title: Adenosine A(2A) receptor mRNA regulation by nerve growth factor is TrkA-, Src-, and Ras-dependent via extracellular regulated kinase and stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase.
abstract: We have shown previously that nerve growth factor (NGF) down-regulates adenosine A(2A) receptor (A(2A)AR) mRNA in PC12 cells. To define cellular mechanisms that modulate A(2A)AR expression, A(2A)AR mRNA and protein levels were examined in three PC12 sublines: i) PC12nnr5 cells, which lack the high affinity NGF receptor TrkA, ii) srcDN2 cells, which overexpress kinase-defective Src, and iii) 17.26 cells, which overexpress a dominant-inhibitory Ras. In the absence of functional TrkA, Src, or Ras, NGF-induced down-regulation of A(2A)AR mRNA and protein was significantly impaired. However, regulation of A(2A)AR expression was reconstituted in PC12nnr5 cells stably transfected with TrkA. Whereas NGF stimulated the mitogen-activated protein kinases p38, extracellular regulated kinase 1 and 2 (ERK1/ERK2), and stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (SAPK/JNK) in PC12 cells, these kinases were activated only partially or not at all in srcDN2 and 17.26 cells. Inhibiting ERK1/ERK2 with PD98059 or inhibiting SAPK/JNK by transfecting cells with a dominant-negative SAPKbeta/JNK3 mutant partially blocked NGF-induced down-regulation of A(2A)AR expression in PC12 cells. In contrast, inhibiting p38 with SB203580 had no effect on the regulation of A(2A)AR mRNA and protein levels. Treating SAPKbeta/JNK3 mutant-transfected PC12 cells with PD98059 completely abolished the NGF-induced decrease in A(2A)AR mRNA and protein levels. These results reveal a role for ERK1/ERK2 and SAPK/JNK in regulating A(2A)AR expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Malek
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramkumar
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D015536:Down-Regulation; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016716:PC12 Cells; D051381:Rats; D043705:Receptor, Adenosine A2A; D020917:Receptor, trkA / Q000502:physiology*; D018047:Receptors, Purinergic P1 / Q000235:genetics*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D014162:Transfection; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D043705:Receptor, Adenosine A2A; D018047:Receptors, Purinergic P1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D020917:Receptor, trkA; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D018631:ras Proteins