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This research was supported by a DOC Fellowship (24979) awarded to R.S. by the Austrian Academy of Sciences.","citation":{"short":"R. Schulz, M. Korkut, A. Venturino, G. Colombo, S. Siegert, Nature Communications 13 (2022).","ieee":"R. Schulz, M. Korkut, A. Venturino, G. Colombo, and S. Siegert, “Chimeric GPCRs mimic distinct signaling pathways and modulate microglia responses,” <i>Nature Communications</i>, vol. 13. Springer Nature, 2022.","ama":"Schulz R, Korkut M, Venturino A, Colombo G, Siegert S. Chimeric GPCRs mimic distinct signaling pathways and modulate microglia responses. <i>Nature Communications</i>. 2022;13. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32390-1\">10.1038/s41467-022-32390-1</a>","chicago":"Schulz, Rouven, Medina Korkut, Alessandro Venturino, Gloria Colombo, and Sandra Siegert. “Chimeric GPCRs Mimic Distinct Signaling Pathways and Modulate Microglia Responses.” <i>Nature Communications</i>. Springer Nature, 2022. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32390-1\">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32390-1</a>.","ista":"Schulz R, Korkut M, Venturino A, Colombo G, Siegert S. 2022. Chimeric GPCRs mimic distinct signaling pathways and modulate microglia responses. Nature Communications. 13, 4728.","mla":"Schulz, Rouven, et al. “Chimeric GPCRs Mimic Distinct Signaling Pathways and Modulate Microglia Responses.” <i>Nature Communications</i>, vol. 13, 4728, Springer Nature, 2022, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32390-1\">10.1038/s41467-022-32390-1</a>.","apa":"Schulz, R., Korkut, M., Venturino, A., Colombo, G., &#38; Siegert, S. (2022). Chimeric GPCRs mimic distinct signaling pathways and modulate microglia responses. <i>Nature Communications</i>. Springer Nature. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32390-1\">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32390-1</a>"},"pmid":1,"author":[{"id":"4C5E7B96-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","last_name":"Schulz","first_name":"Rouven","full_name":"Schulz, Rouven","orcid":"0000-0001-5297-733X"},{"last_name":"Korkut","full_name":"Korkut, Medina","first_name":"Medina","orcid":"0000-0003-4309-2251","id":"4B51CE74-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"orcid":"0000-0003-2356-9403","last_name":"Venturino","full_name":"Venturino, Alessandro","first_name":"Alessandro","id":"41CB84B2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"orcid":"0000-0001-9434-8902","first_name":"Gloria","full_name":"Colombo, Gloria","last_name":"Colombo","id":"3483CF6C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87"},{"id":"36ACD32E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","orcid":"0000-0001-8635-0877","first_name":"Sandra","full_name":"Siegert, Sandra","last_name":"Siegert"}],"publication":"Nature Communications","day":"15","title":"Chimeric GPCRs mimic distinct signaling pathways and modulate microglia responses","has_accepted_license":"1","scopus_import":"1","year":"2022","volume":13,"department":[{"_id":"SaSi"}],"article_number":"4728","intvolume":"        13","status":"public","isi":1,"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) regulate processes ranging from immune responses to neuronal signaling. However, ligands for many GPCRs remain unknown, suffer from off-target effects or have poor bioavailability. Additionally, dissecting cell type-specific responses is challenging when the same GPCR is expressed on different cells within a tissue. Here, we overcome these limitations by engineering DREADD-based GPCR chimeras that bind clozapine-N-oxide and mimic a GPCR-of-interest. We show that chimeric DREADD-β2AR triggers responses comparable to β2AR on second messenger and kinase activity, post-translational modifications, and protein-protein interactions. Moreover, we successfully recapitulate β2AR-mediated filopodia formation in microglia, an immune cell capable of driving central nervous system inflammation. When dissecting microglial inflammation, we included two additional DREADD-based chimeras mimicking microglia-enriched GPR65 and GPR109A. DREADD-β2AR and DREADD-GPR65 modulate the inflammatory response with high similarity to endogenous β2AR, while DREADD-GPR109A shows no impact. Our DREADD-based approach allows investigation of cell type-dependent pathways without known endogenous ligands."}],"publication_status":"published","file":[{"access_level":"open_access","file_id":"12002","creator":"cchlebak","date_updated":"2022-08-29T06:44:30Z","file_size":7317396,"relation":"main_file","checksum":"191d9db0266e14a28d3a56dc7f65da84","date_created":"2022-08-29T06:44:30Z","file_name":"2022_NatComm_Schulz.pdf","content_type":"application/pdf","success":1}],"article_processing_charge":"No"}]