FUNCTIONAL DESENSITIZATION OF THE ISOLATED BETA-ADRENERGIC-RECEPTOR BY THE BETA-ADRENERGIC-RECEPTOR KINASE - POTENTIAL ROLE OF AN ANALOG OF THE RETINAL PROTEIN ARRESTIN (48-KDA PROTEIN)
FUNCTIONAL DESENSITIZATION OF THE ISOLATED BETA-ADRENERGIC-RECEPTOR BY THE BETA-ADRENERGIC-RECEPTOR KINASE - POTENTIAL ROLE OF AN ANALOG OF THE RETINAL PROTEIN ARRESTIN (48-KDA PROTEIN)
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.84.24.8879
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发表时间:
1987-12-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
LEFKOWITZ, RJ
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作者:
BENOVIC, JL;KUHN, H;LEFKOWITZ, RJ
The .beta.-adrenergic receptor kinase is an enzyme, possibly analogous to rhodopsin kinase, that multiple phosphorylates the .beta.-adrenergic receptor only when it is occupied by stimulatory agonists. Since this kinase may play an important role in mediating the process of homologous, or agonist-specific, desensitization, we investigated the functional consequences of receptor phosphorylation by the kinase and possible analogies with the mechanism of action of rhodopsin kinase. Pure hamster lung .beta.2-adrenergic receptor, reconstituted in phospholipid vesicles, was assessed for its ability to mediate agonist-promoted stimulation of the GTPase activity of coreconstituted stimulatory guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein. When the receptor was phosphorylated by partially (.apprxeq. 350-fold) purified preparations of .beta.-adrenergic receptor kinase, as much as 80% inactivation of its functional activity was observed. However, the use of more highly purified enzyme preparations led to a dramatic decrease in the ability of phosphorylation to inactivate the receptor such that pure enzyme preparations (.apprxeq. 20,000-fold purified) caused only minimal (.apprxeq. 16 .+-. 7%) inactivation. Addition of pure retinal arrestin (48-kDa protein or S antigen), which is involved in enhancing the inactivating effect of rhodopsin phosphorylation by rhodopsin kinase, led to partial restoration of the functional effect of .beta.-adrenergic receptor kinase-promoted phosphorylation (41 .+-. 3% inactivation). These results suggest the possibility that a protein analogous to retinal arrestin may exist in other tissues and function in concert with .beta.-adrenergic receptor kinase to regulate the activity of adenylate cyclase-coupled receptors.