PRESTO-Tango as an open-source resource for interrogation of the druggable human GPCRome

Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2015 May;22(5):362-9. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.3014. Epub 2015 Apr 20.

Abstract

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are essential mediators of cellular signaling and are important targets of drug action. Of the approximately 350 nonolfactory human GPCRs, more than 100 are still considered to be 'orphans' because their endogenous ligands remain unknown. Here, we describe a unique open-source resource that allows interrogation of the druggable human GPCRome via a G protein-independent β-arrestin-recruitment assay. We validate this unique platform at more than 120 nonorphan human GPCR targets, demonstrate its utility for discovering new ligands for orphan human GPCRs and describe a method (parallel receptorome expression and screening via transcriptional output, with transcriptional activation following arrestin translocation (PRESTO-Tango)) for the simultaneous and parallel interrogation of the entire human nonolfactory GPCRome.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Arrestins / metabolism
  • Biological Assay / methods*
  • Humans
  • Ligands
  • RNA Interference
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / agonists*
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / metabolism
  • Transcription, Genetic
  • Transcriptional Activation
  • beta-Arrestins

Substances

  • Arrestins
  • Ligands
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled
  • beta-Arrestins