Allosterism within δ Opioid-κ Opioid Receptor Heteromers in Peripheral Sensory Neurons: Regulation of κ Opioid Agonist Efficacy
Allosterism within δ Opioid-κ Opioid Receptor Heteromers in Peripheral Sensory Neurons: Regulation of κ Opioid Agonist Efficacy
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DOI:
10.1124/mol.117.109975
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发表时间:
2018-04-01
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3.6
通讯作者:
Berg, Kelly A.
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Jacobs, Blaine A.;Pando, Miryam M.;Berg, Kelly A.
There is abundant evidence for formation of G protein-coupled receptor heteromers in heterologous expression systems, but little is known of the function of heteromers in native systems. Heteromers of delta and kappa opioid receptors (DOR-KOR heteromers) have been identified in native systems. We previously reported that activation of DOR-KOR heteromers expressed by rat painsensing neurons (nociceptors) produces robust, peripherally mediated antinociception. Moreover, DOR agonist potency and efficacy is regulated by KOR antagonists via allosteric interactions within the DOR-KOR heteromer in a ligand-dependent manner. Here we assessed the reciprocal regulation of KOR agonist function by DOR antagonists in adult rat nociceptors in culture and in a behavioral assay of nociception. Naltrindole enhanced the potency of the KOR agonist 2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-Nmethyl-N-[(1S)-1-phenyl-2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethyl]acetannide (ICI-199441) 10- to 20-fold, but did not alter responses to 2-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N- methyl-N-[(1R,2R)-2-pyrrolidin-1-ylcyclohexyl]acetamide (U50488). By contrast, the potency of U50488 was enhanced 20-fold by 7-benzylidenenaltrexone. The efficacy of 6'-guanidinonaltrindole (6'GNTI) to inhibit nociceptors was blocked by small interfering RNA knockdown of DOR or KOR. Replacing 6'-GNTI occupancy of DOR with either naltrindole or 7-benzylidenenaltrexone abolished 6'GNTI efficacy. Further, peptides derived from DOR transmembrane segment 1 fused to the cell membrane-penetrating HIV transactivator of transcription peptide also blocked 6'-GNTI- mediated responses ex vivo and in vivo, suggesting that 6'GNTI efficacy in nociceptors is due to its positive allosteric regulation of KOR via occupancy of DOR in a DOR-KOR heteromer. Together, these results provide evidence for the existence of functional DOR-KOR heteromers in rat peripheral sensory neurons and that reciprocal, ligand-dependent allosteric interactions occur between the DOR and KOR protomers.