Molecular and functional analysis of nuclear membrane localized GnRH-RI

促性腺激素释放激素受体是一种蛋白质分子，存在于人和动物的某些细胞的外膜中，包括黑猩猩、鸡和鱼。这种受体识别特定的生理刺激，并指导体内细胞如何做出相应的反应。虽然其中一些刺激是在生殖成熟期间出现的，怀孕、感染甚至导致细胞产生非常重要的蛋白质。到目前为止，我们对这些受体蛋白是如何执行这些功能的了解很少，我们这样做是很重要的。这种理解将有助于制定更成功的策略，以维持家畜的健康和生殖潜力，并了解与某些人类疾病相关的潜在机制。我们最近发现，除了位于细胞膜外，促性腺激素释放激素受体还位于细胞核的细胞内。我们相信这是按顺序进行的以对生理刺激做出更快、更有效的反应，这可能代表着受体蛋白质之间最近的进化进展。我们目前正在测试这些想法，这些想法挑战了目前关于这类受体在细胞中如何发挥作用的观点。

The gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor is a protein molecule that is found in the outer membrane of certain cells in humans and animals including the chimpanzee, chicken and fish.  This receptor recognizes specific physiological stimuli and directs the cell in the body on how to respond accordingly.  Some of these stimuli arise during reproductive maturation, pregnancy and even infections and results in the cell producing very important proteins.  To date we have a very poor understanding on how these receptor proteins carry out these functions and it is important that we do.  This understanding will facilitate the development of more successful strategies to maintain the health and reproductive potential of livestock as well as understand the underlying mechanisms of some human conditions related to delayed or diminished reproductive development.  We have recently discovered that in addition to residing in the outer cell membrane the gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor also resides within the cell on the nucleus.  We believe it does so in order to respond much more quickly and efficiently to the physiological stimuli and this may represent a recent evolutionary advancement among receptor proteins.  We are currently testing these ideas which challenge the currently held views on how this class of receptor functions in the cell.