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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 412, Issue 3, Pages 419-424Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.07.087
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GPR109A; Impedance; beta-Arrestin; Ligand-biased receptor signaling
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Ligand-biased receptor signaling has been proposed for several G-protein coupled receptors including the niacin receptor GPR109A. Coupling to the G(i/o) pathway has been shown to be responsible for the well described triglyceride lowering effect of nicotinic acid in mice, while activation of the beta-arrestin pathway has been suggested to be responsible for its peripheral vasodilatory effect that causes cutaneous flushing. Several ligands have been described to selectively induce triglyceride lowering without inducing flushing. Cellular impedance has been demonstrated to determine G-protein coupled receptors activation in a G-protein specific manner. Agonists, which induce triglyceride lowering, but not flushing show a profile in cellular impedance that is distinct from the one induced by niacin and those compounds that induce triglyceride lowering as well as flushing. The strength of the signal correlates with the activation of beta-arrestin. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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