Benkel, Tobias: Carvedilol-mediated signal transduction at the β2 adrenergic receptor. - Bonn, 2022. - Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
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urn: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5-66887,
author = {{Tobias Benkel}},
title = {Carvedilol-mediated signal transduction at the β2 adrenergic receptor},
school = {Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn},
year = 2022,
month = jul,

note = {G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) comprise the most prominent family of membrane proteins in the mammalian genome. They are required to relay extracellular cues into a cellular response. The environmental interactions conveyed by GPCRs are involved in a myriad of physiological processes, which makes them prominent drug targets. GPCRs respond to a wide variety of extracellular stimuli, ranging from ions and small molecules to hormones and even to physical cues like radiation to activate guanine-nucleotide binding proteins (G proteins). Yet, only seven G protein-coupled receptor kinases (GRKs) and four arrestin (arr) proteins regulate their response.
The classical tenet of G protein-coupled receptor signaling states that the receptor acts as ligand-induced guanine-nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for the heterotrimeric G protein. Subsequently, G protein-coupled receptor kinases in concert with arrestins modulate the induced response. However, the past two decades have broadened the contributions of arrestins beyond mere desensitization. The paradigm, denoted as arrestin-biased signaling, imparts the distinction between arrestins and G proteins to function as parallel signaling transducers downstream of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) and implies that the receptor's response can be tailored by developing ligands that favor one over the other signaling branch. Biased signaling, in terms of preferentially activating either G proteins or arrestins, is a paradigm that holds promising implications for devising safer and more efficient therapeutic interventions.
The third-generation β-blocker Carvedilol is an essential drug in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Especially in the treatment of heart failure, Carvedilol is among the most effective β-blockers. However, the mechanistic underpinnings that impart Carvedilol with its propitious clinical profile are still elusive. Arrestin-biased signaling at the β2AR is among the auspicious characteristics of Carvedilol and was proposed to explain survival benefits in patients suffering from heart failure.
Here, we intended to shed light on the mechanistic underpinnings of the β2 adrenergic receptor (β2AR) antagonist, Carvedilol. By utilizing the CRISPR/Cas9 technology, we explicitly dissect G protein- from arrestin-mediated signaling. We find, using primary or recombinant cells endogenously or overexpressing β2ARs, along with computational and a variety of biological, biochemical, and signaling assays, that Carvedilol indeed signals but relies on G proteins to drive all detectable activation via the β2AR.
The results of our studies complement the current literature and highlight an alternative mechanism to rationalize the observed effects upon Carvedilol treatment. Our investigations emphasize the extent of intrinsic sympathomimetic activity (ISA) as a means to rationalize the signaling behavior of Carvedilol, and most likely, the entire group of β-blocking reagents. Moreover, it broadens the scope of future research on β-blockers as the precise knowledge of the molecular mechanism modulated by therapeutic drugs is vital for the interpretation of basic research and clinical data, to device proper therapies and to guide the rational design of pharmacological agents with improved therapeutic efficacy.},

url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/10065}
}

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