Direct evidence that the GPCR CysLTR2 mutant causative of uveal melanoma is constitutively active with highly biased signaling

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Uveal melanoma is the most common eye cancer in adults and is clinically and genetically distinct from skin cutaneous melanoma. In a subset of cases, the oncogenic driver is an activating mutation in CYSLTR2, the gene encoding the G protein-coupled receptor cysteinyl-leukotriene receptor 2 (CysLTR2). The mutant CYSLTR2 encodes for the CysLTR2-L129Q receptor, with the substitution of Leu to Gln at position 129 (3.43). The ability of CysLTR2-L129Q to cause malignant transformation has been hypothesized to result from constitutive activity, but how the receptor could escape desensitization is unknown. Here, we characterize the functional properties of CysLTR2-L129Q. We show that CysLTR2-L129Q is a constitutively active mutant that strongly drives Gq/11 signaling pathways. However, CysLTR2-L129Q only poorly recruits β-arrestin. Using a modified Slack-Hall operational model, we quantified the constitutive activity for both pathways and conclude that CysLTR2-L129Q displays profound signaling bias for Gq/11 signaling pathways while escaping β-arrestin-mediated downregulation. CYSLTR2 is the first known example of a G protein-coupled receptor driver oncogene that encodes a highly biased constitutively active mutant receptor. These results provide new insights into the mechanism of CysLTR2-L129Q oncoprotein signaling and suggest CYSLTR2 as a promising potential therapeutic target in uveal melanoma.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:296

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The Journal of biological chemistry - 296(2021) vom: 07. Jan., Seite 100163

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ceraudo, Emilie [VerfasserIn]
Horioka, Mizuho [VerfasserIn]
Mattheisen, Jordan M [VerfasserIn]
Hitchman, Tyler D [VerfasserIn]
Moore, Amanda R [VerfasserIn]
Kazmi, Manija A [VerfasserIn]
Chi, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Sakmar, Thomas P [VerfasserIn]
Huber, Thomas [VerfasserIn]

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β-arrestins
0RH81L854J
147336-22-9
AJT72OTM42
ARRB2 protein, human
AVPR2 protein, human
Beta-Arrestin 2
Biased signaling
Constitutive activity
CysLTR2
Cysteinyl leukotriene receptor 2
EC 3.6.5.1
G protein
G protein–coupled receptor
GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11
Glutamine
Green Fluorescent Proteins
Journal Article
K3Z4F929H6
Lysine
Receptors, Leukotriene
Receptors, Vasopressin
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Signaling
Uveal melanoma

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Date Completed 24.08.2021

Date Revised 29.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1074/jbc.RA120.015352

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318543567