| 1997 |
GPR37 (hETBR-LP) was cloned as a novel 614-amino acid, seven-transmembrane domain GPCR enriched in the brain, particularly in Purkinje cells and hippocampal neurons; recombinant expression confirmed it did not bind ET-1, ET-3, bombesin, or neuropeptide Y, nor did it mobilize Ca2+ or alter cAMP, establishing it as an orphan receptor. |
cDNA cloning, Northern blot, in situ hybridization, radioligand binding assay, Ca2+/cAMP functional assays in COS7 and HEK293 cells |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
High |
9144577
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| 2002 |
GPR37/Pael-R was identified as a substrate of the E3 ubiquitin ligase Parkin via yeast two-hybrid; when overexpressed in cells, Pael-R becomes unfolded, insoluble, and ubiquitinated, accumulates in the ER, and induces ER stress-induced cell death that is suppressed by Parkin-mediated ubiquitination and degradation. |
Yeast two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation, ubiquitination assay, cell death assay |
Molecular cell |
High |
12150907 14579121
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| 2002 |
CHIP forms a complex with Hsp70, Parkin, and Pael-R in vitro and in vivo; CHIP promotes dissociation of Hsp70 from Parkin and Pael-R, thereby facilitating Parkin-mediated ubiquitination of Pael-R and enhancing Parkin's ability to suppress Pael-R-induced cell death. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (in vitro and in vivo), in vitro ubiquitination assay, cell death assay |
Molecular cell |
High |
12150907
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| 2003 |
Panneuronal expression of Pael-R in Drosophila caused age-dependent selective degeneration of dopaminergic neurons; co-expression of Parkin degraded Pael-R and suppressed its toxicity, while interfering with endogenous Drosophila Parkin promoted Pael-R accumulation and augmented toxicity, placing Parkin downstream of Pael-R accumulation in dopaminergic neurodegeneration. |
Drosophila transgenic expression, genetic epistasis, dopaminergic neuron counting |
Neuron |
High |
12670421
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| 2003 |
Pael-R, Parkin, alpha-synuclein, and ubiquitin were found to accumulate in Lewy bodies of Parkinson's disease patients, with Pael-R localized to the core of Lewy bodies. |
Immunohistochemistry on post-mortem human brain tissue (Parkinson's disease and MSA cases) |
Annals of neurology |
Medium |
14991825
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| 2003 |
Glup/PACRG, encoded by a gene adjacent to Parkin, forms a large molecular chaperone complex (containing Hsp70, Hsp90, and chaperonin components) that associates with Pael-R, suppresses Pael-R-induced cell death, and facilitates inclusion body formation when the proteasome is inhibited. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, protein complex isolation, cell death assay, siRNA knockdown, immunofluorescence |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
14532270
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| 2006 |
HRD1, an ER-resident ubiquitin ligase, interacts with Pael-R through its proline-rich domain, promotes Pael-R ubiquitination and degradation, and siRNA-mediated knockdown of HRD1 causes Pael-R accumulation and caspase-3 activation; ATF6 overexpression induces HRD1 and accelerates Pael-R degradation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, ubiquitination assay, siRNA knockdown, caspase-3 activation measurement |
Journal of neurochemistry |
High |
17059562
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| 2006 |
Adenoviral vector-mediated overexpression of Pael-R in the substantia nigra of mice induced ER stress and selective death of dopaminergic neurons; this neurodegeneration was enhanced in mice deficient in Parkin or the ER chaperone ORP150, and was partially blocked by a dopamine synthesis inhibitor. |
In vivo adenoviral vector injection, Parkin/ORP150 knockout mice, dopaminergic neuron counting, pharmacological inhibition |
Human molecular genetics |
High |
17116640
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| 2007 |
Pael-R knockout mice showed ~40% reduction in striatal dopamine, while Pael-R transgenic mice showed increased striatal DOPAC and vesicular dopamine content; Pael-R transgenic nigrostriatal neurons were more vulnerable and knockout neurons less vulnerable to PD-related neurotoxins, establishing GPR37 as a regulator of dopamine metabolism in the nigrostriatal system. |
Pael-R knockout and transgenic mouse models, HPLC dopamine measurement, neurotoxin challenge |
Neuroscience research |
High |
17889953
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| 2007 |
Drosophila thioredoxin (TRX), acting primarily as a molecular chaperone, suppressed Pael-R-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity; redox-defective TRX mutants retained chaperone activity and still partially suppressed Pael-R toxicity, indicating chaperone (not antioxidant) activity is the primary mechanism of suppression. |
Drosophila co-expression, site-directed mutagenesis of TRX, dopaminergic neuron counting, locomotor assay |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
17301052
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| 2008 |
HRD1's proline-rich domain is necessary to promote Pael-R degradation, while its transmembrane domain is required for transferring Pael-R from the ER to the cytosol for proteasomal degradation; a transmembrane-domain mutant of HRD1 was markedly unstable. |
Domain deletion/mutagenesis of HRD1, co-immunoprecipitation, degradation assay |
Journal of pharmacological sciences |
Medium |
18344614
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| 2008 |
Parkin knockout/Pael-R transgenic double mice exhibited progressive and selective loss of dopaminergic and noradrenergic neurons without inclusion body formation, with persistent unfolded protein response activation, elevated dopamine/metabolites, and later reduction in mitochondrial complex I activity. |
Double transgenic/knockout mouse model, catecholaminergic neuron counting, UPR markers, mitochondrial complex I activity assay |
Journal of neurochemistry |
High |
18691389
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| 2009 |
GPR37 surface expression is dramatically enhanced by removal of its N-terminal domain (first ~210 amino acids); coexpression with adenosine A2A receptor or dopamine D2 receptor increases GPR37 surface expression, with co-immunoprecipitation confirming GPR37-D2R physical association that modestly alters D2R agonist/antagonist affinity; interaction with the PDZ scaffold syntenin-1 also dramatically increases GPR37 surface expression. |
N-terminal truncation, co-immunoprecipitation, FACS surface expression, radioligand binding |
Biochemistry |
High |
19799451
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| 2009 |
rAAV2/6-mediated overexpression of Pael-R in the rat nigrostriatal system caused rapid insoluble accumulation of Pael-R, severe and selective loss of nigral dopaminergic neurons and nigrostriatal fibers, striatal dopamine depletion, and spontaneous motor impairments; GABAergic neurons of the globus pallidus were unaffected, demonstrating selective vulnerability of nigral dopaminergic neurons to Pael-R accumulation. |
In vivo AAV vector injection in rats, immunohistochemistry, HPLC dopamine measurement, behavioral testing |
Neurobiology of disease |
High |
19348945
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| 2013 |
Prosaptide (the active fragment of prosaposin) and full-length prosaposin activate GPR37 signaling: prosaptide promoted GPR37 endocytosis, bound to GPR37, stimulated ERK phosphorylation in a pertussis toxin-sensitive manner, stimulated 35S-GTPγS binding, and inhibited forskolin-stimulated cAMP production; prosaposin/prosaptide protected primary astrocytes against oxidative stress in a GPR37-dependent manner (attenuated by GPR37 siRNA knockdown), identifying prosaposin/prosaptide as GPR37 ligands. |
GPCR endocytosis assay, ligand binding, ERK phosphorylation assay, 35S-GTPγS binding, cAMP assay, pertussis toxin treatment, siRNA knockdown, oxidative stress protection assay |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
23690594
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| 2013 |
The C-terminal cysteine-rich domain of GPR37 controls receptor plasma membrane expression and function: deletion of six cysteines in this region promoted plasma membrane expression and signaling, while removal of the C-terminal cysteine-rich domain protected against GPR37-mediated apoptosis and cell death. |
Site-directed mutagenesis, flow cytometry surface expression, signaling assay, apoptosis/cell death assay |
Journal of neurochemistry |
Medium |
23398388
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| 2014 |
PICK1 interacts with GPR37/PAELR via its PDZ domain binding the C-terminal PDZ motif of PAELR; pulldown with GST-ct-PAELR retained recombinant and native PICK1 from rat brain; PICK1 overexpression reduced PAELR expression and attenuated PAELR-induced cell death during rotenone treatment in a proteasome-dependent manner. |
GST pulldown, co-immunoprecipitation, cell death assay, proteasome inhibitor treatment |
Journal of neurochemistry |
Medium |
24749734
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| 2015 |
Deletion of GPR37 attenuated pilocarpine-induced tremulous jaw movements (a model of parkinsonian tremor), and the ability of adenosine A2A receptor activation to control tremulous jaw movements was lost in GPR37-null mice, indicating that A2A receptor-mediated modulation of parkinsonian tremor requires GPR37. |
GPR37 knockout mice, behavioral tremulous jaw movement assay, pharmacological A2A receptor manipulation |
Behavioural brain research |
Medium |
25862943
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| 2018 |
GABARAPL2 interacts with the cysteine-rich region (-CCCCCC-EEC) of GPR37's C-terminal tail; affinity chromatography showed Myc-tagged GABARAPL2 was retained by GST-ct-PAELR; transient transfection of GABARAPL2 in HEK293 cells reduced PAELR expression, suggesting autophagy-mediated regulation of GPR37 levels. |
Affinity chromatography (GST pulldown), in-silico modelling, transient transfection, Western blot |
Neuroscience letters |
Low |
29496607
|
| 2019 |
GPR37 is expressed in migrating GnRH neurons and olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs); pharmacological inhibition of GPR37 signaling in nasal explants attenuated GnRH neuronal migration and OEC movement; GPR37-deficient mice showed decreased olfactory bulb nerve layer and attenuated/delayed GnRH neuron maturation and migration into the brain. |
PCR, immunocytochemistry, nasal explant inhibition assay, GPR37 knockout mouse analysis |
Frontiers in cellular neuroscience |
Medium |
31143101
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| 2024 |
Osteocalcin (OCN), a bone-derived protein, activates GPR37 in a subpopulation of VTA GABAergic neurons to decrease potassium currents via cAMP reduction and subsequent THIK-1 (K2P13.1) channel suppression, increasing neuronal excitability and priming rapid visual escape; GPR37 KO and conditional GPR37 KO in VTA GABAergic neurons delayed escape, and reconstituting OCN-GPR37 signaling in VTA restored normal response. |
Knockout mice, conditional knockout, single-cell transcriptomics, electrophysiology, chemogenetics, ex vivo calcium imaging |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
bio_10.1101_2024.08.12.607510
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| 2024 |
GPR37 mediates the analgesic and pro-resolving effects of protectin DX (PDX) in macrophages: PDX binds GPR37 and induces calcium responses in peritoneal macrophages, promotes GPR37-dependent macrophage phagocytosis and efferocytosis, and GPR37 KO mice showed deficits in fracture-induced postoperative pain resolution and abolished PDX analgesia. |
Gpr37 knockout mice, ligand binding assay, calcium imaging in macrophages, efferocytosis assay, behavioral pain assay, lipidomics |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
bio_10.1101_2025.11.10.687700
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| 2024 |
GPR37 contains endogenous ligands present in brain extracts, as detected using the GzESTY cell-based Gi/o/z signaling assay, supporting ongoing deorphanization of GPR37. |
Cell-based GPCR signaling assay (GzESTY) with brain extract stimulation |
bioRxivpreprint |
Low |
bio_10.1101_2024.07.26.605282
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| 2025 |
Intrathecal activation of spinal GPR37 by agonists TX14A and protectin D1 dose-dependently inhibited capsaicin-induced long-term increase in nociception and produced an 'unpriming' effect in the hyperalgesic priming model; global GPR37 knockout abolished these long-term effects; ex vivo Ca2+ imaging showed i.th. TX14A rescued dorsal horn interneurons from long-term potentiation/depression, suggesting GPR37 agonism erases spinal pain memory. |
Intrathecal drug administration, GPR37 knockout mice, behavioral pain assays, ex vivo Ca2+ imaging of spinal dorsal horn |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
bio_10.1101_2025.11.25.690482
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| 2025 |
Protectin D1 (PD1) attenuates abdominal aortic aneurysm progression in a GPR37-dependent manner in macrophages: PD1 enhanced macrophage efferocytosis of apoptotic vascular smooth muscle cells via GPR37-dependent calcium signaling and reduced macrophage-derived TNF-α and IL-1β; GPR37-dependent effects were confirmed in isolated macrophages and murine AAA models. |
Murine AAA models (elastase+BAPN), GPR37 knockout mice, macrophage efferocytosis assay, calcium signaling, scRNA-seq, cytokine measurement |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
bio_10.1101_2025.10.20.683538
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