Distinct Agonist Regulation of Muscarinic Acetylcholine M2-M3 Heteromers and Their Corresponding Homomers.
Distinct Agonist Regulation of Muscarinic Acetylcholine M2-M3 Heteromers and Their Corresponding Homomers.
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10.1074/jbc.m115.649079
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2015-06-05
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Milligan G
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Aslanoglou D;Alvarez-Curto E;Marsango S;Milligan G
Background: Muscarinic receptors can form both homo- and hetero-oligomers. Results: Co-expression of M2 and M3 receptors resulted in concurrent detection of both homomer and heteromer interactions and regulation of M2-containing forms by agonist. Conclusion: Co-existing receptor oligomers display differential regulation. Significance: Oligomers of closely related receptors display distinct properties that may be targeted therapeutically. Each subtype of the muscarinic receptor family of G protein-coupled receptors is activated by similar concentrations of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine or closely related synthetic analogs such as carbachol. However, pharmacological selectivity can be generated by the introduction of a pair of mutations to produce Receptor Activated Solely by Synthetic Ligand (RASSL) forms of muscarinic receptors. These display loss of potency for acetylcholine/carbachol alongside a concurrent gain in potency for the ligand clozapine N-oxide. Co-expression of a form of wild type human M2 and a RASSL variant of the human M3 receptor resulted in concurrent detection of each of M2-M2 and M3-M3 homomers alongside M2-M3 heteromers at the surface of stably transfected Flp-InTM T-RExTM 293 cells. In this setting occupancy of the receptors with a muscarinic antagonist was without detectable effect on any of the muscarinic oligomers. However, selective agonist occupancy of the M2 receptor resulted in enhanced M2-M2 homomer interactions but decreased M2-M3 heteromer interactions. By contrast, selective activation of the M3 RASSL receptor did not significantly alter either M3-M3 homomer or M2-M3 heteromer interactions. Selectively targeting closely related receptor oligomers may provide novel therapeutic opportunities.