title: The RAMP2/CRLR complex is a functional adrenomedullin receptor in human endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells.
abstract: Adrenomedullin, a potently hypotensive peptide isolated from human pheochromocytoma, is known to elicit a rise in cAMP levels within mammalian endothelial and smooth muscle cells. Until now, however, little has been known about the adrenomedullin receptor. Recently, a group called receptor activity-modifying proteins that complex with the calcitonin receptor-like receptor, and thereby regulate its transport and ligand specificity, were identified. Here we show that mRNA for both the calcitonin receptor-like receptor and the receptor activity-modifying protein 2, but not the receptor activity-modifying protein 1 or receptor activity-modifying protein 3, are expressed in human endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells. We also found that adrenomedullin increased cAMP levels in HeLa EBNA and 293 EBNA cells, expressing both the receptor activity-modifying protein 2 and calcitonin receptor-like receptor proteins. Thus, the receptor activity-modifying protein 2/calcitonin receptor-like receptor complex apparently serves as a functional adrenomedullin receptor in human endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells.
authors.affiliation: Shionogi Institute for Medical Science, Shionogi and Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamitani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asakawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimekake
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuwasako
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakata
mesh_terms: D053607:Adrenomedullin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D058286:Calcitonin Receptor-Like Protein; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D058263:Receptor Activity-Modifying Protein 2; D058261:Receptor Activity-Modifying Proteins; D058265:Receptors, Adrenomedullin; D018003:Receptors, Calcitonin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018000:Receptors, Peptide; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C545578:CALCRL protein, human; D058286:Calcitonin Receptor-Like Protein; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010455:Peptides; C545503:RAMP2 protein, human; D058263:Receptor Activity-Modifying Protein 2; D058261:Receptor Activity-Modifying Proteins; D058265:Receptors, Adrenomedullin; D018003:Receptors, Calcitonin; D018000:Receptors, Peptide; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D053607:Adrenomedullin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide