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The orphan receptor GPR88 blunts the signaling of opioid receptors and multiple striatal GPCRs

  1. Thibaut Laboute
  2. Jorge Gandía
  3. Lucie P Pellissier
  4. Yannick Corde
  5. Florian Rebeillard
  6. Maria Gallo
  7. Christophe Gauthier
  8. Audrey Léauté
  9. Jorge Diaz
  10. Anne Poupon
  11. Brigitte L Kieffer
  12. Julie Le Merrer  Is a corresponding author
  13. Jérôme AJ Becker  Is a corresponding author
  1. INRA UMR-0085, CNRS UMR-7247, Université de Tours, Inserm, France
  2. Inserm, France
  3. Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
  4. McGill University, Canada
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Cite this article as: eLife 2020;9:e50519 doi: 10.7554/eLife.50519

Abstract

GPR88 is an orphan G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) considered as a promising therapeutic target for neuropsychiatric disorders; its pharmacology, however, remains scarcely understood. Based on our previous report of increased delta opioid receptor activity in Gpr88 null mice, we investigated the impact of GPR88 co-expression on the signaling of opioid receptors in vitro and revealed that GPR88 inhibits the activation of both their G protein- and b-arrestin-dependent signaling pathways. In Gpr88 knockout mice, morphine-induced locomotor sensitization, withdrawal and supra-spinal analgesia were facilitated, consistent with a tonic inhibitory action of GPR88 on µOR signaling. We then explored GPR88 interactions with more striatal versus non-neuronal GPCRs, and revealed that GPR88 can decrease the G protein-dependent signaling of most receptors in close proximity, but impedes b-arrestin recruitment by all receptors tested. Our study unravels an unsuspected buffering role of GPR88 expression on GPCR signaling, with intriguing consequences for opioid and striatal functions.

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  1. Thibaut Laboute

    Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, INRA UMR-0085, CNRS UMR-7247, Université de Tours, Inserm, Nouzilly, France
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    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0003-0870-1891

  2. Jorge Gandía

    Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, INRA UMR-0085, CNRS UMR-7247, Université de Tours, Inserm, Nouzilly, France
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    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0003-1711-8075

  3. Lucie P Pellissier

    Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, INRA UMR-0085, CNRS UMR-7247, Université de Tours, Inserm, Nouzilly, France
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  4. Yannick Corde

    Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, INRA UMR-0085, CNRS UMR-7247, Université de Tours, Inserm, Nouzilly, France
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  5. Florian Rebeillard

    Cellular Biology and Molecular Pharmacology of Central Receptors, Inserm, Paris, France
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  6. Maria Gallo

    Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
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  7. Christophe Gauthier

    Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, INRA UMR-0085, CNRS UMR-7247, Université de Tours, Inserm, Nouzilly, France
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

  8. Audrey Léauté

    Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, INRA UMR-0085, CNRS UMR-7247, Université de Tours, Inserm, Nouzilly, France
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  9. Jorge Diaz

    Cellular Biology and Molecular Pharmacology of Central Receptors, Inserm, Paris, France
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  10. Anne Poupon

    Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, INRA UMR-0085, CNRS UMR-7247, Université de Tours, Inserm, Nouzilly, France
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  11. Brigitte L Kieffer

    Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
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    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0002-8809-8334

  12. Julie Le Merrer

    Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, INRA UMR-0085, CNRS UMR-7247, Université de Tours, Inserm, Nouzilly, France
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    julie.le-merrer@inra.fr
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

  13. Jérôme AJ Becker

    Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, INRA UMR-0085, CNRS UMR-7247, Université de Tours, Inserm, Nouzilly, France
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    jerome.becker@inra.fr
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.
    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0002-0039-0067

Funding

Region Centre-Val de Loire (ARD2020 Biomedicaments - GPCRAb)

  • Julie Le Merrer
  • Jérôme AJ Becker

LabEX MAbImprove

  • Julie Le Merrer
  • Jérôme AJ Becker

Fonds Unique Interministériel (ATHOS)

  • Brigitte L Kieffer
  • Julie Le Merrer
  • Jérôme AJ Becker

Marie-Curie/AgreeSkills Program (Postdoctoral Fellowshio)

  • Lucie P Pellissier

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All experimental procedures were conducted in accordance with the European Communities Council Directive 2010/63/EU and approved by the Comité d'Ethique pour l'Expérimentation Animale de l'ICS et de l'IGBMC (Com'Eth, 2012-047)

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  1. Volker Dötsch, Goethe University, Germany

Publication history

  1. Received: July 25, 2019
  2. Accepted: January 30, 2020
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: January 31, 2020 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: February 11, 2020 (version 2)

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© 2020, Laboute et al.

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License permitting unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.

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