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Oregon Regional Primate Research Center (X.L., J.A.J., S.B.,
P.M.C.) Beaverton, Oregon 97006
Department of Physiology
and Pharmacology (P.M.C.) Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland, Oregon 97201
Research Group for Comparative
Endocrinology (M.B., J.B.) University of Utrecht 3584 CH
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Mammalian GnRH receptor (GnRHR) is unique among G protein-coupled seven-transmembrane segment receptors due to the absence of an intracellular C-terminal tail frequently important for internalization and/or desensitization of other G protein-coupled receptors. The recent cloning of nonmammalian (i.e. catfish, goldfish, frog, and chicken) GnRHRs shows that these contain an intracellular C terminus. Addition of the 51-amino acid intracellular C terminus from catfish GnRHR (cfGnRHR) to rat GnRHR (rGnRHR) did not affect rGnRHR binding affinity but elevated receptor expression by about 5-fold. Truncation of the added C terminus impaired the elevated receptor-binding sites by 3- to 8-fold, depending on the truncation site. In addition, introducing the C terminus to rGnRHR altered the pattern of receptor regulation from biphasic down-regulation and recovery to monophasic down-regulation. The extent of down-regulation was also enhanced. The alteration in receptor regulation due to the addition of a C terminus was reversed by truncation of the added C terminus. Furthermore, addition of the cfGnRHR C terminus to rGnRHR significantly augmented the inositol phospholipid (IP) response of transfected cells to Buserelin, but this did not result from the elevation of receptor-binding sites. Addition of the C terminus did not affect Buserelin-stimulated cAMP and PRL release. GH3 cells transfected with wild-type cfGnRHR did not show measurable Buserelin binding or significant stimulation of IP, cAMP, or PRL in response to Buserelin (10-13-10-9 M). GH3 cells transfected with C terminus-truncated cfGnRHR showed no IP response to Buserelin (10-13-10-7 M). These results suggest that addition of the cfGnRHR intracellular C terminus to rGnRHR has a significant impact on rGnRHR expression and regulation and efficiency of differential receptor coupling to G proteins.
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