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Target id: 254
Nomenclature: LH receptor
Family: Glycoprotein hormone receptors
Annotation status:
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Gene and Protein Information ![]() |
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class A G protein-coupled receptor | ||||||
Species | TM | AA | Chromosomal Location | Gene Symbol | Gene Name | Reference |
Human | 7 | 699 | 2p21 | LHCGR | luteinizing hormone/choriogonadotropin receptor | 14 |
Mouse | 7 | 700 | 17 E4 | Lhcgr | luteinizing hormone/choriogonadotropin receptor | 8 |
Rat | 7 | 700 | 6q12 | Lhcgr | luteinizing hormone/choriogonadotropin receptor | 13 |
Previous and Unofficial Names ![]() |
Choriogonadotropin receptor | LCGR | LGR2 | LHR | lutropin-choriogonadotropic hormone receptor | LH-R |
Database Links ![]() |
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Specialist databases | |
GPCRDB | lshr_human (Hs), lshr_mouse (Mm), lshr_rat (Rn) |
Other databases | |
CATH/Gene3D | 3.80.10.10 |
ChEMBL Target | CHEMBL1854 (Hs), CHEMBL2456 (Rn) |
DrugBank Target | P22888 (Hs) |
Ensembl Gene | ENSG00000138039 (Hs), ENSMUSG00000024107 (Mm), ENSRNOG00000016712 (Rn) |
Entrez Gene | 3973 (Hs), 16867 (Mm), 25477 (Rn) |
Human Protein Atlas | ENSG00000138039 (Hs) |
KEGG Gene | hsa:3973 (Hs), mmu:16867 (Mm), rno:25477 (Rn) |
OMIM | 152790 (Hs) |
Orphanet | ORPHA123048 (Hs) |
RefSeq Nucleotide | NM_000233 (Hs), NM_013582 (Mm), NM_012978 (Rn) |
RefSeq Protein | NP_000224 (Hs), NP_038610 (Mm), NP_037110 (Rn) |
UniProtKB | P22888 (Hs), P30730 (Mm), P16235 (Rn) |
Wikipedia | LHCGR (Hs) |
Natural/Endogenous Ligands ![]() |
hCG {Sp: Human} |
LH {Sp: Human} , LH {Sp: Mouse} , LH {Sp: Rat} |
Potency order of endogenous ligands |
LH (LHB, CGA, P01229, P01215), hCG (CGA, CGB3, P01233, P01215) [9,15] |
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Various thienopyrimidine derivatives are known LH receptor agonists binding with pIC50 values of between 7.7 and 5 [18]. There are considerable differences in affinity when comparing various species combinations of receptors and the natural ligands [6]. |
Antagonist Comments | ||
Deglycosylated hCGs (human chorionic gonadotropins) are known LH receptor antagonists [3,12]. |
Primary Transduction Mechanisms ![]() |
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Transducer | Effector/Response |
Gs family | Adenylate cyclase stimulation |
References: 7,10 |
Secondary Transduction Mechanisms ![]() |
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Transducer | Effector/Response |
Gq/G11 family | Phospholipase C stimulation |
Comments: At high receptor and/or agonist concentrations, Gq/11 is stimulated. | |
References: 5,10 |
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In many tissues mRNA expression, protein expression and even receptor activity has been found. It is however still under debate whether such functional expression has physiological relevance, since the human and mouse knockouts do not show deficiencies related to this extragonadal expression. |
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Physiological Consequences of Altering Gene Expression ![]() |
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Phenotypes, Alleles and Disease Models ![]() |
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Clinically-Relevant Mutations and Pathophysiology ![]() |
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Biologically Significant Variants ![]() |
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1. Bambino TH, Hsueh AJ. (1981) Direct inhibitory effect of glucocorticoids upon testicular luteinizing hormone receptor and steroidogenesis in vivo and in vitro. Endocrinology, 108 (6): 2142-8. [PMID:6262050]
2. Bukovsky A, Indrapichate K, Fujiwara H, Cekanova M, Ayala ME, Dominguez R, Caudle MR, Wimalsena J, Elder RF, Copas P et al.. (2003) Multiple luteinizing hormone receptor (LHR) protein variants, interspecies reactivity of anti-LHR mAb clone 3B5, subcellular localization of LHR in human placenta, pelvic floor and brain, and possible role for LHR in the development of abnormal pregnancy, pelvic floor disorders and Alzheimer's disease. Reprod. Biol. Endocrinol., 1: 46. [PMID:12816543]
3. Channing CP, Sakai CN, Bahl OP. (1978) Role of the carbohydrate residues of human chorionic gonadotropin in binding and stimulation of adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate accumulation by porcine granulosa cells. Endocrinology, 103 (2): 341-8. [PMID:217642]
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7. Gilchrist RL, Ryu KS, Ji I, Ji TH. (1996) The luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin receptor has distinct transmembrane conductors for cAMP and inositol phosphate signals. J. Biol. Chem., 271 (32): 19283-7. [PMID:8702611]
8. Gudermann T, Birnbaumer M, Birnbaumer L. (1992) Evidence for dual coupling of the murine luteinizing hormone receptor to adenylyl cyclase and phosphoinositide breakdown and Ca2+ mobilization. Studies with the cloned murine luteinizing hormone receptor expressed in L cells. J. Biol. Chem., 267 (7): 4479-88. [PMID:1311310]
9. Jia XC, Oikawa M, Bo M, Tanaka T, Ny T, Boime I, Hsueh AJ. (1991) Expression of human luteinizing hormone (LH) receptor: interaction with LH and chorionic gonadotropin from human but not equine, rat, and ovine species. Mol Endocrinol, 5: 759-768. [PMID:1922095]
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13. McFarland KC, Sprengel R, Phillips HS, Köhler M, Rosemblit N, Nikolics K, Segaloff DL, Seeburg PH. (1989) Lutropin-choriogonadotropin receptor: an unusual member of the G protein-coupled receptor family. Science, 245 (4917): 494-9. [PMID:2502842]
14. Minegishi T, Nakamura K, Takakura Y, Miyamoto K, Hasegawa Y, Ibuki Y, Igarashi M, Minegish T [corrected to Minegishi T]. (1990) Cloning and sequencing of human LH/hCG receptor cDNA. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 172 (3): 1049-54. [PMID:2244890]
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23. Themmen APN, Huhtaniemi IT. (2000) Mutations of gonadotropins and gonadotropin receptors: elucidating the physiology and pathophysiology of pituitary-gonadal function. Endocr. Rev., 21 (5): 551-83. [PMID:11041448]
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25. van Straten NC, Schoonus-Gerritsma GG, van Someren RG, Draaijer J, Adang AE, Timmers CM, Hanssen RG, van Boeckel CA. (2002) The first orally active low molecular weight agonists for the LH receptor: thienopyr(im)idines with therapeutic potential for ovulation induction. Chembiochem, 3 (10): 1023-6. [PMID:12362369]
26. Wang C, Hsueh AJ, Erickson GF. (1981) LH stimulation of estrogen secretion by cultured rat granulosa cells. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol., 24 (1): 17-28. [PMID:6799341]
27. Zhang FP, Poutanen M, Wilbertz J, Huhtaniemi I. (2001) Normal prenatal but arrested postnatal sexual development of luteinizing hormone receptor knockout (LuRKO) mice. Mol. Endocrinol., 15 (1): 172-83. [PMID:11145748]
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