Regulation of serotonin 1B receptor by glycogen synthase kinase-3

Mol Pharmacol. 2009 Dec;76(6):1150-61. doi: 10.1124/mol.109.056994. Epub 2009 Sep 9.

Abstract

In response to 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), the type 1 serotonin receptors (5-HT1Rs) preferentially couple to the inhibitory G protein and elicit many physiological and behavioral processes. However, their regulation by intracellular protein kinases has not been fully investigated. In this study, we identified that glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK3) differentially regulates 5-HT1Rs. In receptor-expressing cells and brain slices, activation of both 5-HT1AR and 5-HT1BR reduced forskolin-stimulated cAMP production, but only the effect of 5-HT1BR was abolished by selective GSK3 inhibitors, deletion of GSK3beta by RNAi, or overexpression of impaired GSK3beta mutants (R96A and K85,86A). A consensus GSK3 phosphorylation sequence was identified between the serine-154 and threonine-158 in the second intracellular loop of 5-HT1BR. Mutation of either serine-154 or threonine-158 to alanine significantly reduced response of 5-HT1BR to 5-HT. Active GSK3beta interacted with resting 5-HT1BR to form a protein complex. The interaction was enhanced by receptor activation, abolished by GSK3 inhibitors, and dependent on the phosphorylation state of serine-154. In addition, regulation of 5-HT1BR by GSK3 changed the dynamics of agonist-induced cell surface receptor internalization, in which lack of phosphorylation at Ser154 resulted in sustained reduction of 5-HT1BR at the cell surface. Although the physiological consequences of selective regulation of 5-HT1BR by GSK3 remain to be identified, findings in this study reveal a new function of GSK3 as a protein kinase that is able to selectively regulate G protein-coupled receptors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • 8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Benzamides / pharmacology
  • Benzazepines / pharmacology
  • CHO Cells
  • Cell Line
  • Cholera Toxin / pharmacology
  • Colforsin / pharmacology
  • Cricetinae
  • Cricetulus
  • Cyclic AMP / metabolism
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 / drug effects
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Indoles / pharmacology
  • Male
  • Maleimides / pharmacology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Oxadiazoles / pharmacology
  • Oximes / pharmacology
  • Piperidines / pharmacology
  • Piperidones / pharmacology
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Purines / pharmacology
  • Pyridines / pharmacology
  • Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1B / genetics
  • Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1B / physiology*
  • Roscovitine
  • Serotonin / pharmacology
  • Spiro Compounds / pharmacology

Substances

  • 6-bromoindirubin-3'-oxime
  • Benzamides
  • Benzazepines
  • Indoles
  • Maleimides
  • N-(3-(2-dimethylamino)ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2'-methyl-4'-(5-methyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl)-(1,1'-biphenyl)-4-carboxamide
  • Oxadiazoles
  • Oximes
  • Piperidines
  • Piperidones
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • Purines
  • Pyridines
  • Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1B
  • SB 216763
  • SB 22489G
  • Spiro Compounds
  • kenpaullone
  • Roscovitine
  • Colforsin
  • anpirtoline
  • Serotonin
  • 8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin
  • Cholera Toxin
  • Cyclic AMP
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3