Angiotensin II receptor type 2

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AGTR2
Identifiers
AliasesAGTR2, AT2, ATGR2, MRX88, Angiotensin II receptor type 2
External IDsOMIM: 300034 MGI: 87966 HomoloGene: 20172 GeneCards: AGTR2
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000686
NM_001385624

NM_007429

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000677

NP_031455

Location (UCSC)Chr X: 116.17 – 116.17 MbChr X: 21.48 – 21.49 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Angiotensin II receptor type 2, also known as the AT2 receptor is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AGTR2 gene.[5]

Function[]

Angiotensin II is a potent pressor hormone and a primary regulator of aldosterone secretion. It is an important effector controlling blood pressure and volume in the cardiovascular system. It acts through at least two types of receptors termed AT1 and AT2. AGTR2 belongs to a family 1 of G protein-coupled receptors. It is an integral membrane protein. It plays a role in the central nervous system and cardiovascular functions that are mediated by the renin–angiotensin system. This receptor mediates programmed cell death (apoptosis). In adults, it is highly expressed in myometrium with lower levels in adrenal gland and fallopian tube. It is highly expressed in fetal kidney and intestine. The human AGTR2 gene is composed of three exons and spans at least 5 kb. Exons 1 and 2 encode for 5' untranslated mRNA sequence and exon 3 harbors the entire uninterrupted open reading frame.[5]

Stimulation of AT2 by the selective agonist CGP 42112A increases mucosal nitric oxide production.[6]

Model organisms[]

Model organisms have been used in the study of AGTR2 function. A conditional knockout mouse line, called Agtr2tm1a(EUCOMM)Wtsi[9][10] was generated as part of the International Knockout Mouse Consortium program — a high-throughput mutagenesis project to generate and distribute animal models of disease to interested scientists — at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.[11][12][13]

Male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen to determine the effects of deletion.[7][14] Twenty one tests were carried out on mutant mice, but no significant abnormalities were observed.[7]

Gene[]

Angiotensin II receptor type 2 (AGTR2) gene is a protein coding gene responsible for encoding AGTR2, the integral membrane protein that binds to two different G-protein coupled receptors. AGTR2 has recently been discovered to play a role in modifying lung disease. This receptor functions to mediate signaling in lung fibrosis and regulate nitric oxide synthase expression in pulmonary endothelium. [15] AGTR2 has recently been prescribed as a target for lung inflammation therapy in cases of cystic fibrosis (CF). The X-chromosome region associated with CF lung disease is located in a non-coding region 3′ of the AGTR2 gene. The modification effect is likely due to variation in gene regulation rather than a change in protein coding sequence.

Variants at the X-chromosome locus containing AGTR2 gene were identified as significantly associating with lung function in patients with cystic fibrosis. Genetically modified mouse studies determined that absence of the AGTR2 gene normalized pulmonary function indicators in two independent CF mouse models. Furthermore, pharmacological antagonism of AGTR2 signaling improved lung function in CF mice to near wild-type levels. Manipulation of the angiotensin-signaling pathway to reduce AGTR2 signaling may be translatable for the treatment or prevention of CF.[16]

Interactions[]

Angiotensin II receptor type 2 has been shown to interact with MTUS1.[17]

See also[]

  • Angiotensin II receptor

References[]

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000180772 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000068122 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: AGTR2 angiotensin II receptor, type 2".
  6. ^ Ewert S, Laesser M, Johansson B, Holm M, Aneman A, Fandriks L (March 2003). "The angiotensin II receptor type 2 agonist CGP 42112A stimulates NO production in the porcine jejunal mucosa". BMC Pharmacology. 3: 2. doi:10.1186/1471-2210-3-2. PMC 153509. PMID 12689346.
  7. ^ a b c Gerdin AK (2010). "The Sanger Mouse Genetics Programme: High throughput characterisation of knockout mice". Acta Ophthalmologica. 88 (S248): 0. doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.4142.x. S2CID 85911512.
  8. ^ Mouse Resources Portal, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.
  9. ^ "International Knockout Mouse Consortium".
  10. ^ "Mouse Genome Informatics".
  11. ^ Skarnes WC, Rosen B, West AP, Koutsourakis M, Bushell W, Iyer V, Mujica AO, Thomas M, Harrow J, Cox T, Jackson D, Severin J, Biggs P, Fu J, Nefedov M, de Jong PJ, Stewart AF, Bradley A (June 2011). "A conditional knockout resource for the genome-wide study of mouse gene function". Nature. 474 (7351): 337–42. doi:10.1038/nature10163. PMC 3572410. PMID 21677750.
  12. ^ Dolgin E (June 2011). "Mouse library set to be knockout". Nature. 474 (7351): 262–3. doi:10.1038/474262a. PMID 21677718.
  13. ^ Collins FS, Rossant J, Wurst W (January 2007). "A mouse for all reasons". Cell. 128 (1): 9–13. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.12.018. PMID 17218247. S2CID 18872015.
  14. ^ van der Weyden L, White JK, Adams DJ, Logan DW (June 2011). "The mouse genetics toolkit: revealing function and mechanism". Genome Biology. 12 (6): 224. doi:10.1186/gb-2011-12-6-224. PMC 3218837. PMID 21722353.
  15. ^ Darrah RJ, Jacono FJ, Joshi N, Mitchell AL, Sattar A, Campanaro CK, et al. (January 2019). "AGTR2 absence or antagonism prevents cystic fibrosis pulmonary manifestations". Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 18 (1): 127–134. doi:10.1016/j.jcf.2018.05.013. PMC 6830504. PMID 29937318.
  16. ^ Corvol H, Blackman SM, Boëlle PY, Gallins PJ, Pace RG, Stonebraker JR, et al. (September 2015). "Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies five modifier loci of lung disease severity in cystic fibrosis". Nature Communications. 6 (1): 8382. doi:10.1038/ncomms9382. PMC 4589222. PMID 26417704.
  17. ^ Nouet S, Amzallag N, Li JM, Louis S, Seitz I, Cui TX, Alleaume AM, Di Benedetto M, Boden C, Masson M, Strosberg AD, Horiuchi M, Couraud PO, Nahmias C (July 2004). "Trans-inactivation of receptor tyrosine kinases by novel angiotensin II AT2 receptor-interacting protein, ATIP". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279 (28): 28989–97. doi:10.1074/jbc.M403880200. PMID 15123706.
  • This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.


Further reading[]

External links[]

  • "Angiotensin Receptors: AT2". IUPHAR Database of Receptors and Ion Channels. International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology.
  • Human AGTR2 genome location and AGTR2 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.
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