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ReviewACS chemical neuroscience2025

The Orphan Receptor GPR151: Discovery, Expression, and Emerging Biological Significance.

Olivia DePasquale, Chris O'Brien, Baila Gordon, David J Barker

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Review in ACS chemical neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Novel Ligands for the Orphan Receptor GPR151 Modulate Morphine Action.Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms · 2026
    Article
  4. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Olivia DePasqualeDepartment of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 152 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.
Chris O'BrienDepartment of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 152 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.
Baila GordonDepartment of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 152 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.
David J BarkerDepartment of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 152 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4609-6787

Funding

Direct lateral habenula projection to a critical pain transmission circuitR01NS134981 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Elyssa Margolis · 2024 to 2026
$1.9M
Defining the differential roles of Glutamatergic and GABAergic projections from the Lateral Preoptic Area to the Lateral Habenula in Reward, Aversion, and Drug-Seeking Behavior.R00DA043572 · NIDA · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI BARKER, DAVID J · 2019 to 2021
$747k
Molecular and Neuroanatomical Processes of Opioid addictionF31DA057836 · NIDA · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI O'BRIEN, CHRISTOPHER M · 2023 to 2024
$95k
NIDA NIH HHS F31 DA057836NIDA NIH HHS K99 DA043572NIDA NIH HHS R00 DA043572NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS134981
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are among the most prominent druggable targets in the human genome, accounting for approximately 40% of marketed drugs. Despite this, current GPCR-targeted therapies address only about 10% of the GPCRs encoded in the genome. Expanding our knowledge of the remaining "orphan" GPCRs represents a critical frontier in drug discovery. GPR151 emerges as a compelling target due to its distinct expression in the habenula complex, spinal cord neurons, and dorsal root ganglia. This receptor is highly conserved across mammals and possesses orthologs in species such as zebrafish and chickens, underscoring its evolutionarily conserved role in fundamental mammalian processes. Although the precise function of GPR151 remains unknown, it has been strongly implicated in pain modulation and reward-seeking behavior. These attributes position GPR151 as a promising candidate for the development of targeted and specialized pharmacological therapies. This review summarizes the current literature on GPR151, including its discovery, structure, mechanisms, anatomical distribution, and functional roles, while also exploring potential directions for future research.

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Receptors, G-Protein-CoupledAnimalsDrug DiscoveryHumansReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledAddictionGPCRhabenulaIngestionOrphanPain

Identifiers

PMID40295925
PMCPMC12333004

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