Xiao Hong, Hapiak Vera M, Smith Katherine A, Lin Li, Hobson Robert J, Plenefisch John, Komuniecki Richard
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606, USA.
Dev Biol. 2006 Oct 15;298(2):379-91. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.06.044. Epub 2006 Jun 30.
Serotonin (5-HT) stimulation of egg-laying in Caenorhabditis elegans is abolished in ser-1 (ok345) animals and is rescued by ser-1 expression in vulval muscle. A PDZ binding motif (ETFL) at the SER-1 C-terminus is not essential for rescue, but facilitates SER-1 signaling. SER-1 binds specifically to PDZ domain 10 of the multi-PDZ domain protein, MPZ-1, based on GST pulldown and co-immunoprecipitation. mpz-1 is expressed in about 60 neurons and body wall and vulval muscles. In neurons, GFP-tagged MPZ-1 is punctate and colocalizes with the synaptic marker, synaptobrevin. The expression patterns of ser-1 and mpz-1 overlap in 3 pairs of neurons and vulval muscle. In addition, MPZ-1 also interacts with other GPCRs with acidic amino acids in the -3 position of their PDZ binding motifs. mpz-1 RNAi reduces 5-HT stimulated egg-laying in wild type animals and in ser-1 mutants rescued by muscle expression of SER-1. In contrast, mpz-1 RNAi has no effect on 5-HT stimulated egg-laying in ser-1 mutants rescued by expression of a truncated SER-1 that lacks the C-terminal PDZ binding motif. The overexpression of MPZ-1 PDZ domain 10 also inhibits 5-HT stimulated egg-laying. These studies suggest that the SER-1/MPZ-1 interaction facilitates SER-1 mediated signaling.
在秀丽隐杆线虫中,血清素(5-羟色胺,5-HT)对产卵的刺激作用在ser-1(ok345)动物中消失,而在外阴肌肉中表达ser-1可使其恢复。SER-1 C末端的PDZ结合基序(ETFL)对恢复作用并非必需,但有助于SER-1信号传导。基于谷胱甘肽S-转移酶(GST)沉降和免疫共沉淀实验,SER-1特异性结合多PDZ结构域蛋白MPZ-1的PDZ结构域10。mpz-1在约60个神经元以及体壁和外阴肌肉中表达。在神经元中,绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)标记的MPZ-1呈点状,并与突触标记物突触小泡蛋白共定位。ser-1和mpz-1的表达模式在3对神经元和外阴肌肉中重叠。此外,MPZ-1还与其他G蛋白偶联受体(GPCR)相互作用,这些受体的PDZ结合基序的-3位含有酸性氨基酸。mpz-1 RNA干扰可降低野生型动物以及通过肌肉表达SER-1拯救的ser-1突变体中5-HT刺激的产卵量。相比之下,mpz-1 RNA干扰对通过表达缺乏C末端PDZ结合基序的截短型SER-1拯救的ser-1突变体中5-HT刺激的产卵量没有影响。MPZ-1的PDZ结构域10的过表达也会抑制5-HT刺激的产卵。这些研究表明,SER-1/MPZ-1相互作用促进了SER-1介导的信号传导。