title: Interaction of the C-terminal region of the rat serotonin transporter with MacMARCKS modulates 5-HT uptake regulation by protein kinase C.
abstract: The serotonin transporter (SERT) mediates the re-uptake of released serotonin into presynaptic nerve terminals. Its activity is regulated by different mechanisms including protein kinase C (PKC) triggered internalization. Here, we used yeast 2-hybrid screening and cotransfection into 293 cells to identify a homologue of the myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate (MARCKS), MacMARCKS, as a C-terminally interacting protein of SERT. Upon cotransfection with SERT, MacMARCKS caused a reduction in the maximal rate of [(3)H]serotonin uptake and reduced its down-regulation elicited by activation of PKC. Our data are consistent with MARCKS proteins regulating the plasma membrane dynamics of neurotransmitter transporters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research, Deutschordenstrasse 46, D-60528 Frankfurt, Germany.
authors.forename: Urda
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Jess
authors.forename: Oussama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: El Far
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kirsch
authors.forename: Heinrich
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Betz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D020536:Enzyme Activators / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000502:physiology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012701:Serotonin / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D014162:Transfection; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D002148:Calmodulin-Binding Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D020536:Enzyme Activators; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; C070177:MARCKSL1 protein, human; C512942:Marcksl1 protein, rat; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C493230:SLC6A4 protein, human; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; C493232:Slc6a4 protein, rat; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D012701:Serotonin; D011493:Protein Kinase C