The interaction of CGRP and adrenomedullin with a receptor expressed in the rat pulmonary vascular endothelium.
An abundant, seven trans-membrane domain receptor related to the calcitonin receptor has been studied by a number of groups without identification of its ligand. A recent report claimed that the receptor was a type 1 CGRP receptor (Aiyar et al J. Biol. Chem. 271 11325-11329 (1996)). We have studied the equivalent rat sequence in transfected cells. When expressed in 293 cells the receptor interacts with CGRP and adrenomedullin with KD values of 1.2 nM for CGRP and 11 nM for adrenomedullin. Both ligands cause an elevation of intracellular cAMP with EC50 values of 4 nM and 20 nM respectively and these effects are inhibited by the antagonist CGRP8-37. The receptor is expressed at high levels in the pulmonary vascular endothelium. Both the pharmacological data and the localisation are consistent with the conclusion that the orphan receptor is a type J CGRP receptor. However, when expressed in COS-7 cells, no receptor activity could be demonstrated suggesting that 293 cells contain a factor necessary for functional receptor expression.
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Department of Metabolic Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
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Makgoba
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D053607:Adrenomedullin; D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D008024:Ligands; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D018015:Receptors, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection
D008024:Ligands; D010455:Peptides; D018015:Receptors, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D053607:Adrenomedullin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide