title: Proteasomal degradation of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 1α is mediated by Homer-3 via the proteasomal S8 ATPase: Signal transduction and synaptic transmission.
abstract: The metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) fine-tune the efficacy of synaptic transmission. This unique feature makes mGluRs potential targets for the treatment of various CNS disorders. There is ample evidence to show that the ubiquitin proteasome system mediates changes in synaptic strength leading to multiple forms of synaptic plasticity. The present study describes a novel interaction between post-synaptic adaptors, long Homer-3 proteins, and one of the 26S proteasome regulatory subunits, the S8 ATPase, that influences the degradation of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 1α (mGluR1α). We have shown that the two human long Homer-3 proteins specifically interact with human proteasomal S8 ATPase. We identified that mGluR1α and long Homer-3s immunoprecipitate with the 26S proteasome both in vitro and in vivo. We further found that the mGluR1α receptor can be ubiquitinated and degraded by the 26S proteasome and that Homer-3A facilitates this process. Furthermore, the siRNA mediated silencing of Homer-3 led to increased levels of total and plasma membrane-associated mGluR1α receptors. These results suggest that long Homer-3 proteins control the degradation of mGluR1α receptors by shuttling ubiquitinated mGluR-1α receptors to the 26S proteasome via the S8 ATPase which may modulate synaptic transmission.
authors.affiliation: Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA. khosrow.rezvani@usd.edu
authors.forename: Khosrow
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rezvani
authors.forename: Kelli
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baalman
authors.forename: Yanfen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: Maureen P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Mee
authors.forename: Simon P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.forename: Hongmin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Mariella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Biasi
authors.forename: R John
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Mayer
mesh_terms: D000074183:ATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular Activities; D000818:Animals; D015820:Cadherins / Q000378:metabolism; D037281:Calnexin / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology; D000072233:Homer Scaffolding Proteins; D006801:Humans; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D014162:Transfection; D054875:Ubiquitination / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D000072233:Homer Scaffolding Proteins; C491454:Psmc5 protein, rat; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; C104077:metabotropic glutamate receptor type 1; D037281:Calnexin; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex; C061553:ATP dependent 26S protease; D000074183:ATPases Associated with Diverse Cellular Activities