title: Dopamine D2L receptor couples to G alpha i2 and G alpha i3 but not G alpha i1, leading to the inhibition of adenylate cyclase in transfected cell lines.
abstract: Previously, we showed that both D2 and D4 dopamine receptors inhibited adenylate cyclase in a pertussis toxin (Ptx)-sensitive manner in the dopamine-producing MN9D cell line, whereas only D2 receptors did so in a fibroblast cell line, CCL1.3. Of the known Ptx-sensitive G proteins, MN9D cells expressed G alpha i2, G alpha oA and G alpha oB, whereas CCL1.3 cells expressed only G alpha i2. Here we cotransfected MN9D and CCL1.3 cells with either the long form of the D2 receptor (D2L) or the D4 receptor and a mutant Ptx-resistant G protein alpha-subunit. When cotransfected CCL1.3 cell lines were tested for the ability of Ptx to block receptor-mediated inhibition of cyclic AMP accumulation, D2 receptors were found to couple to mutant G alpha i2 and G alpha i3 but not G alpha i1 or G alpha oA. D2 also coupled to mutant G alpha i2 but not G alpha oA in MN9D cells. In contrast, D4 receptors did not couple to either mutant G alpha i2 or G alpha oA subunits in MN9D cells. These data suggest that D4 receptor-mediated inhibition of adenylate cyclase is not coupled via the same mechanisms used by D2 receptors. D2L receptors are capable of coupling to more than one G protein in the modulation of cyclic AMP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: O'Hara
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Taussig
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Todd
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: O'Malley
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D005576:Colforsin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases