title: Muscarinic supersensitivity and impaired receptor desensitization in G protein-coupled receptor kinase 5-deficient mice.
abstract: G protein-coupled receptor kinase 5 (GRK5) is a member of a family of enzymes that phosphorylate activated G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR). To address the physiological importance of GRK5-mediated regulation of GPCRs, mice bearing targeted deletion of the GRK5 gene (GRK5-KO) were generated. GRK5-KO mice exhibited mild spontaneous hypothermia as well as pronounced behavioral supersensitivity upon challenge with the nonselective muscarinic agonist oxotremorine. Classical cholinergic responses such as hypothermia, hypoactivity, tremor, and salivation were enhanced in GRK5-KO animals. The antinociceptive effect of oxotremorine was also potentiated and prolonged. Muscarinic receptors in brains from GRK5-KO mice resisted oxotremorine-induced desensitization, as assessed by oxotremorine-stimulated [5S]GTPgammaS binding. These data demonstrate that elimination of GRK5 results in cholinergic supersensitivity and impaired muscarinic receptor desensitization and suggest that a deficit of GPCR desensitization may be an underlying cause of behavioral supersensitivity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Laboratories, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Gainetdinov
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Bohn
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Laporte
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Macrae
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Caron
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lefkowitz
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Premont
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D054774:G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 5; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D018721:Muscarinic Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D010095:Oxotremorine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000187:drug effects; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics*; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D018721:Muscarinic Agonists; D011976:Receptors, Muscarinic; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D010095:Oxotremorine; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D054774:G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 5; C517895:Grk5 protein, mouse; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins