Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58203, USA.
Neuroscience. 2010 Oct 13;170(2):408-16. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.07.025. Epub 2010 Jul 17.
We investigated the functional relationship between the soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment receptor (SNARE) protein syntaxin 1A (syn 1A) and the dopamine transporter (DAT) by treating rat striatal tissue with Botulinum Neurotoxin C (BoNT/C) and co-transfecting syn 1A with DAT in non-neuronal cells, followed by analysis of DAT activity, phosphorylation, and regulation. Treatment of striatal slices with BoNT/C resulted in elevated dopamine (DA) transport Vmax and reduced DAT phosphorylation, while heterologous co-expression of syn 1A led to reduction in DAT surface expression and transport Vmax. Syn 1A was present in DAT immunoprecipitation complexes, supporting a direct or indirect interaction between the proteins. Phorbol ester regulation of DA transport activity was retained in BoNT/C-treated synaptosomes and syn 1A transfected cells, demonstrating that protein kinase C (PKC) and syn 1A effects occur through independent processes. These findings reveal a novel mechanism for regulation of DAT activity and phosphorylation, and suggest the potential for syn 1A to impact DA neurotransmission through effects on reuptake.
我们通过用肉毒梭菌神经毒素 C(BoNT/C)处理大鼠纹状体组织,并在非神经元细胞中转染突触融合蛋白 1A(syn 1A)与多巴胺转运体(DAT),研究了可溶性 N-乙基马来酰亚胺敏感因子附着蛋白受体(SNARE)蛋白 syntaxin 1A(syn 1A)与 DAT 之间的功能关系,随后分析了 DAT 的活性、磷酸化和调节。BoNT/C 处理纹状体切片可导致多巴胺(DA)转运 Vmax 升高和 DAT 磷酸化减少,而 syn 1A 的异源共表达导致 DAT 表面表达和转运 Vmax 减少。syn 1A 存在于 DAT 免疫沉淀复合物中,支持这两种蛋白质之间的直接或间接相互作用。DAT 转运活性的佛波酯调节在 BoNT/C 处理的突触小体和 syn 1A 转染细胞中得以保留,表明蛋白激酶 C(PKC)和 syn 1A 的作用通过独立的过程发生。这些发现揭示了 DAT 活性和磷酸化调节的新机制,并表明 syn 1A 通过对再摄取的影响,可能会对 DA 神经传递产生影响。