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  • Rescue of defective G prote...
    Rivero-Müller, Adolfo; Chou, Yen-Yin; Ji, Inhae; Lajic, Svetlana; Hanyaloglu, Aylin C; Jonas, Kim; Rahman, Nafis; Ji, Tae H; Huhtaniemi, Ilpo

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 02/2010, Letnik: 107, Številka: 5
    Journal Article

    G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are ubiquitous mediators of signaling of hormones, neurotransmitters, and sensing. The old dogma is that a one ligand/one receptor complex constitutes the functional unit of GPCR signaling. However, there is mounting evidence that some GPCRs form dimers or oligomers during their biosynthesis, activation, inactivation, and/or internalization. This evidence has been obtained exclusively from cell culture experiments, and proof for the physiological significance of GPCR di/oligomerization in vivo is still missing. Using the mouse luteinizing hormone receptor (LHR) as a model GPCR, we demonstrate that transgenic mice coexpressing binding-deficient and signaling-deficient forms of LHR can reestablish normal LH actions through intermolecular functional complementation of the mutant receptors in the absence of functional wild-type receptors. These results provide compelling in vivo evidence for the physiological relevance of intermolecular cooperation in GPCR signaling.