title: The expanded pharmacological profile of histamine H2 receptor (H2R) species isoforms with respect to the interaction with new squaramide H2R ligands, in the GTP-ASE assay.
abstract: We comprehensively characterized the human (h), guinea pig (gp), canine (c) and rat (r) H2R species isoforms on Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cell membranes expressing H2R-G(Salpha) with respect to the interaction with new ligands derived from squaramide.
  
  
  METHODS
  Antagonist potencies were determined in the GTPase assay. Non-linear curve fitting was performed using the computer program Prism 4.0 (GraphPad-Prism).
  
  
  RESULTS
  An interesting result was obtained for the squaratepentylamine compound in comparison with famotidine. Furthemore, the analysis of the new squaramide ligands, under the same experimental conditions, at the four H2R species isoforms, indicates that the rH2R exhibits increased constitutive activity, compared with hH2R, gpH2R and cH2R.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study validates the notion that quantitative comparison of species isoforms of GPCRs provides unique insights into the molecular mechanisms of GPCR activation.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Departament of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, "Gr.T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iaşi.
authors.forename: Georgiana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Petrache
authors.forename: M D G
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Pavelescu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay / Q000379:methods; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods; D003503:Cyclobutanes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004285:Dogs; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D051381:Rats; D011970:Receptors, Histamine H2 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D003503:Cyclobutanes; D008024:Ligands; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011970:Receptors, Histamine H2; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; C030042:squaric acid