title: PACAP and VIP receptors in rat liver membranes.
abstract: Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide (PACAP) tested as PACAP-(1-38)NH2 and PACAP-(1-27)NH2 and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) were compared for their capacity to discriminate between high- and low-affinity VIP-preferring receptors that coexist in rat liver plasma membranes. This capacity was evaluated by the ability to 1) inhibit 125I-labeled-PACAP-(1-27)NH2, 125I-labeled-VIP, and 125I-labeled-helodermin binding and 2) to activate adenylate cyclase. PACAP-(1-27)NH2 bound specifically and reversibly to three classes of binding sites, as revealed by analysis of binding curves. On high-affinity VIP receptors (tested specifically by [125I]-helodermin binding), PACAP-(1-38)NH2 showed lower affinity than PACAP-(1-27)NH2 and VIP itself. On low-affinity VIP receptors, PACAP-(1-27)NH2 and -(1-38)NH2 showed similar modest affinity that was slightly higher however than that of VIP. For a third specific class of PACAP receptors (20% of PACAP receptors not recognized by VIP), PACAP-(1-38)NH2 showed higher affinity than PACAP-(1-27)NH2. Both PACAPs stimulated rat liver adenylate cyclase with the same low efficacy as VIP but with an affinity even greater [half-maximal effective concentration (EC50) 0.02 nM] than that of VIP (EC50 0.05 nM).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Medical School, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Robberecht
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gourlet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cauvin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Buscail
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Neef
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arimura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Christophe
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011964:Receptors, Gastrointestinal Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D018005:Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C495403:Adcyap1 protein, rat; D009479:Neuropeptides; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D011964:Receptors, Gastrointestinal Hormone; D018005:Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide