title: Characterization and distribution of natriuretic peptide receptors in the rat uterus.
abstract: Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) receptors were characterized in rat uterus. The binding of [125I]ANP to uterine membranes was completely competed for by increasing concentrations of unlabeled ANP (Kd = 0.39 nM) and brain natriuretic peptide (Kd = 1.24 nM) and partially by C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP; Kd = 80.4 nM), but not by C-ANF. Also, [125I]Tyr-CNP bound to uterine membranes was completely competed by unlabeled CNP (Kd = 1.12 nM). Cross-linking of [125I]ANP to uterine membranes revealed the presence of one band of 130 kilodaltons, corresponding to the guanylyl cyclase (GC-A and/or GC-B) subtypes of natriuretic peptide receptors. The presence of messenger RNA coding for genes of both GC-A and GC-B receptors was shown by quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Furthermore, ANP and, to a lesser degree, CNP stimulated the production of cGMP in rat uterus. Autoradiographic studies localized the highest binding of [125I]ANP in the endometrium, whereas [125I]Tyr-CNP binding was distributed in the endometrium as well as in the myometrium. These results demonstrate that rat uterine ANP receptors are of the guanylyl cyclase-coupled subtypes. The uterus is a target of natriuretic peptides where ANP induces its biological effects through the production of cGMP.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cell Biology of Hypertension, Centre de Recherche Hótel-Dieu de Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Dos Reis
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujio
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Dam
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukaddam-Daher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jankowski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tremblay
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gutkowska
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005260:Female; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017461:Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D014599:Uterus / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D017461:Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D006152:Cyclic GMP