Differential Association of Receptor-Gβγ Complexes with β-Arrestin2 Determines Recycling Bias and Potential for Tolerance of Delta Opioid Receptor Agonists
Differential Association of Receptor-Gβγ Complexes with β-Arrestin2 Determines Recycling Bias and Potential for Tolerance of Delta Opioid Receptor Agonists
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10.1523/jneurosci.3734-11.2012
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发表时间:
2012-04-04
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5.3
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Pineyro, Graciela
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作者:
Audet, Nicolas;Charfi, Iness;Pineyro, Graciela
Opioid tendency to generate analgesic tolerance has been previously linked to biased internalization. Here, we assessed an alternative possibility; whether tolerance of delta opioid receptor agonists (DORs) could be related to agonist-specific recycling. A first series of experiments revealed that DOR internalization by DPDPE and SNC-80 was similar, but only DPDPE induced recycling. We then established that the non-recycling agonist SNC-80 generated acute analgesic tolerance that was absent in mice treated with DPDPE. Furthermore, both agonists stabilized different conformations, whose distinct interaction with G beta gamma subunits led to different modalities of beta-arrestin2 (beta arr2) recruitment. In particular, bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) assays revealed that sustained activation by SNC-80 drew the receptor C terminus in close proximity of the N-terminal domain of G gamma 2, causing beta arr2 to interact with receptors and G beta gamma subunits. DPDPE moved the receptor C-tail away from the G beta gamma dimer, resulting in beta arr2 recruitment to the receptor but not in the vicinity of G gamma 2. These differences were associated with stable DOR-beta arr2 association, poor recycling, and marked desensitization following exposure to SNC-80, while DPDPE promoted transient receptor interaction with beta arr2 and effective recycling, which conferred protection from desensitization. Together, these data indicate that DORs may adopt ligand-specific conformations whose distinct recycling properties determine the extent of desensitization and are predictive of analgesic tolerance. Based on these findings, we propose that the development of functionally selective DOR ligands that favor recycling could constitute a valid strategy for the production of longer acting opioid analgesics.