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The luteinizing hormone/choriogonadotropin (LH/CG) receptor (R) is a heptahelical R that, upon agonist binding, activates the stimulatory guanine nucleotide-binding protein (Gs) and the downstream effector adenylyl cyclase (AC). Like other G protein-coupled Rs, the LH/CG R subsequently exhibits reduced agonist-dependent effector activity, or desensitization, in response to saturating agonist. Unlike desensitization of many other G protein-coupled Rs, the in vivo desensitization response of LH/CG R-stimulated AC activity of ovarian follicles to the preovulatory surge of LH can be mimicked under cell-free conditions. Based on evidence that porcine ovarian follicular membranes unexpectedly contained beta-arrestin-1, the role of arrestins in desensitization of the LH/CG R was investigated. Results showed that neutralizing arrestin antibodies blocked the development of desensitization and that desensitization was rescued with a synthetic peptide corresponding to the antibody-binding epitope on beta-arrestin-1. These results suggest that endogenous beta-arrestin-1 participates in agonist-dependent desensitization of the LH/CG R. Addition of recombinant purified beta-arrestin-1 mimicked human chorionic gonadotrophin to promote desensitization of human chorionic gonadotrophin-stimulated AC activity, in the presence of the ATP phosphorylation antagonist adenylyl-imidodiphosphate, with an ED50 of approximately 0.1 nM. Increased levels of an 87-kDa protein reactive with glycoprotein hormone R-reactive antibody, consistent with the LH/CG R, coimmunoprecipitated with follicular membrane beta-arrestin-1 in response to LH/CG R activation compared with unactivated R. Taken together, these results show that ovarian follicles contain membrane-associated beta-arrestin-1, that beta-arrestin-1 participates in agonist-dependent desensitization of the LH/CG R, and that the trigger for beta-arrestin-1 binding to the LH/CG R appears to be R activation.

A direct role for arrestins in desensitization of the luteinizing hormone/choriogonadotropin receptor in porcine ovarian follicular membranes