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XB-ART-35248
Mol Biol Cell 2006 Nov 01;1711:4619-31. doi: 10.1091/mbc.e06-03-0218.
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Opposite effects of PSD-95 and MPP3 PDZ proteins on serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine2C receptor desensitization and membrane stability.

Gavarini S , Bécamel C , Altier C , Lory P , Poncet J , Wijnholds J , Bockaert J , Marin P .


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PSD-95/Disc large/Zonula occludens 1 (PDZ) domain-containing proteins (PDZ proteins) play an important role in the targeting and the trafficking of transmembrane proteins. Our previous studies identified a set of PDZ proteins that interact with the C terminus of the serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)(2C) receptor. Here, we show that the prototypic scaffolding protein postsynaptic density-95 (PSD-95) and another membrane-associated guanylate kinase, MAGUK p55 subfamily member 3 (MPP3), oppositely regulate desensitization of the receptor response in both heterologous cells and mice cortical neurons in primary culture. PSD-95 increased desensitization of the 5-HT(2C) receptor-mediated Ca(2+) response, whereas MPP3 prevented desensitization of the Ca(2+) response. The effects of the PDZ proteins on the desensitization of the Ca(2+) response were correlated with a differential regulation of cell surface expression of the receptor. Additional experiments were performed to assess how PDZ proteins globally modulate desensitization of the 5-HT(2C) receptor response in neurons, by using a peptidyl mimetic of the 5-HT(2C) receptor C terminus fused to the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 Tat protein transduction domain, which disrupts interaction between the 5-HT(2C) receptor and PDZ proteins. Transduction of this peptide inhibitor into cultured cortical neurons increased the desensitization of the 5-HT(2C) receptor-mediated Ca(2+) response. This indicates that, overall, interaction of 5-HT(2C) receptors with PDZ proteins inhibits receptor desensitization in cortical neurons.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: dlg4 erg psd

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