Functional rewiring of G protein-coupled receptor signaling in human labor

Abigail R. Walker, Camilla B. Larsen, Samit Kundu, Christina Stavrinidis, Sung Hye Kim, Asuka Inoue, David F. Woodward, Yun S. Lee, Roberta Migale, David A. MacIntyre, Vasso Terzidou, Francesca Fanelli, Shirin Khanjani, Phillip R. Bennett*, Aylin C. Hanyaloglu*

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Current strategies to manage preterm labor center around inhibition of uterine myometrial contractions, yet do not improve neonatal outcomes as they do not address activation of inflammation. Here, we identify that during human labor, activated oxytocin receptor (OTR) reprograms the prostaglandin E2 receptor, EP2, in the pregnant myometrium to suppress relaxatory/Gαs-cAMP signaling and promote pro-labor/inflammatory responses via altered coupling of EP2 from Gαq/11 to Gαi/o. The ability of EP2 to signal via Gαi/o is recapitulated with in vitro OT and only following OTR activation, suggesting direct EP2-OTR crosstalk. Super-resolution imaging with computational modeling reveals OT-dependent reorganization of EP2-OTR complexes to favor conformations for Gαi over Gαs activation. A selective EP2 ligand, PGN9856i, activates the relaxatory/Gαs-cAMP pathway but not the pro-labor/inflammatory responses in term-pregnant myometrium, even following OT. Our study reveals a mechanism, and provides a potential therapeutic solution, whereby EP2-OTR functional associations could be exploited to delay preterm labor.

原文英語
文章編號111318
期刊Cell Reports
40
發行號10
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出版狀態已出版 - 06 09 2022
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