EBP50 REGULATION OF PTH RECEPTOR IN BONE AND KIDNEY

项目描述（由申请人提供）：本项目的长期目标是阐明甲状旁腺激素受体（PTH1R）作用的细胞机制。PTH1R通过对肾脏和骨骼的作用调节细胞外钙和磷酸盐的稳态。与其他G蛋白偶联受体一样，PTH1R表现出活化、脱敏、内化和再敏的周期性过程。受体脱敏提供了一种保护细胞免受过度刺激的机制，而再敏则保护细胞免受长期不活动和激素抵抗的影响。然而，与大多数其他受体不同，PTH1R在其激活方面表现出相当大的细胞和组织特异性差异。这些差异不能归因于选择性剪接受体形式、受体丰度或G蛋白可用性。最近的证据表明，细胞质接头蛋白ezrin结合蛋白50kd （EBP50）可能参与细胞特异性PTH1R信号传导和内化。拟议研究的中心目标是检查EBP50在PTH1R循环的各个方面的相互作用和调节活性。为了验证EBP50调节PTH1R的配体特异性反应的统一假设，研究人员开发了四个特定目标。目的1将描述EBP50对细胞特异性PTH1R激活的影响。目的2将描述EBP50对PTH1R脱敏的影响。目的3将确定与PTH1R内化有关的EBP50的结构决定因素。目标4将确定EBP50对PTH1R回收的影响。计划中的研究采用一系列细胞生物学、生物化学和分子生物学技术，这些技术将应用于作为甲状旁腺激素作用主要目标的特定肾脏和骨细胞。初步数据提供了临时支持，并确定了大部分拟议工作的可行性。计划中的研究将为PTH1R调节细胞外钙稳态的机制和作用提供新的重要信息。该结果将为PTH1R作用的启动和终止提供更好的理解。结果可能提示其他病理生理机制引起甲状旁腺激素抵抗，并导致新的治疗机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term goal of this project is to elucidate the cellular mechanisms of parathyroid hormone receptor (PTH1R) action. The PTH1R regulates extracellular calcium and phosphate homeostasis by its actions on kidney and bone. Like other G protein-coupled receptors, the PTH1R exhibits a cyclical process of activation, desensitization, internalization, and resensitization. Receptor desensitization provides a mechanism to protect cells against excessive stimulation, while resensitization guards cells against prolonged inactivity and hormone resistance. Unlike most other receptors, however, the PTH1R exhibits considerable cell- and tissue-specific differences in its activation. These differences cannot be ascribed to alternatively spliced receptor forms, receptor abundance, or G protein availability. Recent evidence suggests that the cytoplasmic adaptor protein ezrin-binding protein 50 kD (EBP50) may contribute to cell-specific PTH1R signaling and internalization. The central goal of the proposed studies is to examine the interaction and modulatory activity of EBP50 on all aspects of PTH1R cycling. Four specific aims are developed to test the unifying hypothesis that EBP50 regulates ligand-specific responses of the PTH1R. Aim 1 will characterize the effects of EBP50 on cell-specific PTH1R activation. Aim 2 will describe EBP50 effects on PTH1R desensitization. Aim 3 will identify structural determinants of EBP50 that are involved in PTH1R internalization. Aim 4 will determine the effects of EBP50 on PTH1R recycling. The planned studies employ an array of cell biological, biochemical, and molecular biological techniques that will be applied to specific kidney and bone cells that are the primary targets of PTH action. Preliminary data provide provisional support and establish the feasibility for much of the proposed work. The planned studies will yield novel and important information on the mechanism and role by which the PTH1R regulates extracellular calcium homeostasis. The results will provide greater understanding of the initiation and termination of PTH1R action. The outcomes may suggest additional pathophysiological mechanisms causing PTH resistance and lead to new treatment opportunities.