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ArticleNature communications2023

Ligand recognition and G protein coupling of the human itch receptor MRGPRX1.

Lulu Guo, Yumu Zhang, Guoxing Fang, Lu Tie, Yuming Zhuang, Chenyang Xue, Qi Liu, Minghui Zhang, Kongkai Zhu, Chongzhao You and 20 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Endosomal MrGPRX1 signaling sensitizes TRPV1 to enhance itch.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  9. MRGPRX2 Mediates Mast Cell-Induced Endometriosis Pain Through the Sensitization of Sensory Neurons via Histamine/HRH1/TRPV1 Signaling Pathway.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

30 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Lulu Guo *Advanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Yumu Zhang *State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Guoxing Fang *Key Laboratory Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Lu Tie *Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University and Beijing Key Laboratory of Tumor Systems Biology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Yuming Zhuang *Key Laboratory Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Chenyang Xue *Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9603-3426
Qi Liu *Advanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Minghui ZhangKey Laboratory of Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, China.
Kongkai ZhuKey Laboratory of Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, China.
Chongzhao YouState Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Peiyu XuState Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3590-4037
Qingning YuanState Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Chao ZhangKey Laboratory of Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, China.
Lei LiuAdvanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Naikang RongKey Laboratory of Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, China.
Shengxuan PengAdvanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Yuan LiuQilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Chuanzheng WangAdvanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Xin LuoAdvanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Zongyao LvAdvanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Dongwei KangDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9232-953X
Xiao YuKey Laboratory Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1119-8334
Cheng ZhangQilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Yi JiangLingang Laboratory, Shanghai, China.
Xinzhong DongThe Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jiuyao ZhouDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China. zhoujiuyao@tom.com.
Zhongmin LiuDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. liuzm@sustech.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3280-3890
Fan YangAdvanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China. yangfan1357@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3000-2336
H Eric XuState Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. eric.xu@simm.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6829-8144
Jin-Peng SunAdvanced Medical Research Institute, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China. sunjinpeng@sdu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3572-1580
Shandong University · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNSouthern University of Science and Technology · CNGuangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USPeking University · CNQilu Hospital of Shandong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MRGPRX1, a Mas-related GPCR (MRGPR), is a key receptor for itch perception and targeting MRGPRX1 may have potential to treat both chronic itch and pain. Here we report cryo-EM structures of the MRGPRX1-Gi1 and MRGPRX1-Gq trimers in complex with two peptide ligands, BAM8-22 and CNF-Tx2. These structures reveal a shallow orthosteric pocket and its conformational plasticity for sensing multiple different peptidic itch allergens. Distinct from MRGPRX2, MRGPRX1 contains a unique pocket feature at the extracellular ends of TM3 and TM4 to accommodate the peptide C-terminal "RF/RY" motif, which could serve as key mechanisms for peptidic allergen recognition. Below the ligand binding pocket, the G

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Receptors, G-Protein-CoupledSignal TransductionCytoplasmCytosolHumansLigandsPruritusLigandsmas-related gene-X1 receptor, humanReceptors, G-Protein-Coupled

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PMID37591889
PMCPMC10435460
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