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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-20
pubmed:abstractText
Complexes of alpha(2A)-ARs (alpha(2A)-adrenergic receptors) and MORs (mu-opioid receptors), probably hetero-oligomers, were detected by co-immunoisolation after extraction from HEK-293 cells (human embryonic kidney 293 cells). Functional communication between these receptors is revealed by alpha(2A)-AR activation of a pertussis toxin-insensitive G(i)alpha subunit (termed as G(i)1) when fused with the MOR and evaluated in membranes from pertussis toxin-treated cells. However, the alpha(2A)-AR does not require transactivation through MOR, since quantitatively indistinguishable results were observed in cells co-expressing alpha(2A)-AR and a fusion protein of G(i)1 with the first transmembrane span of MOR (myc-MOR-TM1). Functional cross-talk among these alpha(2A)-AR-MOR complexes does not occur for internalization profiles; incubation with adrenaline (epinephrine) leads to endocytosis of alpha(2A)-AR but not MOR, while incubation with DAMGO ([D-Ala,NMe-Phe,Gly-ol]enkephalin) leads to endocytosis of MOR but not alpha(2A)-AR in cells co-expressing both the receptors. Hence, alpha(2A)-AR and MOR hetero-oligomers, although they occur, do not have an obligatory functional influence on one another in the paradigms studied.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0300-5127
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
856-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15494033-Analgesics, Opioid, pubmed-meshheading:15494033-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:15494033-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:15494033-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:15494033-Endocytosis, pubmed-meshheading:15494033-Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-, pubmed-meshheading:15494033-GTP-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15494033-Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate), pubmed-meshheading:15494033-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15494033-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:15494033-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:15494033-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:15494033-Pertussis Toxin, pubmed-meshheading:15494033-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:15494033-Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-2, pubmed-meshheading:15494033-Receptors, Opioid, mu, pubmed-meshheading:15494033-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15494033-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:15494033-Transfection
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Hetero-oligomers of alpha2A-adrenergic and mu-opioid receptors do not lead to transactivation of G-proteins or altered endocytosis profiles.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology and Center for Molecular Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2200 Pierce Ave., 464A RRB, Nashville, TN 37232-6600, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.