MAS C-Terminal Tail Interacting Proteins Identified by Mass Spectrometry- Based Proteomic Approach

PLoS One. 2015 Oct 20;10(10):e0140872. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140872. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

Propagation of signals from G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in cells is primarily mediated by protein-protein interactions. MAS is a GPCR that was initially discovered as an oncogene and is now known to play an important role in cardiovascular physiology. Current literature suggests that MAS interacts with common heterotrimeric G-proteins, but MAS interaction with proteins which might mediate G protein-independent or atypical signaling is unknown. In this study we hypothesized that MAS C-terminal tail (Ct) is a major determinant of receptor-scaffold protein interactions mediating MAS signaling. Mass-spectrometry based proteomic analysis was used to comprehensively identify the proteins that interact with MAS Ct comprising the PDZ-binding motif (PDZ-BM). We identified both PDZ and non-PDZ proteins from human embryonic kidney cell line, mouse atrial cardiomyocyte cell line and human heart tissue to interact specifically with MAS Ct. For the first time our study provides a panel of PDZ and other proteins that potentially interact with MAS with high significance. A 'cardiac-specific finger print' of MAS interacting PDZ proteins was identified which includes DLG1, MAGI1 and SNTA. Cell based experiments with wild-type and mutant MAS lacking the PDZ-BM validated MAS interaction with PDZ proteins DLG1 and TJP2. Bioinformatics analysis suggested well-known multi-protein scaffold complexes involved in nitric oxide signaling (NOS), cell-cell signaling of neuromuscular junctions, synapses and epithelial cells. Majority of these protein hits were predicted to be part of disease categories comprising cancers and malignant tumors. We propose a 'MAS-signalosome' model to stimulate further research in understanding the molecular mechanism of MAS function. Identifying hierarchy of interactions of 'signalosome' components with MAS will be a necessary step in future to fully understand the physiological and pathological functions of this enigmatic receptor.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Calcium-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal / metabolism
  • Discs Large Homolog 1 Protein
  • Guanylate Kinases
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Muscle Proteins / metabolism
  • Myocardium / cytology
  • Myocardium / metabolism*
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / cytology
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / metabolism*
  • PDZ Domains / physiology*
  • Proteomics
  • Proto-Oncogene Mas
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / metabolism*
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • Calcium-Binding Proteins
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal
  • DLG1 protein, human
  • Discs Large Homolog 1 Protein
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Muscle Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Mas
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
  • syntrophin alpha1
  • Guanylate Kinases
  • MAGI1 protein, human