title: Neurokinin receptor antagonists inhibit the binding of growth hormone-releasing peptide to EP-1 human neuroblastoma cells.
abstract: KP-102, a second generation growth hormone-releasing peptide, specifically bound to the human neuroblastoma cell line, EP-1, cultured in vitro with a Kd value comparable to that in cell membranes of rat pituitary and hypothalamus. By crosslinking study, the molecular size of the KP-102-receptor complex was found to be approximately 80kDa. Substance P analogue, as well as nonpeptidyl antagonists of the neurokinin receptor, competed with KP-102 in its binding to EP-1 cells, although neither substance P nor substance K affected the binding. These results suggest that KP-102 binds to a receptor-like molecule resembling neurokinin receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaji
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okimura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chihara
mesh_terms: D000527:Alprostadil / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001285:Atropine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002217:Carbachol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D009447:Neuroblastoma; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D018039:Receptors, Tachykinin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D009479:Neuropeptides; D009842:Oligopeptides; D018039:Receptors, Tachykinin; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate; D001285:Atropine; D002217:Carbachol; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone; C091874:growth hormone-releasing peptide-2; D000527:Alprostadil