Melanocortin receptor

Melanocortin receptors are members of the rhodopsin family of 7-transmembrane G protein-coupled receptors.

There are five known members of the melanocortin receptor system^[1] each with differing specificities for melanocortins:^[2]^[3]^[4]

MC1R. MC1R is associated with pigmentation genetics.
MC2R. MC2R is also known as the ACTH receptor or corticotropin receptor because it is specific for ACTH alone.
MC3R. MC3R is associated with childhood growth, accrual of lean mass and onset of puberty.^[5]
MC4R. Defects in MC4R are a cause of autosomal dominant obesity, accounting for 6% of all cases of early-onset obesity.^[6]
MC5R. MC5R

These receptors are inhibited by endogenous inverse agonists agouti signalling peptide and agouti-related peptide,^[7] and activated by synthetic (i.e. afamelanotide) and endogenous agonist melanocyte-stimulating hormones.^[8]

Selective ligands

Several selective ligands for the melanocortin receptors are known,^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12] and some synthetic compounds have been investigated as potential tanning, anti-obesity and aphrodisiac drugs, with tanning effects mainly from stimulation of MC₁,^[13] while anorectic and aphrodisiac effects appear to involve both MC₃ and MC₄.^[14] MC₁, MC₃ and MC₄ are widely expressed in the brain, and are also thought to be responsible for effects on mood and cognition.^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]

Agonists

Non-selective

MC₁-selective

BMS-470,539

MC₄-selective

Unknown (but for certain MC₂-acting)

Antagonists and inverse agonists

Non-selective

MC₄-selective

HS-014
HS-024
MCL-0042^[19]
MCL-0129^[20]
MPB-10
SHU-9119 (agonist at MC₁ and MC₅, antagonist at MC₃ and MC₄)

Unknown

Semax

References

^ "Melanocortins and the Melanocortin Receptor". Archived from the original on 2007-04-11. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
^ Voisey J, Carroll L, van Daal A (October 2003). "Melanocortins and their receptors and antagonists". Current Drug Targets. 4 (7): 586–97. doi:10.2174/1389450033490858. PMID 14535656.
^ Hadley ME, Dorr RT (April 2006). "Melanocortin peptide therapeutics: historical milestones, clinical studies and commercialization". Peptides. 27 (4): 921–30. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2005.01.029. PMID 16412534.
^ Dores RM (April 2009). "Adrenocorticotropic hormone, melanocyte-stimulating hormone, and the melanocortin receptors: revisiting the work of Robert Schwyzer: a thirty-year retrospective". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1163 (1): 93–100. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04434.x. PMID 19456331.
^ Lam, B.Y.H., Williamson, A., Finer, S. et al. MC3R links nutritional state to childhood growth and the timing of puberty. Nature (2021). doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04088-9
^ Farooqi IS, Keogh JM, Yeo GS, Lank EJ, Cheetham T, O'Rahilly S (2003). "Clinical spectrum of obesity and mutations in the melanocortin 4 receptor gene". N. Engl. J. Med. 348 (12): 1085–95. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa022050. PMID 12646665.
^ Chai B, Pogozheva I, Lai Y, Li J, Neubig R, Mosberg H, Gantz I (2005). "Receptor-antagonist interactions in the complexes of agouti and agouti-related protein with human melanocortin 1 and 4 receptors". Biochemistry. 44 (9): 3418–31. doi:10.1021/bi0478704. PMID 15736952.
^ Pogozheva I, Chai B, Lomize A, Fong T, Weinberg D, Nargund R, Mulholland M, Gantz I, Mosberg H (2005). "Interactions of human melanocortin 4 receptor with nonpeptide and peptide agonists". Biochemistry. 44 (34): 11329–41. doi:10.1021/bi0501840. PMC 2532597. PMID 16114870.
^ Balse-Srinivasan P, Grieco P, Cai M, Trivedi D, Hruby VJ (November 2003). "Structure-activity relationships of gamma-MSH analogues at the human melanocortin MC3, MC4, and MC5 receptors. Discovery of highly selective hMC3R, hMC4R, and hMC5R analogues". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 46 (23): 4965–73. doi:10.1021/jm030119t. PMID 14584947.
^ Wilson KR, Todorovic A, Proneth B, Haskell-Luevano C (2006). "Overview of endogenous and synthetic melanocortin peptides". Cellular and Molecular Biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France). 52 (2): 3–20. PMID 16914082.
^ Hruby VJ, Cai M, Cain JP, Mayorov AV, Dedek MM, Trivedi D (2007). "Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of ligands selective for the melanocortin-3 receptor". Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 7 (11): 1107–19. doi:10.2174/156802607780906645. PMC 2274922. PMID 17584128.
^ Mayorov AV, Cai M, Palmer ES, Dedek MM, Cain JP, Van Scoy AR, Tan B, Vagner J, Trivedi D, Hruby VJ (January 2008). "Structure-activity relationships of cyclic lactam analogues of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) targeting the human melanocortin-3 receptor". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 51 (2): 187–95. doi:10.1021/jm070461w. PMC 2587288. PMID 18088090.
^ Kadekaro AL, Kanto H, Kavanagh R, Abdel-Malek ZA (June 2003). "Significance of the melanocortin 1 receptor in regulating human melanocyte pigmentation, proliferation, and survival". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 994 (1): 359–65. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb03200.x. PMID 12851336.
^ King SH, Mayorov AV, Balse-Srinivasan P, Hruby VJ, Vanderah TW, Wessells H (2007). "Melanocortin receptors, melanotropic peptides and penile erection". Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 7 (11): 1098–1106. doi:10.2174/1568026610707011111. PMC 2694735. PMID 17584130.
^ Cragnolini AB, Schiöth HB, Scimonelli TN (June 2006). "Anxiety-like behavior induced by IL-1beta is modulated by alpha-MSH through central melanocortin-4 receptors". Peptides. 27 (6): 1451–6. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2005.10.020. PMID 16325304.
^ Catania A (July 2008). "Neuroprotective actions of melanocortins: a therapeutic opportunity". Trends in Neurosciences. 31 (7): 353–60. doi:10.1016/j.tins.2008.04.002. PMID 18550183.
^ Lasaga M, Debeljuk L, Durand D, Scimonelli TN, Caruso C (October 2008). "Role of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone and melanocortin 4 receptor in brain inflammation". Peptides. 29 (10): 1825–35. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2008.06.009. hdl:11336/104816. PMID 18625277.
^ Gonzalez PV, Schiöth HB, Lasaga M, Scimonelli TN (March 2009). "Memory impairment induced by IL-1beta is reversed by alpha-MSH through central melanocortin-4 receptors". Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 23 (6): 817–22. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2009.03.001. hdl:11336/104814. PMID 19275930.
^ Chaki S, Oshida Y, Ogawa S, Funakoshi T, Shimazaki T, Okubo T, Nakazato A, Okuyama S (December 2005). "MCL0042: a nonpeptidic MC4 receptor antagonist and serotonin reuptake inhibitor with anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like activity". Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 82 (4): 621–6. doi:10.1016/j.pbb.2005.11.001. PMID 16337261.
^ Chaki S, Hirota S, Funakoshi T, Suzuki Y, Suetake S, Okubo T, Ishii T, Nakazato A, Okuyama S (February 2003). "Anxiolytic-like and antidepressant-like activities of MCL0129 (1-[(S)-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4-isopropylpiperadin-1-yl)ethyl]-4-[4-(2-methoxynaphthalen-1-yl)butyl]piperazine), a novel and potent nonpeptide antagonist of the melanocortin-4 receptor". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 304 (2): 818–26. doi:10.1124/jpet.102.044826. PMID 12538838.

External links

"Melanocortin Receptors". IUPHAR Database of Receptors and Ion Channels. International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology.
Melanocortin+Receptors at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Calculated spatial position of melanocortin-4 receptor in the lipid bilayer, inactive state with antagonist and active state with agonist

[1] "Melanocortins and the Melanocortin Receptor". Archived from the original on 2007-04-11. Retrieved 2007-03-14.

[pmid14535656-2] Voisey J, Carroll L, van Daal A (October 2003). "Melanocortins and their receptors and antagonists". Current Drug Targets. 4 (7): 586–97. doi:10.2174/1389450033490858. PMID 14535656.

[pmid16412534-3] Hadley ME, Dorr RT (April 2006). "Melanocortin peptide therapeutics: historical milestones, clinical studies and commercialization". Peptides. 27 (4): 921–30. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2005.01.029. PMID 16412534.

[pmid19456331-4] Dores RM (April 2009). "Adrenocorticotropic hormone, melanocyte-stimulating hormone, and the melanocortin receptors: revisiting the work of Robert Schwyzer: a thirty-year retrospective". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1163 (1): 93–100. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04434.x. PMID 19456331.

[5] Lam, B.Y.H., Williamson, A., Finer, S. et al. MC3R links nutritional state to childhood growth and the timing of puberty. Nature (2021). doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04088-9

[6] Farooqi IS, Keogh JM, Yeo GS, Lank EJ, Cheetham T, O'Rahilly S (2003). "Clinical spectrum of obesity and mutations in the melanocortin 4 receptor gene". N. Engl. J. Med. 348 (12): 1085–95. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa022050. PMID 12646665.

[7] Chai B, Pogozheva I, Lai Y, Li J, Neubig R, Mosberg H, Gantz I (2005). "Receptor-antagonist interactions in the complexes of agouti and agouti-related protein with human melanocortin 1 and 4 receptors". Biochemistry. 44 (9): 3418–31. doi:10.1021/bi0478704. PMID 15736952.

[8] Pogozheva I, Chai B, Lomize A, Fong T, Weinberg D, Nargund R, Mulholland M, Gantz I, Mosberg H (2005). "Interactions of human melanocortin 4 receptor with nonpeptide and peptide agonists". Biochemistry. 44 (34): 11329–41. doi:10.1021/bi0501840. PMC 2532597. PMID 16114870.

[pmid14584947-9] Balse-Srinivasan P, Grieco P, Cai M, Trivedi D, Hruby VJ (November 2003). "Structure-activity relationships of gamma-MSH analogues at the human melanocortin MC3, MC4, and MC5 receptors. Discovery of highly selective hMC3R, hMC4R, and hMC5R analogues". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 46 (23): 4965–73. doi:10.1021/jm030119t. PMID 14584947.

[pmid16914082-10] Wilson KR, Todorovic A, Proneth B, Haskell-Luevano C (2006). "Overview of endogenous and synthetic melanocortin peptides". Cellular and Molecular Biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France). 52 (2): 3–20. PMID 16914082.

[pmid17584128-11] Hruby VJ, Cai M, Cain JP, Mayorov AV, Dedek MM, Trivedi D (2007). "Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of ligands selective for the melanocortin-3 receptor". Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 7 (11): 1107–19. doi:10.2174/156802607780906645. PMC 2274922. PMID 17584128.

[pmid18088090-12] Mayorov AV, Cai M, Palmer ES, Dedek MM, Cain JP, Van Scoy AR, Tan B, Vagner J, Trivedi D, Hruby VJ (January 2008). "Structure-activity relationships of cyclic lactam analogues of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) targeting the human melanocortin-3 receptor". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 51 (2): 187–95. doi:10.1021/jm070461w. PMC 2587288. PMID 18088090.

[pmid12851336-13] Kadekaro AL, Kanto H, Kavanagh R, Abdel-Malek ZA (June 2003). "Significance of the melanocortin 1 receptor in regulating human melanocyte pigmentation, proliferation, and survival". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 994 (1): 359–65. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb03200.x. PMID 12851336.

[pmid17584130-14] King SH, Mayorov AV, Balse-Srinivasan P, Hruby VJ, Vanderah TW, Wessells H (2007). "Melanocortin receptors, melanotropic peptides and penile erection". Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 7 (11): 1098–1106. doi:10.2174/1568026610707011111. PMC 2694735. PMID 17584130.

[pmid16325304-15] Cragnolini AB, Schiöth HB, Scimonelli TN (June 2006). "Anxiety-like behavior induced by IL-1beta is modulated by alpha-MSH through central melanocortin-4 receptors". Peptides. 27 (6): 1451–6. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2005.10.020. PMID 16325304.

[pmid18550183-16] Catania A (July 2008). "Neuroprotective actions of melanocortins: a therapeutic opportunity". Trends in Neurosciences. 31 (7): 353–60. doi:10.1016/j.tins.2008.04.002. PMID 18550183.

[pmid18625277-17] Lasaga M, Debeljuk L, Durand D, Scimonelli TN, Caruso C (October 2008). "Role of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone and melanocortin 4 receptor in brain inflammation". Peptides. 29 (10): 1825–35. doi:10.1016/j.peptides.2008.06.009. hdl:11336/104816. PMID 18625277.

[pmid19275930-18] Gonzalez PV, Schiöth HB, Lasaga M, Scimonelli TN (March 2009). "Memory impairment induced by IL-1beta is reversed by alpha-MSH through central melanocortin-4 receptors". Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 23 (6): 817–22. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2009.03.001. hdl:11336/104814. PMID 19275930.

[pmid16337261-19] Chaki S, Oshida Y, Ogawa S, Funakoshi T, Shimazaki T, Okubo T, Nakazato A, Okuyama S (December 2005). "MCL0042: a nonpeptidic MC4 receptor antagonist and serotonin reuptake inhibitor with anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like activity". Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 82 (4): 621–6. doi:10.1016/j.pbb.2005.11.001. PMID 16337261.

[pmid12538838-20] Chaki S, Hirota S, Funakoshi T, Suzuki Y, Suetake S, Okubo T, Ishii T, Nakazato A, Okuyama S (February 2003). "Anxiolytic-like and antidepressant-like activities of MCL0129 (1-[(S)-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4-isopropylpiperadin-1-yl)ethyl]-4-[4-(2-methoxynaphthalen-1-yl)butyl]piperazine), a novel and potent nonpeptide antagonist of the melanocortin-4 receptor". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 304 (2): 818–26. doi:10.1124/jpet.102.044826. PMID 12538838.

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