title: Molecular cloning and characterisation of the rat pituitary gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor.
abstract: We have isolated the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor (GnRH-R) from a rat anterior pituitary cDNA library, determined its sequence and demonstrated receptor function. The 2.2 kb rat GnRH-R clone encodes a protein of 327 amino acids. A 1.3 kb clone encoding the mouse GnRH-R has previously been described (Tsutsumi et al., 1992). Although both the mouse and rat protein share significant homology with molecules belonging to the family of G protein-coupled receptors, they have certain unusual features, an example being the complete absence of a COOH terminal tail. The 3'-untranslated region reported missing in the mouse is present in the rat cDNA, where an extended 1 kb of 3'-untranslated region extending to the poly-A tail is shown. At the amino acid level, the rat GnRH-R shows considerable homology with that of the mouse. Electrophysiological studies with Xenopus oocytes and transfection of the cDNA into COS-1 cells, have shown that the 2.2 kb cDNA clone encodes a functional receptor.
authors.affiliation: MRC Reproductive Biology Unit, Centre for Reproductive Biology, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Eidne
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Sellar
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Couper
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D015723:Gene Library; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009865:Oocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000737:chemistry; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats / Q000235:genetics*; D011966:Receptors, LHRH / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011966:Receptors, LHRH; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D004247:DNA