title: Ryanodine receptor expression in the kidney and a non-excitable kidney epithelial cell.
abstract: An oligonucleotide probe to a conserved 3' region within the three identified ryanodine receptor-calcium release channel isoforms hybridized to a single clone from a rabbit kidney cDNA library. The kidney clone encoded the carboxyl-terminal 338 amino acids within the putative transmembrane domain of the type 2 ryanodine receptor sequence. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction with isoform-specific oligonucleotide primers demonstrated the presence of the type 2 ryanodine receptor transcript in rabbit kidney, as well as in a non-excitable cell line, LLC-RK1, derived from rabbit kidney epithelial cells. Amplification by rapid amplification of 5' cDNA ends indicated the kidney type 2 ryanodine receptor transcript extended >7000 base pairs from the stop codon and is therefore not homologous to the short RyR-1 transcript of approximately 2500 base pairs previously observed in rabbit brain. [3H]Ryanodine binding and immunoblot analysis with a type 2 ryanodine receptor-specific antibody demonstrated that the native type 2 ryanodine receptor protein is expressed in the kidney. These observations suggest that the type 2 ryanodine receptor isoform may play a functional role in regulating intracellular calcium homeostasis in non-excitable cells.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, United Kingdom. t-lai@nimr.mrc.ac.uk
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Tunwell
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Lai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D011817:Rabbits; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D012433:Ryanodine / Q000378:metabolism; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D014316:Tritium; D012433:Ryanodine