Identification of four evolutionarily related G protein-coupled receptors from the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 160-165

  Belmont, Martin ^a   Cazzamali, Giuseppe ^a   Williamson, Michael ^a   Hauser, Frank ^a   Grimmelikhuijzen, Cornelis J P ^a  

^a Institute of Biology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drosophila; DRY motif; Endocrinology; GnRH; GPCR; Insect; Malaria; Mosquito; Neurohormone; Neuropeptide; Silkworm

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MALARIA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CHO CELLS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; INSECT HORMONES; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BOMBYX MORI; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; CRUSTACEA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646069647     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.03.117     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Vernick K.D., and Waters A.P. Genomics and malaria control. N. Engl. J. Med. 351 (2004) 1901-1904
2. Gardner M.J., et al. Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Nature 419 (2002) 498-511
3. Holt R.A., et al. The genome sequence of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Science 298 (2002) 129-149
4. Liebmann C. G protein-coupled receptors and their signalling pathways: Classical therapeutical targets susceptible to novel therapeutic concepts. Curr. Pharm. Design 10 (2004) 1937-1958
5. Hill C.A., Fox A.N., Pitts R.J., Kent L.B., Tan P.L., Chrystal C.A., Cravchik A., Collins F.H., Robertson H.M., and Zwiebel L.J. G protein-coupled receptors in Anopheles gambiae. Science 298 (2002) 176-178
6. Gether U. Uncovering molecular mechanisms involved in activation of G protein-coupled receptors. Endocr. Rev. 21 (2000) 90-113
7. Civelli O., Nothacker H.-P., Saito Y., Wang Z., Lin S.H., and Reinscheid R.K. Novel neurotransmitters as natural ligands of orphan G protein-coupled receptors. Trends Neurosci. 24 (2001) 230-237
8. Civelli O. GPCR deorphanizations: the novel, the known and the unexpected transmitters. Trends Pharm. Sci. 26 (2005) 15-19
9. Riehle M.A., Garczynski S.F., Crim J.W., Hill C.A., and Brown M.R. Neuropeptides and peptide hormones in Anopheles gambiae. Science 298 (2002) 172-175
10. Stables J., Green A., Marshall F., Fraser N., Knight E., Sautel M., Milligan G., Lee M., and Rees S. A bioluminescent assay for agonist activity at potentially any G protein-coupled receptor. Anal. Biochem. 252 (1997) 115-126
11. Staubli F., Jørgensen T.J.D., Cazzamali G., Williamson M., Lenz C., Søndergaard L., Roepstorff P., and Grimmelikhuijzen C.J.P. Molecular identification of the insect adipokinetic hormone receptors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99 (2002) 3446-3451
12. Cazzamali G., and Grimmelikhuijzen C.J.P. Molecular cloning and functional expression of the first insect FMRFamide receptor. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99 (2002) 12073-12078
13. Egerod K., Reynisson E., Hauser F., Cazzamali G., Williamson M., and Grimmelikhuijzen C.J.P. Molecular cloning and functional expression of the first two specific insect myosuppressin receptors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 100 (2003) 9808-9813
14. Vanden Broeck J. Neuropeptides and their precursors in the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster. Peptides 22 (2001) 241-254
15. Nässel D.R. Neuropeptides in the nervous system of Drosophila and other insects: multiple roles as neuromodulators and neurohormones. Prog. Neurobiol. 68 (2002) 1-84
16. Baggerman G., Cerstiaens A., De Loof A., and Schoofs L. Peptidomics of the larval Drosophila melanogaster central nervous system. J. Biol. Chem. 277 (2002) 40368-40374
17. Cazzamali G., Saxild N.P.E., and Grimmelikhuijzen C.J.P. Molecular cloning and functional expression of a Drosophila corazonin receptor. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 298 (2002) 31-36
18. Cazzamali G., Hauser F., Kobberup S., Williamson M., and Grimmelikhuijzen C.J.P. Molecular identification of a Drosophila G protein-coupled receptor specific for crustacean cardioactive peptide. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 303 (2003) 146-152
19. Hansen K.K., Hauser F., Cazzamali G., Williamson M., and Grimmelikhuijzen C.J.P. Cloning and characterization of the adipokinetic hormone receptor from the cockroach Periplaneta americana. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 343 (2006) 638-643
20. Hauser F., Søndergaard L., and Grimmelikhuijzen C.J.P. Molecular cloning, genomic organization and developmental regulation of a novel receptor from Drosophila melanogaster structurally related to gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptors from vertebrates. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 249 (1998) 822-828
21. Iversen A., Cazzamali G., Williamson M., Hauser F., and Grimmelikhuijzen C.J.P. Molecular identification of the first insect ecdysis triggering hormone receptors. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 299 (2002) 924-931
22. Gäde G., Hoffmann K.H., and Spring J.H. Hormonal regulation in insects: facts, gaps, and future directions. Physiol. Rev. 77 (1997) 963-1032
23. Park Y., Kim Y.J., and Adams M.E. Identification of G protein-coupled receptors for Drosophila PRXamide peptides, CCAP, corazonin, and AKH supports a theory of ligand-receptor coevolution. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99 (2002) 11423-11428