title: Cloning and expression of a cDNA for the rat kappa-opioid receptor.
abstract: We cloned a cDNA for the rat kappa-opioid receptor from a rat thalamus cDNA library. The deduced amino acid sequence consists of 380 residues with features shared by members of the G protein-coupled receptor family. The specific binding of [3H]bremazocine to the membrane of COS-7 cells transfected with the cDNA was displaced by kappa-specific opioid ligands, but not by mu- and delta-specific ligands. Xenopus oocytes injected with the in vitro transcribed mRNA responded to opioid ligands with the same subtype specificity. Northern blot analysis demonstrated that kappa-opioid receptor mRNA is expressed in a regionally specific manner in rat brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katao
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maekawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Onogi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Satoh
mesh_terms: D019900:3,4-Dichloro-N-methyl-N-(2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl)-benzeneacetamide, (trans)-Isomer; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000700:Analgesics / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA; D004399:Dynorphins / Q000494:pharmacology; D020875:Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-; D020881:Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta / Q000235:genetics; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D004745:Enkephalins; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa; D020875:Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-; D019900:3,4-Dichloro-N-methyl-N-(2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)-cyclohexyl)-benzeneacetamide, (trans)-Isomer; D004399:Dynorphins; D020881:Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-; D004247:DNA