Differentiation of Opioid Drug Effects by Hierarchical Multi-Site Phosphorylation
Differentiation of Opioid Drug Effects by Hierarchical Multi-Site Phosphorylation
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DOI:
10.1124/mol.112.082875
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发表时间:
2013-03-01
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3.6
通讯作者:
Schulz, Stefan
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作者:
Just, Sascha;Illing, Susann;Schulz, Stefan
Differences in the ability of opioid drugs to promote regulated endocytosis of mu-opioid receptors are related to their tendency to produce drug tolerance and dependence. Here we show that drug-specific differences in receptor internalization are determined by a conserved, 10-residue sequence in the receptor's carboxyl-terminal cytoplasmic tail. Diverse opioids induce receptor phosphorylation at serine (S) 375, present in the middle of this sequence, but opioids differ markedly in their ability to drive higher-order phosphorylation on flanking residues [threonine (T) 370, T376, and T379]. Multi-phosphorylation is required for the endocytosis-promoting activity of this sequence and occurs both sequentially and hierarchically, with S375 representing the initiating site. Higher-order phosphorylation involving T370, T376, and T379 specifically requires GRK2/3 isoforms, and the same sequence controls opioid receptor internalization in neurons. These results reveal a biochemical mechanism differentiating the endocytic activity of opioid drugs.