title: Isolation and expression of a guanylate cyclase-coupled heat stable enterotoxin receptor cDNA from a human colonic cell line.
abstract: Heat stable enterotoxins (STs) are low molecular-weight peptides secreted by enterotoxigenic bacteria. One type of these enterotoxins (STa) induces intestinal secretion leading to acute diarrhea by binding to a membrane form of guanylate cyclase. We have isolated a cDNA from a human colonic cell line, T84, encoding for a guanylate cyclase-coupled enterotoxin receptor (STaR). The predicted amino acid sequence of the human STa receptor is 81% identical with the previously cloned enterotoxin receptor (GC-C) from rat intestine. COS-7 cells transiently transfected with the cloned cDNA expressed specific concentration-dependent response to STa as measured by cyclic GMP accumulation and is about 20 times more sensitive to the stimulation by STa than has been shown for GC-C.
authors.affiliation: Klinikum Innenstadt, Universität, München, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Heim
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gerzer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D003106:Colon; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015723:Gene Library; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D051381:Rats; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000074261:Receptors, Enterotoxin; D050705:Receptors, Guanylate Cyclase-Coupled; D018000:Receptors, Peptide; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018000:Receptors, Peptide; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D000074261:Receptors, Enterotoxin; D050705:Receptors, Guanylate Cyclase-Coupled; D006152:Cyclic GMP