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Differential regulation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5‐mediated phosphoinositide hydrolysis and extracellular signal‐regulated kinase responses by protein kinase C in cultured astrocytes
Author(s) -
Peavy Richard D.,
Sorensen Scott D.,
Conn P. Jeffrey
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of neurochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.75
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 1471-4159
pISSN - 0022-3042
DOI - 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.01113.x
Subject(s) - metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 , metabotropic glutamate receptor , microbiology and biotechnology , protein kinase c , metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 , biology , signal transduction , metabotropic glutamate receptor 3 , metabotropic glutamate receptor 6 , metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 , metabotropic receptor , chemistry , biochemistry , glutamate receptor , receptor
The metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) exhibits a rapid loss of receptor responsiveness to prolonged or repeated agonist exposure. This receptor desensitization has been seen in a variety of native and recombinant systems, and is thought to result from receptor‐mediated, protein kinase C (PKC)‐dependent phosphorylation of the receptor, uncoupling it from the G protein in a negative feedback regulation. We have investigated the rapid PKC‐mediated desensitization of mGluR5 in cortical cultured astrocytes by measuring downstream signals from activation of mGluR5. These include activation of phosphoinositide (PI) hydrolysis, intracellular calcium transients, and extracellular signal‐regulated kinase 2 (ERK2) phosphorylation. We present evidence that PKC plays an important role in rapid desensitization of PI hydrolysis and calcium signaling, but not in ERK2 phosphorylation. This differential regulation of mGluR5‐mediated responses suggests divergent signaling and regulatory pathways which may be important mechanisms for dynamic integration of signal cascades.