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Human G protein-coupled receptor 30 is N-glycosylated and N-terminal domain asparagine 44 is required for receptor structure and activity

G protein-coupled receptor 30 (GPR30), or G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER), is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that is currently attracting considerable attention in breast cancer and cardiometabolic regulation. The receptor was reported to be a novel membrane estrogen receptor mediati...

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Autores principales: Gonzalez de Valdivia, Ernesto, Sandén, Caroline, Kahn, Robin, Olde, Björn, Leeb-Lundberg, L.M. Fredrik
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Publicado: Portland Press Ltd. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6390128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30760632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BSR20182436
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author Gonzalez de Valdivia, Ernesto
Sandén, Caroline
Kahn, Robin
Olde, Björn
Leeb-Lundberg, L.M. Fredrik
author_facet Gonzalez de Valdivia, Ernesto
Sandén, Caroline
Kahn, Robin
Olde, Björn
Leeb-Lundberg, L.M. Fredrik
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description G protein-coupled receptor 30 (GPR30), or G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER), is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that is currently attracting considerable attention in breast cancer and cardiometabolic regulation. The receptor was reported to be a novel membrane estrogen receptor mediating rapid non-genomic responses. However, questions remain about both the cognate ligand and the subcellular localization of receptor activity. Here, we used human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 (HEK293) cells ectopically expressing N-terminally FLAG-tagged human GPR30 and three unique antibodies (Ab) specifically targetting the receptor N-terminal domain (N-domain) to investigate the role of N-glycosylation in receptor maturation and activity, the latter assayed by constitutive receptor-stimulated extracellular-regulated protein kinase (ERK) 1/2 (ERK1/2) activity. GPR30 expression was complex with receptor species spanning from approximately 40 kDa to higher molecular masses and localized in the endoplasmatic reticulum (ER), the plasma membrane (PM), and endocytic vesicles. The receptor contains three conserved asparagines, Asn(25), Asn(32), and Asn(44), in consensus N-glycosylation motifs, all in the N-domain, and PNGase F treatment showed that at least one of them is N-glycosylated. Mutating Asn(44) to isoleucine inactivated the receptor, yielding a unique receptor species at approximately 20 kDa that was recognized by Ab only in a denatured state. On the other hand, mutating Asn(25) or Asn(32) either individually or in combination, or truncating successively N-domain residues 1–42, had no significant effect either on receptor structure, maturation, or activity. Thus, Asn(44) in the GPR30 N-domain is required for receptor structure and activity, whereas N-domain residues 1–42, including specifically Asn(25) and Asn(32), do not play any major structural or functional role(s).
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spelling pubmed-63901282019-03-01 Human G protein-coupled receptor 30 is N-glycosylated and N-terminal domain asparagine 44 is required for receptor structure and activity Gonzalez de Valdivia, Ernesto Sandén, Caroline Kahn, Robin Olde, Björn Leeb-Lundberg, L.M. Fredrik Biosci Rep Research Articles G protein-coupled receptor 30 (GPR30), or G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER), is a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) that is currently attracting considerable attention in breast cancer and cardiometabolic regulation. The receptor was reported to be a novel membrane estrogen receptor mediating rapid non-genomic responses. However, questions remain about both the cognate ligand and the subcellular localization of receptor activity. Here, we used human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 (HEK293) cells ectopically expressing N-terminally FLAG-tagged human GPR30 and three unique antibodies (Ab) specifically targetting the receptor N-terminal domain (N-domain) to investigate the role of N-glycosylation in receptor maturation and activity, the latter assayed by constitutive receptor-stimulated extracellular-regulated protein kinase (ERK) 1/2 (ERK1/2) activity. GPR30 expression was complex with receptor species spanning from approximately 40 kDa to higher molecular masses and localized in the endoplasmatic reticulum (ER), the plasma membrane (PM), and endocytic vesicles. The receptor contains three conserved asparagines, Asn(25), Asn(32), and Asn(44), in consensus N-glycosylation motifs, all in the N-domain, and PNGase F treatment showed that at least one of them is N-glycosylated. Mutating Asn(44) to isoleucine inactivated the receptor, yielding a unique receptor species at approximately 20 kDa that was recognized by Ab only in a denatured state. On the other hand, mutating Asn(25) or Asn(32) either individually or in combination, or truncating successively N-domain residues 1–42, had no significant effect either on receptor structure, maturation, or activity. Thus, Asn(44) in the GPR30 N-domain is required for receptor structure and activity, whereas N-domain residues 1–42, including specifically Asn(25) and Asn(32), do not play any major structural or functional role(s). Portland Press Ltd. 2019-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6390128/ /pubmed/30760632 http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BSR20182436 Text en © 2019 The Author(s). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Gonzalez de Valdivia, Ernesto
Sandén, Caroline
Kahn, Robin
Olde, Björn
Leeb-Lundberg, L.M. Fredrik
Human G protein-coupled receptor 30 is N-glycosylated and N-terminal domain asparagine 44 is required for receptor structure and activity
title Human G protein-coupled receptor 30 is N-glycosylated and N-terminal domain asparagine 44 is required for receptor structure and activity
title_full Human G protein-coupled receptor 30 is N-glycosylated and N-terminal domain asparagine 44 is required for receptor structure and activity
title_fullStr Human G protein-coupled receptor 30 is N-glycosylated and N-terminal domain asparagine 44 is required for receptor structure and activity
title_full_unstemmed Human G protein-coupled receptor 30 is N-glycosylated and N-terminal domain asparagine 44 is required for receptor structure and activity
title_short Human G protein-coupled receptor 30 is N-glycosylated and N-terminal domain asparagine 44 is required for receptor structure and activity
title_sort human g protein-coupled receptor 30 is n-glycosylated and n-terminal domain asparagine 44 is required for receptor structure and activity
topic Research Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6390128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30760632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BSR20182436
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