title: Cloning and pharmacological characterization of a rat mu opioid receptor.
abstract: We have isolated a rat cDNA clone that displays 75% amino acid homology with the mouse delta and rat kappa opioid receptors. The cDNA (designated pRMuR-12) encodes a protein of 398 amino acids comprising, in part, seven hydrophobic domains similar to those described for other G protein-linked receptors. Data from binding assays conducted with COS-1 cells transiently transfected with a CMV mammalian expression vector containing the full coding region of pRMuR-12 demonstrated mu receptor selectivity. In situ hybridization mRNA analysis revealed an mRNA distribution in rat brain that corresponds well to the distribution of binding sites labeled with mu-selective ligands. Based upon these observations, we conclude that pRMuR-12 encodes a mu opioid receptor.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0720.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mansour
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akil
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes / Q000235:genetics; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017450:Receptors, Opioid, mu; D004247:DNA