title: Subcellular localization of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase type 10A variants, and alteration of the localization by cAMP-dependent protein kinase-dependent phosphorylation.
abstract: Our previous studies have suggested that two phosphodiesterase type 10A (PDE10A) variants, PDE10A1 and PDE10A2 transcripts, are mainly expressed in humans and that PDE10A2 and PDE10A3 transcripts are major variants in rats. In the present study, immunoblot analysis demonstrated that PDE10A proteins, especially PDE10A2, are more abundant in membrane fractions than in cytosolic fractions of rat striatum. Recombinant PDE10A1 and PDE10A3 were produced only in cytosolic fractions of transfected PC12h cells. By contrast, recombinant PDE10A2 was present mainly in membrane fractions. This finding agreed well with the result of subcellular fractionation of PDE10A in rat striatum. Immunocytochemical analysis showed that PDE10A2 was localized in the Golgi apparatus of transfected PC12h cells. PDE10A2 was phosphorylated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) at Thr16. Interestingly, recombinant protein of wild-type PDE10A2, but not PDE10A2 mutant with an Ala replacement at Thr16, was distributed to cytosolic fractions by co-transfection with a plasmid encoding the catalytic subunit of PKA. A PDE10A2 mutant with Glu substitution at Thr16, which can be a mimic of phosphorylation, was localized in the cytosolic fractions of transfected PC12h cells. These observations implied that phosphorylation of PDE10A2 at Thr16 by PKA caused alteration of subcellular localization of PDE10A2 from the Golgi apparatus to cytosol. It is hypothesized that cAMP signaling in the Golgi area and the cytosol in neurons is controlled through alteration of subcellular localization of PDE10A brought by activation of PKA in response to intracellular elevations of cAMP.
authors: Discovery and Pharmacology Research Laboratories, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., 2-50, Kawagishi-2-chome, Toda, Saitama 335-8505, Japan.
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Kotera
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Sasaki
authors: Tamaki
authors: T
authors: Kobayashi
authors: Kotomi
authors: K
authors: Fujishige
authors: Yoko
authors: Y
authors: Yamashita
authors: Kenji
authors: K
authors: Omori
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000201:enzymology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D016716:PC12 Cells; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000201:enzymology; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; C119843:PDE10A protein, human; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases