Agonism, Antagonism, and Inverse Agonism Bias at the Ghrelin Receptor Signaling
Résumé
The G protein-coupled receptor GHS-R1a mediates ghrelin-induced growth hormone secretion, food intake, and reward-seeking behaviors. GHS-R1a signals through Gq, Gi/o, G13, and arrestin. Biasing GHS-R1a signaling with specific ligands may lead to the development of more selective drugs to treat obesity or addiction with minimal side effects. To delineate ligand selectivity at GHS-R1a signaling, we analyzed in detail the efficacy of a panel of synthetic ligands activating the different pathways associated with GHS-R1a in HEK293T cells. Besides β-arrestin2 recruitment and ERK1/2 phosphorylation, we monitored activation of a large panel of G protein subtypes using a bioluminescence resonance energy transfer-based assay with G protein-activation biosensors. We first found that unlike full agonists, Gq partial agonists were unable to trigger β-arrestin2 recruitment and ERK1/2 phosphorylation. Using G protein-activation biosensors, we then demonstrated that ghrelin promoted activation of Gq, Gi1, Gi2, Gi3, Goa, Gob, and G13 but not Gs and G12. Besides, we identified some GHS-R1a ligands that preferentially activated Gq and antagonized ghrelin-mediated Gi/Go activation. Finally, we unambiguously demonstrated that in addition to Gq, GHS-R1a also promoted constitutive activation of G13. Importantly, we identified some ligands that were selective inverse agonists toward Gq but not of G13. This demonstrates that bias at GHS-R1a signaling can occur not only with regard to agonism but also to inverse agonism. Our data, combined with other in vivo studies, may facilitate the design of drugs selectively targeting individual signaling pathways to treat only the therapeutically relevant function.
Mots clés
G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)
bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET)
cell signaling
ghrelin
hormone receptor
signaling bias
GHS-R1a
growth hormone secretagogue receptor type 1a
GH
growth hormone
GPCR
G protein-coupled receptor
IP1
inositol 1-phosphate
SRE
serum-responsive element
BRET
bioluminescence resonance energy transfer
HTRF
homogenous time resolved fluorescence
GTP␥S
guanosine 5Ј-O-(3-thiotriphosphate)
ANOVA
analysis of variance
SPA
substance P analog
IP
inositol phosphate
G protein
G protein subtypes
Domaines
Chimie
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