20Although receptor activity-modifying proteins (RAMPs) have been shown to modulate the 21 functions of several different G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), potential direct interactions 22 among the three known RAMPs and hundreds of GPCRs has never been investigated. We 23 engineered three epitope-tagged RAMPs and 23 epitope-tagged GPCRs, focusing on the secretin-24 like family of GPCRs, and developed a suspension bead array (SBA) immunoassay designed to 25 detect RAMP-GPCR complexes. We then used 64 antibodies raised against native RAMPs and 26 GPCRs, along with four antibodies targeting the epitope tags, to multiplex the SBA assay to 27 detect and measure all possible combinations of interaction among the 23 GPCRs and three 28 RAMPs. The results of the SBA assay provide a complete interactome of secretin-like GPCRs 29 with RAMPs. We demonstrate direct interaction of previously reported secretin-like GPCRs 30 whose functions are modulated by RAMPs. We also discovered novel sets of GPCR-RAMP 31 interacting pairs, and found additional secretin-like GPCRs, chemokine receptors and orphan 32 receptors that interact with RAMPs. Using in situ proximity ligation assay, we verified a subset of 33 these novel GPCR-RAMP interactions in cell membranes. In total, we found GPCR-RAMP 34 interactions for the majority of the 23 GPCRs tested. Each GPCR interacted with either all three 35 RAMPs or with RAMP2 and RAMP3, with the exception of one GPCR that interacted with just 36 RAMP3. In summary, we describe an SBA strategy that will be useful to search for GPCR-37 RAMP interactions in cell lines and tissues, and conclude that GPCR-RAMP interactions are 38 more common than previously appreciated. 39 40 42 commonly targeted for drug development. Emerging evidence suggests that the surface expression 43 and activity of GPCRs can be modulated by receptor activity-modifying proteins (RAMPs), a 44 ubiquitously-expressed family of single-pass membrane proteins with only three members. First discovered as a necessary component for the function of calcitonin-like receptor (CALCRL), 46 RAMPs were shown to alter ligand specificity of both CALCRL and calcitonin receptor (CALCR) 47 by dictating to which ligand they respond , (1-3). Interaction of RAMPs with GPCRs has since been 48 demonstrated with several additional members of the secretin-like GPCRs. RAMPs can influence 49 several features of GPCR biology, including trafficking to the cell membrane, ligand specificity, 50 downstream signaling and recycling (4-11). However, many of the secretin-like GPCR-RAMP 51 interactions remain unverified, and most of the interactions have not been demonstrated using a 52 direct binding assay. In addition, prior reports show conflicting results regarding whether certain 53 secretin-like GPCRs form complexes with RAMPs.
54There are also suggestions that RAMPs form complexes with a broader set of GPCRs. A 55 single GPCR from the glutamate-like family, calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR), and a single GPCR 56 from the rhodopsin-like family, G protein-coup...