title: Primary structure and functional expression of a guinea pig kappa opioid (dynorphin) receptor.
abstract: A full-length cDNA encoding the guinea pig kappa opioid (dynorphin) receptor has been isolated. The deduced protein contains 380 aa and seven hydrophobic alpha-helices characteristic of the G protein-coupled receptors. This receptor is 90% identical to the mouse and rat kappa receptors, with the greatest level of divergence in the N-terminal region. When expressed in COS-7 cells, the receptor displays high affinity and stereospecificity toward dynorphin peptides and other kappa-selective opioid ligands such as U50, 488. It does not bind the mu- and delta-selective opioid ligands. The expressed receptor is functionally coupled to G protein(s) to inhibit adenylyl cyclase and Ca2+ channels. The guinea pig kappa receptor mRNA is expressed in many brain areas, including the cerebellum, a pattern that agrees well with autoradiographic maps of classical guinea pig kappa binding sites. Species differences in the pharmacology and mRNA distribution between the cloned guinea pig and rat kappa receptors may be worthy of further examination.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.
authors.forename: G X
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mansour
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Hoversten
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akil
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D008024:Ligands; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008024:Ligands; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017473:Receptors, Opioid, kappa; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D002118:Calcium