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JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
Volume 78, Issue 4, Pages 756-766Publisher
BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00468.x
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beta-adrenergic; cAMP-dependent protein kinase; mGluR4; mGluR7; mGluR8; phosphorylation
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- NCRR NIH HHS [RR 02878, RR 13948] Funding Source: Medline
- NEI NIH HHS [EY09534, R01 EY009534] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH059951-01, R01-MH-521635] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS313373, NS 34876, NS 36755] Funding Source: Medline
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Recent evidence suggests that the functions of presynaptic metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are tightly regulated by protein kinases. We previously reported that cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) directly phosphorylates mGluR2 at a single serine residue (Ser843) on the C-terminal tail region of the receptor, and that phosphorylation of this site inhibits coupling of mGluR2 to GTP-binding proteins. This may be the mechanism by which the adenylyl cyclase activator forskolin inhibits presynaptic rnGluR2 function at the medial perforant path-dentate gyrus synapse. We now report that PKA also directly phosphorylates several group III mGluRs (mGluR4a, mGluR7a, and mGluR8a), as well as mGluR3 at single conserved serine residues on their C-terminal tails. Furthermore, activation of PKA by forskolin inhibits group III mGluR-mediated responses at glutamatergic synapses in the hippocampus. Interestingly, beta -adrenergic receptor activation was found to mimic the inhibitory effect of forskolin on both group II and III mGluRs. These data suggest that a common PKA-dependent mechanism may be involved in regulating the function of multiple presynaptic group II and group III mGluRs. Such regulation is not limited to the pharmacological activation of adenylyl cyclase but can also be elicited by the stimulation of endogenous Gs-coupled receptors, such as p-adrenergic receptors.
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