title: Molecular cloning and the functional expression of two isoforms of human metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5.
abstract: We previously reported that a variant with extra amino acids exists in rat metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5) and that the identical extra sequence also exists in the human mGluR5 cDNA. We herein report the complete sequence and the functional expression of two isoforms of mGluR5 from the human brain. The deduced amino acid sequence of the large extracellular domain is extremely well conserved between rat and human mGluR5 (98.6%) which suggests that the amino-terminal region of mGluR5 is functionally important. We show that the glutamate-evoked responses appear in Xenopus oocytes while expressing either of the two mGluR5 isoforms, which suggests that these two receptors from the human brain could activate phospholipase C and generate Ca(2+)-activated Cl- current. We compared some of the pharmacological profiles of these two isoforms, but no clear differences could be observed. Finally, we also examined the effect of exogenous G proteins on the mGluR5-evoked responses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Minakami
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Katsuki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D018118:Chloride Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D005260:Female; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005971:Glutamates / Q000494:pharmacology; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D006801:Humans; D007051:Ibotenic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology; D014981:Xenopus
chemical_list: D018118:Chloride Channels; D005971:Glutamates; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D007051:Ibotenic Acid; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D002118:Calcium