title: Cloning, functional expression and tissue distribution of human cDNA for the vascular-type vasopressin receptor.
abstract: We have cloned a human vasopressin receptor from human mesenteric artery using RACE (Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends) methods. The deduced amino acid sequence of the clone (HV-RACE) encodes a protein of 418 amino acids that showed a strong sequence homology to the previously cloned rat V1A vasopressin receptor. The [3H] arginine vasopressin (AVP) binding to HV-RACE expressed in COS-7 cells was potently inhibited by AVP (Ki = 2.9 nM). Interestingly, a new non-peptide "V1-selective" antagonist OPC-21268 exhibited markedly higher affinity for rat V1A receptor (Ki = 57 nM) rather than for HV-RACE (Ki = 56 microM). With the reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction assay, we observed a large amount of HV-RACE transcripts in the mesenteric artery, while a small amount in a variety of other tissues. The data show that the clone HV-RACE encodes a human vascular-type vasopressin receptor cDNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Cell Pharmacology, National Children's Medical Research Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirasawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kotosai
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tsujimoto
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000032:analysis; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin