title: Evidence for the existence of a new receptor for CGRP, which is not CRLR.
abstract: Receptors for calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), a neuropeptide known to be the most potent vasodilator, are abundantly expressed in cerebellum. A monoclonal antibody to cerebellar CGRP receptors specifically detects a 66 kDa protein from rat cerebellum and other rat and human tissues, but not from SK-N-MC cells which express calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CRLR), a recently described component of CGRP receptors. In contrast, mRNA expression for CRLR was abundant in SK-N-MC cells, but it was undetectable in rat cerebellum. Furthermore, the antibody could not detect any immunoreactive protein in HEK 293 cells transiently transfected with CRLR and receptor activity-modifying protein 1 (RAMP(1)) indicating the possible existence of another CGRP receptor, which does not involve CRLR. Due to the absence of biochemical or structural data on the existence of a CGRP(2) receptor and the new data provided in this paper, we suggest to identify the two CGRP receptors as CGRP-A and CGRP-B.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
authors.forename: Madhu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.forename: Chandra S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Thota
authors.forename: Sudhir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kondapaka
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wimalawansa
authors.forename: Chandra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yallampalli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D003429:Cross Reactions; D017931:DNA Primers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018015:Receptors, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018015:Receptors, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide