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The constitutive activity of melanocortin-4 receptors in cAMP pathway is allosterically modulated by zinc and copper ions.

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:Melanocortin-4 receptors (MC4 R) are unique among G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) as they have endogenous ligands that can exhibit inverse agonistic properties in the case of elevated basal activity. It is known that the constitutive activity of GPCRs strongly affects the ligand-dependent physiological responses, but little is known about these regulatory mechanisms. Since several metal ions have been shown to be important modulators of the signal transduction of GPCRs, we hypothesized that metal ions regulate the basal activity of MC4 Rs. Implementation of a fluorescence anisotropy assay and novel redshifted fluorescent peptides enabled kinetic characterization of ligand binding to MC4 R expressed on budded baculoviruses. We show that Ca2+ is required for high-affinity ligand binding, but Zn2+ and Cu2+ in the presence of Ca2+ behave as negative allosteric modulators of ligand binding to MC4 R. FRET-based cAMP biosensor was used to measure the activation of MC4 R stably expressed in CHO-K1 cells. At low micromolar concentrations, Zn2+ caused MC4 R-dependent activation of the cAMP pathway, whereas Cu2+ reduced the activity of MC4 R even below the basal level. These findings indicate that at physiologically relevant concentrations can Zn2+ and Cu2+ function as MC4 R agonists or inverse agonists, respectively. This means that depending on the level of constitutive activity induced by Zn2+ ions, the pharmacological effect of orthosteric ligands of MC4 R can be switched from a partial to an inverse agonist. OPEN SCIENCE BADGES: This article has received a badge for *Open Materials* because it provided all relevant information to reproduce the study in the manuscript. More information about the Open Science badges can be found at https://cos.io/our-services/open-science-badges/.

journal_name

J Neurochem

journal_title

Journal of neurochemistry

authors

Link R,Veiksina S,Tahk MJ,Laasfeld T,Paiste P,Kopanchuk S,Rinken A

doi

10.1111/jnc.14933

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-05-01 00:00:00

pages

346-361

issue

eissn

0022-3042

issn

1471-4159

journal_volume

153

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The constitutive activity of melanocortin-4 receptors in cAMP pathway is allosterically modulated by zinc and copper ions.