title: Characterization of a calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor on mouse bone marrow cells.
abstract: Calcitonin gene-related peptide, (CGRP), a vasoactive neuropeptide, is found throughout the peripheral nervous system, and CGRP receptors are present on mature lymphocytes. The current studies describe a CGRP receptor on isolated mouse bone marrow cells. The affinity, distribution and specificity of CGRP receptors were analyzed using radioligand binding assays. [125I]CGRP binding in mouse bone marrow cells was dependent on cell concentration and was stable from 5 to 60 min at room temperature. The average Kd is 3.29 +/- 1.24 nM and the average receptor density is 2796 +/- 365 sites/cell. Competition binding analysis found rat alpha and beta CGRP to be the most inhibitory, (Ki values 0.899 and 0.711 nM, respectively), followed by human alpha CGRP and the antagonist human CGRP8-37. The neuropeptides human and salmon calcitonin did not inhibit [125I]CGRP binding to bone marrow cells. The presence of CGRP receptors on mouse bone marrow cells provides further evidence for a direct role for CGRP in modulating the function and differentiation of cellular components of the immune and inflammatory systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington 40536-0084.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Mullins
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ciallella
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rangnekar
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: McGillis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D018015:Receptors, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018015:Receptors, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide