Molecular cloning and functional characterization of V2 [8-lysine] vasopressin and oxytocin receptors from a pig kidney cell line.
[Arg8]vasopressin and oxytocin are the two main members of the neurohypophysial hormone family found to be present in nearly all mammals. [Lys8]vasopressin ([Lys8]VP) has been identified as the antidiuretic hormone in pig and some marsupial families. The porcine-derived kidney epithelial cell line, LLC-PK1, expresses both [Lys8]VP receptors coupled to the activation of adenylate cyclase (V2 receptors) and oxytocin receptors. Here we report the molecular cloning of the V2 [Lys8]VP receptor and the oxytocin receptor from LLC-PK1 cells. The cloned V2 [Lys8]VP receptor differs from human and rat V2 [Arg8] receptors mainly in its N-terminal region, in residues located in the extracellular loops and in intracellular phosphorylation sites. When expressed in COS7 cells, the V2 [Lys8]VP receptor exhibits the relative order of ligand affinity [Lys8]VP = [Arg8]VP >> 1-deamino[D-Arg8]VP > or = oxytocin and adenylate-cyclase stimulation, expected for the porcine V2 [Lys8]VP receptor but different from V2 [Arg8]VP receptors. Adenylate-cyclase activation by [Lys8]VP was inhibited in COS7 cells by a V2 antagonist. The cloned oxytocin receptor exhibits in COS7 cells a ligand specificity typical of mammalian oxytocin receptors. mRNA-distribution analysis revealed a single 5.5-kb transcript in the uterus from pregnant guinea pig.
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Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik, Frankfurt, Germany.
Büchner
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Akhundova
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Fahrenholz
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry; D007668:Kidney / Q000737:chemistry; D008236:Lypressin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000378:metabolism*; D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D018045:Receptors, Oxytocin; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D013552:Swine
D011945:Receptors, Angiotensin; D018045:Receptors, Oxytocin; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin; C029150:lysine-vasopressin receptors; D010121:Oxytocin; D008236:Lypressin; D004247:DNA