title: A rapid bioassay for platelet-derived growth factor beta-receptor tyrosine kinase function.
abstract: We have extended a melanophore-based bioassay for G-protein coupled receptors to include the functional expression of the murine platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) beta-receptor. The homodimeric ligand PDGF-BB induced activation of the transiently expressed receptor in melanophore cells. This led to dose dependent pigment dispersion whereas it did not induce pigment dispersion in wild type cells. The effective concentration of PDGF-BB giving half-maximal pigment dispersion (EC50) was 1nM after 30 minutes exposure. PDGF-AA had no ability to induce pigment dispersion in melanophore cells transiently expressing the beta-PDGF receptor. PDGF-BB-induced pigment dispersion could be blocked by the bis-indolylmaleimide Ro 31-8220 which is an inhibitor of protein kinase C isoenzymes. Functional expression of the PDGF beta-receptor extends the use of the pigment translocation assay to include transmembrane signaling receptor tyrosine kinases. It opens the opportunity for the discovery of potent agonists and antagonists through massive drug screening and investigations of functional ligand-receptor interactions for single transmembrane domain receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06536-0812.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Graminski
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lerner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000077214:Becaplermin; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D008547:Melanophores / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014162:Transfection; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000077214:Becaplermin; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D011493:Protein Kinase C; C064758:Ro 31-8220