Role of the third intracellular loop in the subtype-specific internalization and recycling of muscarinic M2 and M4 receptors

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Muscarinic M2, M4, and M2-M4 chimera receptors were transiently expressed in HEK-293tsA201 cells, and agonist-dependent internalization of these receptors and recycling of internalizedreceptors were examined by measuring the amount of cell-surface receptors as [³H]N-methylscopolamine(NMS) binding activity. Coexpression of a dominant negative form of dynamin (DNdynamin,dynamin K44A) greatly reduced the agonist-dependent internalization of M4 receptorsbut not of M2 receptors, as was reported by Vögler et al. (J Biol Chem 273, 12155–12160, 1998).The agonist-dependent internalization of M2/M4-i3/M2 chimera receptors (M2 receptors with thei3 loop replaced by that of M4 receptors) was greatly reduced by co-expression of DN-dynaminas was the case for M4 receptors, whereas the agonist-dependent internalization of M4/M2-i3/M4chimera receptors was hardly affected by co-expression of DN-dynamin as was the case for M2 receptors.Internalized M2/M4-i3/M2 receptors as well as internalized M4 receptors were shown tobe recycled back to the cell surface after removal of agonists, whereas no recycling was observedfor M4/M2-i3/M4 receptors as well as M2 receptors. These results indicate that the i3 loops ofM2 and M4 receptors take a major role in their agonist-dependent internalization and recycling.