title: Immunohistochemical localization of cGMP-binding cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase (PDE5) in rat tissues.
abstract: We raised a polyclonal antibody against maltose binding protein fusion human cGMP-binding, cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase (PDE5) produced in E. coli. This antibody immunoreacted specifically with recombinant human and rat PDE5 proteins expressed in transfected COS-7 cells and with a native form of PDE5 in extracts of rat platelets, lung, and cerebellum. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that the anti-PDE5 antibody detected immunoactive materials in Purkinje cell layers of the cerebellum, proximal renal tubules, collecting renal ducts, and epithelial cells of pancreatic ducts in rats. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis demonstrated that PDE5 transcripts are also present in rat cerebellum, kidney, and pancreas. Here we described a cell-specific localization of PDE5 in various rat tissues, suggesting the possibility of the presence of a cGMP/PDE5 pathway in these tissues.
authors.affiliation: Discovery Research Laboratory, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kotera
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujishige
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Omori
mesh_terms: D015106:3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D019556:COS Cells; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D054706:Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 5; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D058619:Maltose-Binding Proteins; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D010179:Pancreas / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011689:Purkinje Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D000906:Antibodies; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D058619:Maltose-Binding Proteins; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C461599:maltose transport system, E coli; D015106:3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases; D054706:Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 5; C517381:PDE5A protein, human; C517384:Pde5a protein, rat