title: Identification, structural determination, and biological activity of bovine and canine calcitonin receptor-stimulating peptides.
abstract: We have recently identified in porcine brain a series of new peptides, designated calcitonin receptor-stimulating peptide-1 (CRSP-1), CRSP-2, and CRSP-3, but failed to find their counterparts in humans and rodents by either database searching or experimental cross-hybridization. In this study, we isolated cDNAs encoding precursors of bovine CRSP-1, canine CRSP-1, and canine CRSP-2 from their thyroid cDNA libraries. Although the deduced mature amino acid sequences of bovine and canine CRSP-1s and canine CRSP-2 showed identity with their respective porcine CRSP counterparts, none of them had a C-terminal amide structure. In LLC-PK(1) cells endogenously expressing the calcitonin (CT) receptor, bovine and canine CRSP-1s enhanced the cAMP production, while canine CRSP-2 did not stimulate it at all. Equine CGRP-I had a high identity in its amino acid sequence with porcine CRSP-1 and stimulated LLC-PK(1) cells at a potency comparable to that of porcine CT. None of these CRSPs or equine CGRP-I stimulated the CT-like receptor, even in the presence of receptor activity-modifying proteins. These results demonstrate that CRSP-1, a new class of biologically active peptide, is present in animals evolutionarily close to pigs and induces its activity through the calcitonin receptor, suggesting a wide existence and common properties of this peptide in mammals.
authors.affiliation: National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katafuchi
authors.forename: Kazumasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamano
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Minamino
mesh_terms: D053607:Adrenomedullin; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019556:COS Cells; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D058261:Receptor Activity-Modifying Proteins; D018003:Receptors, Calcitonin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018015:Receptors, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D058261:Receptor Activity-Modifying Proteins; D018003:Receptors, Calcitonin; D018015:Receptors, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D053607:Adrenomedullin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide