title: Molecular cloning and characterization of mouse calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor.
abstract: The calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) plays important roles as a neurotransmitter/neuromodulator in the central nervous system, and as a potent vasodilator when secreted from peripheral, perivascular nerves through its specific receptors. In this study, we cloned mouse cDNA counterparts of the human CGRP receptor composed of calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CRLR) and receptor activity modifying protein 1 (RAMP1) and examined the signal transduction mechanism through the CGRP receptor. Mouse CRLR (mCRLR) is a 462-amino acid G protein-coupled heptahelical receptor, and mouse RAMP1 (mRAMP1) is a 148-amino acid single membrane-spanning protein with a short cytoplasmic portion. Specific binding of (125)I-CGRP was detected only when both mCRLR and mRAMP1 cDNAs were cotransfected to COS-7 cells, and the Kd value of the receptor was 2.2 x 10(-10) M. CGRP induced a marked elevation of the intracellular cAMP levels in COS-7 cells cotransfected with mCRLR and mRAMP1. CGRP signaling through the mCRLR/mRAMP1 receptor complex was found to increase the promoter activities of cyclic AMP responsive element and serum responsive element in the co-transfected HeLa cells. These results indicate that mCRLR and mRAMP1 constitute a functional mouse CGRP receptor for the transduction of CGRP signaling by PKA and extracellular signal-regulated kinase signal transduction pathways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyauchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tadotsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tokoyoda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsujikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019556:COS Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000378:metabolism; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D006367:HeLa Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System / Q000187:drug effects; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D058262:Receptor Activity-Modifying Protein 1; D058261:Receptor Activity-Modifying Proteins; D018015:Receptors, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015290:Second Messenger Systems / Q000187:drug effects; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C545502:RAMP1 protein, human; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C545505:Ramp1 protein, mouse; D058262:Receptor Activity-Modifying Protein 1; D058261:Receptor Activity-Modifying Proteins; D018015:Receptors, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide