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Mechanoactivation of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor induces β‐arrestin‐biased signaling through Gα i coupling
Author(s) -
Wang Jialu,
Hanada Kenji,
Gareri Clarice,
Rockman Howard A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cellular biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 165
eISSN - 1097-4644
pISSN - 0730-2312
DOI - 10.1002/jcb.26552
Subject(s) - heterotrimeric g protein , arrestin , g protein coupled receptor , microbiology and biotechnology , g protein , signal transduction , gq alpha subunit , angiotensin ii , phosphorylation , receptor , functional selectivity , transactivation , allosteric regulation , chemistry , signal transducing adaptor protein , intracellular , g beta gamma complex , biology , biochemistry , transcription factor , gene
Ligand activation of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R), a member of the G protein‐coupled receptor (GPCR) family, stimulates intracellular signaling to mediate a variety of physiological responses. The AT1R is also known to be a mechanical sensor. When activated by mechanical stretch, the AT1R can signal via the multifunctional adaptor protein β‐arrestin, rather than through classical heterotrimeric G protein pathways. To date, the AT1R conformation induced by membrane stretch in the absence of ligand was thought to be the same as that induced by β‐arrestin‐biased agonists, which selectively engage β‐arrestin thereby preventing G protein coupling. Here, we show that in contrast to the β‐arrestin‐biased agonists TRV120023 and TRV120026, membrane stretch uniquely promotes the coupling of the inhibitory G protein (Gα i ) to the AT1R to transduce signaling. Stretch‐triggered AT1R‐Gα i coupling is required for the recruitment of β‐arrestin2 and activation of downstream signaling pathways, such as EGFR transactivation and ERK phosphorylation. Our findings demonstrate additional complexity in the mechanism of receptor bias in which the recruitment of Gα i is required for allosteric mechanoactivation of the AT1R‐induced β‐arrestin‐biased signaling.