Signaling by G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR): studies on the GnRH receptor

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
Zvi Naor

Abstract

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is the first key hormone of reproduction. GnRH analogs are extensively used in in vitro fertilization, and treatment of sex hormone-dependent cancers, due to their ability to bring about 'chemical castration'. The interaction of GnRH with its cognate type I receptor (GnRHR) in pituitary gonadotropes results in the activation of Gq/G(11), phospholipase Cbeta (PLCbetaI), PLA(2), and PLD. Sequential activation of the phospholipases generates the second messengers inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate (IP(3)), diacylglycerol (DAG), and arachidonic acid (AA), which are required for Ca(2+) mobilization, the activation of various protein kinase C isoforms (PKCs), and the production of prostaglandin (PG) and other metabolites of AA, respectively. PKC isoforms are the major mediators of the downstream activation of a number of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades by GnRH, namely: extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), jun-N-terminal kinase (JNK), and p38MAPK. The activated MAPKs phosphorylate both cytosolic and nuclear proteins to initiate the transcriptional activation of the gonadotropin subunit genes and the GnRHR. While Ca(2+) mobilization has been found to initiate rapid gonadotropin...Continue Reading

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