GNRHR

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GNRHR gene.

GNRHR
Identifiers
Aliases	GNRHR, GNRHR1, GRHR, HH7, LHRHR, LRHR, gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor
External IDs	OMIM: 138850; MGI: 95790; HomoloGene: 350; GeneCards: GNRHR; OMA:GNRHR - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 4 (human) Band 4q13.2 Start 67,737,118 bp End 67,754,388 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 5 (mouse) Band 5 E1|5 43.56 cM Start 86,328,613 bp End 86,345,760 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in anterior pituitary testicle ganglionic eminence ventricular zone sural nerve tibialis anterior muscle prefrontal cortex corpus callosum gonad deltoid muscle Top expressed in lumbar subsegment of spinal cord pituitary gland embryo anterior pituitary right ventricle vastus lateralis muscle central gray substance of midbrain lumbar spinal ganglion digastric muscle nucleus of stria terminalis More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function protein-hormone receptor activity signal transducer activity G protein-coupled receptor activity peptide binding gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor activity Cellular component plasma membrane membrane integral component of membrane integral component of plasma membrane Biological process multicellular organism development signal transduction G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway cellular response to gonadotropin-releasing hormone cellular response to hormone stimulus Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 2798 14715 Ensembl ENSG00000109163 ENSMUSG00000029255 UniProt P30968 Q01776 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001012763 NM_000406 NM_010323 NM_001310651 NM_001310653 RefSeq (protein) NP_000397 NP_001012781 NP_001297580 NP_001297582 NP_034453 Location (UCSC) Chr 4: 67.74 – 67.75 Mb Chr 5: 86.33 – 86.35 Mb PubMed search
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This gene encodes the receptor for type 1 gonadotropin-releasing hormone. This receptor is a member of the seven-transmembrane, G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) family. It is expressed on the surface of pituitary gonadotrope cells as well as lymphocytes, breast, ovary, and prostate. Following binding of gonadotropin-releasing hormone, the receptor associates with G-proteins that activate a phosphatidylinositol-calcium second messenger system. Activation of the receptor ultimately causes the release of gonadotropic luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH). Defects in this gene are a cause of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. More than 18 transcription initiation sites in the 5' region and multiple polyA signals in the 3' region have been identified for this gene.

See also

• Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor

Further reading

• Michel U, Farnworth P, Findlay JK (1993). "Follistatins: more than follicle-stimulating hormone suppressing proteins". Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 91 (1–2): 1–11. doi:10.1016/0303-7207(93)90248-I. PMID 8472841. S2CID 45296753.
• Flanagan CA, Millar RP, Illing N (1998). "Advances in understanding gonadotrophin-releasing hormone receptor structure and ligand interactions". Rev. Reprod. 2 (2): 113–20. doi:10.1530/ror.0.0020113. PMID 9414473.
• Limonta P, Moretti RM, Marelli MM, Motta M (2004). "The biology of gonadotropin hormone-releasing hormone: role in the control of tumor growth and progression in humans". Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology. 24 (4): 279–95. doi:10.1016/j.yfrne.2003.10.003. PMID 14726258. S2CID 33327806.
• Bédécarrats GY, Kaiser UB (2007). "Mutations in the human gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor: insights into receptor biology and function". Semin. Reprod. Med. 25 (5): 368–78. doi:10.1055/s-2007-984743. PMID 17710733. S2CID 260316708.
• Kakar SS, Musgrove LC, Devor DC, et al. (1992). "Cloning, sequencing, and expression of human gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 189 (1): 289–95. doi:10.1016/0006-291X(92)91556-6. PMID 1333190.
• Kakar SS, Grizzle WE, Neill JD (1995). "The nucleotide sequences of human GnRH receptors in breast and ovarian tumors are identical with that found in pituitary". Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 106 (1–2): 145–9. doi:10.1016/0303-7207(94)90196-1. PMID 7534732. S2CID 30402769.
• Leung PC, Squire J, Peng C, et al. (1995). "Mapping of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor gene to human chromosome 4q21.2 by fluorescence in situ hybridization". Mamm. Genome. 6 (4): 309–10. doi:10.1007/BF00352431. PMID 7613048. S2CID 22885474.
• Fan NC, Peng C, Krisinger J, Leung PC (1995). "The human gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor gene: complete structure including multiple promoters, transcription initiation sites, and polyadenylation signals". Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 107 (2): R1–8. doi:10.1016/0303-7207(94)03460-B. PMID 7768323. S2CID 25743883.
• Fan NC, Jeung EB, Peng C, et al. (1994). "The human gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor gene: cloning, genomic organization and chromosomal assignment". Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 103 (1–2): R1–6. doi:10.1016/0303-7207(94)90087-6. PMID 7958384. S2CID 54265042.
• Grosse R, Schöneberg T, Schultz G, Gudermann T (1997). "Inhibition of gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor signaling by expression of a splice variant of the human receptor". Mol. Endocrinol. 11 (9): 1305–18. doi:10.1210/mend.11.9.9966. PMID 9259321.
• Kakar SS (1997). "Molecular structure of the human gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor gene". Eur. J. Endocrinol. 137 (2): 183–92. doi:10.1530/eje.0.1370183. PMID 9272108.
• de Roux N, Young J, Misrahi M, et al. (1997). "A family with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and mutations in the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor". N. Engl. J. Med. 337 (22): 1597–602. doi:10.1056/NEJM199711273372205. PMID 9371856.
• Layman LC, Cohen DP, Jin M, et al. (1998). "Mutations in gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor gene cause hypogonadotropic hypogonadism". Nat. Genet. 18 (1): 14–5. doi:10.1038/ng0198-14. PMID 9425890. S2CID 39436682.
• de Roux N, Young J, Brailly-Tabard S, et al. (1999). "The same molecular defects of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor determine a variable degree of hypogonadism in affected kindred". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 84 (2): 567–72. doi:10.1210/jcem.84.2.5449. PMID 10022417. S2CID 23561496.
• Caron P, Chauvin S, Christin-Maitre S, et al. (1999). "Resistance of hypogonadic patients with mutated GnRH receptor genes to pulsatile GnRH administration". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 84 (3): 990–6. doi:10.1210/jcem.84.3.5518. PMID 10084584.
• Kottler ML, Bergametti F, Carrë MC, et al. (1999). "Tissue-specific pattern of variant transcripts of the human gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor gene". Eur. J. Endocrinol. 140 (6): 561–9. doi:10.1530/eje.0.1400561. PMID 10366411.
• Pralong FP, Gomez F, Castillo E, et al. (1999). "Complete hypogonadotropic hypogonadism associated with a novel inactivating mutation of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 84 (10): 3811–6. doi:10.1210/jcem.84.10.6042. PMID 10523035.

External links

• "Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone Receptors: GnRH receptor". IUPHAR Database of Receptors and Ion Channels. International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-12-04.

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.