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  • OMass Therapeutics's founder, Carol Robinson, has been awarded the prestigious Louis-Jeantet ...

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  • Coordinated transcriptomics and peptidomics of central nervous system identify neuropeptides and ...

    Neuropeptides and their specific receptors (primarily G protein-coupled receptors, GPCRs) regulate multiple A total of 41 neuropeptide GPCR genes belonging to three classes were also identified. These GPCRs and their probable ligands were predicted. expression patterns of these 98 genes in various larval tissues were evaluated using quantitative real-time PCR to determine physiological functions and pharmacological characterization of neuropeptides and their GPCRs

  • Profiling Immune Cell and Platelet Transcriptomes

    G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are integral to cellular signaling, influencing a wide array of physiological advancements in transcriptomic profiling have provided new insights into the expression patterns of GPCRs The study reports that human white blood cells express an average of 160 GPCR mRNAs, ranging from 123 to 206, while platelets exhibit a distinct profile with 69 GPCR mRNAs. abundant and rare GPCR transcripts.

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  • Phospholipid Scrambling by G Protein-Coupled Receptors

    Unexpectedly, Class A G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a large class of signaling proteins exemplified transbilayer lipid movement, conceptualized as the swiping of a credit card (lipid) through a card reader (GPCR Conformational changes that facilitate scrambling are distinct from those associated with GPCR signaling In this review, we discuss the physiological significance of GPCR scramblase activity and the modes of

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  • Characterization of a new WHIM syndrome mutant reveals mechanistic differences in regulation of ...

    Characterization of a new WHIM syndrome mutant reveals mechanistic differences in regulation of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 WHIM syndrome is a rare immunodeficiency disorder that is characterized by warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, and myelokathexis. While several gain-of-function mutations that lead to C-terminal truncations, frame shifts and point mutations in the chemokine receptor CXCR4 have been identified in WHIM syndrome patients, the functional effect of these mutations are not fully understood. Here, we report on a new WHIM syndrome mutation that results in a frame shift within the codon for Ser339 (S339fs5) and compare the properties of S339fs5 with wild type CXCR4 and a previously identified WHIM syndrome mutant, R334X. The S339fs5 and R334X mutants exhibited significantly increased signaling compared to wild type CXCR4 including agonist-promoted calcium flux and extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation. This increase is at least partially due to a significant decrease in agonist-promoted phosphorylation, β-arrestin binding, and endocytosis of S339fs5 and R334X compared to wild type CXCR4. Interestingly, there were also significant differences in receptor degradation, with S339fs5 having a very high basal level of degradation compared to that of R334X and wild type CXCR4. In contrast to wild type CXCR4, both R334X and S339fs5 were largely insensitive to CXCL12-promoted degradation. Moreover, while basal and agonist-promoted degradation of wild type CXCR4 was effectively inhibited by the CXCR4 antagonist TE-14016, this had no effect on the degradation of the WHIM mutants. Taken together, these studies identify a new WHIM syndrome mutant, CXCR4-S339fs5, that promotes enhanced signaling, reduced phosphorylation, β-arrestin binding and endocytosis, and a very high basal rate of degradation that is not protected by antagonist treatment. Read full article

  • HDX-MS-optimized approach to characterize nanobodies as tools for biochemical and structural ...

    HDX-MS-optimized approach to characterize nanobodies as tools for biochemical and structural studies of class The class IB PI3K, PI3Kγ, is a heterodimeric complex composed of a catalytic p110γ subunit bound to a multiple immune signaling processes and is dependent on activation by Ras and G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs that stimulated lipid kinase activity, block Ras activation, and specifically inhibited p101-mediated GPCR

  • APEX2/AUR Biosensor: A Powerful Tool for Protein Interaction and Trafficking

    Significant advancements in the cellular biology of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) about a novel fluorescence serves as a readout for the activity of APEX2 and, by extension, the trafficking of the GPCR The development of molecular tools to study GPCR trafficking in real-time opens new avenues for understanding The implications of this research extend beyond basic science ; understanding the role of DNAJC13 in GPCR field continues to evolve, this study represents a crucial step toward unraveling the understanding of GPCR

  • On-cell nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to probe cell surface interactions

    characterize ligand interactions with cell surface membrane proteins such as G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs We also provide a brief survey of the applicability of on-cell NMR approaches to other classes of cell

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  • Phenylalanine 193 in Extracellular Loop 2 of the β 2-Adrenergic Receptor Coordinates β-Arrestin ...

    Loop 2 of the β 2-Adrenergic Receptor Coordinates β-Arrestin Interaction G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs The β2-adrenergic receptor (β2AR) is a prototypical and extensively studied GPCR that can provide insight into this aspect of GPCR signaling thanks to robust structural data and rich pharmacopeia. regulation that may contribute to biased signaling at GPCRs. We characterized the effects of extracellular loop mutations on agonist-promoted interactions of GPCRs

  • Melatonin MT 2 receptor is expressed and potentiates contraction in human airway smooth muscle

    Numerous physiological effects of melatonin are mediated via its specific G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs human and guinea pig airway smooth muscle and cultured human airway smooth muscle (HASM) cells by RT-PCR

  • Unlocking Cell's Secrets: Spontaneous β-Arrestin-Membrane Preassociation Drives Receptor-Activation

    bilayer creates is dynamic and interactive, becoming the foundation for many interactions involved in GPCR . β-arrestins are cytosolic proteins that translocate to the plasma membrane upon GPCR activation, then Understanding the interplay between GPCRs and β-arrestins and how this complex operates on the plasma Membrane phosphoinositides regulate GPCR-β-arrestin complex assembly and dynamics. Molecular mechanism of GPCR-mediated arrestin activation.

  • The mouse cytomegalovirus G protein-coupled receptor homolog, M33, coordinates key features of ...

    all cytomegalovirus (CMV) genomes analysed to date is the presence of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR IMPORTANCE G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) act as cell surface molecular "switches" which regulate All cytomegalovirus (CMV) genomes analysed to date possess GPCR homologs with phylogenetic evidence for The mouse CMV (MCMV) GPCR homolog, designated M33, is important for cell-associated virus spread and The signalling repertoire of M33 is distinct from cellular GPCRs and little is known of the relevance

  • TLR4 biased small molecule modulators

    Currently, attention was mainly paid to biased signaling modulators targeting G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs The biased signaling modulation of non-GPCR receptors has yet to be exploited. Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) is one such non-GPCR receptor, which involves MyD88-dependent and TRIF-dependent modulators of TLR4 would provide insight for the future development of biased modulators for other non-GPCR

  • Neuronal Gα subunits required for the control of response to polystyrene nanoparticles in the ...

    this study was to identify Gα proteins mediating function of neuronal G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs Some neuronal GPCRs (such as GTR-1, DCAR-1, DOP-2, NPR-8, NPR-12, NPR-9, and DAF-37) functioned upstream of GOA-1, some neuronal GPCRs (such as DCAR-1, DOP-2, NPR-9, NPR-8, and DAF-37) functioned upstream of GSA-1, and some neuronal GPCRs (such as DOP-2, NPR-8, DAF-37, and DCAR-1) functioned upstream of GPA Our results provide clues for understanding the important function of GPCRs-Gα signaling cascade in the

  • A Chemical Biology Toolbox Targeting the Intracellular Binding Site of CCR9: Fluorescent Ligands ...

    allosteric binding site (IABS) has recently been identified at several G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs To chemically induce CCR9 degradation, we then developed the first PROTAC targeting the IABS of GPCRs our CCR9-PROTAC is able to reduce CCR9 levels, thereby offering an unprecedented approach to modulate GPCR

  • The sixth transmembrane region of a pheromone G-protein coupled receptor, Map3, is implicated in ...

    molecular recognition of two peptidyl mating pheromones by their corresponding G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs Here, we investigated the stringency of the two GPCRs, Mam2 and Map3, for their respective pheromones First, we switched GPCRs between S. pombe and the closely related species Schizosaccharomyces octosporus Thus, the differences in these two GPCRs might reflect the significantly distinct stringency/flexibility

  • Integration and Spatial Organization of Signaling by G Protein-Coupled Receptor Homo- and ...

    The G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest family of membrane receptors, with nearly 800 The recognition that GPCRs may physically interact with each other has led to the hypothesis that their Furthermore, the formation of GPCRs higher order oligomers provides the structural basis for organizing

  • A Model for the Signal Initiation Complex Between Arrestin-3 and the Src Family Kinase Fgr

    regulate a wide range of signaling events, most notably when bound to active G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs Among the known effectors recruited by GPCR-bound arrestins are Src family kinases, which regulate cellular determined the crystal structure of the Fgr SH3 domain at 1.9 Å resolution and developed a model for the GPCR-arrestin

  • G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 is essential to enable vasoconstrictor-mediated arterial ...

    vasoconstrictors, resulting in enhanced signalling through their cognate G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR Prolonged vasoconstrictor GPCR signalling increases arterial contraction and stimulates signalling pathways GPCR signalling through phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt) promotes VSMC proliferation In VSMC, G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2) is known to regulate numerous vasoconstrictor GPCRs

  • In Vitro and In Silico Characterization of Kurarinone as a Dopamine D 1A Receptor Antagonist and ...

    Alterations in the expression and/or activity of brain G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) such as dopamine Since studies have indicated that flavonoids can target brain GPCRs and provide neuroprotection via inhibition Functional GPCR assays unfolded the compound's antagonist behavior on D1R (IC50 42.1 ± 0.35 μM) and agonist

  • Lysophosphatidic Acid and Several Neurotransmitters Converge on Rho-Kinase 2 Signaling to Manage...

    Several neurotransmitters and neuromodulators, acting through G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), fine-tune However, intracellular partners linking GPCRs to TASK1 modulation are not yet well-known. We hypothesized that isoform 2 of rho-kinase (ROCK2), acting as downstream GPCRs, mediates adjustment Furthermore, ROCK activity assays were performed to evaluate the ability of various physiological GPCR

  • Opioid Receptors and Protonation-Coupled Binding of Opioid Drugs

    Opioid receptors are G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) part of cell signaling paths of direct interest typically have a protonated amino group that contributes to receptor binding, and the functioning of GPCRs

  • 4GPCRnet - International Symposium

    SEPTEMBER 26-29, 2022 (Leipzig, Germany)​ 4GPCRnet meeting bringing together four of the biggest GPCR Four of the biggest European networks on GPCR research (COST Actions Adher’n Rise and ERNEST plus DFG-funded

  • Rescue of Cell Surface Expression and Signaling of Mutant Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptors

    Mutations in G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) underlie numerous diseases. Pharmacological chaperones are cell-permeant small molecules that engage nascent mutant GPCRs in the These findings aid in advancing the understanding of the effects of genetic mutations on GPCR function

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