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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) form the largest receptor family, relay
environmental stimuli to changes in cell behavior and represent prime drug targets.
Many GPCRs are classified as orphan receptors because of the limited knowledge
on their ligands and coupling to cellular signaling machineries. Here, we engineer
a library of 63 chimeric receptors that contain the signaling domains of human
orphan and understudied GPCRs functionally linked to the light-sensing domain
of rhodopsin. Upon stimulation with visible light, we identify activation of canonical
cell signaling pathways, including cAMP-, Ca2+-, MAPK/ERK-, and Rho-dependent
pathways, downstream of the engineered receptors. For the human pseudogene GPR33,
we resurrect a signaling function that supports its hypothesized role as a pathogen
entry site. These results demonstrate that substituting unknown chemical activators
with a light switch can reveal information about protein function and provide
an optically controlled protein library for exploring the physiology and therapeutic
potential of understudied GPCRs.
article_number: '1950'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Maurizio
full_name: Morri, Maurizio
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last_name: Morri
- first_name: Inmaculada
full_name: Sanchez-Romero, Inmaculada
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last_name: Sanchez-Romero
- first_name: Alexandra-Madelaine
full_name: Tichy, Alexandra-Madelaine
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last_name: Tichy
- first_name: Stephanie
full_name: Kainrath, Stephanie
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last_name: Kainrath
- first_name: Elliot J.
full_name: Gerrard, Elliot J.
last_name: Gerrard
- first_name: Priscila
full_name: Hirschfeld, Priscila
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last_name: Hirschfeld
- first_name: Jan
full_name: Schwarz, Jan
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last_name: Schwarz
- first_name: Harald L
full_name: Janovjak, Harald L
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last_name: Janovjak
orcid: 0000-0002-8023-9315
citation:
ama: Morri M, Sanchez-Romero I, Tichy A-M, et al. Optical functionalization of human
class A orphan G-protein-coupled receptors. Nature Communications. 2018;9(1).
doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04342-1
apa: Morri, M., Sanchez-Romero, I., Tichy, A.-M., Kainrath, S., Gerrard, E. J.,
Hirschfeld, P., … Janovjak, H. L. (2018). Optical functionalization of human class
A orphan G-protein-coupled receptors. Nature Communications. Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04342-1
chicago: Morri, Maurizio, Inmaculada Sanchez-Romero, Alexandra-Madelaine Tichy,
Stephanie Kainrath, Elliot J. Gerrard, Priscila Hirschfeld, Jan Schwarz, and Harald
L Janovjak. “Optical Functionalization of Human Class A Orphan G-Protein-Coupled
Receptors.” Nature Communications. Springer Nature, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04342-1.
ieee: M. Morri et al., “Optical functionalization of human class A orphan
G-protein-coupled receptors,” Nature Communications, vol. 9, no. 1. Springer
Nature, 2018.
ista: Morri M, Sanchez-Romero I, Tichy A-M, Kainrath S, Gerrard EJ, Hirschfeld P,
Schwarz J, Janovjak HL. 2018. Optical functionalization of human class A orphan
G-protein-coupled receptors. Nature Communications. 9(1), 1950.
mla: Morri, Maurizio, et al. “Optical Functionalization of Human Class A Orphan
G-Protein-Coupled Receptors.” Nature Communications, vol. 9, no. 1, 1950,
Springer Nature, 2018, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04342-1.
short: M. Morri, I. Sanchez-Romero, A.-M. Tichy, S. Kainrath, E.J. Gerrard, P. Hirschfeld,
J. Schwarz, H.L. Janovjak, Nature Communications 9 (2018).
date_created: 2019-02-14T10:50:24Z
date_published: 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-09-19T14:29:32Z
day: '01'
ddc:
- '570'
department:
- _id: HaJa
- _id: CaGu
- _id: MiSi
doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04342-1
ec_funded: 1
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project:
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grant_number: '303564'
name: Microbial Ion Channels for Synthetic Neurobiology
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title: Optical functionalization of human class A orphan G-protein-coupled receptors
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