title: Isolation of a novel cDNA encoding a putative membrane receptor with high homology to the cloned mu, delta, and kappa opioid receptors.
abstract: A rat brain cDNA library was screened for clones homologous to the recently cloned mouse delta-opioid receptor (DOR-1). Among the clones isolated was Hyp 8-1, a clone with a unique nucleotide sequence capable of encoding a putative protein which is 57-58% identical to the amino acid sequences of the cloned delta, mu and kappa opioid receptors, indicating a close relationship of Hyp 8-1 with the opioid receptor family. Several cDNAs representing possible splice variants of Hyp 8-1 were also isolated. Binding studies of COS-7 cells transfected with clone Hyp 8-1 failed to demonstrate specific binding with several 3H-opioid ligands. In situ hybridization studies indicate that the mRNA for Hyp 8-1 is distributed discretely throughout the rat brain, in an overall pattern which is different from that of several other G-protein-coupled seven transmembrane receptors. Thus, it is likely that the Hyp 8-1 cDNA encodes a novel peptide receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wick
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Minnerath
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elde
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Loh
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta / Q000235:genetics; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa / Q000235:genetics; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017385:Sequence Homology; D000094942:Nociceptin Receptor
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008024:Ligands; D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu; C000722285:Oprl1 protein, rat; D000094942:Nociceptin Receptor