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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-5-3
pubmed:abstractText
Members of the G-protein-coupled receptor superfamily (GPCRs) undergo homo- and/or hetero-oligomerization to induce cell signaling. Although some of these show constitutive activation, it is not clear how such GPCRs undergo homo-oligomerization with transmembrane helix movement. We previously reported that angiotensin II (Ang II) type 2 (AT(2)) receptor, a GPCR, showed constitutive activation and induced apoptosis independent of its ligand, Ang II. In the present study, we analyzed the translocation and oligomerization of the AT(2) receptor with transmembrane movement when the receptor induces cell signaling. Constitutively active homo-oligomerization, which was due to disulfide bonding between Cys(35) in one AT(2) receptor and Cys(290) in another AT(2) receptor, was localized in the cell membrane without Ang II stimulation and induced apoptosis without changes in receptor conformation. These results provide the direct evidence that the constitutively active homo-oligomeric GPCRs by intermolecular interaction in two extracellular loops is translocated to the cell membrane and induces cell signaling independent of receptor conformation and ligand stimulation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
280
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
18237-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Constitutively active homo-oligomeric angiotensin II type 2 receptor induces cell signaling independent of receptor conformation and ligand stimulation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-Ku, Fukuoka, 810-0180, Japan. miuras@cis.fukuoka-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural