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Oxidative stress reduces renal dopamine D1 receptor-G_q/11 G protein-phospholipase C signaling involving G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2

Heart and Kidney Institute, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, Texas

Submitted 1 March 2007 ; accepted in final form 24 April 2007

The dopamine D1 receptors (D1R), expressed in renal proximal tubules, participate in the regulation of sodium transport. A defect in the coupling of the D1R to its G protein/effector complex in renal tubules has been reported in various conditions associated with oxidative stress. Because G protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs) are known to play an important role in D1R desensitization, we tested the hypothesis that increased oxidative stress in obese Zucker rats may cause GRK2 upregulation and, subsequently, D1R dysfunction. Lean and obese rats were given normal diet or diet supplemented with antioxidant lipoic acid for 2 wk. Compared with lean rats, obese rats exhibited oxidative stress, D1R were uncoupled from G_q/11 at basal level, and SKF-38393 failed to elicit D1R-G protein coupling, stimulate phospholipase C (PLC), and inhibit Na-K-ATPase activity. These animals showed increased basal protein kinase C (PKC) activity and membranous translocation of GRK2 and increased GKR2-G_q/11 interaction and D1R serine phosphorylation. Enzymatic dephosphorylation of D1R restored SKF-38393-induced adenylyl cyclase stimulation but not PLC activation. Treatment of obese rats with lipoic acid restored D1R-G protein coupling and SKF-38393-induced PLC stimulation and Na-K-ATPase inhibition. Lipoic acid treatment also normalized PKC activity, GRK2 sequestration, and GKR2-G_q/11 interaction. In conclusion, these data show that oxidative stress increases PKC activity causing GRK2 membranous translocation. GRK2 interacts with G_q/11 and acts, at least in part, as a regulator of G protein signaling leading to the D1R-G_q/11 uncoupling, causing inability of SKF-38393 to stimulate PLC and inhibit Na/K-ATPase. Lipoic acid, while reducing oxidative stress, normalized PKC activity and restored D1R-G_q/11-PLC signaling and the ability of SKF-38393 to inhibit Na-K-ATPase activity.

adenylyl cyclase; G proteins; sodium/potassium-adenosine 5'-triphosphatase; phospholipase C