Cannabinoid receptor interactions with the antagonists SR 141716A and SR 144528

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B CalandraD ShireM BouaboulaF BarthP Ferrara

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The G protein-coupled cannabinoid receptor subtypes CB 1 and CB 2 have been cloned from several species. The CB 1 receptor is highly conserved across species, whereas the CB 2 receptor shows considerable cross-species variations. The two human receptors share only 44% overall identity, ranging from 35% to 82,% in the transmembrane regions. Despite this structural disparity, the most potent cannabinoid agonists currently available are largely undiscriminating and are therefore unsatisfactory tools for investigating the architecture of ligand binding sites. However, the availability of two highly specific antagonists, SR 141716A for the CB 1 receptor and SR 144528 for the CB 2 receptor, has allowed us to adopt a systematic approach to defining their respective binding sites through the use of chimeric CB 1 receptor/CB 2 receptor constructs, coupled with site-directed mutagenesis. We identified the region encompassed by the fourth arid fifth transmembrane helices as being critical for antagonist specificity. Both the wild type human receptors overexpressed in heterologous systems are autoactivated; SR 141716A and SR 144528 exhibit classical inverse agonist properties with their respective target receptors. In addition, through its interaction with the CB 1 receptor SR 141716A blocks the G i protein-mediated activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase stimulated by insulin or insulin-like growth factor I. An in-depth analysis of this discovery has led to a modified three-state model for the CB 1 receptor, one of which implicates the SR 141716A-mediated sequestration of G i proteins, with the result that the growth factor-stimulated intracellular pathways are effectively impeded.

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DOI:

10.1016/S0024-3205(99)00285-4

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288

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1999

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Life Sciences
9 July 1999

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