Dopamine D(2) and D(4) receptors partially codistribute in the dorsal striatum and appear to play a fundamental role in complex behaviors and motor function. The discovery of D(2)R-D(4.x)R (D(4.2)R, D(4.4)R or D(4.7)R) heteromers has been made in cellular models using coimmunoprecipitation, in situ Proximity Ligation Assays and BRET(1) techniques with the D(2)R and D(4.7)R receptors being the least effective in forming heteromers. Allosteric receptor-receptor interactions in D(2)R-D(4.2)R and D(2)R-D(4.4) R heteromers were observed using the MAPK assays indicating the existence of an enhancing allosteric receptor-receptor interaction in the corresponding heteromers between the two orthosteric binding sites. The bioinformatic predictions suggest the existence of a basic set of common triplets (ALQ and LRA) in the two participating receptors that may contribute to the receptor-receptor interaction interfaces.

Dopamine D2 and D4 receptor heteromerization and its allosteric receptor-receptor interactions

GUIDOLIN, DIEGO;
2011

Abstract

Dopamine D(2) and D(4) receptors partially codistribute in the dorsal striatum and appear to play a fundamental role in complex behaviors and motor function. The discovery of D(2)R-D(4.x)R (D(4.2)R, D(4.4)R or D(4.7)R) heteromers has been made in cellular models using coimmunoprecipitation, in situ Proximity Ligation Assays and BRET(1) techniques with the D(2)R and D(4.7)R receptors being the least effective in forming heteromers. Allosteric receptor-receptor interactions in D(2)R-D(4.2)R and D(2)R-D(4.4) R heteromers were observed using the MAPK assays indicating the existence of an enhancing allosteric receptor-receptor interaction in the corresponding heteromers between the two orthosteric binding sites. The bioinformatic predictions suggest the existence of a basic set of common triplets (ALQ and LRA) in the two participating receptors that may contribute to the receptor-receptor interaction interfaces.
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