Calcium-Dependent Ligand Binding and G-protein Signaling of Family B GPCR Parathyroid Hormone 1 Receptor Purified in Nanodiscs

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• 作者：Nivedita Mitra ; Yuting Liu ; Jian Liu ; Eugene Serebryany ; Victoria Mooney ; Brian T. DeVree ; Roger K. Sunahara ; Elsa C. Y. Yan
• 刊名：ACS Chemical Biology
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：March 15, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：8
• 期：3
• 页码：617-625
• 全文大小：447K
• 年卷期：v.8,no.3(March 15, 2013)
• ISSN：1554-8937

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GPCRs mediate intracellular signaling upon external stimuli, making them ideal drug targets. However, little is known about their activation mechanisms due to the difficulty in purification. Here, we introduce a method to purify GPCRs in nanodiscs, which incorporates GPCRs into lipid bilayers immediately after membrane solubilization, followed by single-step purification. Using this approach, we purified a family B GPCR, parathyroid hormone 1 receptor (PTH1R), which regulates calcium and phosphate homeostasis and is a drug target for osteoporosis. We demonstrated that the purified PTH1R in nanodiscs can bind to PTH(1-34) and activate G protein. We also observed that Ca²⁺ is a weak agonist of PTH1R, and Ca²⁺ in millimolar concentration can switch PTH(1-34) from an inverse agonist to an agonist. Hence, our results show that nanodiscs are a viable vehicle for GPCR purification, enabling studies of GPCRs under precise experimental conditions without interference from other cellular or membrane components.