title: Met5-enkephalin-arg6-phe7 and its receptor in lung.
abstract: The presence of met5-enkephalin-arg6-phe7 (YGGFMRF) and opiate receptors in rat, guinea pig and human lung was investigated with specific and sensitive radio immuno- and radio-receptor assays. 1) High and low molecular weight YGGFMRF-like immunoreactivity were detected in lung extracts using Bio-Gel P-2 column chromatography followed by radioimmunoassay. Using HPLC, we determined that the low molecular weight YGGFMRF-like immunoreactivity is authentic YGGFMRF. 2) The contents of YGGFMRF were 0.68 +/- 0.08, 0.76 +/- 0.12 and 0.63 pmol/mg protein in lung of rat, guinea pig and human, respectively. In the lung of these three species, the content of YGGFMRF is much greater than that of met5-enkephalin. 3) 47 mM KCl released YGGFMRF from rat lung slices in a Ca++ dependent manner. 4) Rat lung membranes were shown to bind [3H]-etorphine in a saturable manner. There are two populations of binding sites with a Kd = 0.6 and 7.1 nM and a Bmax = 7.8 and 28.5 fmol/mg protein, respectively. This binding could be displaced by YGGFMRF with high affinity, the other endogenous opioid peptides were poor displacers. From these results, we infer that YGGFMRF might be a putative neurotransmitter or neuromodulator, its role in the regulation of lung function can now be investigated.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004744:Enkephalin, Methionine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D005048:Etorphine / Q000378:metabolism; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011957:Receptors, Opioid; C033593:methionine-enkephalin receptor; D005048:Etorphine; D004744:Enkephalin, Methionine; C027511:enkephalin-Met, Arg(6)-Phe(7)-