High capacity in G protein-coupled receptor signaling.

Abstract:

:G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute a large family of receptors that activate intracellular signaling pathways upon detecting specific extracellular ligands. While many aspects of GPCR signaling have been uncovered through decades of studies, some fundamental properties, like its channel capacity-a measure of how much information a given transmission system can reliably transduce-are still debated. Previous studies concluded that GPCRs in individual cells could transmit around one bit of information about the concentration of the ligands, allowing only for a reliable on or off response. Using muscarinic receptor-induced calcium response measured in individual cells upon repeated stimulation, we show that GPCR signaling systems possess a significantly higher capacity. We estimate the channel capacity of this system to be above two, implying that at least four concentration levels of the agonist can be distinguished reliably. These findings shed light on the basic principles of GPCR signaling.

journal_name

Nat Commun

journal_title

Nature communications

authors

Keshelava A,Solis GP,Hersch M,Koval A,Kryuchkov M,Bergmann S,Katanaev VL

doi

10.1038/s41467-018-02868-y

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-02-28 00:00:00

pages

876

issue

1

issn

2041-1723

pii

10.1038/s41467-018-02868-y

journal_volume

9

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