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AP2σ Mutations Impair Calcium-Sensing Receptor Trafficking and Signaling, and Show an Endosomal Pathway to Spatially Direct G-Protein Selectivity

  • Caroline M. Gorvin
  • , Angela Rogers
  • , Benoit Hastoy
  • , Andrei I. Tarasov
  • , Morten Frost
  • , Silvia Sposini
  • , Asuka Inoue
  • , Michael P. Whyte
  • , Patrik Rorsman
  • , Aylin C. Hanyaloglu
  • , Gerda E. Breitwieser
  • , Rajesh V. Thakker

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Abstract

Spatial control of G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling, which is used by cells to translate complex information into distinct downstream responses, is achieved by using plasma membrane (PM) and endocytic-derived signaling pathways. The roles of the endomembrane in regulating such pleiotropic signaling via multiple G-protein pathways remain unknown. Here, we investigated the effects of disease-causing mutations of the adaptor protein-2 σ subunit (AP2σ) on signaling by the class C GPCR calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR). These AP2σ mutations increase CaSR PM expression yet paradoxically reduce CaSR signaling. Hypercalcemia-associated AP2σ mutations reduced CaSR signaling via Gαq/11 and Gαi/o pathways. The mutations also delayed CaSR internalization due to prolonged residency time of CaSR in clathrin structures that impaired or abolished endosomal signaling, which was predominantly mediated by Gαq/11. Thus, compartmental bias for CaSR-mediated Gαq/11 endomembrane signaling provides a mechanistic basis for multidimensional GPCR signaling. Gorvin et al. show that the class C GPCR calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) mediates signaling from plasma membranes using Gαq/11 and Gαi/o and from endosomes by using only Gαq/11. Adaptor protein-2 σ subunit (AP2σ) mutations impair CaSR internalization, leading to reduced sustained endosomal signaling and hypercalcemia in humans.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1054-1066
Number of pages13
JournalCell Reports
Volume22
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - 23 Jan 2018

Funding

This work was supported by grants from the Medical Research Council ( G1000467 to C.M.G. and R.V.T.), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (to R.V.T.), Shriners Hospitals for Children (to M.P.W.), and a Goodger and Schorstein Scholarship from the Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford (to C.M.G.). R.V.T. has Senior Investigator Awards from the Wellcome Trust ( 106995/z/15/z ) and NIHR ( NF-SI-0514-10091 ). A.R. was a Wellcome Trust Clinical Training Fellow.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • adaptor protein-2
  • calcium signaling
  • clathrin-mediated endocytosis
  • endosomal signaling
  • G proteins
  • GPCR
  • hypercalcemia

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