摘要
G蛋白偶联受体(GPCRs)是生理上重要的跨膜蛋白,感觉信号分子如激素、神经递质、和各种感官刺激;G蛋白偶联受体代表药物发现的主要分子靶点。虽然传统上一直认为G蛋白偶联受体功能单体或同聚体,但是近年来这些蛋白质也被证明作为异聚体。在G蛋白偶联受体中的异聚化体预计将产生潜在的巨大功能和生理的多样性,并且为药物发现提供了新的机遇。然而,由于众多的组合的存在,可能的G蛋白偶联受体异聚体的大宇宙是未知的,因此它的功能意义尚不清楚。G蛋白偶联受体在活细胞中的低聚,利用遗传、生化和生理的方法以及各种共振能量转移(RET)技术,现在已被证明在哺乳动物细胞和机体组织中。此外,酿酒酵母,它可以作为一种真核生物过程监测的生物传感器,也可用于功能性异聚体对G蛋白偶联受体的鉴定。在本文中,我们重点研究和总结G蛋白偶联受体的低聚物,用来评估G蛋白偶联受体齐聚技术。我们还考虑这些方法的潜在局限性,并展望这些技术未来应用的可能性。
关键词: G蛋白偶联受体,齐聚,共振能量转移,酿酒酵母,双杂交系统,报告基因检测,药物发现。
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Current Techniques for Studying Oligomer Formations of G-Protein-Coupled Receptors Using Mammalian and Yeast Cells
Volume: 23 Issue: 16
Author(s): Yasuyuki Nakamura, Jun Ishii, Akihiko Kondo
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关键词: G蛋白偶联受体,齐聚,共振能量转移,酿酒酵母,双杂交系统,报告基因检测,药物发现。
摘要: G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are physiologically important transmembrane proteins that sense signaling molecules such as hormones, neurotransmitters, and various sensory stimuli; GPCRs represent major molecular targets for drug discovery. Although GPCRs traditionally have been thought to function as monomers or homomers, in the recent years these proteins have also been shown to function as heteromers. Heteromerization among GPCRs is expected to generate potentially large functional and physiological diversity and to provide new opportunities for drug discovery. However, due to the existence of numerous combinations, the larger universe of possible GPCR heteromers is unknown, and thus its functional significance is still poorly understood. The oligomerization of GPCRs in living cells now has been demonstrated in mammalian cells and in native tissues by using genetic, biochemical, and physiological approaches, as well as various resonance energy transfer (RET) technologies. In addition, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which can serve as a biosensor for monitoring eukaryotic biological processes, can also be used for the identification of functionally significant heteromer pairs of GPCRs. In this review, we focus on studies of GPCR oligomers, and summarize the technologies used to evaluate GPCR oligomerization. We additionally consider the potential limitations of these methods at present, and envision the possible future applications of these techniques.
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Yasuyuki Nakamura, Jun Ishii, Akihiko Kondo , Current Techniques for Studying Oligomer Formations of G-Protein-Coupled Receptors Using Mammalian and Yeast Cells, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2016; 23 (16) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867323666160407113353
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