Abstract
1. The beta-adrenoceptor is one of a number of G protein-coupled receptors
which have been proposed to contain seven transmembrane alpha-helices.
The function of this receptor appears to be regulated by phosphorylation
by a specific enzyme, the beta-adrenoceptor kinase. Synthetic peptides
which comprise each of the proposed intra- and extracellular domains
of the beta 2-adrenoceptor have been tested as potential substrates
and inhibitors of the beta-adrenoceptor kinase. 2. Two peptides which
encompass the middle and terminal portions of the carboxyl tail of
the receptor served as substrates by beta-adrenoceptor kinase. The
kinetics of the phosphorylation reaction, however, suggest that these
peptides are 10(6)-fold poorer substrate than the agonist occupied
receptor. 3. A number of synthetic peptides also served as inhibitors
of beta 2-adrenoceptor phosphorylation by beta-adrenoceptor kinase.
In particular, a peptide which comprised the first intracellular
loop of the beta 2-adrenoceptor (amino acids 56-74) inhibited most
effectively with an IC50 of 40 microM. 4. These results suggest that
multiple intracellular regions of the beta-receptor may serve as
potential sites of interaction with beta-adrenoceptor kinase. Moreover,
these regions may serve as potential targets for the development
of specific inhibitors of beta-adrenoceptor kinase which could be
used to block homologous desensitization.
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