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Published on: December 26, 2011
细胞外ATP增加了激素的强度,并减少了B类G蛋白结合受体的延迟
Shuying Zhu1, Alice Yuan2, Tristan Duffy2
1Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada; Department of Anesthesiology, Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
细胞外ATP增强了B类G蛋白合受体 (GPCRs) 的信号传递,增加了激素激剂的功效,减少了激活时间. 这一发现为内分泌疾病提供了潜在的新治疗点.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 分子药理学分子药理学
- 细胞信号传递 细胞信号传递
背景情况:
- B类G蛋白结合受体 (GPCR) 是关键的激素受体和治疗点.
- 细胞外ATP之前被确定为甲状腺激素受体1 (PTH1R) 通过未知的机制发出信号的积极调节器.
- 细胞外ATP在调节其他B类GPCRs中的作用在很大程度上仍未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查细胞外ATP是否增强了PTH1R以外的其他B类GPCR中的信号传递.
- 描述ATP对激动剂强度和信号激活动态的影响.
- 阐明ATP对B类GPCRs调节作用的机制.
主要方法:
- 利用生物发光传感器监测表达各种B类GPCRs的细胞中的循环AMP (cAMP) 积累.
- 在细胞外ATP存在或不存在的情况下评估激素诱导的cAMP积累和β-arrestin招募.
- 采用cytidine 5'-monophosphate来区分ATP的影响与纯能信号通路.
主要成果:
- 细胞外ATP增强激素诱导的cAMP积累多个B类GPCRs,包括素受体 (CTR) 和皮质otropin释放因子受体1 (CRF1R).
- 增加了多达50倍的ATP激活剂功效,并显著减少了腺环酶激活的时间滞后.
- 观察到的效应独立于纯能受体,ATPase或ectokinase活动.
结论:
- 细胞外ATP作为B类GPCRs的广泛正调节器,增强激素作用力并加速信号激活.
- ATP降低激活延迟的能力是一个新发现,与其对功效的影响不同.
- 了解ATP增强的精确机制可能会揭示内分泌疾病的新治疗策略.
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