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Rapid Screening of Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR) Effectors Using Cortisol-Detecting Sensor Cells

Cortisol, a stress hormone, plays key roles in mediating stress and anti-inflammatory responses. As abnormal cortisol levels can induce various adverse effects, screening cortisol and cortisol analogues is important for monitoring stress levels and for identifying drug candidates. A novel cell-based...

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Autores principales: Ryu, Jeahee, Lee, Euiyeon, Kang, Chungwon, Lee, Minhyeong, Kim, Soyoun, Park, Seungil, Lee, Daeyeon, Kwon, Youngeun
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8124850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33947115
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22094747
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author Ryu, Jeahee
Lee, Euiyeon
Kang, Chungwon
Lee, Minhyeong
Kim, Soyoun
Park, Seungil
Lee, Daeyeon
Kwon, Youngeun
author_facet Ryu, Jeahee
Lee, Euiyeon
Kang, Chungwon
Lee, Minhyeong
Kim, Soyoun
Park, Seungil
Lee, Daeyeon
Kwon, Youngeun
author_sort Ryu, Jeahee
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description Cortisol, a stress hormone, plays key roles in mediating stress and anti-inflammatory responses. As abnormal cortisol levels can induce various adverse effects, screening cortisol and cortisol analogues is important for monitoring stress levels and for identifying drug candidates. A novel cell-based sensing system was adopted for rapid screening of cortisol and its functional analogues under complex cellular regulation. We used glucocorticoid receptor (GR) fused to a split intein which reconstituted with the counterpart to trigger conditional protein splicing (CPS) in the presence of targets. CPS generates functional signal peptides which promptly translocate the fluorescent cargo. The sensor cells exhibited exceptional performance in discriminating between the functional and structural analogues of cortisol with improved sensitivity. Essential oil extracts with stress relief activity were screened using the sensor cells to identify GR effectors. The sensor cells responded to peppermint oil, and L-limonene and L-menthol were identified as potential GR effectors from the major components of peppermint oil. Further analysis indicated L-limonene as a selective GR agonist (SEGRA) which is a potential anti-inflammatory agent as it attenuates proinflammatory responses without causing notable adverse effects of GR agonists.
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spelling pubmed-81248502021-05-17 Rapid Screening of Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR) Effectors Using Cortisol-Detecting Sensor Cells Ryu, Jeahee Lee, Euiyeon Kang, Chungwon Lee, Minhyeong Kim, Soyoun Park, Seungil Lee, Daeyeon Kwon, Youngeun Int J Mol Sci Article Cortisol, a stress hormone, plays key roles in mediating stress and anti-inflammatory responses. As abnormal cortisol levels can induce various adverse effects, screening cortisol and cortisol analogues is important for monitoring stress levels and for identifying drug candidates. A novel cell-based sensing system was adopted for rapid screening of cortisol and its functional analogues under complex cellular regulation. We used glucocorticoid receptor (GR) fused to a split intein which reconstituted with the counterpart to trigger conditional protein splicing (CPS) in the presence of targets. CPS generates functional signal peptides which promptly translocate the fluorescent cargo. The sensor cells exhibited exceptional performance in discriminating between the functional and structural analogues of cortisol with improved sensitivity. Essential oil extracts with stress relief activity were screened using the sensor cells to identify GR effectors. The sensor cells responded to peppermint oil, and L-limonene and L-menthol were identified as potential GR effectors from the major components of peppermint oil. Further analysis indicated L-limonene as a selective GR agonist (SEGRA) which is a potential anti-inflammatory agent as it attenuates proinflammatory responses without causing notable adverse effects of GR agonists. MDPI 2021-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8124850/ /pubmed/33947115 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22094747 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ryu, Jeahee
Lee, Euiyeon
Kang, Chungwon
Lee, Minhyeong
Kim, Soyoun
Park, Seungil
Lee, Daeyeon
Kwon, Youngeun
Rapid Screening of Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR) Effectors Using Cortisol-Detecting Sensor Cells
title Rapid Screening of Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR) Effectors Using Cortisol-Detecting Sensor Cells
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title_fullStr Rapid Screening of Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR) Effectors Using Cortisol-Detecting Sensor Cells
title_full_unstemmed Rapid Screening of Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR) Effectors Using Cortisol-Detecting Sensor Cells
title_short Rapid Screening of Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR) Effectors Using Cortisol-Detecting Sensor Cells
title_sort rapid screening of glucocorticoid receptor (gr) effectors using cortisol-detecting sensor cells
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8124850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33947115
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms22094747
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