title: Ca(2+) requirement for high-affinity gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) binding at GABA(B) receptors: involvement of serine 269 of the GABA(B)R1 subunit.
abstract: The gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor type B (GABA(B)R) is constituted of at least two homologous proteins, GABA(B)R1 and GABA(B)R2. These proteins share sequence and structural similarity with metabotropic glutamate and Ca(2+)-sensing receptors, both of which are sensitive to Ca(2+). Using rat brain membranes, we report here that the affinity of GABA and 3-aminopropylphosphinic acid for the GABA(B)R receptor is decreased by a factor >10 in the absence of Ca(2+). Such a large effect of Ca(2+) is not observed with baclofen or the antagonists CGP64213 and CGP56999A. In contrast to baclofen, the potency of GABA in stimulating GTPgammaS binding in rat brain membranes is also decreased by a factor >10 upon Ca(2+) removal. The potency for Ca(2+) in regulating GABA affinity was 37 microM. In cells expressing GABA(B)R1, the potency of GABA, but not of baclofen, in displacing bound (125)I-CGP64213 was similarly decreased in the absence of Ca(2+). To identify residues that are responsible for the Ca(2+) effect, the pharmacological profile and the Ca(2+) sensitivity of a series of GABA(B)R1 mutants were examined. The mutation of Ser269 into Ala was found to decrease the affinity of GABA, but not of baclofen, and the GABA affinity was found not to be affected upon Ca(2+) removal. Finally, the effect of Ca(2+) on the GABA(B) receptor function is no longer observed in cells coexpressing this GABA(B)R1-S269A mutant and the wild-type GABA(B)R2. Taken together, these results show that Ser269, which is conserved in the GABA(B)R1 protein from Caenorhabditis elegans to mammals, is critical for the Ca(2+)-effect on the heteromeric GABA(B) receptor.
authors.affiliation: Centre Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique de Pharmacologie-Endocrinologie, UPR 9023-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Galvez
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Urwyler
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Prézeau
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mosbacher
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Joly
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Malitschek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heid
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brabet
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Froestl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bettler
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaupmann
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019281:Dimerization; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D017354:Point Mutation; D051381:Rats; D044169:Receptors, Calcium-Sensing; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000737:chemistry; D018080:Receptors, GABA-B / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000737:chemistry; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D044169:Receptors, Calcium-Sensing; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018080:Receptors, GABA-B; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C473605:extracellular calcium cation-sensing receptor, rat; D012694:Serine; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D002118:Calcium