title: Kinin receptors: functional aspects.
abstract: Two types of receptors (B1R, B2R) for kinins are defined in mammalian species. Comparative experiments involving recombinant fusion proteins consisting of rabbit B1R or B2R fused to GFP-related proteins are exploited to study the regulation of the response to kinins at the receptor level. The following points will be briefly reviewed and supported by some novel data. (1) The constitutive B2Rs are internalized upon agonist stimulation, but completely recycled to the cell surface; however, B2R destruction can be achieved following limited proteolysis (extracellular trypsin, neutrophil proteases), a plausible down-regulation mechanism in pathology. (2) The inducible B1Rs, stimulated by des-Arg9-kinins, are not phosphorylated nor internalized upon agonist stimulation, but rather undergo a reversible redistribution to caveolae-related rafts. B2Rs are also subjected to this translocation, but only transiently (before endocytosis). (3) Based on the analysis of rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells, B1R induction by cytokines is dependent on nuclear factor KB in rabbit vascular tissue, but exogenous kinins acting on either receptor type do not induce B1R expression.
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Centre de recherche du Pavillon l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, 11 Côte du Palais, Quebec, Canada GIR 2J6. francois.marceau@crhdq.ulaval.ca
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marceau
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sabourin
authors.forename: Steeve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Houle
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fortin
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Petitclerc
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Molinaro
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adam
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D021941:Caveolae / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D002460:Cell Line; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004705:Endocytosis / Q000502:physiology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011817:Rabbits; D043783:Receptor, Bradykinin B1; D043782:Receptor, Bradykinin B2; D018002:Receptors, Bradykinin / Q000819:agonists / Q000502:physiology*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D043783:Receptor, Bradykinin B1; D043782:Receptor, Bradykinin B2; D018002:Receptors, Bradykinin; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins