The Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Mglur1 Regulates the Voltage-Gated Potassium Channel Kv1.2 Through Agonist-Dependent and Agonist-Independent Mechanisms
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University of Vermont ScholarWorks @ UVM Graduate College Dissertations and Theses Dissertations and Theses 2019 The etM abotropic glutamate receptor mGluR1 regulates the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.2 through agonist-dependent and agonist- independent mechanisms Sharath Chandra Madasu University of Vermont Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis Part of the Cell Biology Commons, Neuroscience and Neurobiology Commons, and the Pharmacology Commons Recommended Citation Madasu, Sharath Chandra, "The eM tabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR1 regulates the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.2 through agonist-dependent and agonist-independent mechanisms" (2019). Graduate College Dissertations and Theses. 982. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/982 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Dissertations and Theses at ScholarWorks @ UVM. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate College Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ UVM. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR MGLUR1 REGULATES THE VOLTAGE-GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.2 THROUGH AGONIST-DEPENDENT AND AGONIST-INDEPENDENT MECHANISMS. A Dissertation Presented by Sharath Chandra Madasu to The Faculty of the Graduate College of The University of Vermont In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Specializing in Cellular Molecular and Biomedical Science January, 2019 Defense Date: September 27, 2018 Dissertation Examination Committee: Anthony D. Morielli, PhD., Advisor John Green, PhD., Chairperson Karen Lounsbury, Ph.D. Benedek Erdos, PhD. Cynthia J. Forehand, Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate College ABSTRACT The voltage gated potassium channel Kv1.2 plays a key role in the central nervous system and mutations in Kv1.2 cause neurological disorders such as epilepsies and ataxias. In the cerebellum, regulation of Kv1.2 is coupled to learning and memory. We have previously shown that blocking Kv1.2 by infusing its specific inhibitor tityustoxin-kα (TsTX) into the lobulus simplex of the cerebellum facilitates eyeblink conditioning (EBC) and that EBC itself modulates Kv1.2 surface expression in cerebellar interneurons. The metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR1 is required for EBC although the molecular mechanisms are not fully understood. Here we show that infusion of the mGluR1 agonist (S)-3,5-dihydroxyphenylglycine (DHPG) into the lobulus simplex of the cerebellum mimics the facilitating effect of TsTX on EBC. We therefore hypothesize that mGluR1 could act, in part, through suppression of Kv1.2. Earlier studies have shown that Kv1.2 suppression involves channel tyrosine phosphorylation and endocytocytic removal from the cell surface. In this study we report that an excitatory chemical stimulus (50mM K+- 100µM glutamate) applied to cerebellar slices enhanced Kv1.2 tyrosine phosphorylation and that this increase was lessened in the presence of the mGluR1 inhibitor YM298198. More direct evidence for mGluR1 modulation of Kv1.2 comes from our finding that selective activation of mGluR1 with DHPG reduced the amount of surface Kv1.2 detected by cell surface biotinylation in cerebellar slices. To determine the molecular pathways involved we used an unbiased mass spectrometry-based proteomics approach to identify Kv1.2-protein interactions that are modulated by mGluR1. Among the interactions enhanced by DHPG were those with PKC-γ, CaMKII, and Gq/G11, each of which had been shown in other studies to co-immunoprecipitate with mGluR1 and contribute to its signaling. Of particular note was the interaction between Kv1.2 and PKC-γ since in HEK cells and hippocampal neurons Kv1.2 endocytosis is elicited by PKC activation. We found that activation of PKCs with PMA reduced surface Kv1.2, while the PKC inhibitor Go6983 attenuated the reduction in surface Kv1.2 levels elicited by DHPG and PMA, suggesting that the mechanism by which mGluR1 modulates cerebellar Kv1.2 likely involves PKC. mGluR1 has been shown to signal independently of the agonist through a constitutively active, protein kinase A-dependent pathway in the cerebellum. Using HEK293 cells we show that co-expression of mGluR1 increases the surface expression levels of Kv1.2. This effect occurs in absence of mGluR1 agonists and in the presence of a noncompetitive mGluR1 inhibitor YM298198. Co-expression of known downstream effectors of the agonist driven mGluR1 pathway such as PKC-γ, CaMKIIα, Grid2 had no effect on Kv1.2 surface expression or on the ability of mGluR1 agonist to modulate that expression. In contrast, the inverse agonist BAY 36-7620 significantly reduced the mGluR1 effect on Kv1.2 surface expression, as did pharmacological inhibition of PKA with KT5720. Therefore, mGluR1 is involved in regulation of surface Kv1.2 via dual mechanisms, the agonist dependent mechanism reduces surface Kv1.2 via PKC, while agonist independent constitutive mechanism increases surface Kv1.2 via PKA. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to dedicate this dissertation to my parents, Dr. Ram Murthy and Sandhya Rani Madasu. They have always been unconditionally supportive of me and my endeavors and their love and kindness kept me going all throughout my life. They have always reminded me that I was never alone and always had my back providing me encouragement, comfort especially when experiments turnout to be not what I expected. I would also like to thank my uncle and aunt Ravinder and Jyothi Eeraveni who like my parents they have taken care of me here in my adopted home of United States. My wife Priyanka deserves the credit for putting up with me especially when experiments did not pan out, when I missed all the movie nights and anniversaries because I was doing one last experiment or analyzing last set of data all the time. I would like to thank all my family members (it’s a long list) for all their love and support. My friends at the Cellular Molecular and Biomedical Sciences have contributed a lot to my life and success here at UVM. All the fun BBQs, night outs and trips we had really made me feel at home. This work would have not been fun without my lab mates in crime Dr. Eugene Cilento who taught me the basics of mass spectrometry, flow cytometry and imaging. We have worked on the early experiments for co-immunoprecipitation that lead to discovery of the Kv1.2 interactome this thesis is mostly based on. Most importantly for keeping the work environment fun. Dr. Kutibh Chihabi for his fun and positive attitude, he taught me the flow cytometry which is all I have used in chapter 3. ii I would like to thank Department of Pharmacology which has been my home since I joined UVM. I would like to thank Dr. Mark Nelson, the Chair of the Pharmacology department for supporting my graduate education and for being an inspiration to many budding scientists as myself. My dissertation research would be incomplete without the support of COBRE facilities and the faculty. In particular I would like to thank Dr. Ying- Wai Lam, from the mass spectrometry core. He has taken time to teach me the intricacies of quantitative mass spectrometry and has worked with me on the proteomics part of the projects and added plethora of valuable data which this dissertation builds on. All of this would have not been possible if it was not for Dr. Anthony Morielli, my advisor and mentor. I still remember his talk at the Faculty presentations during the student orientation. His energy filled story about how he during his post-doctoral studies stumbled into Kv1.2 is what interested me to this line of research. Tony dedicates a lot of time to wards scientific progress of his students and makes sure they have adequate support to succeed, he has been a pillar of support for me during my PhD life at UVM. Most of all he has been a terrific mentor and friend. Thank you, Tony. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS………………………………………………………........ ii LIST OF TABLES…………………………………………………………………….. x LIST OF FIGURES…………………………………………………………………… xi CHAPTER 1 COMPREHENSIVE LITRATURE REVIEW…………………………. 1 1.1 Overview.………………………………………………………………………….. 1 1.2 Potassium channel structure and function…….…………………………………... 4 1.3 The Potassium channel Kv1.2……….……………………………………………. 8 1.4 Kv Channel composition in the brain…….……………………………………….. 8 1.5 Electrophysiological properties of Kv1family channels.………………………….. 10 1.6 Physiological role of Kv1.2……………………………………………………….. 11 1.7 Protein sequence and composition affects the surface expression of heteromeric Kv channels…………………………………………………………………………… 14 1.8 Glycosylation regulates stability and surface expression of Kv1.2 channels……... 15 1.9 Posttranslational Modifications (PTMs) affect endocytic trafficking of Kv1.2…... 16 1.10 Secretin receptors regulates surface Kv1.2 via PKA in the cerebellum…………. 19 1.11 Metabotropic glutamate receptors mGluR1……………………………………… 19 1.12 mGluR1 signaling………………………………………………………………... 21 1.13 mGluR1 is constitutively active via intracellular loops 2, 3 and its interactions with Homer……………………………………………………………………………. 21 1.14 Identification of Metabotropic Glutamate receptor – 1 (mGluR1) its role in LTD and Cerebellar learning a brief history………………………………………………... 22 1.15 mGluR1 in cerebellar learning………………………………………………....... 25 iv 1.16 Regulation of potassium channels via mGluR1 in the brain…………………….. 26 1.17 mGluR1 regulates potassium channels in the cerebellum and affects intrinsic excitability…………………………………………………………………………….. 28 References for Chapter 1.……………………………………………………………..