Journal article
KCTD Hetero-oligomers confer unique kinetic properties on Hippocampal GABA B Receptor-Induced K + Currents
The Journal of Neuroscience, Vol.37(5), pp.1162-1175
2016
Abstract
GABAB receptors are the G-protein coupled receptors for the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain, GABA. GABAB receptors were shown to associate with homo-oligomers of auxiliary KCTD8, KCTD12, KCTD12b, and KCTD16 subunits (named after their T1 K+-channel tetramerization domain) that regulate G-protein signaling of the receptor. Here we provide evidence that GABAB receptors also associate with hetero-oligomers of KCTD subunits. Coimmunoprecipitation experiments indicate that two-thirds of the KCTD16 proteins in the hippocampus of adult mice associate with KCTD12. We show that the KCTD proteins hetero-oligomerize through self-interacting T1 and H1 homology domains. Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer measurements in live cells reveal that KCTD12/KCTD16 hetero-oligomers associate with both the receptor and the G-protein. Electrophysiological experiments demonstrate that KCTD12/KCTD16 hetero-oligomers impart unique kinetic properties on G-protein-activated Kir3 currents. During prolonged receptor activation (one min) KCTD12/KCTD16 hetero-oligomers produce moderately desensitizing fast deactivating K+ currents, whereas KCTD12 and KCTD16 homo-oligomers produce strongly desensitizing fast deactivating currents and nondesensitizing slowly deactivating currents, respectively. During short activation (2 s) KCTD12/KCTD16 hetero-oligomers produce nondesensitizing slowly deactivating currents. Electrophysiological recordings from hippocampal neurons of KCTD knock-out mice are consistent with these findings and indicate that KCTD12/KCTD16 hetero-oligomers increase the duration of slow IPSCs. In summary, our data demonstrate that simultaneous assembly of distinct KCTDs at the receptor increases the molecular and functional repertoire of native GABAB receptors and modulates physiologically induced K+ current responses in the hippocampus.
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- Title
- KCTD Hetero-oligomers confer unique kinetic properties on Hippocampal GABA B Receptor-Induced K + Currents
- Authors/Creators
- T. Fritzius (Author/Creator)R. Turecek (Author/Creator)R. Seddik (Author/Creator)H. Kobayashi (Author/Creator)J. Tiao (Author/Creator)P.D. Rem (Author/Creator)M. Metz (Author/Creator)M. Kralikova (Author/Creator)M. Bouvier (Author/Creator)M. Gassmann (Author/Creator)B. Bettler (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- The Journal of Neuroscience, Vol.37(5), pp.1162-1175
- Publisher
- The Society for Neuroscience
- Identifiers
- 991005545465407891
- Copyright
- © 2017 by the Society for Neuroscience
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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