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Mol Endocrinol
2008 Aug 01;228:1853-65. doi: 10.1210/me.2008-0124.
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The Xenopus laevis isoform of G protein-coupled receptor 3 (GPR3) is a constitutively active cell surface receptor that participates in maintaining meiotic arrest in X. laevis oocytes.
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Oocytes are held in meiotic arrest in prophase I until ovulation, when gonadotropins trigger a subpopulation of oocytes to resume meiosis in a process termed "maturation." Meiotic arrest is maintained through a mechanism whereby constitutive cAMP production exceeds phosphodiesterase-mediated degradation, leading to elevated intracellular cAMP. Studies have implicated a constitutively activated Galpha(s)-coupled receptor, G protein-coupled receptor 3 (GPR3), as one of the molecules responsible for maintaining meiotic arrest in mouse oocytes. Here we characterized the signaling and functional properties of GPR3 using the more amenable model system of Xenopus laevis oocytes. We cloned the X. laevis isoform of GPR3 (XGPR3) from oocytes and showed that overexpressed XGPR3 elevated intraoocyte cAMP, in large part via Gbetagamma signaling. Overexpressed XGPR3 suppressed steroid-triggered kinase activation and maturation of isolated oocytes, as well as gonadotropin-induced maturation of follicle-enclosed oocytes. In contrast, depletion of XGPR3 using antisense oligodeoxynucleotides reduced intracellular cAMP levels and enhanced steroid- and gonadotropin-mediated oocyte maturation. Interestingly, collagenase treatment of Xenopus oocytes cleaved and inactivated cell surface XGPR3, which enhanced steroid-triggered oocyte maturation and activation of MAPK. In addition, human chorionic gonadotropin-treatment of follicle-enclosed oocytes triggered metalloproteinase-mediated cleavage of XGPR3 at the oocyte cell surface. Together, these results suggest that GPR3 moderates the oocyte response to maturation-promoting signals, and that gonadotropin-mediated activation of metalloproteinases may play a partial role in sensitizing oocytes for maturation by inactivating constitutive GPR3 signaling.
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