Truncation of the thyrotropin-releasing hormone receptor carboxyl tail causes constitutive activity and leads to impaired responsiveness in Xenopus oocytes and AtT20 cells

N. Matus-Leibovitch, D. R. Nussenzveig, M. C. Gershengorn, Y. Oron

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Abstract

We studied the activity of a truncated thyrotropin-releasing hormone receptor (TRH-R), which lacks the last 59 amino acids of the carboxyl tail, where Cys-335 was mutated to a stop codon (C335Stop) (Nussenzveig, D. R., Heinflink, M., and Gershengorn, M. C. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 2389-2392). In Xenopus laevis oocytes expressing C335Stop TRH-Rs, TRH binding was higher, whereas chloride current, 45Ca2+ efflux, and [Ca2+](i) responses evoked by TRH were 23, 39, and 21%, respectively, of those in oocytes expressing wild type mouse pituitary TRH-Rs (WT TRH-Rs). In oocytes expressing C335Stop TRH-Rs, basal 45Ca2+ efflux and [Ca2+](i) were twice those in oocytes expressing WT TRH-Rs; chelation of Ca2+ caused a rapid increase in holding current, which is consistent with basal activation; and coexpression with other receptors caused inhibition of the responses to the other cognate agonists. In AtT20 pituitary cells stably expressing C335Stop TRH-Rs, thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH)-independent inositol phosphate formation was 1.32 ± 0.11-fold higher, basal [Ca2+](i) was 1.8 ± 0.2-fold higher, and the [Ca2+](i) response to TRH was much lower than in cells expressing WT TRH-Rs. We conclude that a TRH-R mutant truncated at Cys-335 exhibits constitutive activity that results in desensitization of the response to TRH.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1041-1047
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume270
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 20 1995

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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