title: Isolation and characterization of the alpha platelet-derived growth factor receptor from rat olfactory epithelium.
abstract: We have cloned and characterized a new member of the receptor tyrosine kinase family. The cDNA clone, isolated from a rat olfactory cDNA library, has considerable homology to the family of receptors that includes the colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor, the c-kit proto-oncogene, and the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptors. Analysis of DNA sequence homology, ligand-binding, and ligand-stimulated phosphorylation data suggests that this clone encodes the rat PDGF-A/B or alpha-receptor. Comparison of its sequence to those of other receptors allows us to postulate a mechanism for receptor dimerization and activation. The expression of the rat alpha-PDGF receptor in nonneuronal cells of the olfactory epithelium and in the olfactory bulb is consistent with a role for PDGF in glial cell generation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Bowen-Pope
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Reed
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015870:Gene Expression; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009831:Olfactory Mucosa / Q000502:physiology*; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor