Nature Communications (Mar 2018)

The orphan GPR50 receptor promotes constitutive TGFβ receptor signaling and protects against cancer development

  • Stefanie Wojciech,
  • Raise Ahmad,
  • Zakia Belaid-Choucair,
  • Anne-Sophie Journé,
  • Sarah Gallet,
  • Julie Dam,
  • Avais Daulat,
  • Delphine Ndiaye-Lobry,
  • Olivier Lahuna,
  • Angeliki Karamitri,
  • Jean-Luc Guillaume,
  • Marcio Do Cruzeiro,
  • François Guillonneau,
  • Anastasia Saade,
  • Nathalie Clément,
  • Thomas Courivaud,
  • Nawel Kaabi,
  • Kenjiro Tadagaki,
  • Philippe Delagrange,
  • Vincent Prévot,
  • Olivier Hermine,
  • Céline Prunier,
  • Ralf Jockers

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03609-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) regulates many cellular processes. Here the authors show that the orphan G-protein coupled receptor GPR50 can activate the TGFβ receptor I, in the absence of TGFβ, by stabilizing its active conformation and show antitumor activity in a mouse model of breast cancer.