- Roy G. Smith1,2,
- Reid Leonard2,
- Alex R. T. Bailey1,
- Oksana Palyha2,
- Scott Feighner2,
- Carina Tan2,
- Karen Kulju McKee2,
- Sheng-Shung Pong2,
- Pat Griffin2 &
- …
- Andrew Howard2
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Abstract
We have previously reported the cloning and characterization of a new orphan G-protein-coupled receptor (GPC-R), the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R), and shown that this receptor mediates the activity of the growth hormone-releasing peptides (GHRPs) and nonpeptide ligands such as L-692,429 and MK-0677. Because the GHS-R obviously does not belong to any of the known GPC-R subfamilies, we searched for GHS-R family members by screening a human genomic library using low-stringency hybridization and screening a Pufferfish genomic library. The Pufferfish was selected because of its compact genome. From the human genomic library, a homolog, GPR 38, with 52% identity to the GHS-R was isolated. From the Pufferfish library, three family members were isolated. The Pufferfish gene having 58% identity to the GHS-R, on expression in HEK293 cells, was activated with GHRP-6 and MK-0677. These results indicate that the GHS-R has been conserved for at least 400 million years and that the Pufferfish genome is appropriate for isolation of GHS-R family members. In our search for endogenous ligands for the orphan receptors GHS-R and GPR38, we showed that adenosine is a partial agonist of the GHS-R and that motilin is the endogenous ligand for GPR38. We also confirmed that the endogenous ligand ghrelin is a full agonist of the GHS-R.
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Smith, R.G., Leonard, R., Bailey, A.R.T.et al. Growth hormone secretagogue receptor family members and ligands.Endocr14, 9–14 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1385/ENDO:14:1:009
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