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Mol Pharmacol 64:1379-1390, 2003

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Subtype-Specific Dimerization of {alpha}1-Adrenoceptors: Effects on Receptor Expression and Pharmacological Properties

Michelle A. Uberti, Randy A. Hall, and Kenneth P. Minneman

Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

The potential role of dimerization in controlling the expression and pharmacological properties of {alpha}1-adrenoceptor subtypes was examined using coimmunoprecipitation of epitope-tagged receptors. Human {alpha}1-adrenoceptor subtypes ({alpha}1A, {alpha}1B, {alpha}1D) were tagged at their amino-termini with Flag or hemagglutinin epitopes and transfected into human embryonic kidney 293 cells. Homodimerization of all three subtypes was observed by coimmunoprecipitation of receptors with different tags and was not altered by norepinephrine treatment. Heterodimer formation between hemagglutinin-tagged {alpha}1B-adrenoceptors and Flag-tagged {alpha}1A- or {alpha}1D-adrenoceptors was also observed. However, no {alpha}1A/{alpha}1D-adrenoceptor heterodimers were observed, suggesting that dimerization is subtype-specific. The extent of heterodimerization was also unaltered by norepinephrine treatment. {alpha}1-Adrenoceptor truncation mutants lacking carboxyl or amino-terminal sequences formed homo- and heterodimers similarly to full-length receptors, suggesting that these domains play little or no role in dimerization. Biotinylation with a membrane-impermeable agent showed that monomers and homo- and hetero-oligomers of all three subtypes are expressed on the cell surface. Radioligand binding studies showed that heterodimerization did not alter the affinity of {alpha}1-adrenoceptors for norepinephrine, prazosin, or subtype-selective antagonists, suggesting that dimerization does not result in pharmacologically distinct subtypes. However, coexpression of {alpha}1B-adrenoceptors significantly increased both binding site density and protein expression of {alpha}1A- and {alpha}1D-adrenoceptors, and increased cell surface expression of {alpha}1D-adrenoceptors, suggesting a functional role for heterodimerization. Conversely, coexpression of {alpha}1A-with {alpha}1D-adrenoceptors, which did not heterodimerize, had no effect on receptor density or protein. These studies demonstrate subtype-selective heterodimerization of {alpha}1-adrenoceptors, which does not change their pharmacological properties but seems to have functional consequences in regulating receptor expression and trafficking.


Received January 28, 2003; accepted August 29, 2003

Address correspondence to: Kenneth P. Minneman, Department of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta GA 30322. E-mail: kminneman{at}pharm.emory.edu




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