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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 3.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Signal. 2016 Jul 26;9(438):ra74. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.aag0245

Table 1. Expression of GPCR genes encoding potential therapeutic targets for retinal degeneration in the Abca4−/− Rdh8−/− mouse model of bright light–induced retinopathy.

FPKM, normalized fragments per kilobase of exon per million mapped reads.

Gene* Mouse retina (FPKM) Human retina (FPKM) Receptor G protein signaling Agonist Antagonist
Drd4 241.78 139.49 Dopamine receptor D4 Gi +
Gabbr1 40.24 35.38 γ-Aminobutyric acid B receptor 1 Gi +
Drd2 23.1 26.33 Dopamine receptor D2 Gi +
Adora1 18.26 13.55 Adenosine A1 receptor Gi +
Crhr1 6.49 12.76 Corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor 1 Gs +
S1pr1 11.21 11.78 Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 Gi +
Drd1a 9.49 8.45 Dopamine receptor D1a Gs +
Smo 6.35 5.91 Smoothened Gi +
Ednrb 1.94 5.77 Endothelin receptor type B Gq +
Grm1 3.52 4.97 Metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 Gq +
Adrb1 20.18 3.84 β1-Adrenergic receptor Gs +
Adora2b 2.53 3.83 Adenosine A2B receptor Gs and Gq +
Hrh3 19.12 3.75 Histamine receptor H3 Gi +
Grm4 4.93 3.1 Metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 Gi +
Grm8 6.43 2.04 Metabotropic glutamate receptor 8 Gi +
Grm7 3.95 1.16 Metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 Gi +
Adra1a 0.45 0.20 α1A-Adrenergic receptor Gq
Adra1b 1.60 1.12 α1B-Adrenergic receptor Gq
Adra1d 1.72 1.08 α1D-Adrenergic receptor Gq
Adrb2 1.03 0.98 β2-Adrenergic receptor Gs +
Tacr1 2.06 0.95 Tachykinin receptor 1 Gq +
Ptger1 14.88 0.94 Prostaglandin E receptor 1 Gq +
S1pr2 1.13 0.63 Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 2 Gq, Gs, and Gi
*

Genes in bold, italicized font encode receptors targeted by the drugs displaying efficacy in this study.

Data from previous study (23).