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Volume 17, Number 21,
Issue of November 1, 1997
pp. 8147-8155
Copyright ©1997 Society for Neuroscience
Bidirectional Regulation of DARPP-32 Phosphorylation by
Dopamine
Akinori Nishi,
Gretchen L. Snyder, and
Paul Greengard
Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller
University, New York, New York 10021
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
MATERIALS AND METHODS
RESULTS
DISCUSSION
FOOTNOTES
REFERENCES
ABSTRACT
Dopamine has been shown to stimulate phosphorylation of DARPP-32, a
phosphoprotein highly enriched in medium-sized spiny neurons of the
neostriatum. Here, we investigated the contribution of D1-like and
D2-like dopamine receptors in the regulation of DARPP-32 phosphorylation in mouse striatal slices. D1-like and D2-like receptors
had opposing effects on the state of DARPP-32 phosphorylation. The D1
receptor agonist SKF82526 increased DARPP-32 phosphorylation. In
contrast, the D2 receptor agonist quinpirole decreased basal as well as
D1 agonist-, forskolin-, and 8-bromo-cAMP-stimulated phosphorylation of
DARPP-32. The ability of quinpirole to decrease D1-stimulated DARPP-32
phosphorylation was calcium-dependent and was blocked by the
calcineurin inhibitor cyclosporin A, suggesting that the D2 effect
involved an increase in intracellular calcium and activation of
calcineurin. In support of this interpretation, Ca2+-free/EGTA medium induced a greater than 60-fold
increase in DARPP-32 phosphorylation and abolished the ability of
quinpirole to dephosphorylate DARPP-32. The antipsychotic drug
raclopride, a selective D2 receptor antagonist, increased
phosphorylation of DARPP-32 under basal conditions and in D2
agonist-treated slices. The results of this study demonstrate that
dopamine exerts a bidirectional control on the state of phosphorylation
of DARPP-32.
Key words:
DARPP-32;
dopamine;
D2 receptor;
phosphorylation;
neostriatum;
calcineurin;
raclopride
INTRODUCTION
DARPP-32, a dopamine- and
cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein of Mr 32,000, is a
cytosolic protein that is selectively enriched in medium-sized spiny
neurons in neostriatum (Ouimet et al., 1984 ; Walaas and Greengard,
1984 ). DARPP-32 is phosphorylated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase
(PKA) on a single threonine residue, thr34,
resulting in its conversion into a potent inhibitor of protein phosphatase-1 (Hemmings et al., 1984 ). DARPP-32 can be dephosphorylated and inactivated in vitro by the calcium/calmodulin-dependent
protein phosphatase calcineurin (King et al., 1984 ). Dopamine has been shown to stimulate the phosphorylation of DARPP-32 in neostriatum by
activation of a biochemical cascade involving stimulation of D1
receptors, activation of adenylyl cyclase, increased cAMP formation, and increased activity of PKA (Walaas and Greengard, 1984 ). The selective enrichment of DARPP-32 in dopaminoceptive neurons and its
regulation by dopamine strongly indicate that DARPP-32, by regulating
protein phosphatase-1 activity, plays a key role in mediating the
effects of dopamine on these cells. The control of protein
phosphatase-1 activity by DARPP-32 is likely to have a significant role
in the regulation of neuronal excitability. For instance, in
neostriatum, dopamine-mediated effects on the function of calcium
channels (Surmeier et al., 1994 ), voltage-dependent sodium channels
(Surmeier et al., 1992 ; Schiffman et al., 1994 ), and
Na+,K+-ATPase (Aperia et al.,
1991 ) are regulated directly or indirectly by protein
phosphatase-1.
Medium-sized spiny neurons of the neostriatum and nucleus accumbens
receive dopaminergic input from cell bodies in the midbrain (Anden et
al., 1964 ; Poirier and Sourkes, 1965 ; Swanson, 1982 ). To date, five
dopamine receptor subtypes have been identified that constitute two
major subclasses, a D1 subfamily (D1 and D5 subtypes) and a D2
subfamily (D2, D3, and D4 subtypes) (Sibley and Monsma, 1992 ). D1 and
D2 dopamine receptors are abundantly expressed on cell bodies and
dendritic processes of medium spiny neurons (Levey et al., 1993 ).
Messenger RNAs coding for each of the other dopamine receptor subtypes
(i.e., D3, D4, and D5) have been isolated from individual neostriatal
neurons (Surmeier et al., 1996 ), but whether these receptor proteins
are expressed in medium spiny neurons and how they functionally
interact with D1 and D2 receptors is still unclear.
There is considerable evidence for either synergistic or opposing
interactions of D1- and D2-like dopamine receptors at the biochemical,
physiological, and behavioral level (for review, see Jackson and
Westlind-Danielsson, 1994 ). Biochemically, D1 and D2 receptors have
opposing actions on the activity of adenylyl cyclase in neostriatal
neurons: D2 receptors inhibit adenylyl cyclase activity (Stoof and
Kebabian, 1981 ), whereas activation of D1 receptors increases cAMP
formation by adenylyl cyclase. More recent studies have shown that
D2-like dopamine receptors, via interactions with specific G-proteins,
can be coupled to multiple effector systems, including calcium
channels, potassium channels, and phospholipase C (for review, see
Huff, 1996 ). For example, Yan et al. (1996) showed that D2 receptors on
neostriatal neurons negatively couple to calcium channels through a
Gi/o class protein. In addition, activation of D2 receptors
apparently decreases sodium currents in medium spiny neostriatal
neurons through a membrane-delimited pathway and increases these
currents through a soluble second messenger pathway (presumably
involving inhibition of adenylyl cyclase) (Surmeier et al., 1992 ).
The aim of the present study was to determine the relative contribution
of D1- and D2-like dopamine receptors to dopamine signaling through the
DARPP-32/protein phosphatase-1 cascade, the possible biochemical
pathways involved, and the possible effect on this signaling cascade of
a widely used antipsychotic drug, raclopride.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Preparation and incubation of striatal slices. Male
C57BL/6 mice (5-8 weeks old) were decapitated. The brains were removed rapidly and placed in ice-cold, oxygenated
Krebs-HCO3 buffer (124 mM
NaCl, 4 mM KCl, 26 mM
NaHCO3, 1.5 mM CaCl2,
1.25 mM KH2PO4, 1.5 mM MgSO4, and 10 mM
D-glucose, pH 7.4). Coronal slices (350 µm) were prepared
using a vibratome. Striatum and nucleus accumbens were dissected from
the slices in ice-cold Krebs-HCO3
buffer. Each slice was placed in a polypropylene incubation tube with 2 ml of fresh Krebs-HCO3 buffer
containing adenosine deaminase (10 µg/ml). The slices were
preincubated at 30°C under constant oxygenation with 95% O2/5% CO2 for 60 min. The buffer was
replaced with fresh Krebs-HCO3 buffer
after 30 min of preincubation. In some experiments, slices were
incubated in Ca2+-free/EGTA medium (124 mM NaCl, 4 mM KCl, 26 mM
NaHCO3, 1.25 mM KH2PO4, 3.0 mM
MgSO4, 10 mM D-glucose, and
1 mM EGTA, pH 7.4) for 20 min after 60 min of preincubation
in Krebs-HCO3 buffer. Slices were
treated with drugs as specified in each experiment. Drugs were obtained
from the following sources: quinpirole, raclopride, SCH23390, NMDA, and
MK-801 from Research Biochemicals (Natick, MA); calyculin A, forskolin,
and thapsigargin from LC laboratories; and 8-bromo-cAMP from Sigma (St.
Louis, MO). After the drug treatment, slices were transferred to
Eppendorf tubes, frozen on dry ice, and stored at 80°C until
assayed.
Immunoblotting. Frozen tissue samples were sonicated in
boiling 1% SDS and boiled for an additional 10 min. Small aliquots of
the homogenate were retained for protein determination by the BCA
protein assay method (Pierce, Rockford, IL) using bovine serum albumin
as a standard. Equal amounts of protein (100 µg) were loaded onto
12% acrylamide gels, and the proteins were separated by SDS-PAGE and
transferred to nitrocellulose membranes (0.2 µm) (Schleicher & Schuell, Keene, NH) by the method of Towbin et al. (1979) . The
membranes were immunoblotted using a monoclonal antibody (mAb-23; 1:750
dilution) (Snyder et al., 1992 ), which is a phosphorylation state-specific antibody raised against a DARPP-32 peptide containing phospho-thr34, the site phosphorylated by
cAMP-dependent protein kinase. A mAb (C24-5a; 1:7500 dilution)
generated against DARPP-32 (Hemmings and Greengard, 1986 ), which is not
phosphorylation state-specific, was used to estimate the total amount
of DARPP-32 in samples. None of the experimental manipulations used in
the present study altered the total amount of DARPP-32.
Antibody binding was revealed by incubation with goat anti-mouse
horseradish peroxidase-linked IgG (1:6000-8000 dilution) (Pierce) and
the ECL immunoblotting detection system (Amersham, Arlington Heights,
IL). Chemiluminescence was detected by autoradiography using DuPont NEN
autoradiography film, and phosphorylated (phospho-)DARPP-32 bands
were quantified by densitometry using a Bio-Rad model 620 video
densitometer and Bio-Rad 1-D Analyst software (Bio-Rad, Hercules,
CA).
Data were analyzed by Student's t test with significance
defined as p < 0.05.
RESULTS
Effect of dopamine on the level of phospho-DARPP-32
Dopamine has been shown to increase the state of phosphorylation
of DARPP-32 in rat neostriatum (Walaas et al., 1983 ). In this study,
the effect of dopamine on DARPP-32 phosphorylation in mouse neostriatal
slices was examined using a phosphorylation state-specific antibody
that selectively detected phosphorylation at the cAMP-dependent site
(thr34). Thr34-phospho-DARPP-32
was detectable in untreated slices. The stoichiometry of DARPP-32
phosphorylation was estimated to be 0.5-1.0% under basal conditions.
Treatment of slices with dopamine (100 µM), plus the
dopamine uptake inhibitor nomifensine (10 µM), increased the level of phospho-DARPP-32 by 6.64 ± 1.36-fold
(p < 0.01). DARPP-32 phosphorylation was
maximal at 2-4 min of incubation, and the level of phospho-DARPP-32
subsequently decreased (Fig. 1). The
total amount of DARPP-32, determined using the DARPP-32 antibody
C24-5a, was similar in each sample.
Fig. 1.
Effect of dopamine on the level of
phospho-DARPP-32 in neostriatum. Slices were incubated with dopamine
(100 µM) in the presence of the dopamine uptake inhibitor
nomifensine (10 µM) for the indicated times.
A, Phospho-DARPP-32 was detected at a molecular mass of ~32 kDa using mAb-23 against
thr34-phospho-DARPP-32. Note that the
phospho-DARPP-32 mAb also detected a cross-reactive protein band at a
molecular mass of ~75 kDa, the levels of which were not affected by
dopamine. B, Total DARPP-32 was detected in the same
membrane as shown in A using mAb C24-5a against
DARPP-32. C, The amount of phospho-DARPP-32 was
quantitated by densitometry, and the data were normalized to values
obtained with untreated tissue. Data represent mean ± SEM for the
number of experiments shown in parentheses. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 compared with 0 min; p < 0.05 compared with 2 min.
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The phosphorylation state-specific antibody for
thr34-phospho-DARPP-32 also detects the
thr35-phosphorylated form of inhibitor-1, a protein
phosphatase-1 inhibitor that is closely related structurally and
functionally to DARPP-32 (Aitkin et al., 1982 ; Williams et al., 1986 ).
Although detectable levels of inhibitor-1 are expressed in medium-sized
spiny neurons of the neostriatum, the level of
thr35-phosphorylated inhibitor-1 was below the
sensitivity of detection in both control and dopamine-treated samples
(data not shown).
Effect of D1 and D2 agonists on the level of phospho-DARPP-32
Because both D1-like and D2-like dopamine receptors are expressed
in neostriatum, the role of each of these dopamine receptor subclasses
in the regulation of DARPP-32 phosphorylation was studied. The D1
agonist SKF82526 (1 µM) increased the level of
phospho-DARPP-32 by 5.37 ± 0.99-fold (p < 0.01). DARPP-32 phosphorylation was maximal at 5-10 min of incubation,
and the level of phosphorylation subsequently decreased (Fig.
2A). The effect of
SKF82526 on DARPP-32 phosphorylation was dose-dependent with a
half-maximal effect at ~100 nM and was abolished by the
D1 antagonist SCH23390 (data not shown).
Fig. 2.
Effects of D1 agonist (SKF82526) and D2 agonist
(quinpirole) on the basal level of phospho-DARPP-32 in neostriatum.
Slices were incubated with (A) SKF82526 (1 µM) or (B) quinpirole (1 µM) for the indicated times. The amount of
phospho-DARPP-32 was quantitated by densitometry, and the data were
normalized to values obtained with untreated tissue. Data represent
mean ± SEM for 4-12 experiments. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 compared with 0 min; p < 0.05 compared with 5 min.
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Quinpirole (1 µM), a D2-like receptor agonist, decreased
both the basal level (Fig. 2B) and the
SKF82526-stimulated level (Fig. 3) of
phospho-DARPP-32. The effect of quinpirole on the basal level was
observed within 1 min of incubation and was sustained for at least 15 min (Fig. 2B). SKF82526 alone increased the level of
phospho-DARPP-32 by 9.36 ± 2.06-fold in this series of
experiments, and quinpirole at a concentration of 10 nM to
1 µM significantly reduced the SKF82526-stimulated
DARPP-32 phosphorylation (Fig. 3). A near-maximal effect of quinpirole
was observed at a concentration of 100 nM, at which
concentration phospho-DARPP-32 decreased to ~60% of the
SKF82526-stimulated level. These results clearly indicate that drugs
which activate D1- and D2-like dopamine receptors have opposing effects
on the state of phosphorylation of DARPP-32.
Fig. 3.
Opposing effects of D1 agonist (SKF82526) and D2
agonist (quinpirole) on the level of phospho-DARPP-32 in neostriatum.
Slices were preincubated with the indicated concentrations of
quinpirole (1 nM to 1 µM) for 5 min and then
incubated with quinpirole plus SKF82526 (1 µM) for an
additional 5 min. The amount of phospho-DARPP-32 was quantitated by
densitometry, and the data were normalized to values obtained with
SKF82526 alone. Data represent mean ± SEM for four to five
experiments. * p < 0.01 compared with SKF82526 alone.
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Effect of the antipsychotic drug raclopride on the level
of phospho-DARPP-32
Most antipsychotic drugs block D2-like dopamine receptors with
potencies proportional to their clinical antipsychotic potencies. We
examined whether the antipsychotic drug raclopride regulated DARPP-32
phosphorylation in neostriatal slices. Raclopride was chosen as the
antipsychotic drug of choice because of its potent and selective
interaction with D2-like receptors relative to D1-like receptors
(Seeman and Van Tol, 1994 ). Treatment with raclopride (1 µM) for 20 min slightly increased the basal level of
phospho-DARPP-32 (Fig.
4A), suggesting a tonic
activation of D2 receptors under basal conditions. The ability of
quinpirole (100 nM) to decrease the level of
phospho-DARPP-32 under basal conditions was blocked by raclopride.
SKF82526 increased the level of phospho-DARPP-32 to a similar extent in
the presence and absence of raclopride. However, the ability of
quinpirole to decrease the SKF82526-stimulated level of
phospho-DARPP-32 was dramatically reduced by raclopride. These results
indicate that the action of antipsychotic drugs that block D2-like
dopamine receptors involves regulation of the state of phosphorylation
of DARPP-32.
Fig. 4.
Effect of the antipsychotic drug raclopride on the
level of phospho-DARPP-32 in (A) neostriatum and
(B) nucleus accumbens. Slices were incubated for
a total of 20 min. Raclopride (1 µM) was added at 0 min,
quinpirole (100 nM) at 10 min, and SKF82526 (1 µM) at 15 min of incubation. The amount of
phospho-DARPP-32 was quantitated by densitometry, and the data were
normalized to values obtained with SKF82526 alone. A,
Data represent mean ± SEM for six to nine experiments. *
p < 0.01 compared with no addition; p < 0.01 compared with SKF82526 alone; § p < 0.05 compared with quinpirole alone; ¶ p < 0.01 compared with SKF82526 plus quinpirole.
B, Data represent mean ± SEM for five to seven experiments. * p < 0.05 compared with no addition;
p < 0.01 compared with SKF82526 alone; § p < 0.01 compared with quinpirole alone; ¶ p < 0.02 compared with SKF82526 plus
quinpirole.
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Effects of SKF82526, quinpirole, and raclopride, similar to those seen
in the neostriatum, were also observed in the nucleus accumbens (Fig.
4B). In the nucleus accumbens, SKF82526 increased the
level of phospho-DARPP-32 (by about sevenfold), whereas quinpirole decreased the basal level of DARPP-32 phosphorylation (by ~50%). Quinpirole also decreased the SKF82526-stimulated DARPP-32
phosphorylation by ~60%. Raclopride alone induced a small increase
in the basal level of phospho-DARPP-32. In addition, raclopride
abolished the quinpirole-induced decrease in basal DARPP-32
phosphorylation as well as the quinpirole-induced decrease in
SKF82526-stimulated DARPP-32 phosphorylation.
Effect of D2 agonist on stimulated levels of phospho-DARPP-32
The ability of the D2 agonist quinpirole to reduce the basal and
D1 agonist-stimulated levels of phospho-DARPP-32 could be explained in
at least two ways (see Fig. 8). Because the activation of D2-like
dopamine receptors has been reported to inhibit adenylyl cyclase
through a Gi-mediated mechanism, it is possible that D2 receptor agonists decrease DARPP-32 phosphorylation by inhibiting D1
receptor-mediated increases in cAMP formation. Alternatively, activation of D2-like dopamine receptors might increase the activity of
calcineurin, a calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, which
has been shown to dephosphorylate phospho-DARPP-32 (King et al., 1984 ;
Halpain et al., 1990 ). To evaluate the relative contributions of the
cAMP and calcineurin pathways to the regulation of DARPP-32
phosphorylation by a D2 agonist, we examined the ability of quinpirole
to regulate DARPP-32 phosphorylation in the presence of forskolin or
the cAMP analog 8-bromo-cAMP. Treatment of neostriatal slices with
forskolin (10 µM), a direct activator of adenylyl cyclase, increased the level of phospho-DARPP-32 by 20-fold after 5 min. The D2-like receptor agonist quinpirole (1 µM)
reduced the forskolin-stimulated DARPP-32 phosphorylation by 35% (Fig. 5), indicating that the effect of
quinpirole occurred downstream of the D1 receptor. When neostriatal
slices were treated with 8-bromo-cAMP (1 mM) for 5 min, the
level of phospho-DARPP-32 increased by 25-fold, and quinpirole (1 µM) reduced this increase by 30%. This result indicates
that the stimulation of D2-like dopamine receptors in striatum
decreases DARPP-32 phosphorylation, in part, through a mechanism other
than inhibition of adenylyl cyclase activity.
Fig. 8.
Postulated pathways by which dopamine may regulate
DARPP-32 phosphorylation. Activation of D1 receptors increases cAMP,
leading to the activation of PKA and the phosphorylation of DARPP-32 on thr34, converting it into a potent inhibitor of
protein phosphatase-1. Activation of D2 receptors decreases DARPP-32
phosphorylation by two mechanisms (which might occur in the same or in
different groups of neurons): one involves an inhibition of adenylyl
cyclase, a decrease in cAMP, a decrease in activity of PKA and a
decreased phosphorylation of DARPP-32; the other involves an increase
in intracellular Ca2+, an activation of calcineurin,
and an increased dephosphorylation of
thr34-phospho-DARPP-32. This scheme is supported by
evidence showing that NMDA receptor activation (Halpain et al., 1990 )
and thapsigargin (present study), both of which raise intracellular
Ca2+, cause the dephosphorylation of
thr34-phospho-DARPP-32.
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Fig. 5.
Effect of D2 agonist (quinpirole) on stimulated
levels of phospho-DARPP-32 in neostriatum. Slices were preincubated
with quinpirole (1 µM) for 5 min and then incubated with
quinpirole plus either (A) SKF82526 (1 µM), (B) forskolin (10 µM), or (C) 8-bromo-cAMP (1 mM) for an additional 5 min. The amount of phospho-DARPP-32 was quantitated by densitometry, and the data were normalized to values
obtained with SKF82526, forskolin, or 8-bromo-cAMP alone. Data
represent mean ± SEM for three to four experiments. *
p < 0.01 compared with SKF82526, forskolin, or
8-bromo-cAMP alone.
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Effect of Ca-free/EGTA medium on the level of phospho-DARPP-32
We next determined whether the regulation of DARPP-32
phosphorylation by quinpirole was Ca2+-dependent.
Incubation of slices in Ca2+-free/EGTA medium for 20 min increased the level of phospho-DARPP-32 by 61.8 ± 10.7-fold
(Fig. 6). The effect of
Ca2+-free/EGTA medium was much larger than the
effect of forskolin or 8-bromo-cAMP. When
Ca2+-free/EGTA medium was replaced by normal
Krebs-HCO3 buffer
(Ca2+, 1.5 mM), DARPP-32 was
dephosphorylated (data not shown). These results indicate that the
phosphorylation of DARPP-32 is tightly regulated by
Ca2+ and support a role for calcineurin in the
regulation of DARPP-32 phosphorylation.
Fig. 6.
Effect of Ca2+-free/EGTA medium
on the level of phospho-DARPP-32 in neostriatum. Slices were incubated
in control or Ca2+-free/EGTA medium for 20 min.
A, Phospho-DARPP-32 was detected using a phosphorylation
state-specific mAb (mAb-23). B, The amount of
phospho-DARPP-32 was quantitated by densitometry, and the data were
normalized to values obtained with control. Data represent mean ± SEM for four experiments. * p < 0.01 compared with
control.
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Under Ca2+-free conditions (Fig.
7), SKF82526, forskolin, and 8-bromo-cAMP
each increased the level of phospho-DARPP-32, over the already high
basal levels, by 1.55 ± 0.12-, 2.04 ± 0.22-, and 2.42 ± 0.53-fold, respectively. Under each of these conditions, quinpirole
failed to decrease the level of phospho-DARPP-32. These results further
suggest that the effect of D2-like receptor activation is mediated in a
Ca2+-dependent manner.
Fig. 7.
Absence of effect of D2 agonist (quinpirole)
on the level of phospho-DARPP-32 in Ca2+-free/EGTA
medium. Neostriatal slices were incubated in
Ca2+-free/EGTA medium for a total of 20 min. Buffer
was replaced by Ca2+-free/EGTA medium at 0 min,
quinpirole (1 µM) was added at 10 min, and
(A) SKF82526 (1 mM),
(B) forskolin (10 µM), or
(C) 8-bromo-cAMP (1 mM) was added at
15 min of incubation. The amount of phospho-DARPP-32 was quantitated by
densitometry, and the data were normalized to values obtained with
SKF82526, forskolin, or 8-bromo-cAMP alone. Data represent mean ± SEM for three to four experiments.
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The possible involvement of the calcium/calcineurin pathway in the
regulation of DARPP-32 phosphorylation was further examined by the use
of thapsigargin, which increases intracellular Ca2+
levels by inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum
Ca2+-ATPase (Thastrup et al., 1990 ). The level of
phospho-DARPP-32 seen after incubation of neostriatal slices with
SKF82526 (1 µM) for 5 min was reduced by 46.9 ± 7.7% when thapsigargin (5 µM) was added to the medium 5 min before addition of the D1 agonist. These results suggest that
release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores can
modulate DARPP-32 phosphorylation.
Effect of cyclosporin A on the level of phospho-DARPP-32
The effect of cyclosporin A, a specific inhibitor of calcineurin,
on the level of phospho-DARPP-32 is shown in Table
1. Basal levels of phospho-DARPP-32 were
increased 11- to 16-fold by cyclosporin A. Moreover, this calcineurin
inhibitor acted synergistically with SKF82526 to increase the level of
phospho-DARPP-32 and prevented the decrease that occurred after
prolonged incubation of slices with the D1 agonist alone (Table 1A).
Although cyclosporin A increased the basal level of phospho-DARPP-32
dramatically, a quinpirole-induced decrease in the level of
phospho-DARPP-32 was still observed in its presence (Table 1B). These
results suggest that a D2 agonist-induced decrease in the low, basal
level of cAMP contributes to the ability of quinpirole to reduce
DARPP-32 phosphorylation. In contrast, cyclosporin A abolished the
ability of quinpirole to decrease the SKF82526-stimulated
phosphorylation of DARPP-32 (Table 1C). These results indicate that
when calcineurin is inhibited in the presence of SKF82526, quinpirole
does not reduce the level of cAMP below that sufficient for optimal
phosphorylation of DARPP-32.
Effect of D2 agonist on the level of phospho-DARPP-32 is not
mediated through the NMDA receptor
The activation of NMDA receptors decreases the
phosphorylation of DARPP-32 in the neostriatum (Halpain et al., 1990 ).
This effect has been hypothesized to occur through a mechanism
involving increased intracellular calcium and activation of
calcineurin. We have examined whether the D2-mediated regulation of
DARPP-32 phosphorylation requires activation of NMDA receptors.
Although both NMDA and quinpirole antagonized the ability of SKF82526
to increase the level of phospho-DARPP-32, the effect of NMDA, but not
that of quinpirole, was abolished by the NMDA receptor antagonist MK801
(Table 2). These results indicate that
the ability of quinpirole to decrease the level of phospho-DARPP-32
occurs independently of the NMDA receptor. Treatment with MK801
increased the level of phospho-DARPP-32 under basal conditions,
suggesting that in our preparation the NMDA receptor is tonically
active and dephosphorylates DARPP-32 through activation of
calcineurin.
Effect of D2 agonist on the level of phospho-DARPP-32 is not
reduced by tetrodotoxin (TTX)
It seemed possible that the D2-mediated decrease in DARPP-32
phosphorylation might involve release of a neurotransmitter from neurons other than those containing D1 receptors. Therefore, we tested
the effect of TTX, an inhibitor of sodium-dependent action potentials,
on the ability of quinpirole to affect DARPP-32 phosphorylation. TTX
failed to reduce the effect of quinpirole (Table
3). TTX increased the levels of
phospho-DARPP-32 under basal conditions or in the presence of SKF82526.
The effect of TTX, like that of MK-801, supports the possibility that
in our preparation the NMDA receptor is tonically active and
dephosphorylates DARPP-32 through activation of calcineurin. The data
provide no support for the possibility that quinpirole achieved its
effect by release of a neurotransmitter from interneurons.
DISCUSSION
The results of this study demonstrate that DARPP-32
phosphorylation is regulated in mouse neostriatum through the opposing actions of D1- and D2-like dopamine receptors. Previous reports from
this laboratory (Walaas et al., 1983 ; Walaas and Greengard, 1984 ) have
shown that dopamine stimulates D1-like dopamine receptors in rat
striatum, leading to sequential activation of adenylyl cyclase and
cAMP-dependent protein kinase, and phosphorylation of DARPP-32 on
thr34. The present results support the notion that
dopamine-stimulated DARPP-32 phosphorylation is a D1 receptor-mediated
effect and demonstrate that activation of D2-like dopamine receptors
strongly reduces both the basal level of DARPP-32 phosphorylation and
the phosphorylation of DARPP-32 stimulated by SKF82526, forskolin, and
8-bromo-cAMP. Thus, D1- and D2-like receptors have opposing effects on
the activity of DARPP-32.
Adenylyl cyclase activity in the neostriatum is regulated through the
opposing interactions of D1 and D2 receptors (Stoof and Kebabian,
1981 ). The inhibition of adenylyl cyclase activity by D2 receptors
almost certainly contributes to the ability of quinpirole to reduce the
phosphorylation of DARPP-32. However, such a mechanism does not fully
explain the results of this study, because the activation of D2
receptors effectively decreases DARPP-32 phosphorylation induced by an
exogenous cAMP analog, 8-bromo-cAMP. These data clearly indicate that a
cAMP-independent pathway also participates in D2-receptor mediated
regulation of DARPP-32.
One such mechanism by which quinpirole may reduce the phosphorylation
of DARPP-32 is through an increase in the activity of a protein
phosphatase(s) that dephosphorylates thr34 on
DARPP-32. The calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase calcineurin has been shown to dephosphorylate DARPP-32 with a high
efficiency in vitro (King et al., 1984 ). The present study demonstrates that the ability of a D2 receptor agonist to reduce D1-stimulated DARPP-32 phosphorylation is blocked by the calcineurin inhibitor cyclosporin A. The data indicate that the activation of D2
receptors induces an increase in intracellular calcium and an
activation of calcineurin in neostriatal neurons, leading to dephosphorylation of DARPP-32. It seems likely then that D2 agonists cause the dephosphorylation of DARPP-32 both by reducing PKA-stimulated phosphorylation [e.g., Table 1B, cyclosporin A (+)] and by increasing calcineurin-stimulated dephosphorylation (e.g., Fig. 5C).
These dual effects of D2 receptor activation on DARPP-32
phosphorylation are shown in Figure
8.
Calcium omission induced a dramatic increase in the level of
phospho-DARPP-32 in neostriatal slices and blocked D2-mediated inhibition of DARPP-32 phosphorylation, further supporting a role for
the calcium-dependent phosphatase in DARPP-32 regulation. Calcium
omission increased DARPP-32 phosphorylation much more than did
cyclosporin A treatment. This difference in effectiveness might be
attributable to incomplete inhibition of calcineurin by cyclosporin A. Alternatively, other calcium-dependent processes could also contribute
to the regulation of DARPP-32 phosphorylation. For instance, a major
subtype of adenylyl cyclase, type V calcium-inhibitable adenylyl
cyclase, is enriched in neostriatum (Cooper et al., 1995 ), and calcium
omission would be expected to increase the activity of this enzyme,
resulting in a potentiation of D1-stimulated DARPP-32 phosphorylation.
In addition, the degradation of cAMP in neostriatum is mediated by a
calcium-dependent phosphodiesterase activity (Polli and Kincaid, 1994 ),
which would be anticipated to decrease under conditions of low calcium
availability, leading to an additional mechanism for the potentiation
of D1-stimulated DARPP-32 phosphorylation. Thus, physiological
conditions that reduce intracellular calcium would be expected to
decrease the driving force for calcium-dependent dephosphorylation and
may also affect multiple signaling enzymes within neostriatal neurons
to promote cAMP-dependent phosphorylation of DARPP-32 by PKA.
Recent studies have shown that multiple effectors, including potassium
channels, calcium channels, and phospholipase C, can be regulated by
G-protein-mediated interactions with D2 receptors (Huff, 1996 ). The
functional interaction of the D2 receptor with these effectors varies
with the host cells and tissues that have been studied. For example,
Yan and colleagues (1996) reported that D2 receptors on neostriatal
neurons inhibit calcium channel conductances through interaction with a
Gi/o class protein. Vallar et al. (1990) reported that D2
receptors expressed in pituitary GH4C1 cells decrease intracellular
Ca2+ by inhibiting calcium channel activity, and
that in contrast D2 receptors expressed in Ltk
fibroblasts increase intracellular Ca2+ by
activating phospholipase C. A similar heterogeneity in D2 receptor
effects on ion channel activity has been shown in neostriatal neurons
by Surmeier et al. (1992) , who demonstrated that D2 receptors could
decrease sodium current in medium spiny neurons through a
membrane-delimited pathway and increase it through a soluble second
messenger pathway. Our results indicate that the effect of D2 receptors
on DARPP-32 phosphorylation is calcium-dependent and mediated by an
increase in intracellular Ca2+ and an activation of
calcineurin. It is possible that D2 receptors located on
DARPP-32-containing neostriatal neurons mediate an increase in
intracellular Ca2+ through regulation of potassium
channels, calcium channels, or phospholipase C. The contributions of
these various signal transduction pathways to the regulation of
intracellular Ca2+, calcineurin activity, and
DARPP-32 phosphorylation remain to be clarified. In addition, our data
do not exclude the possibility that other D2-like receptors, including
the D3 and D4 receptors, which are expressed in medium spiny neurons,
albeit at low density (Surmeier et al., 1996 ), also contribute to
signaling pathways responsible for calcineurin-dependent
dephosphorylation of DARPP-32.
In principle, the effect of D2 agonists in causing the
dephosphorylation of DARPP-32 might be attributable either to a direct effect on D1 receptor-containing neurons or to an indirect effect involving release of neurotransmitter from other neurons. In support of
a direct action, Surmeier et al. (1996) reported that as many as 60%
of the neostriatal neurons that contain D1-class receptors also contain
D2-class receptors. Our data, indicating that quinpirole induces a 40%
decrease in SKF82526-induced phosphorylation of DARPP-32, is consistent
with a limited expression of D2- class receptors in D1
receptor-containing neurons. Activation of NMDA receptors that are
ubiquitous on medium spiny neurons (Ghasemzadeh et al., 1996 ) induces a
100% decrease in SKF-induced phosphorylation of DARPP-32 (Table 2).
Thus, the difference in the distribution of D2 and NMDA receptors may
explain the greater efficacy of NMDA in reducing D1-stimulation of
DARPP-32 phosphorylation.
Some groups have reported a very low degree of overlap of the two
receptor classes (Gerfen et al., 1990 ; Hersch et al., 1995 ). Specifically, they report an apparent complete segregation of D1 and D2
receptors on dendrites (Hersch et al., 1995 ), with the possibility of
up to a 20% colocalization of D1 and D2 receptors on neostriatal
somata (Hersch et al., 1995 ). The results of these latter investigators
would argue for an indirect mechanism for the action of quinpirole,
involving the release, from non-D1 receptor-containing neurons, of a
neurotransmitter which, in turn, induces calcium-dependent activation
of calcineurin and mediates DARPP-32 dephosphorylation in medium-sized
spiny neurons. A similar mechanism has been proposed for the
dephosphorylation of phospho-thr34-DARPP-32 in
neostriatal neurons by the neuropeptide cholecystokinin (CCK) (Snyder
et al., 1993 ). CCK-mediated decreases in DARPP-32 phosphorylation are
blocked by the NMDA receptor antagonist MK801, which suggests that CCK
regulates DARPP-32 by release of excitatory amino acids like glutamate
and aspartate from either corticostriatal nerve terminals or
interneurons. The D2-mediated release of a neurotransmitter from
interneurons seems unlikely to be involved in the D2-mediated decrease
in DARPP-32 phosphorylation, because TTX, an inhibitor of
sodium-dependent action potentials, did not block the D2 agonist effect
(Table 3). In addition, the present study indicates that although the
activation of NMDA receptors, like that of D2 receptors, decreases
basal and D1-stimulated DARPP-32 phosphorylation in neostriatal slices
through stimulation of calcineurin, these effects are independent,
because the D2 receptor effect was not blocked by MK801, an NMDA
receptor antagonist.
It is widely believed that a relative hyperactivity within
mesolimbic and/or nigrostriatal dopaminergic systems contributes to the
etiology of schizophrenia (Davis et al., 1991 ). This hypothesis is
based largely on studies of the mechanism of action of neuroleptic medications. The therapeutic efficacy of antipsychotic drugs is linked
to their ability to block dopamine receptors, particularly those that
interact with D2-like dopamine receptors (for review, see Seeman,
1992 ). Typical antipsychotic drugs have been reported to antagonize the
inhibitory effect of D2 receptors on adenylyl cyclase (Onali et al.,
1985 ), to increase Fos expression (Dragunow et al., 1990 ), and to
affect the expression of glutamate receptor subunits (Fitzgerald et
al., 1995 ). In the present study, we have demonstrated that raclopride,
a widely used antipsychotic, increases the phosphorylation of DARPP-32
in basal and D2 receptor-activated conditions in slices of neostriatum
and nucleus accumbens, implicating a DARPP-32/protein phosphatase-1
pathway in the actions of this and other antipsychotic drugs.
Raclopride also blocked D2-mediated inhibition of D1-stimulated
DARPP-32 phosphorylation in neostriatum and nucleus accumbens. The
nucleus accumbens is a target for mesolimbic dopaminergic projections
(Swanson, 1982 ) that has been implicated in the genesis of psychotic
symptoms (Davis et al., 1991 ).
The notion that the action of antipsychotic drugs might be mediated
through increasing DARPP-32 phosphorylation is made more interesting by
a recent report showing that treatment with a D1 antagonist (SCH39166)
does not improve but actually worsens the symptoms of schizophrenia
(Karlsson et al., 1995 ). D1 antagonists, like D2 agonists, would be
expected to inhibit increases in DARPP-32 phosphorylation. The
increased DARPP-32 phosphorylation, observed in response to raclopride
treatment, would be expected to inhibit protein phosphatase-1 activity,
resulting in an increase in the state of phosphorylation of various
substrates that contribute to the regulation of neuronal excitability.
There is evidence that the D1/DARPP-32/protein phosphatase-1 cascade
regulates the state of phosphorylation and/or the activity of the
electrogenic sodium pump
Na+,K+-ATPase (Nishi et al.,
1996 ), calcium channels (Surmeier et al., 1994 ), voltage-dependent
sodium channels (Surmeier et al., 1992 ; Schiffman et al., 1994 ), and
the glutamate receptor subunit NR1 (Snyder et al., 1996 ). The mechanism
by which alterations in the state of phosphorylation of these and other
substrates of protein phosphatase-1 contribute to the action of
antipsychotic drugs represents an interesting challenge for future
investigations.
FOOTNOTES
Received May 27, 1997; revised July 18, 1997; accepted Aug. 13, 1997.
This research was supported by Grant MH40899 from the United States
Public Health Service (P.G.). The authors thank Drs. Angus C. Nairn and
Gilberto Fisone for helpful discussion. Cyclosporin A was kindly
provided by Abbott Laboratories and SKF82526 by SK&F Laboratories.
Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Paul Greengard, Laboratory of
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021.
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P. Svenningsson, M. Lindskog, C. Ledent, M. Parmentier, P. Greengard, B. B. Fredholm, and G. Fisone
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J. A. Bibb, Z. Yan, P. Svenningsson, G. L. Snyder, V. A. Pieribone, A. Horiuchi, A. C. Nairn, A. Messer, and P. Greengard
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