Gedunin- and Khivorin-Derivatives Are Small-Molecule Partial Agonists for Adhesion G Protein-Coupled Receptors GPR56/ADGRG1 and GPR114/ADGRG5.

ABSTRACT: Adhesion G protein-coupled receptors (aGPCRs) have emerged as potential therapeutic targets in multiple cancers and in neurologic diseases. However, there are few modulatory compounds that act on these receptors. The majority of aGPCRs are orphans and a general activation mechanism has only recently been defined: aGPCRs are activated by a tethered agonist. aGPCRs constitutively cleave themselves during biosynthesis to generated two-part receptors comprising an extracellular domain (ECD) and a 7-transmembrane spanning domain (7TM). ECD dissociation reveals the tethered agonist initiating G protein signaling. Synthetic peptides that mimic the tethered agonist region can activate aGPCRs. We hypothesized that small molecules could act in the same way as peptide agonists. High throughput screen

SUBMITTER: Stoveken HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5878671 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature