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Subtype-Specific Dimerization of α1-Adrenoceptors: Effects on Receptor Expression and Pharmacological Properties

Michelle A. Uberti, Randy A. Hall and Kenneth P. Minneman
Molecular Pharmacology December 2003, 64 (6) 1379-1390; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.64.6.1379
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The potential role of dimerization in controlling the expression and pharmacological properties of α1-adrenoceptor subtypes was examined using coimmunoprecipitation of epitope-tagged receptors. Human α1-adrenoceptor subtypes (α1A, α1B, α1D) 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 α1B-adrenoceptors and Flag-tagged α1A- or α1D-adrenoceptors was also observed. However, no α1A/α1D-adrenoceptor heterodimers were observed, suggesting that dimerization is subtype-specific. The extent of heterodimerization was also unaltered by norepinephrine treatment. α1-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 α1-adrenoceptors for norepinephrine, prazosin, or subtype-selective antagonists, suggesting that dimerization does not result in pharmacologically distinct subtypes. However, coexpression of α1B-adrenoceptors significantly increased both binding site density and protein expression of α1A- and α1D-adrenoceptors, and increased cell surface expression of α1D-adrenoceptors, suggesting a functional role for heterodimerization. Conversely, coexpression of α1A-with α1D-adrenoceptors, which did not heterodimerize, had no effect on receptor density or protein. These studies demonstrate subtype-selective heterodimerization of α1-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.
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