title: Corticotropin-releasing factor receptor type 1 from Tupaia belangeri--cloning, functional expression and tissue distribution.
abstract: A cDNA clone encoding corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) type 1 (CRF-R1) has been isolated from the tree shrew Tupaia belangeri with a PCR-based approach. The full-length cDNA encoded a 415-amino-acid protein with highest sequence identity (approximately 98%) to human CRF-R1 and slightly less identity to rat or mouse CRF-R1 (approximately 97%). Only eight amino acids (residues 3, 4, 6, 35, 36 and 39 in the N-terminus, residue 232 in transmembrane domain 4 and residue 410 in the C-terminus) differed between tree shrew CRF-R1 (tCRF-R1) and human CRF-R1 (hCRF-R1). tCRF-R1 mRNA was detected by semiquantitative RT-PCR and RNase protection analysis in the pituitary and in brain areas such as amygdala, brainstem, cerebellum, cortex, olfactory bulb, and striatum. In peripheral organs, only weak expression of tCRF-R1 mRNA was observed in ovary, testis, and adrenal gland. Binding studies using human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK293) cells stably transfected with tCRF-R1 showed that the CRF agonists ovine CRF (KD = 1.28 nM), human/rat CRF (KD = 1.09 nM), urocortin (KD = 0.37 nM) and sauvagine (KD = 0.77 nM), respectively, were bound with significantly higher affinities than the CRF antagonist astressin (KD = 12.4 nM). In agreement with the binding data half maximum effective EC50 values of 0.83 nM (human/rat CRF), 1.41 nM (ovine CRF), 1.25 nM (rat urocortin) and 0.71 nM (sauvagine) were calculated when the cAMP production in HEK293 cells stably transfected with tCRF-R1 was stimulated with the four CRF analogues. These data underline the close relationship between human and tree shrew CRF-R1.
authors.affiliation: German Primate Center, Division of Neurobiology, Göttingen.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Palchaudhuri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wille
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mevenkamp
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spiess
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Dautzenberg
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D018019:Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection; D014417:Tupaia / Q000235:genetics*; D000099052:CRF Receptor, Type 1
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018019:Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone; D000099052:CRF Receptor, Type 1; D000242:Cyclic AMP