Homer-1c/Vesl-1L modulates the cell surface targeting of metabotropic glutamate receptor type 1alpha: evidence for an anchoring function.
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Homer-1c/Vesl-1L is a 48-kDa protein that forms part of a family of conserved Homer-related proteins that interact with the C-termini of the metabotropic glutamate receptors mGluR1alpha and mGluR5. In order to examine the function of Homer-1c, HEK-293 cells have been transfected with mGluR1alpha, Homer-1c, and both proteins together. When cells were transfected with both proteins, biotinylation of cell surface molecules revealed a significant increase in the amount of receptor and Homer-1c associated with the cell surface compared with cells transfected with mGluR1alpha alone. This finding was paralleled by a concomitant increase in the production of inositol after treatment of the doubly transfected cells with agonist. Cell surface immunostaining of mGluR1alpha showed that Homer-1c can induce clustering of the receptor in the plasma membrane of HEK-293 cells and suggested that the surface receptor was associated with Homer-1c in the plasma membrane. The presence of Homer-1c reduced the rate of loss from the cell surface of mGluR1alpha from 5 to 1%/min and increased the extent of dendritic trafficking of the receptor in rat primary cultured neurons. Our results suggest that Homer-1c increases the cell surface expression of the metabotropic glutamate receptor type 1alpha by increasing its retention in the plasma membrane.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Molecular and cellular neurosciences
دوره 15 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000