Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Metab Rev. 2018 Feb 1;50(1):74–93. doi: 10.1080/03602532.2018.1428616

Table 2.

Summarized table of the physiopathological role of GPR3, GPR6 and GPR12.

Target Physiopathological role Implication References
GPR3 Alzheimer’s Disease Inhibition of amyloid pathology (Thathiah et al. 2009)
Multiple Sclerosis Potential biomarker (Hecker et al. 2011)
Neurite Outgrowth Promotion of neurite outgrowth and cerebellar development (Tanaka et al. 2014)
Neuropathic pain Regulation of neuropathic pain and morphine-induced antinociception (Ruiz-Medina et al. 2011)
Cell survival Induction of neuronal survival and antiapoptotic properties (Tanaka et al. 2007; Tanaka et al. 2014)
Stress GPR3 deletion triggers anxiety-like and depression-like behavior (Valverde et al. 2009)
Metabolic Disorders Impairment of thermogenic response of iBAT and late-onset obesity (Godlewski et al. 2015)
Oocyte Maturation Regulation of meiosis (Mehlmann et al. 2004)
GPR6 Alzheimer’s Disease Involvement in the neuroprotective effect of C1q protein (Benoit et al. 2013)
Parkinson’s Disease GPR6 deletion impacts motor symptoms (Oeckl et al. 2014)
Huntington’s Disease GPR6 is downregulated in HD brain (Hodges et al. 2006)
Schizophrenia Impairment of striatum P-DARPP-32 (Oeckl et al. 2014)
Instrumental learning Regulation of instrumental performance (Frank and Fossella 2011; Collins and Frank 2012)
Cell survival Antiapoptotic properties (Ignatov et al. 2003b)
GPR12 Neurite Outgrowth Promotion of neurite outgrowth (Tanaka et al. 2007; Tanaka et al. 2014)
Pain Sensitivity to heat-related pain (Carlton et al. 2006)
Cell survival Antiapoptotic properties (Adams and Cory 2007; Lu et al. 2012a; Lu et al. 2012b)
Cognitive functions Regulation of long-term memory (Peters et al. 2008)
Metabolic Disorders Appetite control in murine obesity models (Brennand et al. 2001)
Oocyte Maturation Regulation of meiosis (only in rodents) (Hinckley et al. 2005)