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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Regulation of the Dopamine D1-D2 Receptor Heterooligomer

Verma, Vaneeta 11 January 2012 (has links)
Dopamine receptors are members of the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily and play important roles in neuronal transmission. A D1-D2 receptor heterooligomer generating a G-protein linked PLC-dependent intracellular calcium signal was previously identified. The discovery of this dopamine mediated calcium signal implicated a direct link between dopamine receptors and calcium generation, but its regulation remained to be elucidated. By measuring calcium signaling with Fluo-4 fluorescence or cameleon FRET, rapid desensitization of the calcium signal in heterologous cells and striatal neurons was demonstrated by pre-treatment with SKF 83959, which selectively activates D1-D2 receptor heteromers, or SKF 83822 which only activates D1 receptor homooligomers. Although SKF 83822 was unable to activate D1-D2 receptor heteromers, it still permitted desensitization of the calcium signal. This suggested that occupancy of the D1 receptor binding pocket by SKF 83822 resulted in conformational changes sufficient for desensitization without activation of the heteromer. BRET and co-immunoprecipitation studies indicated an agonist induced interaction between the D1-D2 receptor heteromer and GRK2. Increased expression of GRK2 led to a decrease in the calcium signal and decreased expression of GRK2 led to an increased calcium signal. Expression of the catalytically inactive and RGS mutated GRK2 constructs each led to a partial recovery of the GRK2-attenuated calcium signal. These results indicated that desensitization of the D1-D2 receptor heteromer mediated calcium signal can occur by agonist occupancy even without activation and is regulated by two distinct functions of GRK2. Immunocytochemistry and calcium assays demonstrated that recycling of internalized D1 and D2 receptors and resensitization of the desensitized calcium signal occurred after dopamine pre-treatment but not SKF 83959, suggesting that the trafficking and resensitization response associated with the D1-D2 receptor heteromer is differentially regulated by specific ligands. Overall, these results suggest that D1-D2 receptor heterooligomers are uniquely regulated from their constituent receptors which are not coupled to Gq.
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Regulation of the Dopamine D1-D2 Receptor Heterooligomer

Verma, Vaneeta 11 January 2012 (has links)
Dopamine receptors are members of the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily and play important roles in neuronal transmission. A D1-D2 receptor heterooligomer generating a G-protein linked PLC-dependent intracellular calcium signal was previously identified. The discovery of this dopamine mediated calcium signal implicated a direct link between dopamine receptors and calcium generation, but its regulation remained to be elucidated. By measuring calcium signaling with Fluo-4 fluorescence or cameleon FRET, rapid desensitization of the calcium signal in heterologous cells and striatal neurons was demonstrated by pre-treatment with SKF 83959, which selectively activates D1-D2 receptor heteromers, or SKF 83822 which only activates D1 receptor homooligomers. Although SKF 83822 was unable to activate D1-D2 receptor heteromers, it still permitted desensitization of the calcium signal. This suggested that occupancy of the D1 receptor binding pocket by SKF 83822 resulted in conformational changes sufficient for desensitization without activation of the heteromer. BRET and co-immunoprecipitation studies indicated an agonist induced interaction between the D1-D2 receptor heteromer and GRK2. Increased expression of GRK2 led to a decrease in the calcium signal and decreased expression of GRK2 led to an increased calcium signal. Expression of the catalytically inactive and RGS mutated GRK2 constructs each led to a partial recovery of the GRK2-attenuated calcium signal. These results indicated that desensitization of the D1-D2 receptor heteromer mediated calcium signal can occur by agonist occupancy even without activation and is regulated by two distinct functions of GRK2. Immunocytochemistry and calcium assays demonstrated that recycling of internalized D1 and D2 receptors and resensitization of the desensitized calcium signal occurred after dopamine pre-treatment but not SKF 83959, suggesting that the trafficking and resensitization response associated with the D1-D2 receptor heteromer is differentially regulated by specific ligands. Overall, these results suggest that D1-D2 receptor heterooligomers are uniquely regulated from their constituent receptors which are not coupled to Gq.

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