ACTH receptor

Melanocortin 2 receptor (adrenocorticotropic hormone)
Identifiers
Symbols	MC2R; ACTHR; MGC125798
External IDs	OMIM: 607397 MGI: 96928 HomoloGene: 444 IUPHAR: MC2 GeneCards: MC2R Gene
Gene Ontology Molecular function • receptor activity • G-protein coupled receptor activity • melanocortin receptor activity • corticotropin receptor activity • protein binding Cellular component • plasma membrane • plasma membrane • integral to plasma membrane Biological process • G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway • G-protein signaling, coupled to cyclic nucleotide second messenger • positive regulation of cAMP biosynthetic process Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	4158	17200
Ensembl	ENSG00000185231	ENSMUSG00000045569
UniProt	Q01718	Q544P9
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_000529.2	NM_008560.2
RefSeq (protein)	NP_000520.1	NP_032586.1
Location (UCSC)	Chr 18: 13.88 – 13.92 Mb	Chr 18: 68.57 – 68.59 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]

The ACTH receptor is a type of melanocortin receptor (type 2), properly known as MC₂, which is specific for ACTH.

It is found in the zona fasciculata of the human adrenal cortex. Binding of the receptor by ACTH stimulates the production of cortisol. (By contrast, aldosterone production from the zona glomerulosa is stimulated primarily by angiotensin II.)

Protein recognition at the receptor uses energy obtained from the dephosphorylation of ATP to cAMP by adenylate cyclase. ACTH receptors are located on the plasma membrane, and are G-linked receptors.

The ACTH receptor uses cAMP as a secondary messenger.

Mutations in this receptor cause familial glucocorticoid deficiency type 1, in which patients have high levels of serum ACTH and low levels of cortisol.

See also

• Melanocortin receptor

Further reading

• Cone RD, Mountjoy KG, Robbins LS, et al. (1993). "Cloning and functional characterization of a family of receptors for the melanotropic peptides.". Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 680: 342–63. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1993.tb19694.x. PMID 8390157. 
• Allolio B, Reincke M (1997). "Adrenocorticotropin receptor and adrenal disorders.". Horm. Res. 47 (4-6): 273–8. doi:10.1159/000185476. PMID 9167964. 
• Tatro JB (1997). "Receptor biology of the melanocortins, a family of neuroimmunomodulatory peptides.". Neuroimmunomodulation 3 (5): 259–84. doi:10.1159/000097281. PMID 9218248. 
• Mountjoy KG, Robbins LS, Mortrud MT, Cone RD (1992). "The cloning of a family of genes that encode the melanocortin receptors.". Science 257 (5074): 1248–51. doi:10.1126/science.1325670. PMID 1325670. 
• Clark AJ, McLoughlin L, Grossman A (1993). "Familial glucocorticoid deficiency associated with point mutation in the adrenocorticotropin receptor.". Lancet 341 (8843): 461–2. doi:10.1016/0140-6736(93)90208-X. PMID 8094489. 
• Tsigos C, Arai K, Hung W, Chrousos GP (1993). "Hereditary isolated glucocorticoid deficiency is associated with abnormalities of the adrenocorticotropin receptor gene.". J. Clin. Invest. 92 (5): 2458–61. doi:10.1172/JCI116853. PMC 288430. PMID 8227361. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=288430. 
• Gantz I, Tashiro T, Barcroft C, et al. (1994). "Localization of the genes encoding the melanocortin-2 (adrenocorticotropic hormone) and melanocortin-3 receptors to chromosomes 18p11.2 and 20q13.2-q13.3 by fluorescence in situ hybridization.". Genomics 18 (1): 166–7. doi:10.1006/geno.1993.1448. PMID 8276410. 
• Gantz I, Konda Y, Tashiro T, et al. (1993). "Molecular cloning of a novel melanocortin receptor.". J. Biol. Chem. 268 (11): 8246–50. PMID 8463333. 
• Naville D, Barjhoux L, Jaillard C, et al. (1996). "Demonstration by transfection studies that mutations in the adrenocorticotropin receptor gene are one cause of the hereditary syndrome of glucocorticoid deficiency.". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 81 (4): 1442–8. doi:10.1210/jc.81.4.1442. PMID 8636348. 
• Naville D, Jaillard C, Barjhoux L, et al. (1997). "Genomic structure and promoter characterization of the human ACTH receptor gene.". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 230 (1): 7–12. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1996.5911. PMID 9020063. 
• Yang YK, Ollmann MM, Wilson BD, et al. (1997). "Effects of recombinant agouti-signaling protein on melanocortin action.". Mol. Endocrinol. 11 (3): 274–80. doi:10.1210/me.11.3.274. PMID 9058374. 
• Naville D, Barjhoux L, Jaillard C, et al. (1997). "Stable expression of normal and mutant human ACTH receptor: study of ACTH binding and coupling to adenylate cyclase.". Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 129 (1): 83–90. doi:10.1016/S0303-7207(97)04043-4. PMID 9175632. 
• Penhoat A, Naville D, Jaillard C, et al. (1997). "Presence of multiple functional polyadenylation signals in the 3'-untranslated region of human corticotropin receptor cDNA.". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1356 (3): 249–52. doi:10.1016/S0167-4889(97)00031-1. PMID 9194567. 
• Ishii T, Ogata T, Sasaki G, et al. (2000). "Novel mutations of the ACTH receptor gene in a female adult patient with adrenal unresponsiveness to ACTH.". Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf) 53 (3): 389–92. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2265.2000.01040.x. PMID 10971458. 
• Flück CE, Martens JW, Conte FA, Miller WL (2002). "Clinical, genetic, and functional characterization of adrenocorticotropin receptor mutations using a novel receptor assay.". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 87 (9): 4318–23. doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020501. PMID 12213892. 
• Swords FM, Baig A, Malchoff DM, et al. (2003). "Impaired desensitization of a mutant adrenocorticotropin receptor associated with apparent constitutive activity.". Mol. Endocrinol. 16 (12): 2746–53. doi:10.1210/me.2002-0099. PMID 12456795. 
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=139241. 

See also

• melanocortin

Roy et al. 2007 Differential regulation of the human ACTH receptor (MC2R) by human MRAP isoforms alpha and beta in isogenic HEK 293 cells. Mol Endocrinol 21:1656-1669

External links

• "Melanocortin Receptors: MC₂". IUPHAR Database of Receptors and Ion Channels. International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. http://www.iuphar-db.org/GPCR/ReceptorDisplayForward?receptorID=2350. 
• MeSH MC2+Receptor