MacMARCKS interacts with the metabotropic glutamate receptor type 7 and modulates G protein-mediated constitutive inhibition of calcium channels

J Neurochem. 2006 Oct;99(1):288-98. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04121.x.

Abstract

We have previously shown that the interaction of Ca2+/calmodulin with the metabotropic glutamate receptor type 7 (mGluR7) promotes the G-protein-mediated inhibition of voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels (VSCCs) seen upon agonist activation. Here, we performed a yeast two-hybrid screen of a new-born rat brain cDNA library using the cytoplasmic C-terminal tail of mGluR7 as bait and identified macrophage myristoylated alanine-rich c-kinase substrate (MacMARCKS) as a binding protein. The interaction was confirmed in vitro and in vivo by pull-down assays, immunoprecipitation, and colocalization of mGluR7 and MacMARCKS in transfected HEK293 cells and cultured cerebellar granule cells. Binding of MacMARCKS to mGluR7 was antagonized by Ca2+/calmodulin. In neurons, cotransfection of MacMARCKS with mGluR7, but not mGluR7 mutants unable to bind MacMARCKS, reduced the G-protein-mediated tonic inhibition of VSCCs in the absence of mGluR7 agonist. These results suggest that competitive interactions of Ca2+/calmodulin and MacMARCKS with mGluR7 control the tonic inhibition of VSCCs by G-proteins.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Brain / physiology
  • Calcium Channel Blockers*
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA, Complementary / genetics
  • GTP-Binding Proteins / physiology*
  • Gene Library
  • Glutathione Transferase / metabolism
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / genetics
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / metabolism*
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate
  • Peptide Fragments / chemistry
  • Rats
  • Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / chemistry
  • Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / genetics
  • Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / metabolism*
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Calcium Channel Blockers
  • DNA, Complementary
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • metabotropic glutamate receptor 7
  • Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate
  • Glutathione Transferase
  • GTP-Binding Proteins