title: Characterization of bombesin binding sites in the rat stomach.
abstract: We characterized the bombesin receptor population in the rat stomach and determined the receptor subtype mediating the contractile effect of bombesin in the gastric fundus. Using in vitro receptor autoradiography, we evaluated the ability of the specific gastrin-releasing peptide-preferring receptor antagonist [D-F5,Phe6,D-Ala11]bombesin-(6-13) methyl ester to inhibit binding of 125I-[Tyr4]bombesin to the gastric fundus, corpus and antrum. Binding to these regions was completely inhibited by [D-F5,Phe6,D-Ala11]bombesin-(6-13) methyl ester suggesting that these receptors are the gastrin-releasing peptide-preferring subtype. We found that the rank order of potency for the contractile effect of bombesin, and the related mammalian peptides neuromedin C and neuromedin B, was bombesin > neuromedin C > neuromedin B. [D-F5,Phe6,D-Ala11]bombesin-(6-13) methyl ester was equipotent in antagonizing contractions produced by all three peptides. Furthermore, receptor tachyphylaxis to either neuromedin C or neuromedin B abolished the subsequent contractile response elicited by neuromedin C and neuromedin B, suggesting that one bombesin receptor subtype mediates rat gastric fundal contractions. Together, these results demonstrate that the bombesin receptor subtype in the rat stomach is gastrin-releasing peptide-preferring subtype and that this subtype is responsible for the effects of bombesin-like peptides on fundal smooth muscle contraction.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. laden@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Ladenheim
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Salorio
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mantey
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Coy
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Moran
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000187:drug effects; D001839:Bombesin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005748:Gastric Fundus / Q000378:metabolism; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000187:drug effects; D015287:Neurokinin B / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013270:Stomach / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects; D013618:Tachyphylaxis / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; C040794:neuromedin C; D015287:Neurokinin B; C038393:neuromedin B; D001839:Bombesin