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Genetically-encoded Molecular Probes to Study G Protein-coupled Receptors
Published on: September 13, 2013
プロトンを感知するGタンパク質結合受容体
Marie-Gabrielle Ludwig1, Miroslava Vanek, Danilo Guerini
1Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.
Nature
|September 5, 2003
まとめ
新しい研究は,卵巣がんのGタンパク質結合受容体1 (OGR1) を,pHホメオスタシスの決定的な陽子感受受容体として特定しています. この発見は,血液のpHレベルを調節する分子メカニズムに光を当てています.
科学分野:
- 生理学 生理学とは
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
背景:
- 血液のpHは,呼吸と腎臓のメカニズムを通して,約7.4に厳しく調節されます.
- pHホメオスタシスを支配する正確な分子経路は,まだ完全に理解されていません.
- 骨格はバッファとして機能し,骨質芽細胞はpHの変化に反応するが,その感知メカニズムは不明である.
研究 の 目的:
- pHホメオスタシスに関与する新しい分子プレーヤーを特定する.
- pHセンシングにおける卵巣がんのGタンパク質結合受容体1 (OGR1) の役割を調査する.
- 骨細胞におけるGPR4とOGR1の機能を調査する.
主な方法:
- pHセンシングにおける重要なアミノ酸を特定するためのサイト指向型変異.
- pH変化に反応して,イノシトールリン酸と循環型AMPの形成を測定する.
- ネズミの組織におけるOGR1発現を検出するための免疫ヒストケミストリー.
主要な成果:
- OGR1は,陽子感受受体として機能し,pH6.8~7.8.8の間のイノシトールリン酸形成を活性化します.
- OGR1の細胞外表面のヒスティジン残留は,pH感知に不可欠です.
- 関連する受容体であるGPR4もpHを感知するが,周期的なAMPレベルを調節する.
- OGR1は,骨肉腫細胞,骨質芽細胞前駆体,骨質芽細胞,骨細胞で発現し,pH依存シグナル伝達を媒介する.
結論:
- OGR1とGPR4は,主要な陽子感知受容体として特定されています.
- これらの受容体は,生理学的 pH ホメオスタシスの維持に重要な役割を果たします.
- OGR1は,骨格系内のpH感知に関与しており,特に骨格芽細胞と骨細胞に含まれる.
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G-protein Coupled Receptors
G-protein coupled receptors are ligand binding receptors that indirectly affect changes in the cell. The actual receptor is a single polypeptide that transverses the cell membrane seven times creating intracellular and extracellular loops. The extracellular loops create a ligand specific pocket which binds to neurotransmitters or hormones. The intracellular loops holds onto the G-protein.
G Protein-coupled Receptors
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GPCRs are also called heptahelical, 7TM, or serpentine receptors, and consist of seven (H1-H7) transmembrane alpha-helices that span the bilayer to form a cylindrical core. The transmembrane helices are connected by three extracellular loops and three...
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