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Receptor for activated C kinase-1 facilitates protein kinase C-dependent phosphorylation and functional modulation of GABA(A) receptors with the activation of G-protein-coupled receptors

Brandon, NJ; Jovanovic, JN; Smart, TG; Moss, SJ; (2002) Receptor for activated C kinase-1 facilitates protein kinase C-dependent phosphorylation and functional modulation of GABA(A) receptors with the activation of G-protein-coupled receptors. J NEUROSCI , 22 (15) 6353 - 6361. Green open access

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Abstract

GABA(A) receptors are the principal sites of fast synaptic inhibition in the brain. These receptors are hetero-pentamers that can be assembled from a number of subunit classes: alpha(1-6), beta(1-3), gamma(1-3), delta(1), epsilon, theta, and pi, but the majority of receptor subtypes is believed, however, to be composed of alpha, beta, and gamma2 subunits. A major mechanism for modulating GABA(A) receptor function occurs via the phosphorylation of residues within the intracellular domains of receptor subunits by a range of serine/ threonine and tyrosine kinases. However, how protein kinases are targeted to these receptors to facilitate functional modulation remains unknown. Here we demonstrate that the receptor for activated C kinase (RACK-1) and protein kinase C (PKC) bind to distinct sites on GABA(A) receptor beta subunits. Although RACK-1 is not essential for PKC binding to GABAA receptor beta subunits, it enhances the phosphorylation of serine 409, a residue critical for the phospho-dependent modulation of GABA(A) receptor function in the beta1 subunit by anchored PKC. Furthermore, RACK-1 also enhances GABA(A) receptor functional modulation in neurons by a PKC-dependent signaling pathway with the activation of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs). This PKC-dependent modulation of neuronal GABAA receptors was mirrored by an increase in the phosphorylation of GABA(A) receptor beta subunits with the activation of mAChRs.Our results suggest a central role for RACK-1 in potentiating PKC-dependent phosphorylation and functional modulation of GABA(A) receptors. Therefore, RACK-1 will enhance functional cross talk between GABA(A) receptors and G-protein-coupled receptors and therefore may have profound effects on neuronal excitability.

Type: Article
Title: Receptor for activated C kinase-1 facilitates protein kinase C-dependent phosphorylation and functional modulation of GABA(A) receptors with the activation of G-protein-coupled receptors
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: http://www.jneurosci.org/content/22/15/6353.full.p...
Language: English
Additional information: This work is available to the public to copy, distribute, or display under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Keywords: GABA(A) receptor, protein kinase C, receptor for activated C kinase, muscarinic receptor phosphorylation, cross talk, GST fusion protein, A RECEPTOR, BETA-SUBUNIT, INTRACELLULAR DOMAINS, CORTICAL-NEURONS, TYROSINE KINASES, ION CHANNELS, RACK1, SITES, EXPRESSION, INTERACTS
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Neuro, Physiology and Pharmacology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy > Pharmacology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/83637
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