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Medium-chain Fatty Acids as Ligands for Orphan G Protein-coupled Receptor GPR84

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Wang, Jinghong, Wu, Xiaosu, Simonavicius, Nicole, Tian, Hui, Ling, Lei·2006·Journal of Biological Chemistry

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Free fatty acids (FFAs) play important physiological roles in many tissues as an energy source and as signaling molecules in various cellular processes. Elevated levels of circulating FFAs are associated with obesity, dyslipidemia, and diabetes. Here we show that GPR84, a previously orphan G protein-coupled receptor, functions as a receptor for medium-chain FFAs with carbon chain lengths of 9-14. Medium-chain FFAs elicit calcium mobilization, inhibit 3',5'-cyclic AMP production, and stimulate [35S]guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) binding in a GPR84-dependent manner. The activation of GPR84 by medium-chain FFAs couples primarily to a pertussis toxin-sensitive G(i/o) pathway. In addition, we show that GPR84 is selectively expressed in leukocytes and markedly induced in monocytes/macrophages upon activation by lipopolysaccharide. Furthermore, we demonstrate that medium-chain FFAs amplify lipopolysaccharide-stimulated production of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-12 p40 through GPR84. Our results indicate a role for GPR84 in directly linking fatty acid metabolism to immunological regulation.

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Authors
Wang, J., Wu, X., Simonavicius, N., Tian, H., & Ling, L.
Venue
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2006-11
Volume
281
Issue
45
Pages
34457-34464
ISSN
0021-9258 (ISSN-L)
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W2113166434
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417
References
35
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2.46
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journal article
Language
en
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Wang, J., Wu, X., Simonavicius, N., Tian, H., & Ling, L. (2006). Medium-chain Fatty Acids as Ligands for Orphan G Protein-coupled Receptor GPR84. Journal of Biological Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m608019200

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