title: Molecular cloning of a non-isopeptide-selective human endothelin receptor.
abstract: We isolated several complementary DNA (cDNA) clones encoding a non-isopeptide-selective human endothelin receptor (ETBR) from a human placenta cDNA library. The clones, different in the length of their 3'-untranslated regions, encoded the same 442-amino acid protein with a transmembrane topology similar to that of other G protein-coupled receptors. The rank order of the binding of ET isopeptides (ET-1, ET-2 and ET-3) to the receptor expressed in COS-7 cells was ET-1 = ET-2 = ET-3. Northern blot analysis identified three mRNA species, 4.3 kb, 2.7 kb and 1.7 kb in size, probably generated by their use of alternative polyadenylation sites. These mRNAs were expressed in a wide variety of human tissues, at the highest level in the brain and at a significant level in cultured endothelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hosoda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suga
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imura
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016232:Endothelins / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010920:Placenta / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D051381:Rats; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004247:DNA