title: Regulation of CIRL-1 proteolysis and trafficking.
abstract: Calcium-independent receptor of alpha-latrotoxin (CIRL-1) is an adhesion G protein-coupled receptor implicated in the regulation of exocytosis. CIRL-1 biosynthesis involves constitutive proteolytic processing that takes place in the endoplasmic reticulum, requires the receptor's GPS domain, and yields heterologous two-subunit receptor complexes. It was proposed that the GPS-directed cleavage is based on cis-autoproteolysis. In this study, we demonstrate that activators of protein kinase C - PMA and ionomycin, can inhibit the cleavage of CIRL-1 precursor in transfected cells. Both reagents also downregulate trafficking of CIRL-1 to the cell surface that results in accumulation of the uncleaved receptor precursor inside the cells. Experiments with a non-cleavable soluble mutant of CIRL-1 showed that the downregulation of the receptor trafficking is independent of its cleavage. Our data suggest that the GPS proteolysis of CIRL-1 is not a purely autocatalytic process and may involve auxiliary proteins or factors that become available in the course of CIRL-1 trafficking.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Receptor Cell Biology, Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Igor E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Deyev
authors.forename: Alexander G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Petrenko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D006801:Humans; D015759:Ionomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D021381:Protein Transport; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018000:Receptors, Peptide / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C467733:ADGRL1 protein, human; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D018000:Receptors, Peptide; D015759:Ionomycin; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate