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The Dopamine D3 Receptor Interacts with Itself and the Truncated D3 Splice Variant D3nf: D3-D3nf Interaction Causes Mislocalization of D3 Receptors

Kelly D. Karpa, Ridwan Lin, Nadine Kabbani and Robert Levenson
Molecular Pharmacology October 2000, 58 (4) 677-683; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.58.4.677
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We have generated a stable cell line expressing FLAG epitope-tagged D3 dopamine receptors and used this cell line to study D3 receptor-protein interactions. To analyze protein interactions, we separately introduced into the stable cell line either D3 receptors carrying an hemagglutinin (HA) epitope tag, or an HA-tagged version of the D3 receptor splice variant D3nf. A combination of confocal laser microscopy and coimmunoprecipitation was used to assay the formation and expression pattern of D3-D3 homodimers or D3-D3nf heterodimers. When coexpressed in HEK 293 cells, FLAG- and HA-tagged D3 receptors exhibited a similar plasma membrane distribution. Using an HA epitope tag-specific antibody, we coimmunoprecipitated HA- and FLAG-tagged D3 receptors, suggesting that D3 receptors are capable of forming homodimers. Epitope-tagged D3nf polypeptides exhibited a markedly different cellular distribution than D3 receptors. When expressed in HEK 293 cells, either alone or in combination with FLAG-tagged D3 receptors, D3nf exhibited a punctate perinuclear distribution. When D3nf was introduced into the stable D3-expressing cell line, D3 receptors were no longer visualized at the plasma membrane. Instead, D3 and D3nf showed a similar, predominantly cytosolic, localization. Using the HA-specific antibody, we were able to coimmunoprecipitate D3 and D3nf polypeptides from transfected cells. These data suggest the existence of physical interaction between D3 and D3nf. This interaction appears to result in the mislocalization of D3 receptors from the plasma membrane to an intracellular compartment, a finding that could be of significance in the etiology of schizophrenia.

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    • Received March 24, 2000.
    • Accepted June 21, 2000.
  • Send reprint requests to: Dr. Robert Levenson, Department of Pharmacology, H078, Penn State University College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, P.O. Box 850, Hershey, PA 17033. E-mail: rlevenson{at}hmc.psu.edu

  • This work was supported by National Institute of Mental Health Grant P50-MH44866.

  • The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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The Dopamine D3 Receptor Interacts with Itself and the Truncated D3 Splice Variant D3nf: D3-D3nf Interaction Causes Mislocalization of D3 Receptors

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Kelly D. Karpa, Ridwan Lin, Nadine Kabbani and Robert Levenson
Molecular Pharmacology October 1, 2000, 58 (4) 677-683; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.58.4.677
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