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Allelic variation S268P of the human mu-opioid receptor affects both desensitization and G protein coupling.

The decrease in mu-opioid receptor activity after chronic agonist exposure (1 microM [D-Ala(2),N-MePhe(4),Gly-ol(5)]-enkephalin) is largely due to kinase-mediated phosphorylation of intracellular receptor domains. We have recently shown that the substitution of two putative Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMK II) phosphorylation sites, S261 and S266, by alanines in the third intracellular loop of the rat mu-opioid receptor (rMOR1) confers resistance to CaMK II-induced receptor desensitization. In the present study, we show that the injection of active CaMK II in Xenopus laevis oocytes led to the desensitization of S261A but not S266A receptor mutant, indicating that S266 is the primary CaMK II phosphorylation site of the rMOR1. For the corresponding phosphorylation site in the human mu-opioid receptor ( hMOR), an allelic variation S268P has been recently identified. After expression in X. laevis oocytes and human embryonic kidney 293 cells, this human S268P receptor and a corresponding rat S266P receptor mutant revealed a loss of CaMK II- induced receptor desensitization and a decreased G protein coupling compared with the wild-type receptors. Our results suggest that serines 266 (rMOR1) and 268 ( hMOR) play crucial role in receptor desensitization and signaling and that the allelic variation S268P results in a human receptor type with a weaker but persistent G protein coupling after agonist treatment.[1]

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  1. Allelic variation S268P of the human mu-opioid receptor affects both desensitization and G protein coupling. Koch, T., Kroslak, T., Averbeck, M., Mayer, P., Schröder, H., Raulf, E., Höllt, V. Mol. Pharmacol. (2000) [Pubmed]
 
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