PMID- 24010830 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140710 LR - 20211021 IS - 1477-5751 (Electronic) IS - 1477-5751 (Linking) VI - 12 DP - 2013 Sep 8 TI - Biological constraints limit the use of rapamycin-inducible FKBP12-Inp54p for depleting PIP2 in dorsal root ganglia neurons. PG - 13 LID - 10.1186/1477-5751-12-13 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Rapamycin-induced translocation systems can be used to manipulate biological processes with precise temporal control. These systems are based on rapamycin-induced dimerization of FK506 Binding Protein 12 (FKBP12) with the FKBP Rapamycin Binding (FRB) domain of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). Here, we sought to adapt a rapamycin-inducible phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2)-specific phosphatase (Inp54p) system to deplete PIP2 in nociceptive dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons. RESULTS: We genetically targeted membrane-tethered CFP-FRBPLF (a destabilized FRB mutant) to the ubiquitously expressed Rosa26 locus, generating a Rosa26-FRBPLF knockin mouse. In a second knockin mouse line, we targeted Venus-FKBP12-Inp54p to the Calcitonin gene-related peptide-alpha (CGRPalpha) locus. We hypothesized that after intercrossing these mice, rapamycin treatment would induce translocation of Venus-FKBP12-Inp54p to the plasma membrane in CGRP+ DRG neurons. In control experiments with cell lines, rapamycin induced translocation of Venus-FKBP12-Inp54p to the plasma membrane, and subsequent depletion of PIP2, as measured with a PIP2 biosensor. However, rapamycin did not induce translocation of Venus-FKBP12-Inp54p to the plasma membrane in FRBPLF-expressing DRG neurons (in vitro or in vivo). Moreover, rapamycin treatment did not alter PIP2-dependent thermosensation in vivo. Instead, rapamycin treatment stabilized FRBPLF in cultured DRG neurons, suggesting that rapamycin promoted dimerization of FRBPLF with endogenous FKBP12. CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, our data indicate that these knockin mice cannot be used to inducibly deplete PIP2 in DRG neurons. Moreover, our data suggest that high levels of endogenous FKBP12 could compete for binding to FRBPLF, hence limiting the use of rapamycin-inducible systems to cells with low levels of endogenous FKBP12. FAU - Coutinho-Budd, Jaeda C AU - Coutinho-Budd JC AD - Curriculum in Neurobiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. zylka@med.unc.edu. FAU - Snider, Samuel B AU - Snider SB FAU - Fitzpatrick, Brendan J AU - Fitzpatrick BJ FAU - Rittiner, Joseph E AU - Rittiner JE FAU - Zylka, Mark J AU - Zylka MJ LA - eng GR - P30 NS045892/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS067688/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - 1F31NS068038/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - P30NS045892/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20130908 PL - England TA - J Negat Results Biomed JT - Journal of negative results in biomedicine JID - 101152210 RN - 0 (Inositol Phosphates) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 93060-87-8 (inositol 4,5-bisphosphate) RN - EC 3.1.3.16 (Phosphoprotein Phosphatases) RN - EC 5.2.1.- (Tacrolimus Binding Protein 1A) RN - JHB2QIZ69Z (Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biosensing Techniques MH - Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide/metabolism MH - Cell Membrane/drug effects/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Ganglia, Spinal/drug effects/*metabolism MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Heterozygote MH - Humans MH - Hypersensitivity/pathology MH - Inflammation/pathology MH - Inositol Phosphates/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Models, Biological MH - Neurons/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Peptides/metabolism MH - Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/*metabolism MH - Protein Transport/drug effects MH - Rats MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/*metabolism MH - Sensory Receptor Cells/drug effects/metabolism MH - Sirolimus/*pharmacology MH - Tacrolimus Binding Protein 1A/*metabolism PMC - PMC3844522 EDAT- 2013/09/10 06:00 MHDA- 2014/07/11 06:00 PMCR- 2013/09/08 CRDT- 2013/09/10 06:00 PHST- 2013/05/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/09/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/09/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/09/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/07/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/09/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1477-5751-12-13 [pii] AID - 10.1186/1477-5751-12-13 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Negat Results Biomed. 2013 Sep 8;12:13. doi: 10.1186/1477-5751-12-13.