Neuronal Ca2+ sensor protein VILIP-1 affects cGMP signalling of guanylyl cyclase B by regulating clathrin-dependent receptor recycling in hippocampal neurons

J Cell Sci. 2005 Jun 1;118(Pt 11):2495-505. doi: 10.1242/jcs.02376.

Abstract

The family of neuronal Ca2+ sensor (NCS) proteins is known to influence a variety of physiological and pathological processes by affecting signalling of different receptors and ion channels. Recently, it has been shown that the NCS protein VILIP-1 influences the activity of the receptor guanylyl cyclase GC-B. In transfected cell lines, VILIP-1 performs a Ca2+-dependent membrane association, the reversible Ca2+-myristoyl switch of VILIP-1, which leads to an increase in natriuretic peptide-stimulated cGMP levels. In this study, we have investigated the effect of VILIP-1 on cGMP signalling in C6 cells and in primary hippocampal neurons, where VILIP-1 and GC-B are co-expressed in many but not all neurons and partially co-localize in the soma and in dendrites. Our data indicate that VILIP-1 modulates GC-B activity by influencing clathrin-dependent receptor recycling. These data support a general physiological role for VILIP-1 in membrane trafficking in the intact hippocampus, where the NCS protein may affect processes, such as neuronal differentiation and synaptic plasticity e.g. by influencing cGMP-signalling.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Calcium Signaling / genetics
  • Calcium Signaling / physiology*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Clathrin / metabolism
  • Cyclic GMP / metabolism
  • Dendrites / metabolism*
  • Guanylate Cyclase / metabolism*
  • Hippocampus / cytology
  • Hippocampus / metabolism*
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / genetics
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / metabolism*
  • Neurocalcin
  • Protein Transport / genetics
  • Protein Transport / physiology
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor / metabolism*
  • Receptors, Calcium-Sensing / genetics
  • Receptors, Calcium-Sensing / metabolism*
  • Transfection

Substances

  • Clathrin
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Neurocalcin
  • Receptors, Calcium-Sensing
  • Vsnl1 protein, rat
  • Guanylate Cyclase
  • Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor
  • atrial natriuretic factor receptor B
  • Cyclic GMP