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ArticleCell reports2021

Mechanisms of differential desensitization of metabotropic glutamate receptors.

Nohely Abreu, Amanda Acosta-Ruiz, Guoqing Xiang, Joshua Levitz

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Article in Cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Nohely AbreuBiochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Amanda Acosta-RuizBiochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Guoqing XiangDepartment of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Joshua LevitzBiochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: jtl2003@med.cornell.edu.

Funding

Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic G Protein-Coupled ReceptorsR35GM124731 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI LEVITZ, JOSHUA · 2017 to 2021
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NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM124731
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) interact with intracellular transducers to control both signal initiation and desensitization, but the distinct mechanisms that control the regulation of different GPCR subtypes are unclear. Here we use fluorescence imaging and electrophysiology to examine the metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) family. We find distinct properties across subtypes in both rapid desensitization and internalization, with striking differences between the group II mGluRs. mGluR3, but not mGluR2, undergoes glutamate-dependent rapid desensitization, internalization, trafficking, and recycling. We map differences between mGluRs to variable Ser/Thr-rich sequences in the C-terminal domain (CTD) that control interaction with both GPCR kinases and β-arrestins. Finally, we identify a cancer-associated mutation, G848E, within the mGluR3 CTD that enhances β-arrestin coupling and internalization, enabling an analysis of mGluR3 β-arrestin-coupling properties and revealing biased variants. Together, this work provides a framework for understanding the distinct regulation and functional roles of mGluR subtypes.

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Cell DifferentiationGlutamic AcidHumansSignal TransductionTransfectionGlutamic AciddesensitizationG protein-coupled receptorGRKinternalizationmelanomametabotropic glutamate receptormetotraffickingβ-arrestin

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PMID33910009
PMCPMC9750234

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