Growth hormone secretagogue receptor

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Growth hormone secretagogue receptor
Identifiers
SymbolsGHSR;
External IDsOMIM601898 MGI2441906 HomoloGene57161 IUPHAR: ghrelin GeneCards: GHSR Gene
RNA expression pattern
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More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez2693208188
EnsemblENSG00000121853ENSMUSG00000051136
UniProtQ92847Q0VBE5
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_004122NM_177330
RefSeq (protein)NP_004113NP_796304
Location (UCSC)Chr 3:
173.65 - 173.65 Mb
Chr 3:
27.56 - 27.57 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]

Growth hormone secretagogue receptor is a G protein-coupled receptor that binds ghrelin[1] and plays a role in energy homeostasis and regulation of body weight.[2]

Function

Ghrelin is an appetite-regulating factor secreted from peripheral organs that is involved in regulation of energy homoeostasis via binding to the receptor resulting in the secretion of growth hormone by the pituitary gland. [3] The pathway activated by binding of Ghrelin to the Growth hormone secretagogue receptor, GHSR1a, regulates the activation of the downstream mitogen-activated protein kinase, Akt, nitric oxide synthase, and AMPK cascades in different cellular systems.[2] One of the important features of GHSR1a displays constitutive activity possessing basal activity in the absence of an agonist, resulting in a high degree of receptor internalization as well as of signaling activity.[2] Inverse agonists for the ghrelin receptor could be particularly interesting for the treatment of obesity.[4] This activity seems to provide a tonic signal required for the development of normal height, probably through an effect on the GH axis.[5]

Transcripts

Two identified transcript variants are expressed in several tissues and are evolutionary conserved in fish and swine. One transcript, 1a, excises an intron and encodes the functional protein; this protein is the receptor for the Ghrelin ligand and defines a neuroendocrine pathway for growth hormone release. The second transcript (1b) retains the intron and does not function as a receptor for Ghrelin; however, it may function to attenuate activity of isoform 1a.[6]

Selective ligands

A range of selective ligands for the GHSR receptor are now available and are being developed for several clinical applications. GHSR agonists have appetite-stimulating and growth hormone-releasing effects, and are likely to be useful for the treatment of muscle wasting and frailty associated with old-age and degenerative diseases. On the other hand, GHSR antagonists have anorectic effects and are likely to be useful for the treatment of obesity.

Agonists

Antagonists

  • A-778,193

References

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Further reading

  • Smith RG, Leonard R, Bailey AR; et al. (2001). "Growth hormone secretagogue receptor family members and ligands". Endocrine. 14 (1): 9–14. doi:10.1385/ENDO:14:1:009. PMID 11322507. 
  • Petersenn S (2003). "Structure and regulation of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor". Minerva Endocrinol. 27 (4): 243–56. PMID 12511847. 
  • Holst B, Schwartz TW (2006). "Ghrelin receptor mutations--too little height and too much hunger". J. Clin. Invest. 116 (3): 637–41. doi:10.1172/JCI27999. PMC 1386123Freely accessible. PMID 16511600. 
  • Nogueiras R, Perez-Tilve D, Wortley KE, Tschöp M (2006). "Growth hormone secretagogue (ghrelin-) receptors--a complex drug target for the regulation of body weight". CNS & neurological disorders drug targets. 5 (3): 335–43. doi:10.2174/187152706777452227. PMID 16787234. 
  • Engbaek K (1978). "[Giardia lamblia and other intestinal parasites in children in day-institutions. Incidence and significance]". Ugeskr. Laeg. 140 (1): 14–7. PMID 601898. 
  • Howard AD, Feighner SD, Cully DF; et al. (1996). "A receptor in pituitary and hypothalamus that functions in growth hormone release". Science. 273 (5277): 974–7. doi:10.1126/science.273.5277.974. PMID 8688086. 
  • McKee KK, Palyha OC, Feighner SD; et al. (1997). "Molecular analysis of rat pituitary and hypothalamic growth hormone secretagogue receptors". Mol. Endocrinol. 11 (4): 415–23. doi:10.1210/me.11.4.415. PMID 9092793. 
  • Kaji H, Tai S, Okimura Y; et al. (1999). "Cloning and characterization of the 5'-flanking region of the human growth hormone secretagogue receptor gene". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (51): 33885–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.51.33885. PMID 9852035. 
  • Kojima M, Hosoda H, Date Y; et al. (2000). "Ghrelin is a growth-hormone-releasing acylated peptide from stomach". Nature. 402 (6762): 656–60. doi:10.1038/45230. PMID 10604470. 
  • Deghenghi R, Papotti M, Ghigo E, Muccioli G (2001). "Cortistatin, but not somatostatin, binds to growth hormone secretagogue (GHS) receptors of human pituitary gland". J. Endocrinol. Invest. 24 (1): RC1–3. PMID 11227737. 
  • Tannenbaum GS, Bowers CY (2001). "Interactions of growth hormone secretagogues and growth hormone-releasing hormone/somatostatin". Endocrine. 14 (1): 21–7. doi:10.1385/ENDO:14:1:021. PMID 11322498. 
  • Petersenn S, Rasch AC, Penshorn M; et al. (2001). "Genomic structure and transcriptional regulation of the human growth hormone secretagogue receptor". Endocrinology. 142 (6): 2649–59. doi:10.1210/en.142.6.2649. PMID 11356716. 
  • Shuto Y, Shibasaki T, Otagiri A; et al. (2002). "Hypothalamic growth hormone secretagogue receptor regulates growth hormone secretion, feeding, and adiposity". J. Clin. Invest. 109 (11): 1429–36. doi:10.1172/JCI13300. PMC 150991Freely accessible. PMID 12045256. 
  • Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH; et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241Freely accessible. PMID 12477932. 
  • Gaytan F, Barreiro ML, Chopin LK; et al. (2003). "Immunolocalization of ghrelin and its functional receptor, the type 1a growth hormone secretagogue receptor, in the cyclic human ovary". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 88 (2): 879–87. doi:10.1210/jc.2002-021196. PMID 12574228. 
  • Dass NB, Munonyara M, Bassil AK; et al. (2003). "Growth hormone secretagogue receptors in rat and human gastrointestinal tract and the effects of ghrelin". Neuroscience. 120 (2): 443–53. doi:10.1016/S0306-4522(03)00327-0. PMID 12890514. 
  • Lall S, Balthasar N, Carmignac D; et al. (2004). "Physiological studies of transgenic mice overexpressing growth hormone (GH) secretagogue receptor 1A in GH-releasing hormone neurons". Endocrinology. 145 (4): 1602–11. doi:10.1210/en.2003-1509. PMID 14701677. 
  • Wang HJ, Geller F, Dempfle A; et al. (2004). "Ghrelin receptor gene: identification of several sequence variants in extremely obese children and adolescents, healthy normal-weight and underweight students, and children with short normal stature". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 89 (1): 157–62. doi:10.1210/jc.2003-031395. PMID 14715843. 

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