title: The effect of monoclonal antibodies to calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) on CGRP-induced vasodilatation in pig coronary artery rings.
abstract: 1. The modification of the vasodilator effect of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) by a panel of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), which map to discrete epitopes on the CGRP molecule, was investigated in pig coronary artery rings (PCA). The preparations were pre-constricted with acetylcholine (3 x 10(-7) M) and concentration-response curves to CGRP (2 x 10(-10)-2.56 x 10(-8) M) were obtained in the presence or absence of each MAb. 2. CGRP caused a concentration-dependent relaxation of PCAs which reached a maximum (98.2 +/- 4.8%, n = 25) at 1.28 x 10(-8) M and gave an EC50 of 3.8 +/- 0.8 x 10(-9) M. 3. Two MAbs which map to the N-terminal, CN1 and CRA3, did not affect the CGRP response whilst a third, CRA5, significantly inhibited its effect. 4. The C-terminal MAb, CRA2, did not modify the CGRP response whilst, in contrast, CB3 (C-terminal) potentiated its effect. A similar augmentation of the CGRP-induced vasodilatation was seen in the presence of the middle-region MAb, CRA8. 5. These results suggest that regional specific MAbs can modify the vasodilator effect of CGRP causing either inhibition (CRA5, N-terminal) or potentiation (CB3, C-terminal; CRA8, middle region).
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Celltech Limited, Slough, Berkshire.
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Foulkes
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Andrew
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D000939:Epitopes; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects; D013552:Swine; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide