title: Assembly of an A kinase-anchoring protein-beta(2)-adrenergic receptor complex facilitates receptor phosphorylation and signaling.
abstract: Phosphorylation of G-protein-coupled receptors by second-messenger-stimulated kinases is central to the process of receptor desensitization [1-3]. Phosphorylation of the beta(2)-adrenergic receptor (beta(2)-AR) by protein kinase A (PKA), in addition to uncoupling adenylate cyclase activation, is obligatory for receptor-mediated activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP kinase) cascades [4] [5]. Although mechanisms for linking G-protein-coupled receptor kinases to the activated receptor are well established, analogous mechanisms for targeting second messenger kinases to the beta(2)-AR at the plasma membrane have not been elucidated. Here we show that the A-kinase-anchoring protein, AKAP79/150, co-precipitates with the beta(2)-AR in cell and tissue extracts, nucleating a signaling complex that includes PKA, protein kinase C (PKC) and protein phosphatase PP2B. The anchoring protein directly and constitutively interacts with the beta(2)-AR and promotes receptor phosphorylation following agonist stimulation. Functional studies show that PKA anchoring is required to enhance beta(2)-AR phosphorylation and to facilitate downstream activation of the MAP kinase pathway. This defines a role for AKAP79/150 in the recruitment of second-messenger-regulated signaling enzymes to a G-protein-coupled receptor.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Vollum Institute L-474, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, 97201, USA.
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cong
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Rollins
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Daaka
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lefkowitz
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D054758:A Kinase Anchor Proteins; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D058666:Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain; D019703:Calcineurin; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats; D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D054758:A Kinase Anchor Proteins; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D058666:Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists; C415703:Akap5 protein, rat; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D019703:Calcineurin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins