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BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 171, Issue 2, Pages 415-426Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/bph.12464
Keywords
calcitonin gene-related peptide; efficacy; ligand binding; beta-arrestin; cAMP; structure-activity relationship; GPCR; amylin
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- Welcome Trust [088212, 091496]
- Aston Research Centre for Healthy Aging (ARCHA)
- Marsden Fund Council from government funding
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Background and PurposeThe N-terminus of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is important for receptor activation, especially the disulphide-bonded ring (residues 1-7). However, the roles of individual amino acids within this region have not been examined and so the molecular determinants of agonism are unknown. This study has examined the role of residues 1, 3-6 and 8-9, excluding Cys-2 and Cys-7. Experimental ApproachCGRP derivatives were substituted with either cysteine or alanine; further residues were introduced at position 6. Their affinity was measured by radioligand binding and their efficacy by measuring cAMP production in SK-N-MC cells and -arrestin 2 translocation in CHO-K1 cells at the CGRP receptor. Key ResultsSubstitution of Ala-5 by cysteine reduced affinity 270-fold and reduced efficacy for production of cAMP in SK-N-MCs. Potency at -arrestin translocation was reduced by ninefold. Substitution of Thr-6 by cysteine destroyed all measurable efficacy of both cAMP and -arrestin responses; substitution with either alanine or serine impaired potency. Substitutions at positions 1, 4, 8 and 9 resulted in approximately 10-fold reductions in potency at both responses. Similar observations were made at a second CGRP-activated receptor, the AMY(1(a)) receptor. Conclusions and ImplicationsAla-5 and Thr-6 are key determinants of agonist activity for CGRP. Ala-5 is also very important for receptor binding. Residues outside of the 1-7 ring also contribute to agonist activity.
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