Properties of rat melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 internalization
Properties of rat melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 internalization
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DOI:
10.1016/j.peptides.2004.03.026
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发表时间:
2004-10-01
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3
通讯作者:
Maruyama, K
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作者:
Saito, Y;Tetsuka, M;Maruyama, K
Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is a neuropeptide that plays an important role in several physiological processes. It activates two G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), MCH1R and MCH2R, of which MCH1R seems to be a key regulator of food intake. By using HEK293T cells stably transfected with Flag-tagged rat MCH1R, we investigated the mechanism underlying the MCH-induced internalization pathway, which is important for the desensitization or regulation of the receptor response. Quantitative analysis by flow cytometry indicated that the rate of MCH1R internalization progressed in a rapid and time-dependent manner during the first 30 min, and was partly inhibited by pretreatment with the selective protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor Go6850. Overexpression of dominant-negative beta-arrestin-2 (284-409) or dynamin I-K44 A significantly prevented MCH-induced internalization of MCH I R, while overexpression of dominant-negative beta-arrestin-1-V53 D had no effect. A triple-substituted mutant at Thr(317), Ser(325) and Thr(342) to Ala residue in the C-terminus significantly prevented MCH-induced receptor internalization. Similar extents of internalization prevention were noted with the deletion mutants DeltaThr(342) and DeltaGlu(346), lacking 11 and 7 residues in the C-terminal tail, respectively. Our data suggest that MCH1R undergoes rapid MCH-induced internalization through a PKC-, beta-arrestin-2- and dynamin I-dependent pathway and that a portion of the C-terminal tail plays an important role in the internalization process. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.