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The constitutive activity of melanocortin-4 receptors in cAMP pathway is allosterically modulated by zinc and copper ions. | LitMetric

AI Article Synopsis

  • Melanocortin-4 receptors (MC R) can act differently depending on their basal activity and have unique properties among GPCRs, including responding to metal ions like calcium, zinc, and copper.
  • A study utilized advanced techniques to measure how these metal ions influence the binding and activation of MC R, revealing that calcium is essential for strong ligand binding, while zinc and copper can either activate or inhibit the receptor.
  • Results show that at low concentrations, zinc can act as an agonist, enhancing receptor activity, while copper can act as an inverse agonist, reducing activity, highlighting the complex role of metal ions in GPCR function.

Article Abstract

Melanocortin-4 receptors (MC R) are unique among G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) as they have endogenous ligands that can exhibit inverse agonistic properties in the case of elevated basal activity. It is known that the constitutive activity of GPCRs strongly affects the ligand-dependent physiological responses, but little is known about these regulatory mechanisms. Since several metal ions have been shown to be important modulators of the signal transduction of GPCRs, we hypothesized that metal ions regulate the basal activity of MC Rs. Implementation of a fluorescence anisotropy assay and novel redshifted fluorescent peptides enabled kinetic characterization of ligand binding to MC R expressed on budded baculoviruses. We show that Ca is required for high-affinity ligand binding, but Zn and Cu in the presence of Ca behave as negative allosteric modulators of ligand binding to MC R. FRET-based cAMP biosensor was used to measure the activation of MC R stably expressed in CHO-K1 cells. At low micromolar concentrations, Zn caused MC R-dependent activation of the cAMP pathway, whereas Cu reduced the activity of MC R even below the basal level. These findings indicate that at physiologically relevant concentrations can Zn and Cu function as MC R agonists or inverse agonists, respectively. This means that depending on the level of constitutive activity induced by Zn ions, the pharmacological effect of orthosteric ligands of MC R can be switched from a partial to an inverse agonist. OPEN SCIENCE BADGES: This article has received a badge for *Open Materials* because it provided all relevant information to reproduce the study in the manuscript. More information about the Open Science badges can be found at https://cos.io/our-services/open-science-badges/.

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