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  • Title: Colocalization and regulated physical association of presynaptic serotonin transporters with A₃ adenosine receptors.
    Author: Zhu CB, Lindler KM, Campbell NG, Sutcliffe JS, Hewlett WA, Blakely RD.
    Journal: Mol Pharmacol; 2011 Sep; 80(3):458-65. PubMed ID: 21705486.
    Abstract:
    Activation of A₃ adenosine receptors (A₃ARs) rapidly enhances the activity of antidepressant-sensitive serotonin (5-HT) transporters (SERTs) in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo. A₃AR agonist stimulation of SERT activity is lost in A₃AR knockout mice. A₃AR-stimulated SERT activity is mediated by protein kinase G1 (PKGI)- and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-linked pathways that support, respectively, enhanced SERT surface expression and catalytic activation. The mechanisms by which A₃ARs target SERTs among other potential effectors is unknown. Here we present evidence that A₃ARs are coexpressed with SERT in midbrain serotonergic neurons and form a physical complex in A₃AR/hSERT cotransfected cells. Treatment of A₃AR/SERT-cotransfected Chinese hamster ovary cells with the A₃AR agonist N⁶-(3-iodobenzyl)-N-methyl-5'-carbamoyladenosine (1 μM, 10 min), conditions previously reported to increase SERT surface expression and 5-HT uptake activity, enhanced the abundance of A₃AR/SERT complexes in a PKGI-dependent manner. Cotransfection of SERT with L90V-A₃AR, a hyperfunctional coding variant identified in subjects with autism spectrum disorder, resulted in a prolonged recovery of receptor/transporter complexes after A₃AR activation. Because PKGI and nitric-oxide synthetase are required for A₃AR stimulation of SERT activity, and proteins PKGI and NOS both form complexes with SERT, our findings suggest a mechanism by which signaling pathways coordinating A₃AR signaling to SERT can be spatially restricted and regulated, as well as compromised by neuropsychiatric disorders.
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