Abstract
Increasing the cellular levels of G protein-coupled receptor kinase (GRK) 2 or GRK3 renders the alpha2B-adrenoceptor (AR) more sensitive to agonist-induced down-regulation (J Pharmacol Exp Ther 312:767-773, 2005). However, an absolute requirement of GRK3 and GRK2 for alpha2B-AR down-regulation is controversial. In this study, using NG108 cells (endogenous alpha2B-AR), we provide strong evidence for a critical role of both GRK3 and GRK2 in down-regulation of the alpha2B-AR. Pretreatment of NG108 cells with 20 microM epinephrine (EPI) begins down-regulating the alpha2B-AR by 2 h. The translocation of GRK3 and GRK2 to the membrane peaks at 30 min, decreasing by 1 h. Although these results may implicate GRK3 and GRK2 in alpha2B-AR down-regulation, significant receptor down-regulation is not observed until 2 h, after GRK3 and GRK2 translocation has peaked and is declining. To more directly establish a role for GRK3 and GRK2 in alpha2B-AR down-regulation, NG108 cells were transfected to express GRK3ct, which binds to liberated Gbetagamma subunits, preventing GRK3 and GRK2 translocation to the membrane. Overexpression of GRK3ct prevented not only the translocation of GRK3 and GRK2 but also the down-regulation of the alpha2B-AR caused ...Continue Reading
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