title: Molecular characterization of the human EAA5 (GluR7) receptor: a high-affinity kainate receptor with novel potential RNA editing sites.
abstract: Several cDNA clones encoding EAA5 receptor polypeptides were isolated from a human fetal brain library. The EAA5 cDNAs demonstrated an 88.7-90.1% nucleotide identity with rat GluR7 cDNAs. The nucleotide sequence of EAA5 would encode a 919-amino acid protein, that has a 97.7-98.9% identity with the rat GluR7 receptor. Two variation of the EAA5 cDNA were identified which result in amino acid substitutions in the predicted extracellular amino-terminal region; Ser310-->Ala and Arg352-->Gln. These variations can be attributed to RNA editing involving T-->G and G-->A substitutions. Both the location (with respect to glutamate receptors), and the nucleotides involved, in this putative RNA editing are novel and may therefore involve novel mechanisms. Ligand binding studies with membranes of transfected COS-1 cells expressing EAA5 polypeptides demonstrate a rank order of ligand affinity similar to that observed with the rat GluR7 receptor, and a dissociation constant for kainate (2.72 +/- 0.12 nM (n = 3)) that is approximately 20- to 30-fold higher than that observed for the rat GluR7 receptor. All of the ligands tested had a higher affinity for the human EAA5 receptor as compared to the rat GluR7 receptor. This report provides another example of pharmacological differences for similar receptors across species.
authors.affiliation: Allelix Biopharmaceuticals Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Nutt
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Hoo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rampersad
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Deverill
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Korczak
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Foldes
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Kamboj
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000032:analysis; D015870:Gene Expression; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D007668:Kidney; D007700:Kinetics; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D051381:Rats; D018092:Kainic Acid Receptors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014162:Transfection; D000097808:GluK3 Kainate Receptor
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D007608:Kainic Acid; D018092:Kainic Acid Receptors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000097808:GluK3 Kainate Receptor