scholarly journals Three’s Company: Two or More Unrelated Receptors Pair with the Same Ligand

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 1097-1109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izhar Ben-Shlomo ◽  
Aaron J. W. Hsueh
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Receptors ◽  
Regulatory Networks ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Membrane Receptors ◽  
Receptor Interaction ◽  
Unique Protein ◽  
Plasma Membrane Receptors ◽  
Nonpeptide Ligands ◽  
Cellular Components

Abstract Intercellular communication relies on signal transduction mediated by extracellular ligands and their receptors. Although the ligand-receptor interaction is usually a two-player event, there are selective examples of one polypeptide ligand interacting with more than one phylogenetically unrelated receptor. Likewise, a few receptors interact with more than one polypeptide ligand, and sometimes with more than one coreceptor, likely through an interlocking of unique protein domains. Phylogenetic analyses suggest that for certain triumvirates, the matching events could have taken place at different evolutionary times. In contrast to a few polypeptide ligands interacting with more than one receptor, we found that many small nonpeptide ligands have been paired with two or more plasma membrane receptors, nuclear receptors, or channels. The observation that many small ligands are paired with more than one receptor type highlights the utilitarian use of a limited number of cellular components during metazoan evolution. These conserved ligands are ubiquitous cell metabolites likely favored by natural selection to establish novel regulatory networks. They likely possess structural features useful for designing agonistic and antagonistic drugs to target diverse receptors.

scholarly journals Structural basis for heme-dependent NCoR binding to the transcriptional repressor REV-ERBβ

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. eabc6479
Author(s):  
Sarah A. Mosure ◽  
Timothy S. Strutzenberg ◽  
Jinsai Shang ◽  
Paola Munoz-Tello ◽  
Laura A. Solt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Receptors ◽  
Binding Mode ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Receptor Interaction ◽  
Heme Binding ◽  
Endogenous Ligand ◽  
Interaction Domain ◽  
Response Elements ◽  
Biochemical Assays ◽  
Chemical Cross Linking

Heme is the endogenous ligand for the constitutively repressive REV-ERB nuclear receptors, REV-ERBα (NR1D1) and REV-ERBβ (NR1D2), but how heme regulates REV-ERB activity remains unclear. Cellular studies indicate that heme is required for the REV-ERBs to bind the corepressor NCoR and repress transcription. However, fluorescence-based biochemical assays suggest that heme displaces NCoR; here, we show that this is due to a heme-dependent artifact. Using ITC and NMR spectroscopy, we show that heme binding remodels the thermodynamic interaction profile of NCoR receptor interaction domain (RID) binding to REV-ERBβ ligand-binding domain (LBD). We solved two crystal structures of REV-ERBβ LBD cobound to heme and NCoR peptides, revealing the heme-dependent NCoR binding mode. ITC and chemical cross-linking mass spectrometry reveals a 2:1 LBD:RID stoichiometry, consistent with cellular studies showing that NCoR-dependent repression of REV-ERB transcription occurs on dimeric DNA response elements. Our findings should facilitate renewed progress toward understanding heme-dependent REV-ERB activity.

scholarly journals Plasma membrane glycosphingolipid signaling: a turning point

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Chiricozzi
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Chemical Synthesis ◽  
Bioinformatic Analysis ◽  
Membrane Receptors ◽  
Outer Side ◽  
Neuronal Homeostasis ◽  
Extracellular Stimuli ◽  
Conceptual Shift ◽  
Plasma Membrane Receptors ◽  
Key Events

AbstractPlasma membrane interaction is highly recognized as an essential step to start the intracellular events in response to extracellular stimuli. The ways in which these interactions take place are less clear and detailed. Over the last decade my research has focused on developing the understanding of the glycosphingolipids-protein interaction that occurs at cell surface. By using chemical synthesis and biochemical approaches we have characterized some fundamental interactions that are key events both in the immune response and in the maintenance of neuronal homeostasis. In particular, for the first time it has been demonstrated that a glycolipid, present on the outer side of the membrane, the long-chain lactosylceramide, is able to directly modulate a cytosolic protein. But the real conceptual change was the demonstration that the GM1 oligosaccharide chain is able, alone, to replicate numerous functions of GM1 ganglioside and to directly interact with plasma membrane receptors by activating specific cellular signaling. In this conceptual shift, the development and application of multidisciplinary techniques in the field of biochemistry, from chemical synthesis to bioinformatic analysis, as well as discussions with several national and international colleagues have played a key role.

scholarly journals SNARE phosphorylation: a control mechanism for insulin-stimulated glucose transport and other regulated exocytic events

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1271-1277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamilla M.E. Laidlaw ◽  
Rachel Livingstone ◽  
Mohammed Al-Tobi ◽  
Nia J. Bryant ◽  
Gwyn W. Gould
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Fusion ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Membrane Receptors ◽  
Multivesicular Bodies ◽  
Attachment Protein ◽  
Protein Receptor ◽  
Sensitive Factor ◽  
Plasma Membrane Receptors ◽  
Regulated Trafficking ◽  
Receptor Family

Trafficking within eukaryotic cells is a complex and highly regulated process; events such as recycling of plasma membrane receptors, formation of multivesicular bodies, regulated release of hormones and delivery of proteins to membranes all require directionality and specificity. The underpinning processes, including cargo selection, membrane fusion, trafficking flow and timing, are controlled by a variety of molecular mechanisms and engage multiple families of lipids and proteins. Here, we will focus on control of trafficking processes via the action of the SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) family of proteins, in particular their regulation by phosphorylation. We will describe how these proteins are controlled in a range of regulated trafficking events, with particular emphasis on the insulin-stimulated delivery of glucose transporters to the surface of adipose and muscle cells. Here, we focus on a few examples of SNARE phosphorylation which exemplify distinct ways in which SNARE machinery phosphorylation may regulate membrane fusion.

scholarly journals Characterization of Receptor Interaction and Transcriptional Repression by the Corepressor SMRT

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 2025-2037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Li ◽  
Christopher Leo ◽  
Daniel J. Schroen ◽  
J. Don Chen
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Receptors ◽  
Nuclear Receptor ◽  
Transcriptional Repression ◽  
Thyroid Hormone Receptor ◽  
Receptor Interaction ◽  
Basal Transcription ◽  
Protein Protein Interaction ◽  
Stable Association ◽  
Interacting Surfaces ◽  
Transcriptional Corepressors

Abstract SMRT (silencing mediator of retinoic acid and thyroid hormone receptor) and N-CoR (nuclear receptor corepressor) are two related transcriptional corepressors that contain separable domains capable of interacting with unliganded nuclear receptors and repressing basal transcription. To decipher the mechanisms of receptor interaction and transcriptional repression by SMRT/N-CoR, we have characterized protein-protein interacting surfaces between SMRT and nuclear receptors and defined transcriptional repression domains of both SMRT and N-CoR. Deletional analysis reveals two individual nuclear receptor domains necessary for stable association with SMRT and a C-terminal helix essential for corepressor dissociation. Coordinately, two SMRT domains are found to interact independently with the receptors. Functional analysis reveals that SMRT contains two distinct repression domains, and the corresponding regions in N-CoR also repress basal transcription. Both repression domains in SMRT and N-CoR interact weakly with mSin3A, which in turn associates with a histone deacetylase HDAC1 in a mammalian two-hybrid assay. Far-Western analysis demonstrates a direct protein-protein interaction between two N-CoR repression domains with mSin3A. Finally we demonstrate that overexpression of full-length SMRT further represses basal transcription from natural promoters. Together, these results support a role of SMRT/N-CoR in corepression through the utilization of multiple mechanisms for receptor interactions and transcriptional repression.

scholarly journals Binding of Androgen- and Estrogen-Like Flavonoids to Their Cognate (Non)Nuclear Receptors: A Comparison by Computational Prediction

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 1613
Author(s):  
Giulia D’Arrigo ◽  
Eleonora Gianquinto ◽  
Giulia Rossetti ◽  
Gabriele Cruciani ◽  
Stefano Lorenzetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Receptors ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Computational Prediction ◽  
Membrane Receptors ◽  
Computational Docking ◽  
Docking Simulations ◽  
Mediated Effects ◽  
17Β Estradiol ◽  
G Protein Coupled ◽  
Relevant Degree

Flavonoids are plant bioactives that are recognized as hormone-like polyphenols because of their similarity to the endogenous sex steroids 17β-estradiol and testosterone, and to their estrogen- and androgen-like activity. Most efforts to verify flavonoid binding to nuclear receptors (NRs) and explain their action have been focused on ERα, while less attention has been paid to other nuclear and non-nuclear membrane androgen and estrogen receptors. Here, we investigate six flavonoids (apigenin, genistein, luteolin, naringenin, quercetin, and resveratrol) that are widely present in fruits and vegetables, and often used as replacement therapy in menopause. We performed comparative computational docking simulations to predict their capability of binding nuclear receptors ERα, ERβ, ERRβ, ERRγ, androgen receptor (AR), and its variant ART877A and membrane receptors for androgens, i.e., ZIP9, GPRC6A, OXER1, TRPM8, and estrogens, i.e., G Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor (GPER). In agreement with data reported in literature, our results suggest that these flavonoids show a relevant degree of complementarity with both estrogen and androgen NR binding sites, likely triggering genomic-mediated effects. It is noteworthy that reliable protein–ligand complexes and estimated interaction energies were also obtained for some suggested estrogen and androgen membrane receptors, indicating that flavonoids could also exert non-genomic actions. Further investigations are needed to clarify flavonoid multiple genomic and non-genomic effects. Caution in their administration could be necessary, until the safe assumption of these natural molecules that are largely present in food is assured.

Developmentally regulated expression of insulin-like growth factors by differentiated murine teratocarcinomas and extraembryonic mesoderm

Development ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-212
Author(s):  
John K. Heath ◽  
Wai-Kang Shi
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Membrane Receptors ◽  
Developmentally Regulated ◽  
Igf Receptors ◽  
Igf Binding ◽  
Plasma Membrane Receptors ◽  
Igf Binding Protein ◽  
Culture Supernatants ◽  
Insulin Like Growth Factors

The expression of plasma membrane receptors for insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) by PC13 embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells, and their immediate differentiated progeny PC13END was examined by binding radiolabelled IGF-I to cell monolayers. Both cell types express high-affinity IGF receptors, but the apparent number of unoccupied receptor sites falls by about 60% upon differentiation. Crosslinking studies reveal that both type 1 and type 2 IGF receptors are expressed by PC13EC cells. PC13END-cell-conditioned medium contains developmentally regulated, separable activities, one of which reacts directly with IGF-II, and the other with IGF for plasma membrane receptors. The former activity represents a soluble secreted IGF-binding protein. The latter activity is structurally and functionally similar to rat IGF-II. Polyclonal antibodies raised against purified rat IGF-II specifically recognize multiple forms of IGF in radiolabelled culture supernatants and material which closely resembles the soluble IGF-binding protein. Immunoprecipitation of radiolabelled culture supernatants with anti-rat IGF-II reveals that the differentiation of PC13EC cells is accompanied by the coexpression of IGF-like molecules and the soluble binding protein, and that IGF-like molecules are expressed by extraembryonic tissues of mesodermal origin in the early postimplantation mouse embryo. These findings show that IGF-like molecules are expressed in early mammalian development and may act in an autocrine fashion in vivo.

scholarly journals Identification by site-directed mutagenesis of amino acids contributing to ligand-binding specificity or signal transduction properties of the human FP prostanoid receptor

2003 ◽  
Vol 371 (2) ◽  
pp. 443-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank NEUSCHÄFER-RUBE ◽  
Eva ENGEMAIER ◽  
Sina KOCH ◽  
Ulrike BÖER ◽  
Gerhard P. PÜSCHEL
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Ligand Binding ◽  
G Protein ◽  
Transmembrane Domain ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Membrane Receptors ◽  
Site Directed Mutagenesis ◽  
Directed Mutagenesis ◽  
Receptor Subtypes ◽  
Plasma Membrane Receptors

Prostanoid receptors belong to the class of heptahelical plasma membrane receptors. For the five prostanoids, eight receptor subtypes have been identified. They display an overall sequence similarity of roughly 30%. Based on sequence comparison, single amino acids in different subtypes of different species have previously been identified by site-directed mutagenesis or in hybrid receptors that appear to be essential for ligand binding or G-protein coupling. Based on this information, a series of mutants of the human FP receptor was generated and characterized in ligand-binding and second-messenger-formation studies. It was found that mutation of His-81 to Ala in transmembrane domain 2 and of Arg-291 to Leu in transmembrane domain 7, which are putative interaction partners for the prostanoid's carboxyl group, abolished ligand binding. Mutants in which Ser-263 in transmembrane domain 6 or Asp-300 in transmembrane domain 7 had been replaced by Ala or Gln, respectively, no longer discriminated between prostaglandins PGF2α and PGD2. Thus distortion of the topology of transmembrane domains 6 and 7 appears to interfere with the cyclopentane ring selectivity of the receptor. PGF2α-induced inositol formation was strongly reduced in the mutant Asp-300Gln, inferring a role for this residue in agonist-induced G-protein activation.

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