Homo- and hetero-oligomerization of beta-arrestins in living cells |
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Authors: | Storez Hélène Scott Mark G H Issafras Hassan Burtey Anne Benmerah Alexandre Muntaner Olivier Piolot Tristan Tramier Marc Coppey-Moisan Maité Bouvier Michel Labbé-Jullié Catherine Marullo Stefano |
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Institution: | Department of Cell Biology, Institut Cochin, Paris, F-75014 France. |
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Abstract: | Arrestins are important proteins, which regulate the function of serpentine heptahelical receptors and contribute to multiple signaling pathways downstream of receptors. The ubiquitous beta-arrestins are believed to function exclusively as monomers, although self-association is assumed to control the activity of visual arrestin in the retina, where this isoform is particularly abundant. Here the oligomerization status of beta-arrestins was investigated using different approaches, including co-immunoprecipitation of epitope-tagged beta-arrestins and resonance energy transfer (BRET and FRET) in living cells. At steady state and at physiological concentrations, beta-arrestins constitutively form both homo- and hetero-oligomers. Co-expression of beta-arrestin2 and beta-arrestin1 prevented beta-arrestin1 accumulation into the nucleus, suggesting that hetero-oligomerization may have functional consequences. Our data clearly indicate that beta-arrestins can exist as homo- and hetero-oligomers in living cells and raise the hypothesis that the oligomeric state may regulate their subcellular distribution and functions. |
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