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Originally published In Press as doi:10.1074/jbc.M205798200 on October 29, 2002

J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 277, Issue 52, 50543-50549, December 27, 2002
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Protein Kinase C (PKC) Phosphorylation of the Ca2+o-sensing Receptor (CaR) Modulates Functional Interaction of G Proteins with the CaR Cytoplasmic Tail*

Yong-Feng Jiang, Zaixiang Zhang, Olga Kifor, Charles R. Lane, Stephen J. Quinn, and Mei BaiDagger

From the Endocrine-Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Received for publication, June 12, 2002, and in revised form, September 20, 2002

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The extracellular calcium (Ca2+o)-sensing receptor (CaR) activates Ca2+ influx independent of the release of intracellular Ca2+ stores. The latter can be negatively regulated by protein kinase C (PKC) through phosphorylation of Thr-888 of the CaR. In this study, we substituted Thr-888 with various amino acid residues or a stop codon to understand how PKC phosphorylation of the CaR inhibits receptor-mediated release of intracellular Ca2+ stores. Substitutions of Thr-888 with hydrophobic and hydrophilic amino acid residues had various effects on CaR-mediated release of intracellular Ca2+ stores as well as activation of Ca2+ influx. Several point mutations, such as T888D, had marked negative effects on CaR-mediated release of intracellular Ca2+ stores but not on phorbol myristate acetate-insensitive activation of Ca2+ influx. Presumably, the negatively charged aspartate mimics phospho-threonine. Interestingly, truncating the receptor at 888 had an even more pronounced negative effect on CaR-elicited release of intracellular Ca2+ stores without significantly affecting CaR-mediated activation of Ca2+ influx. Therefore, truncation at position 888 of the CaR affects the activity of the receptor in a manner that resembles PKC phosphorylation of the CaR. This in turn suggests that PKC phosphorylation of the CaR prevents G protein subtypes from interacting with the region of the receptor critical for releasing Ca2+ stores, which is missing in the truncated receptor.

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Extracellular calcium concentration (Ca2+o) is tightly regulated by the interactions of several hormones (e.g. parathyroid hormone, vitamin D, and calcitonin) and organ systems (i.e. parathyroid gland, kidney, bone, and intestine) (1). Parathyroid cells respond to changes in Ca2+o with oppositely directed alterations in parathyroid hormone secretion through the Ca2+o-sensing receptor (CaR).1 Such responses can be down-regulated by activators of protein kinase C (PKC) (2-10), a process that has been implicated in the reduced responsiveness to Ca2+o of adenomatous or hyperplastic parathyroid glands (11, 12), although these glands also have reduced expression of the CaR (13, 14). Likewise, PKC may contribute to age-related changes in the regulation of parathyroid hormone secretion by Ca2+o in rats (15). Therefore, stimulus-secretion coupling in parathyroid cells can be modulated by PKC. We recently showed that some of this modulation occurs at the receptor level (16).

The human homologue of the CaR has five putative PKC phosphorylation sites in its intracellular domains. An alteration in the coupling of the CaR to secondary signaling pathways has been implicated as one of mechanisms by which PKC exerts negative effects on the function of the receptor (16). In particular, PKC phosphorylation of Thr-888 inhibits CaR-mediated increases in cytosolic calcium (Ca2+i) via mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ stores. In this study, we introduced various mutations at position 888 and examined whether any of these mutations mimic or block the action of PKC activators on CaR-mediated PLC signaling pathways. We found that truncating the CaR at 888 impairs the function of the receptor in a similar way as activating cellular PKC.

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Site-directed Mutagenesis-- Site-directed mutagenesis utilized the approach described by Kunkel (17) to produce mutated receptors in which the threonine residue at position 888, one of the five predicted PKC phosphorylation sites in the cytoplasmic tail of the human CaR, was mutated to various amino acid residues or a stop codon. The dut-1 ung-1 strain of Escherichia coli, CJ236, was transformed separately with mutagenesis cassette 6, as described previously (18). Uracil-containing, single-stranded DNA was produced by infecting the cells with the helper phage VCSM13 (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA). The single-stranded DNA was then annealed to a mutagenesis primer that contained the desired nucleotide change encoding a single-point mutation flanked on both sides by wild-type sequences. The primer was subsequently extended around the entire single-stranded DNA and ligated to generate closed circular heteroduplex DNA. DH5alpha competent cells were transformed with these DNA heteroduplexes, and incorporation of the desired mutation was confirmed by sequencing the entire cassette. The resultant mutated cassette 6 containing the desired mutation was doubly digested with XhoI and XbaI and cloned into the full-length of the receptor in pcDNA3.

Transient Expression of CaRs in HEK293-- CaR cDNA was prepared with the Midi plasmid kit (Qiagen). LipofectAMINE (Invitrogen) was employed as a DNA carrier for transfection. The HEK293 cells used for transient transfection were provided by NPS Pharmaceuticals (Salt Lake City, UT) and were cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (Invitrogen) with 10% fetal bovine serum (Hyclone). The DNA-liposome complex was prepared by mixing DNA and LipofectAMINE in OPTI-MEM I reduced serum medium (Invitrogen) and incubating the mixture at room temperature for 30 min. The DNA-LipofectAMINE mixture was then diluted with OPTI-MEM I reduced serum medium and added to 90% confluent HEK293 cells plated on 13.5 × 20.1 mm glass coverslips using 2.5 µg of DNA. After the cells were incubated for 5 h at 37 °C, an equivalent amount of OPTI-MEM I reduced serum medium with 20% fetal bovine serum was added to the medium overlying the transfected cells, and the latter was replaced with fresh Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium with 10% fetal bovine serum at 24 h after transfection. The expressed Ca2+o-sensing receptor protein was assayed 48 h after the start of transfection.

Detection of Expressed CaR on the Cell Surface-- Before whole cell lysates were prepared, intact HEK293 cells transiently transfected with FLAG-tagged CaR were labeled with 1 mM ImmunoPure N-hydroxysulfosuccinimidobiotin (Pierce), a membrane-impermeable biotinylation reagent, as described previously (19). The surface-biotinylated HEK293 cells were solubilized, and the FLAG-tagged receptor was immunoprecipitated with anti-FLAG M2 monoclonal antibody (Sigma). The immunopurified species were subsequently eluted and subjected to SDS-containing PAGE using a linear gradient of polyacrylamide (3-10%). The forms of the receptor present on the cell surface were detected with an avidin-horseradish peroxidase conjugate (Bio-Rad) followed by visualization of the biotinylated bands with an enhanced chemiluminescence (ECL) system (PerkinElmer Life Sciences).

Measurement of Ca2+i by Fluorimetry in Cell Populations-- HEK293 cells, which were plated on coverslips and transfected with CaR cDNAs, were loaded for 2 h at room temperature with fura-2/AM (Molecular Probes) in 20 mM HEPES, pH 7.4, containing 125 mM NaCl, 4 mM KCl, 1.25 mM CaCl2, 1 mM MgSO4, 1 mM NaH2PO4, 0.1% (w/v) bovine serum albumin, and 0.1% dextrose and washed once at 37 °C for 20-30 min with a buffer solution (20 mM HEPES, pH 7.4, containing 125 mM NaCl, 4 mM KCl, 0.5 mM CaCl2, 0.5 mM MgCl2, 0.1% dextrose, and 0.1% bovine serum albumin). The coverslips were then placed diagonally in a thermostatted quartz cuvette that contained the buffer solution using a modification of the technique employed previously (20). The CaR was activated by multiple additions of an agonist in incremental doses to reach the desired concentrations. Excitation monochrometers were centered at 340 and 380 nm with emission light collected at 510 ± 40 nm through a wide band emission filter. The 340/380 excitation ratio of emitted light was used as readout for Ca2+i as described previously (20). For PKC activation, the cells were preincubated with a PKC activator such as phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) for 1-2 min. For measuring transient Ca2+i responses elicited by spermine, the buffer solution was devoid of MgCl2, CaCl2, and bovine serum albumin, and 1 mM EGTA was added in the beginning of the experiment.

Determination of Total Inositol Phosphates-- The transiently transfected HEK293 cells were prelabeled overnight with [3H]myo-inositol (6.25 µCi/well) (PerkinElmer Life Sciences) in 199 media. The cells were washed once with Eagle's medium containing 2 mg/ml bovine serum albumin and incubated with varying concentrations of agonists for 30 min in the presence of 10 mM LiCl (21). The reactions were terminated with 10% ice-cold trichloroacetic acid (final w/v). After centrifugation to remove insoluble debris, trichloroacetic acid was extracted with water-saturated diethylether, and total inositol phosphates were separated on Dowex anion exchange columns and quantitated with a liquid scintillation counter, as described previously (21).

Statistical Analysis-- The mean EC50 for the wild-type or each mutant receptor in response to increasing concentrations of Ca2+o or spermine was calculated from the EC50 values for all of the individual experiments and expressed with the standard error of the mean (S.E.) as the index of dispersion. Comparisons of the EC50 values and inositol phosphate (IP) responses were performed by analysis of variance or Duncan's multiple comparison test (22). A p value of <=  0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference.

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The impact of various substitutions of Thr-888 on the function of the CaR was examined by stimulating the mutant receptors in transiently transfected HEK293 cells by Ca2+o for a full CaR response or by spermine in the absence of Ca2+o to avoid Ca2+ influx. The activities of mutant receptors were evaluated initially by measuring Ca2+i responses. As summarized in Table I, the substitutions of hydrophobic amino acid residues for Thr-888, including the previously reported T888V, reduced EC50[Ca2+]o significantly, whereas the substitutions of negatively charged amino acid residues or glycine increased EC50[Ca2+]o. The other substitutions, such as Asn, Gln, and Lys, did not change EC50[Ca2+]o significantly. The patterns of the Ca2+i responses of all the mutant receptors were somewhat different from those of the wild-type receptor (Fig. 1). Among them, T888K and T888D showed little transient responses but did show prominent sustained responses that were indicative of activation of Ca2+ influx. In addition to substituting Thr-888 with various amino acid residues, we also truncated the receptor by introducing a stop codon at position 888. We found that T888Stop further blunted transient Ca2+i responses with an increased EC50[Ca2+]o and a 50% reduction in its maximal cumulative Ca2+i response. In addition, the pattern of the Ca2+i response of T888Stop showed a close resemblance to that of the wild-type receptor in PMA-treated cells (Fig. 1) (16) in which CaR-evoked transient Ca2+i increases due to the mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ stores were substantially blunted.

                              
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EC50 values and maximal Ca2+i responses of the wild-type (WT) and mutant receptors when stimulated with either Ca2+o or spermine in the presence or absence of PMA


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Fig. 1.   Ca2+o-elicited Ca2+i responses of the wild-type (A) and mutant receptors T888V (B), T888K (C), T888D (D), and T888Stop (E) in control cells and the wild-type receptor in PMA-treated cells (F). The CaR-induced Ca2+i responses in cell populations were determined in cells loaded with fura-2 using Photon Technology International fluorimetry. The cells transfected with the wild-type or mutant receptors were stimulated with Ca2+o through multiple additions of concentrated Ca2+o into the experimental buffer in the absence (A-E) or presence (F) of PMA. The concentration of Ca2+o was raised to 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, 5.5, 10, 15, and 20 mM as indicated at arrowheads. The representative real-time recordings of emission ratio (340/380 excitation) are shown for these receptors.

Both the release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores and activation of Ca2+ influx contribute to CaR-mediated increases in Ca2+i when Ca2+o is used as a CaR agonist. Therefore, we also used an alternative CaR agonist, spermine, to determine the impact of PKC activation on CaR-evoked mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ stores. In the following experiment, we stimulated the receptor with spermine in the absence of Ca2+o and Mg2+o. A trace amount of divalent cations was removed by including 1 mM EGTA in the experimental buffer prior to the addition of spermine. All mutant receptors had significant spermine-elicited Ca2+i responses, but they were still less than those of the wild-type receptor (Table I). Among them, T888Stop had the lowest maximal response, about 25% of that of the wild-type receptor, followed by T888K and T888D, which had maximal responses about 55% of that of the wild-type receptor. Others had maximal responses ranging from 62% to 99% (Table I). These results suggest that mutations at position 888 affect CaR-mediated activation of certain G protein subtypes that induce the release of intracellular Ca2+ stores.

Next, we tested the effect of PMA on various mutants when stimulated by spermine in the absence of Ca2+o and Mg2+o. Consistent with our previous study, the effects of PMA on the CaR were significantly reduced by all the mutations. As shown in Table I, all mutant receptors except T888Stop showed greater maximal responses in the presence of PMA than did the wild-type receptor. Among them, T888W, T888Y, T888Q, and T888G were most resistant to PMA with maximal responses over 2-fold higher than those of the wild-type receptor in cells similarly pretreated with 100 nM PMA. Although T888Stop-mediated responses were insensitive to PMA, the responses in the control conditions were similar to those of the wild-type receptor in cells pretreated with PMA. As shown in Fig. 2, pretreatment of T888Stop-transfected cells with PMA hardly affected the Ca2+i responses elicited by either spermine or Ca2+o. Moreover, the resultant response curves of the truncated receptor under all conditions were essentially superimposed on those of the wild-type receptor pretreated with 100 nM PMA, which markedly attenuated CaR-mediated release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores, as shown in our previous study (16). These results suggest that PKC phosphorylation of Thr-888 blocks the respective G proteins from interacting with the region of the receptor C-terminal to Ala-887 and from activating Ca2+ stores.


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Fig. 2.   Effect of PMA on Ca2+i responses of T888Stop elicited by spermine (A) or by Ca2+o (B). The cells transfected with the wild-type receptor (circles) or T888Stop (triangles) were stimulated in the presence (open) or absence (filled) of 100 nM PMA. Ca2+i response of cell populations was determined in cells loaded with fura-2 using Photon Technology International fluorimetry. Ca2+i response was normalized to the maximal spermine-elicited response of the wild-type receptor in the absence of PMA and Ca2+o (mean ± S.E.; n = 7-17). The two curves with filled and open triangles are superimposed in A and B.

To determine whether PKC activation exerts its negative effects on signaling components upstream of mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ stores, we determined IP responses of some receptors. IP responses were determined in the transfected cells prelabeled overnight with [3H]inositol. For the effects of PKC activation, we pretreated the cells with 100 nM PMA for 10 min and subsequently stimulated the cells with either Ca2+o or spermine. Pretreatment of the cells with PMA reduced Ca2+o-elicited IP responses of the wild-type receptor by 14.5% and shifted the response curve to the right by 2-4 mM Ca2+o (Fig. 3A and Table II). Pretreatment of the cells with PMA had a much milder negative effect on IP responses than on Ca2+i responses when the wild-type receptor was stimulated by Ca2+o. In contrast, PKC activation markedly reduced IP responses when the wild-type receptor was stimulated by spermine alone (Fig. 3B and Table II). For instance, at 1 mM spermine (when the IP response approached the maximal value), pretreatment of cells with PMA reduced the response by 99%. This suggests that the major component of the Ca2+o-elicited IP response of the wild-type receptor, about 85% at concentrations of Ca2+o as high as 8-16 mM, is dependent on activation of Ca2+ influx.


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Fig. 3.   Total IP responses of the wild-type receptor elicited by Ca2+o (A) or by spermine (B). The cells transfected with the wild-type receptor were stimulated in the presence (open) or absence (filled) of 100 nM PMA. Formation of total IP in cells prelabeled with [3H]inositol was measured as described under "Experimental Procedures." All the IP responses were normalized to the maximal spermine-elicited response of the wild-type receptor in the absence of PMA and Ca2+o (mean ± S.E.; n = 10-14) and listed in Table II. Significance of any differences between points at a given concentration of agonists are given in Table II.

                              
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Effects of PMA and CaR mutations on CaR-mediated acummulation of total IP in response to Ca2+o or spermine

Consistent with the hypothesis that PKC-phosphorylated CaR blocks the interaction of certain G proteins with structural elements located C-terminally to Ala-887, no significant IP responses were elicited by spermine even in the absence of PMA (Fig. 4A and Table II). In contrast, Ca2+o-induced IP responses of T888Stop were substantial but insensitive to PMA (Fig. 4B and Table II), presumably through activation of PMA-insensitive Ca2+ influx. Like T888Stop-mediated Ca2+i responses, the PMA-insensitive IP responses of T888Stop have no significant difference from those of PMA-pretreated wild-type receptor (Fig. 3 and Table II).


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Fig. 4.   Total IP responses of T888Stop elicited by spermine (A) or by Ca2+o (B). The cells transfected with T888Stop were stimulated in the presence (open) or absence (filled) of 100 nM PMA. Formation of total IP in cells prelabeled with [3H]inositol was measured as described under "Experimental Procedures." IP responses were normalized to the maximal spermine-elicited response of the wild-type receptor in the absence of PMA and Ca2+o (mean ± S.E.; n = 4-6) and listed in Table II. Significance of any differences between points at a given concentration of agonists is given in Table II.

To further test the hypothesis that CaR-induced elevation of Ca2+i through activation of Ca2+ influx markedly activates PLC, we stimulated the cells with spermine in the presence of 0.5 mM Ca2+o, a concentration below the threshold for activation of the CaR. The presence of 0.5 mM Ca2+o increased the spermine-elicited maximal IP response of the wild-type receptor ~2.5-fold (Fig. 5A) to a level similar to that stimulated by high Ca2+o (Fig. 3A). Likewise, the presence of 0.5 mM Ca2+o increased spermine-elicited maximal IP response of T888Stop (Fig. 5B) to a level similar to that stimulated by high Ca2+o (Fig. 4B). Moreover, the Ca2+o-depedent IP productions were similar in cells transfected with T888Stop (Fig. 5B) to those in cells transfected with the wild-type receptor (Fig. 5A). These results further support that CaR-mediated Ca2+ influx activates PLC and that the magnitude of CaR-elicited Ca2+ influx in cells transfected with T888Stop is similar to that in cells transfected with the wild-type receptor. Importantly, these results also rule out the possibilities that spermine is significantly transported into the cells and subsequently inhibits intracellular PLC activities in HEK293 cells when applied extracellularly.


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Fig. 5.   Ca2+ influx-dependent IP response of the CaR in cells transfected with the wild-type receptor and T888Stop. The cells transfected with the wild-type receptor (A) or T888Stop (B) were stimulated by spermine in the presence (open) or absence (filled) of 0.5 mM Ca2+o. Formation of total IP in cells prelabeled with [3H]inositol was measured as described under "Experimental Procedures." IP response was normalized to the maximal spermine-elicited response of the wild-type receptor in the absence of Ca2+o (mean ± S.E.; n = 6-10). At any given dose of spermine, the data points were marked with asterisks if the responses in the presence and absence of 0.5 mM Ca2+o are significantly different (p <=  0.05).

In contrast to T888Stop, T888V had maximal IP responses significantly higher than the wild-type receptor when stimulated with spermine or Ca2+o (Fig. 6 and Table II). This result suggests that T888V primarily enhances the activity of the receptor for activation of pathways leading to mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ stores. Consistent with our studies on Ca2+i responses, spermine- or Ca2+o-elicited IP responses of T888V were also affected negatively by PMA. However, the IP response of T888V at any given concentration in the PMA-treated cells was not lower than that of the wild-type receptor in non-treated cells. This suggests that PMA exerts additional negative effect on signaling elements downstream of PLC activation that are involved in the release of intracellular Ca2+ stores.


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Fig. 6.   Total IP responses of T888V elicited by spermine (A) or by Ca2+o (B). The cells transfected with T888V (squares) were stimulated in the presence (open) or absence (filled) of 100 nM PMA. The wild-type receptor (circles) in untreated cells was also plotted for comparison. Formation of total IP in cells prelabeled with [3H]inositol was measured as described under "Experimental Procedures." IP responses were normalized to the maximal spermine-elicited response of the wild-type receptor in the absence of PMA and Ca2+o (mean ± S.E.; n = 7-16) and listed in Table II. Significance of any differences between points at a given concentration of agonists is given in Table II.

Western analysis showed that all the mutant receptors had normal expression on the cell surface (Fig. 7). In fact, the truncated receptor had slightly higher expression than did the wild-type receptor.


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Fig. 7.   Determination of cell surface expression of the wild-type (Wt) and mutant CaRs. HEK293 cells were transfected with FLAG-tagged CaRs individually. Proteins on the cell surface were treated with N-hydroxysulfosuccinimidobiotin prior to lysing the cells in the presence of 100 mM iodoacetamide. The CaR was immunoprecipitated with anti-FLAG antibody. The immunopurified protein samples were eluted with SDS-sample buffer containing 100 mM dithiothreitol and subjected to SDS-PAGE (3-10%). The surface expression of the CaRs was detected with avidin, and the representative Western blot is shown in A. The levels of expression of receptors are normalized to those of the wild-type receptor as shown in B (mean ± S.E.; n = 3). The data points were marked with asterisks if the levels of expression are significantly different (p <=  0.05) from those of the wild-type receptor.


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Ca2+o is the main physiological regulator of calcium homeostasis through its action on its own cell surface receptor, i.e. the CaR. Increases in the concentration of Ca2+o elicit rapid transient Ca2+i responses followed by sustained increases in Ca2+i in parathyroid cells and CaR-transfected HEK293 cells. Previous studies have shown that both activation and inhibition of PKC have profound effects on Ca2+o-elicited Ca2+i responses in parathyroid cells (6, 7) and CaR-transfected HEK293 cells and that these effects can be significantly blocked by substituting Thr-888 with valine in the CaR (16).

In this study, we introduced a variety of amino acid substitutions for threonine at position 888 to test whether we can create a mutant receptor that resembles the PKC-phosphorylated receptor. We found that substitutions with hydrophobic amino acid residues such as alanine, phenylalanine, and tryptophan increased apparent receptor affinities to its agonists similar to those associated with valine substitution reported in our previous study (16). These increased apparent receptor affinities for its agonists, such as calcium and spermine, suggest that the CaR might be somewhat inhibited by basal PKC activity. In contrast, T888D, T888E, and T888G are apparently less sensitive than the wild-type CaR to the receptor agonists with increased EC50 values. The reason for T888E and T888D to simulate the wild-type receptor following PMA treatment is likely that the negatively charged amino acid residues may somewhat resemble the PKC-phosphorylated receptor with charges acquired at the phosphorylation site. In the case of T888G, substitution with glycine could significantly alter the secondary structure of the region that is important for the interaction of the receptor with its respective G proteins by introducing a turn in the helix, as predicted by Chou-Fasman indices. Regardless, all the mutant receptors with various point mutations elicited modest-to-high Ca2+i responses via mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ stores and showed significant but reduced sensitivities to PMA that may reflect the presence of additional PKC sites and/or more downstream modulation by PMA.

In contrast, the action of PKC phosphorylation can be fully mimicked by the removal of the C-terminal region following alanine at position 887, suggesting that PKC phosphorylation at Thr-888 blocks the interaction of this C-terminal region of the receptor with its cognate G proteins that leads to mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ stores. However, the removal of this C-terminal region of the receptor does not impede the receptor's PMA-insensitive activation of Ca2+ influx and the subsequent Ca2+i-dependent activation of PLC, suggesting that the structural determinants activating PMA-insensitive Ca2+ influx are intact in the truncated receptor, T888Stop. Since our previous study showed that truncation upstream of Thr-888 at position 877 completely inactivates not only CaR-mediated mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ stores but also CaR-mediated Ca2+ influx (24) the elements important for activation of Ca2+ influx are likely situated between the residues between 877 and 887.

For the wild-type CaR, activation of PMA-insensitive Ca2+ influx pathways becomes significant when the receptor is activated by a concentration of Ca2+o that is 3.5 mM or higher. The activation of this pathway increases not only the concentration of Ca2+i but also the production of inositol phosphates. In fact, more than 85% of the IP response may be attributed to activation of Ca2+ influx when the receptor is stimulated by a concentration of Ca2+o that is 8 mM or higher. It becomes clear that at least 60% of the IP response is attributable to activation of Ca2+ influx when the receptor is activated by 1 or 2 mM spermine in the presence of 0.5 mM Ca2+o. Since all subtypes of PLC can be activated by Ca2+, it is likely that increases in Ca2+i due to activation of Ca2+ influx non-selectively activate all subtypes of PLC, including PLC-beta s that could be otherwise activated by Gq or G11. Activating PLC via activation of PMA-insensitive Ca2+ influx pathways could play an important role in bone remodeling at the site of bone erosion, where the concentration of Ca2+o can be as high as 40 mM (23).

Interestingly, the IP responses of T888V were not only significantly higher than those of the wild-type receptor but also much less sensitive to PMA than its own Ca2+i responses. Moreover, the maximal IP response of T888V in PMA-treated cells was significantly higher than that of the wild-type receptor in non-treated cells. Hence, over 50% reduction in spermine-elicited Ca2+i responses of T888V may result from activation of PMA-sensitive Ca2+ stores, which can be inhibited by PMA. In contrast, T888Stop neither activates any PMA-sensitive Ca2+ stores nor fully activates PMA-insensitive stores. Therefore, PKC phosphorylation of the CaR inhibits both CaR-mediated activation of both PMA-sensitive and -insensitive Ca2+ stores.

In summary, we have demonstrated that PKC regulation of CaR-mediated PLC signaling pathways can be mimicked by truncating the cytoplasmic tail of the receptor at position 888. Therefore, PKC phosphorylation of the CaR impairs functional interaction of G proteins with the region of the cytoplasmic tail downstream of Ala-887.

    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We are grateful to Dr. Edward M. Brown for critical review of the manuscript.

    FOOTNOTES

* This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health Grant DK54934 (to M. B.).The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. The article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

Dagger To whom correspondence should be addressed: Endocrine-Hypertension Div., Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115. Tel.: 617-732-5694; Fax: 617-732-5764.

Published, JBC Papers in Press, October 29, 2002, DOI 10.1074/jbc.M205798200

    ABBREVIATIONS

The abbreviations used are: CaR, Ca2+o-sensing receptor; PKC, protein kinase C; PLC, phospholipase C; PMA, phorbol myristate acetate; IP, inositol phosphate.

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