Abstract
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are generally thought to signal
to second messengers like cyclic AMP (cAMP) from the cell surface
and to become internalized upon repeated or prolonged stimulation.
Once internalized, they are supposed to stop signaling to second
messengers but may trigger nonclassical signals such as mitogen-activated
protein kinase (MAPK) activation. Here, we show that a GPCR continues
to stimulate cAMP production in a sustained manner after internalization.
We generated transgenic mice with ubiquitous expression of a fluorescent
sensor for cAMP and studied cAMP responses to thyroid-stimulating
hormone (TSH) in native, 3-D thyroid follicles isolated from these
mice. TSH stimulation caused internalization of the TSH receptors
into a pre-Golgi compartment in close association with G-protein
alpha(s)-subunits and adenylyl cyclase III. Receptors internalized
together with TSH and produced downstream cellular responses that
were distinct from those triggered by cell surface receptors. These
data suggest that classical paradigms of GPCR signaling may need
revision, as they indicate that cAMP signaling by GPCRs may occur
both at the cell surface and from intracellular sites, but with different
consequences for the cell.
- *signal
- adenylate
- alpha
- amp,
- amp/*metabolism
- animals
- animals;
- biological
- biological;
- cell
- cells,
- cells/cytology/metabolism/ultrastructure
- chemicals,
- chemicals/metabolism
- confocal
- confocal;
- cultured
- cultured;
- cyclase,
- cyclase/genetics/metabolism
- cyclic
- cytology/metabolism/ultrastructure;
- cytology/metabolism;
- dyes,
- dyes/metabolism
- epithelial
- fluorescent
- fractions,
- fractions/*metabolism
- genetics/metabolism;
- gland,
- gland/cytology/*metabolism
- gtp-binding
- humans
- humans;
- line
- line;
- metabolism/pharmacology
- metabolism;
- mice
- mice,
- mice;
- microscopy,
- models,
- organic
- protein
- receptor
- receptors,
- signal
- subcellular
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