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Target id: 88
Nomenclature: GPR17
Family: Class A Orphans
This receptor has a proposed ligand; see the Latest Pairings page for more information.
Gene and Protein Information | ||||||
class A G protein-coupled receptor | ||||||
Species | TM | AA | Chromosomal Location | Gene Symbol | Gene Name | Reference |
Human | 7 | 367 | 2q14.3 | GPR17 | G protein-coupled receptor 17 | 3 |
Mouse | 7 | 339 | 18 | Gpr17 | G protein-coupled receptor 17 | 20 |
Rat | 7 | 339 | 18p12 | Gpr17 | G protein-coupled receptor 17 |
Previous and Unofficial Names |
P2Y-like receptor | UDP/CysLT receptor | R12 | uracil nucleotide/cysteinyl leukotriene receptor |
Database Links | |
Specialist databases | |
GPCRdb | gpr17_human (Hs), gpr17_mouse (Mm), gpr17_rat (Rn) |
Other databases | |
Alphafold | Q13304 (Hs), Q6NS65 (Mm), Q09QM4 (Rn) |
ChEMBL Target | CHEMBL1075162 (Hs), CHEMBL4295864 (Mm), CHEMBL4295807 (Rn) |
Ensembl Gene | ENSG00000144230 (Hs), ENSMUSG00000052229 (Mm), ENSRNOG00000065480 (Rn) |
Entrez Gene | 2840 (Hs), 574402 (Mm), 767613 (Rn) |
Human Protein Atlas | ENSG00000144230 (Hs) |
KEGG Gene | hsa:2840 (Hs), mmu:574402 (Mm), rno:767613 (Rn) |
OMIM | 603071 (Hs) |
Pharos | Q13304 (Hs) |
RefSeq Nucleotide | NM_005291 (Hs), NM_001025381 (Mm), NM_001071777 (Rn) |
RefSeq Protein | NP_005282 (Hs), NP_001020552 (Mm), NP_001065245 (Rn) |
UniProtKB | Q13304 (Hs), Q6NS65 (Mm), Q09QM4 (Rn) |
Wikipedia | GPR17 (Hs) |
Natural/Endogenous Ligands |
ATP |
LTC4 |
LTD4 |
LTE4 |
UDP |
UDP-galactose |
UDP-glucose |
cysteinyl-leukotrienes (CysLTs), uracil nucleotides |
Comments: Proposed ligands, single publication |
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GPR17 is phylogenetically related to the nucleotide (P2Y) and cysteinyl leukotriene (CysLT) receptors [15] and may provide an ancestral link between the two families. Both CysLTs (with EC50 values in the nanomolar range) and uracil nucleotides (EC50 in the micromolar range) have been reported to activate GPR17, leading to both adenylyl cyclase inhibition and intracellular calcium increases [9]. Benned-Jensen and Rosenkilde [2] confirmed the activation of GPR17 by uracil nucleotides but were unable to demonstrate activation or binding by CysLTs. A third group [22] was not able to demonstrate activation of GPR17 by either UDP-glucose or CysLTs and instead proposed that GPR17 functions as a negative regulator of the CysLT1 receptor response to leukotriene D4. Others have also reported GPR17 does not respond to the cysteinyl leukotrienes LTC3 and LTC4 [17,31]. In five different cell lines Qi et al. [27] found no evidence for uracil nucleotides and CysLTs activating GPR17 measured by inhibition of forskolin-stimulated cAMP accumulation nor did the compounds promote receptor internalization [27]. The authors concluded that UDP, UDP-glucose, UDP-galactose, and LTC4 are not the cognate ligands of GPR17. In agreement with [22] they also found in co-expression experiments of GPR17 CysLTR1, GPR17 acts as a negative regulator of CysLTR1. In addition, they also reported decreased expression. In signaling pathway-unbiased screen using cells expressing GPR17, Hennen et al. [18] (see also a commentary by Harden [16]) also found no agonist action of uracil nucleotides and cysteinyl leukotrienes but identified a small molecule agonist of GPR17, MDL29951. In a functional assay, they used MDL29951 as a surrogate agonist and diminished myelination in primary oligodendrocytes isolated from heterozygous mice but the compound as expected had no effect on myelination in oligodendrocytes from GPR17 knockout mice. Thus the majority of studies have failed to reproduce the pairings, suggesting the endogenous ligand for GPR17 remains to be discovered. For further discussion, see [12]. |
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Activation of GPR17 by UDP-glucose induced a partial heterologous desensitization of LTD4-mediated responses, suggesting that nucleotides have a hierarchy in producing desensitizing signals and that there is functional cross-talk between purinergic and CysLT ligands at GPR17 [11]. |
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Transducer | Effector/Response |
Gi/Go family | Adenylyl cyclase inhibition |
Comments: The signaling pathway of GPR17 involves the generation of outward K+ currents, protective against neuronal hyperexcitability and resultant injury [25]. Both short and long receptor isoforms have been demonstrated to be constitutively active through Gi [2]. | |
References: 5,9,25 |
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Transducer | Effector/Response |
Gq/G11 family | Phospholipase C stimulation |
Comments: GPR17 is mainly coupled to Gi proteins and, to a minor extent, to the Gq protein subtype. | |
References: 9,25 |
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GPR17 is expressed in a subset of neurons in the parenchyma (NG2+/Olig2+ precursor cells - quiescent pre-oligodendrocytes) and neurogenic areas (non-proliferating, nestin−, GFAP− and DCX− cells of yet undefined nature) identified by immunohistochemistry [20]. GPR17 is a marker of (i) morphologically immature cells and (ii) ramified pre-oligodendrocytes [14]. After spinal cord injury, or focal cerebral ischaemia, GPR17 expression is induced in a population of proliferating microglial/macrophage cells in the lesioned area [7,32]. There is an age-dependent reduction of GPR17 expression, confirmed by qRT-PCR and Western blot analyses [8]. The short isoform (hGPR17-S) is expressed more abundantly in the brain than the long isoform (hGPR17-L), whereas the opposite was observed in heart and kidney, quantified by RT-PCR [2]. A GPR17 polyclonal antibody with high sensitivity and specificity, and can be used in Western blot for detecting GPR17 has been described [28]. |
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The eukaryotic expression vector of rat Gpr17 can be functionally expressed in HEK293 cells [21]. |
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Biologically Significant Variant Comments |
Genomic analysis revealed two putative open reading frames encoding for a "short" and a "long" receptor isoform of 339- and 367-amino acids, respectively, with the latter displaying a 28-amino acid longer NH2 terminus. The long isoform is expressed in the human brain (frontal cortex, striatum, brain stem) only, and binds to the same ligands [25]. |
General Comments |
Molecular modeling and dynamics studies of the 3-D structure and purinergic ligand binding features in comparison with P2Y receptors have been conducted [24]. |
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