both
arrestin
-2 and
arrestin
-3, suggesting that arrestins are not the primary physiologic regulators of CysLT1Rs. Instead, pharmacologic inhibition of
protein kinase C
(
PKC
) was shown to profoundly inhibit CysLT1R internalization while greatly increasing both phosphoinositide (PI) production and calcium mobilization stimulated by LTD4 yet had almost no effect on H1 histamine receptor internalization or signaling. Moreover, mutation of putative
PKC
phosphorylation sites within the CysLT1R C-tail (CysLT1RS(313-316)A) reduced receptor internalization, increased PI production and calcium mobilization by LTD4, and significantly attenuated the effects of
PKC
inhibition. These findings characterized the CysLT1R as the first G protein-coupled receptor identified to date in which
PKC
is the principal regulator of both rapid agonist-dependent internalization and rapid agonist-dependent desensitization.
...
PMID:Regulation of cysteinyl leukotriene type 1 receptor internalization and signaling. 1559 Jun 29
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