Table 2.
Gain-of-function GPCR mutations associated with diverse human diseases.
Receptor | Disease | Clinical features | References |
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GPR54 | Central precocious puberty | Premature secretion of GnRH, early pubertal development | [223] |
FSHR | Spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation | Hydrothorax, ascites, and ovarian enlargement | [281, 282] |
TSHR | Familial gestational hyperthyroidism | Severe nausea and vomiting, weight loss, persistent tachycardia, and sweating during gestation | [283] |
CaSR | Autosomal dominant hypocalcemia | Decreased serum calcium concentrations and inappropriately low PTH levels, hyperphosphatemia, hypercalciuria | [284, 285] |
Bartter syndrome type V | Defective renal reabsorption of sodium and chloride, hypokalemia, and increased blood pH | ||
AVPR2 | Nephrogenic syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis | Hyponatremia, concentrated urine in adults and seizures in infants | [235] |
MC2R | Cushing’s syndrome | Hypercortisolism | [269, 286] |
PTHR1 | Jansen metaphyseal chondrodysplasia | Short-limbed dwarfism, disorganized metaphyseal regions | [287] |
Rhodopsin | Congenital night blindness | Insensitivity in dim light without progressive loss of day vision | [288] |