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The orphan G protein-coupled receptor GPR139 is activated by the peptides:Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), α-, and β-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH, and β-MSH), and the conserved core motif HFRW

Authors :
Jensen, Anne Cathrine Nøhr
Shehata, Mohamed A
Hauser, Alexander S
Isberg, Vignir
Mokrosinski, Jacek
Farooqi, I Sadaf
Pedersen, Daniel Sejer
Gloriam, David E
Bräuner-Osborne, Hans
Jensen, Anne Cathrine Nøhr
Shehata, Mohamed A
Hauser, Alexander S
Isberg, Vignir
Mokrosinski, Jacek
Farooqi, I Sadaf
Pedersen, Daniel Sejer
Gloriam, David E
Bräuner-Osborne, Hans
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Jensen , A C N , Shehata , M A , Hauser , A S , Isberg , V , Mokrosinski , J , Farooqi , I S , Pedersen , D S , Gloriam , D E & Bräuner-Osborne , H 2017 , ' The orphan G protein-coupled receptor GPR139 is activated by the peptides : Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), α-, and β-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH, and β-MSH), and the conserved core motif HFRW ' , Neurochemistry International , vol. 102 , pp. 105-113 .
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

GPR139 is an orphan G protein-coupled receptor that is expressed primarily in the brain. Not much is known regarding the function of GPR139. Recently we have shown that GPR139 is activated by the amino acids l-tryptophan and l-phenylalanine (EC50 values of 220 μM and 320 μM, respectively), as well as di-peptides comprised of aromatic amino acids. This led us to hypothesize that GPR139 may be activated by peptides. Sequence alignment of the binding cavities of all class A GPCRs, revealed that the binding pocket of the melanocortin 4 receptor is similar to that of GPR139. Based on the chemogenomics principle "similar targets bind similar ligands”, we tested three known endogenous melanocortin 4 receptor agonists; adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and α- and β-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH and β-MSH) on CHO-k1 cells stably expressing the human GPR139 in a Fluo-4 Ca2+-assay. All three peptides, as well as their conserved core motif HFRW, were found to activate GPR139 in the low μM range. Moreover, we found that peptides consisting of nine or ten N-terminal residues of α-MSH activate GPR139 in the submicromolar range. α-MSH1-9 was found to correspond to the product of a predicted cleavage site in the pre-pro-protein pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC). Our results demonstrate that GPR139 is a peptide receptor, activated by ACTH, α-MSH, β-MSH, the conserved core motif HFRW as well as a potential endogenous peptide α-MSH1-9. Further studies are needed to determine the functional relevance of GPR139 mediated signaling by these peptides.<br />GPR139 is an orphan G protein-coupled receptor that is expressed primarily in the brain. Not much is known regarding the function of GPR139. Recently we have shown that GPR139 is activated by the amino acids l-tryptophan and l-phenylalanine (EC50 values of 220 μM and 320 μM, respectively), as well as di-peptides comprised of aromatic amino acids. This led us to hypothesize that GPR139 may be activated by peptides. Sequence alignment of the binding cavities of all class A GPCRs, revealed that the binding pocket of the melanocortin 4 receptor is similar to that of GPR139. Based on the chemogenomics principle "similar targets bind similar ligands", we tested three known endogenous melanocortin 4 receptor agonists; adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and α- and β-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH and β-MSH) on CHO-k1 cells stably expressing the human GPR139 in a Fluo-4 Ca(2+)-assay. All three peptides, as well as their conserved core motif HFRW, were found to activate GPR139 in the low μM range. Moreover, we found that peptides consisting of nine or ten N-terminal residues of α-MSH activate GPR139 in the submicromolar range. α-MSH1-9 was found to correspond to the product of a predicted cleavage site in the pre-pro-protein pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC). Our results demonstrate that GPR139 is a peptide receptor, activated by ACTH, α-MSH, β-MSH, the conserved core motif HFRW as well as a potential endogenous peptide α-MSH1-9. Further studies are needed to determine the functional relevance of GPR139 mediated signaling by these peptides.

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Jensen , A C N , Shehata , M A , Hauser , A S , Isberg , V , Mokrosinski , J , Farooqi , I S , Pedersen , D S , Gloriam , D E & Bräuner-Osborne , H 2017 , ' The orphan G protein-coupled receptor GPR139 is activated by the peptides : Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), α-, and β-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH, and β-MSH), and the conserved core motif HFRW ' , Neurochemistry International , vol. 102 , pp. 105-113 .
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edsoai.ocn971987501
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Electronic Resource