title: Spatial-temporal patterning of metabotropic glutamate receptor-mediated inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate, calcium, and protein kinase C oscillations: protein kinase C-dependent receptor phosphorylation is not required.
abstract: The metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR), mGluR1a and mGluR5a, are G protein-coupled receptors that couple via G(q) to the hydrolysis of phosphoinositides, the release of Ca(2+) from intracellular stores, and the activation of protein kinase C (PKC). We show here that mGluR1/5 activation results in oscillatory G protein coupling to phospholipase C thereby stimulating oscillations in both inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate formation and intracellular Ca(2+) concentrations. The mGluR1/5-stimulated Ca(2+) oscillations are translated into the synchronized repetitive redistribution of PKCbetaII between the cytosol and plasma membrane. The frequency at which mGluR1a and mGluR5a subtypes stimulate inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate, Ca(2+), and PKCbetaII oscillations is regulated by the charge of a single amino acid residue localized within their G protein-coupling domains. However, oscillatory mGluR signaling does not involve the repetitive feedback phosphorylation and desensitization of mGluR activity, since mutation of the putative PKC consensus sites within the first and second intracellular loops as well as the carboxyl-terminal tail does not prevent mGluR1a-stimulated PKCbetaII oscillations. Furthermore, oscillations in Ca(2+) continued in the presence of PKC inhibitors, which blocked PKCbetaII redistribution from the plasma membrane back into the cytosol. We conclude that oscillatory mGluR signaling represents an intrinsic receptor/G protein coupling property that does not involve PKC feedback phosphorylation.
authors.affiliation: John P. Robarts Research Institute, P. O. Box 5015, 100 Perth Drive, London, Ontario N6A 5K8, Canada.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Dale
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Babwah
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kelvin
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D006801:Humans; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D002118:Calcium