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ReviewThe Biochemical journal2025

GPCR signaling via cAMP nanodomains.

Rahul Yadav, Manuela Zaccolo

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Review in The Biochemical journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Novel fenoterol derivatives as suppressors of ERK1/2 phosphorylation in melanoma.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026
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  10. Signaling architecture of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026
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  12. Intercellular diffusion of cyclic nucleotides followed by gap junction closure restarts meiosis in mouse preovulatory follicles.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Rahul YadavDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PT, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8537-6896
Manuela ZaccoloDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PT, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-0934-3662

Funding

British Heart Foundation RE/18/3/34214British Heart Foundation RG/17/6/32944
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest family of cell surface receptors, mediating essential physiological responses through diverse intracellular signaling pathways. When coupled to Gs or Gi proteins, GPCR modulates the synthesis of 3'-5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), which governs a wide array of processes, ranging from cellular growth and survival to metabolic regulation. Studies have highlighted that cAMP is not uniformly distributed within cells but instead is compartmentalized into highly localized nanodomains. These nanodomains, mostly regulated by phosphodiesterases (PDEs), play a critical role in enabling signal precision and functional effects that are specific to individual stimuli. GPCRs can initiate distinct cAMP responses based on their localization within the cell, with evidence showing that both receptors resident at the plasma membrane and intracellular receptors-including endosomal, Golgi, and nuclear GPCRs-elicit unique cAMP signaling profiles. This review examines the mechanisms underlying GPCR signaling through cAMP nanodomains. We focus on the role of PDE-mediated cAMP degradation in shaping local cAMP signals, the emerging views on mechanisms that may contribute to signal compartmentalization, and the role of intracellular membrane compartments. By exploring these aspects, we aim to highlight the complexity of GPCR signaling networks and illustrate some of the implications for the regulation of cellular function.

Indexed as

Cyclic AMPReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledSignal TransductionAnimalsCell MembraneHumansPhosphoric Diester HydrolasesCyclic AMPPhosphoric Diester HydrolasesReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledcAMP signalingcompartmentalizationGPCRphosphodiesterasesprotein kinase A

Identifiers

PMID40364615
PMCPMC12203925

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