GPR120

FFAR4
Identifiers
Aliases FFAR4, BMIQ10, GPR120, GPR129, GT01, O3FAR1, PGR4, free fatty acid receptor 4
External IDs MGI: 2147577 HomoloGene: 18769 GeneCards: FFAR4
Targeted by Drug
linolenic acid, linoleic acid, myristic acid, cis-oleic acid[1]
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

338557

107221

Ensembl

ENSG00000186188

ENSMUSG00000054200

UniProt

Q5NUL3

Q7TMA4

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001195755
NM_181745

NM_181748

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001182684.1
NP_859529.2

NP_861413.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 10: 93.57 – 93.6 Mb Chr 19: 38.1 – 38.11 Mb
PubMed search [2] [3]
Wikidata
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G-protein coupled receptor 120 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GPR120 gene.[4][5]

GPR120 is a member of the rhodopsin family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPRs).[4][5]

GPR120 has also been shown to mediate the anti-inflammatory and insulin-sensitizing effects of omega 3 fatty acids.[6] Lack of GPR120 is responsible for reduced fat metabolism, thereby leading to obesity.[7]

Additionally, GPR120 has been implicated to be involved in the ability to taste fats.[8] It is expressed in taste bud cells (specifically cell type II, which contain other G-protein coupled taste receptors), and its absence leads to reduced preference to two types of fatty acid (linoleic acid and oleic acid), as well as decreased neuronal response to oral fatty acids.[9]

References

  1. "Drugs that physically interact with Free fatty acid receptor 4 view/edit references on wikidata".
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  4. 1 2 Fredriksson R, Höglund PJ, Gloriam DE, Lagerström MC, Schiöth HB (Nov 2003). "Seven evolutionarily conserved human rhodopsin G protein-coupled receptors lacking close relatives". FEBS Lett. 554 (3): 381–8. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(03)01196-7. PMID 14623098.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: GPR120 G protein-coupled receptor 120".
  6. Oh DY, Talukdar S, Bae EJ, Imamura T, Morinaga H, Fan W, Li P, Lu WJ, Watkins SM, Olefsky JM (2010). "GPR120 is an omega-3 fatty acid receptor mediating potent anti-inflammatory and insulin-sensitizing effects". Cell. 142 (5): 687–698. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2010.07.041. PMC 2956412Freely accessible. PMID 20813258.
  7. Ichimura A, Hirasawa A, Poulain-Godefroy O, Bonnefond A, Hara T, Yengo L, et al. (2012). "Dysfunction of lipid sensor GPR120 leads to obesity in both mouse and human". Nature. 483 (7389): 350–4. doi:10.1038/nature10798. PMID 22343897.
  8. PMID 24631296
  9. PMID 20573884

Further reading


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