In:
The Journal of Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience, Vol. 26, No. 7 ( 2006-02-15), p. 2080-2087
Abstract:
The functional role of heteromers of G-protein-coupled receptors is a matter of debate. In the present study, we demonstrate that heteromerization of adenosine A 1 receptors (A 1 Rs) and A 2A receptors (A 2A Rs) allows adenosine to exert a fine-tuning modulation of glutamatergic neurotransmission. By means of coimmunoprecipitation, bioluminescence and time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer techniques, we showed the existence of A 1 R–A 2A R heteromers in the cell surface of cotransfected cells. Immunogold detection and coimmunoprecipitation experiments indicated that A 1 R and A 2A R are colocalized in the same striatal glutamatergic nerve terminals. Radioligand-binding experiments in cotransfected cells and rat striatum showed that a main biochemical characteristic of the A 1 R–A 2A R heteromer is the ability of A 2A R activation to reduce the affinity of the A 1 R for agonists. This provides a switch mechanism by which low and high concentrations of adenosine inhibit and stimulate, respectively, glutamate release. Furthermore, it is also shown that A 1 R–A 2A R heteromers constitute a unique target for caffeine and that chronic caffeine treatment leads to modifications in the function of the A 1 R–A 2A R heteromer that could underlie the strong tolerance to the psychomotor effects of caffeine.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0270-6474
,
1529-2401
DOI:
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3574-05.2006
Language:
English
Publisher:
Society for Neuroscience
Publication Date:
2006
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1475274-8
SSG:
12
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