title: Complex formation with the Type B gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor affects the expression and signal transduction of the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor. Studies with HEK-293 cells and neurons.
abstract: We co-immunoprecipitated the Ca(2+)-sensing receptor (CaR) and type B gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor (GABA-B-R) from human embryonic kidney (HEK)-293 cells expressing these receptors and from brain lysates where both receptors are present. CaRs extensively co-localized with the two subunits of the GABA-B-R (R1 and R2) in HEK-293 cell membranes and intracellular organelles. Coexpressing CaRs and GABA-B-R1s in HEK-293 cells suppressed the total cellular and cell surface expression of CaRs and inhibited phospholipase C activation in response to high extracellular [Ca(2+)] ([Ca(2+)](e)). In contrast, coexpressing CaRs and GABA-B-R2s enhanced CaR expression and signaling responses to raising [Ca(2+)](e). The latter effects of the GABA-B-R2 on the CaR were blunted by coexpressing the GABA-B-R1. Coexpressing the CaR with GABA-B-R1 or R2 enhanced the total cellular and cell surface expression of the GABA-B-R1 or R2, respectively. Studies with truncated CaRs indicated that the N-terminal extracellular domain of the CaR participated in the interaction of the CaR with the GABA-B-R1 and R2. In cultured mouse hippocampal neurons, CaRs co-localized with the GABA-B-R1 and R2. CaRs and GABA-B-R1s also co-immunoprecipitated from brain lysates. The expression of the CaR was increased in lysates from GABA-B-R1 knock-out mouse brains and in cultured hippocampal neurons with their GABA-B-R1 genes deleted in vitro. Thus, CaRs and GABA-B-R subunits can form heteromeric complexes in cells, and their interactions affect cell surface expression and signaling of CaR, which may contribute to extracellular Ca(2+)-dependent receptor activation in target tissues.
authors.affiliation: Endocrine Research Unit, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94121, USA. Wenhan.Chang@ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Wenhan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chialing
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Zhiqiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Tsui-Hua
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gassmann
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bettler
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Margeta
authors.forename: Lily Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shoback
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019921:Biotinylation; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D044169:Receptors, Calcium-Sensing / Q000378:metabolism*; D018080:Receptors, GABA-B / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: C095550:CASR protein, human; D044169:Receptors, Calcium-Sensing; D018080:Receptors, GABA-B; D002118:Calcium