[HTML][HTML] Advances in research on type 2 diabetes mellitus targets and therapeutic agents

J Su, Y Luo, S Hu, L Tang, S Ouyang - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic multifaceted disease with multiple potential complications, the
treatment of which can only delay and prolong the terminal stage of the disease, ie, type 2 …

Community guidelines for GPCR ligand bias: IUPHAR review 32

P Kolb, T Kenakin, SPH Alexander… - British journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
GPCRs modulate a plethora of physiological processes and mediate the effects of one‐third
of FDA‐approved drugs. Depending on which ligand activates a receptor, it can engage …

Molecular mechanism of allosteric modulation for the cannabinoid receptor CB1

X Yang, X Wang, Z Xu, C Wu, Y Zhou, Y Wang… - Nature Chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
Given the promising clinical value of allosteric modulators of G protein-coupled-receptors
(GPCRs), mechanistic understanding of how these modulators alter GPCR function is of …

Unraveling allostery within the angiotensin II type 1 receptor for Gαq and β-arrestin coupling

Y Cao, WJC van der Velden, Y Namkung… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
G protein–coupled receptors engage both G proteins and β-arrestins, and their coupling can
be biased by ligands and mutations. Here, to resolve structural elements and mechanisms …

Biased allosteric activation of ketone body receptor HCAR2 suppresses inflammation

C Zhao, H Wang, Y Liu, L Cheng, B Wang, X Tian, H Fu… - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Hydroxycarboxylic acid receptor 2 (HCAR2), modulated by endogenous ketone
body β-hydroxybutyrate and exogenous niacin, is a promising therapeutic target for …

[HTML][HTML] Signaling-specific inhibition of the CB1 receptor for cannabis use disorder: phase 1 and phase 2a randomized trials

M Haney, M Vallée, S Fabre, S Collins Reed… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Cannabis use disorder (CUD) is widespread, and there is no pharmacotherapy to facilitate
its treatment. AEF0117, the first of a new pharmacological class, is a signaling-specific …

[HTML][HTML] Biased signaling due to oligomerization of the G protein-coupled platelet-activating factor receptor

J Liu, H Tang, C Xu, S Zhou, X Zhu, Y Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are important drug targets that mediate various
signaling pathways by activating G proteins and engaging β-arrestin proteins. Despite its …

Along the allostery stream: Recent advances in computational methods for allosteric drug discovery

D Ni, Z Chai, Y Wang, M Li, Z Yu, Y Liu… - Wiley …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Allostery is a universal, biological phenomenon in which orthosteric sites are fine‐tuned by
topologically distal allosteric sites triggered by perturbations, such as ligand binding, residue …

[HTML][HTML] G protein–coupled receptor interactions with arrestins and GPCR kinases: The unresolved issue of signal bias

Q Chen, JJG Tesmer - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2022 - ASBMB
G protein–coupled receptor (GPCR) kinases (GRKs) and arrestins interact with agonist-
bound GPCRs to promote receptor desensitization and downregulation. They also trigger …

[HTML][HTML] Delineating the activation mechanism and conformational landscape of a class BG protein-coupled receptor glucagon receptor

Y Wang, M Li, W Liang, X Shi, J Fan, R Kong… - Computational and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Class BG protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are important targets in the treatment of
metabolic syndrome and diabetes. Although multiple structures of class B GPCRs–G protein …