Community guidelines for GPCR ligand bias: IUPHAR review 32
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GPCRs modulate a plethora of physiological processes and mediate the effects of one-third of FDA-approved drugs. Depending on which ligand activates a receptor, it can engage different intracellular transducers. This 'biased signalling' paradigm requires that we now characterize physiological signalling not just by receptors but by ligand-receptor pairs. Ligands eliciting biased signalling may constitute better drugs with higher efficacy and fewer adverse effects. However, ligand bias is very complex, making reproducibility and description challenging. Here, we provide guidelines and terminology for any scientists to design and report ligand bias experiments. The guidelines will aid consistency and clarity, as the basic receptor research and drug discovery communities continue to advance our understanding and exploitation of ligand bias. Scientific insight, biosensors, and analytical methods are still evolving and should benefit from and contribute to the implementation of the guidelines, together improving translation from in vitro to disease-relevant in vivo models.
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“With the important caveat that assessments on bias cannot be easily compared across studies (Kolb et al., 2022), the current results ( -G bias (relative to hydromorphone) could be detected using a different assay platform, reference agonist, and bias calculation) are not in disagreement with previous work.”
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- Authors
- Kolb, P., Kenakin, T., Alexander, S. P. H., Bermudez, M., Bohn, L. M., Breinholt, C. S., Bouvier, M., Hill, S. J., Kostenis, E., Martemyanov, K. A., Neubig, R. R., Onaran, H. O., Rajagopal, S., Roth, B. L., Selent, J., Shukla, A. K., Sommer, M. E., & Gloriam, D. E.
- Affiliations
- Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry University of Münster Münster Germany
- Scripps Research Institute (US)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (CA)
- University of Bonn (DE)
- Michigan State University (US)
- Ankara University (TR)
- Duke Medical Center (US)
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (ES)
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IN)
- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Kolb, Peter
- Kenakin, Terry
- Gloriam, David E.
- ORCID
- Venue
- British Journal of Pharmacology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2022-03-27
- Volume
- 179
- Issue
- 14
- Pages
- 3651-3674
- ISSN
- 0007-1188 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-5381
- PMC
- PMC7612872
- OpenAlex
- W4210780590
- Cited by
- 232
- References
- 122
- Citations by year
- 2026: 47 · 2025: 59 · 2024: 57 · 2023: 46 · 2022: 23
- FWCI
- 4.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- British Journal of Pharmacology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Repositori digital de la UPF (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (407626949, 290847012, FOR 2372, CA18133, KO4095/5-1)
- Lundbeckfonden (R313‐2019‐526)
- Novo Nordisk
- Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF18OC0031226)
- Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital, Gobierno de España (AC18/00030)
- H. Lundbeck A/S
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI18/00094, AC18/00030)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Physiology › Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling
- Keywords
- G protein-coupled receptors, ligand bias, biased signalling, terminology, ligand-receptor pairs, receptor pharmacology, drug discovery, reproducibility, biosensors
- MeSH terms
- Ligands, Reproducibility of Results, Signal Transduction, Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, Drug Discovery
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