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ArticleNature communications2024

Highly biased agonism for GPCR ligands via nanobody tethering.

Shivani Sachdev, Brendan A Creemer, Thomas J Gardella, Ross W Cheloha

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Shivani SachdevLaboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bathesda, MD, USA.
Brendan A CreemerLaboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bathesda, MD, USA.
Thomas J GardellaEndocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Ross W ChelohaLaboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bathesda, MD, USA. ross.cheloha@nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9871-8333

Funding

Tissue Phenotyping CoreP01DK011794 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BOUXSEIN, MARY L · 1986 to 2023
$44.4M
New tools from chemistry and antibodies to address receptor functionZIADK075157 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI CHELOHA, ROSS · 2021 to 2025
$6.6M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DK075157NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK011794U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) 1ZIADK075157
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ligand-induced activation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) can initiate signaling through multiple distinct pathways with differing biological and physiological outcomes. There is intense interest in understanding how variation in GPCR ligand structure can be used to promote pathway selective signaling ("biased agonism") with the goal of promoting desirable responses and avoiding deleterious side effects. Here we present an approach in which a conventional peptide ligand for the type 1 parathyroid hormone receptor (PTHR1) is converted from an agonist which induces signaling through all relevant pathways to a compound that is highly selective for a single pathway. This is achieved not through variation in the core structure of the agonist, but rather by linking it to a nanobody tethering agent that binds with high affinity to a separate site on the receptor not involved in signal transduction. The resulting conjugate represents the most biased agonist of PTHR1 reported to date. This approach holds promise for facile generation of pathway selective ligands for other GPCRs.

Indexed as

Receptor, Parathyroid Hormone, Type 1Receptors, G-Protein-CoupledSignal TransductionSingle-Domain AntibodiesAnimalsHEK293 CellsHumansLigandsPeptidesProtein BindingLigandsPeptidesPTH1R protein, humanReceptor, Parathyroid Hormone, Type 1Receptors, G-Protein-CoupledSingle-Domain Antibodies

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PMID38824166
PMCPMC11144202

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