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Elizabeth Johnstone were awarded one of the 2022 Diabetes Research Grants at the World Diabetes Day Breakfast "Congratulations to Perkins Professor Kevin Pfleger and Dr Elizabeth Johnstone who were awarded one of

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) transmit extracellular signals to the inside by activation of intracellular effector proteins. Different agonists can promote differential receptor-induced signaling responses - termed bias - potentially by eliciting different levels of recruitment of effector proteins. As activation and recruitment of effector proteins might influence each other, thorough analysis of bias is difficult. Here, we compared the efficacy of seven agonists to induce G protein, G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2), as well as arrestin3 binding to the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M3 by utilizing FRET-based assays. In order to avoid interference between these interactions, we studied GRK2 binding in the presence of inhibitors of Gi and Gq proteins and analyzed arrestin3 binding to prestimulated M3 receptors to avoid differences in receptor phosphorylation influencing arrestin recruitment. We measured substantial differences in the agonist efficacies to induce M3R-arrestin3 versus M3R-GRK2 interaction. However, the rank order of the agonists for G protein- and GRK2-M3R interaction was the same, suggesting that G protein and GRK2 binding to M3R requires similar receptor conformations, whereas requirements for arrestin3 binding to M3R are distinct. Read full article

Genome-wide identification of 216 G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) genes from the marine water flea Here, we identified a total 216 full-length GPCR genes in the marine water flea Diaphanosoma celebensis In this study, these results may provide a better understanding on the evolution of GPCRs, and expand

Authors Anna B Halpern , Eduardo Rodríguez-Arbolí , Megan Othus , Kelsey-Leigh A Garcia , Mary-Elizabeth M Percival , Ryan D Cassaday , Vivian G Oehler , Pamela S Becker , Jacob S Appelbaum , Janis L Abkowitz , Johnnie J Orozco , Siobán B Keel , Paul C Hendrie , Bart L Scott , M Cristina Ghiuzeli , Elihu H Estey

Lauren M. Slosky About Dr. Lauren M. Marc G. Caron at Duke University. Dr. they are exciting tools for linking distinct signaling pathways with their physiological effects and may Lauren M.

Miller 1, Shijiao Huang 1, Elizabeth S. Dean 1, and Scott F. Leiser 1 1. Recent research in his laboratory focuses on how organisms perceive and respond to environmental stress