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Palmitoylation Regulates Intracellular Trafficking of beta(2) Adrenergic Receptor/Arrestin/Phosphodiesterase 4D Complexes in Cardiomyocytes
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Palmitoylation Regulates Intracellular Trafficking of beta(2) Adrenergic Receptor/Arrestin/Phosphodiesterase 4D Complexes in Cardiomyocytes

Ruijie Liu, Dayong Wang, Qian Shi, Qin Fu, Steven Hizon and Yang K. Xiang
PloS one, Vol.7(8), e42658
08/09/2012
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042658
PMCID: PMC3415400
PMID: 22912718
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Abstract

beta(2) adrenergic receptor (beta(2)AR) is a prototypical G-protein coupled receptor that stimulates the classic cAMP-protein kinase A (PKA) signaling pathway. Recent studies indicate that the cAMP-PKA activities are spatiotemporally regulated in part due to dynamic association of beta(2)AR with phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D), a group of cAMP degradation enzymes. Here, we demonstrate that in cardiomyocytes, palmitoylation of beta(2)AR, the covalent acylation of cysteine residue 341, plays a critical role in shaping subcellular cAMP-PKA activities in cardiomyocytes via regulating beta(2)AR association with arrestin/PDE4D. Replacing cysteine 341 on beta(2)AR with alanine (C341A) leads to an impaired binding to beta arrestin 2. Surprisingly, the C341A mutant is able to internalize via an arrestin-independent pathway at saturated concentration of agonist stimulation; the internalization becomes caveolae-dependent and requires dynamin GTPase. However, the impaired binding to beta arrestin 2 also leads to an impaired recruitment of PDE4D to the C341A mutant. Thus, the mutant C341A beta(2)AR is transported alone from the plasma membrane to the endosome without recruiting PDE4D. This alteration leads to an enhanced cytoplasmic cAMP signal for PKA activation under beta(2)AR stimulation. Functionally, Mutation of the C341 residue or inhibition of palmitoylation modification of beta(2)AR enhances the receptor-induced PKA activities in the cytoplasm and increases in myocyte contraction rate. Our data reveal a novel function of palmitoylation in shaping subcellular cAMP-PKA signaling in cardiomyocytes via modulating the recruitment of b arrestin 2-PDE4D complexes to the agonist-stimulated beta(2)AR.
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