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Accelerated communication a cloned NK2 receptor mediates phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis in a transfected murine fibrolast

  • Alden K. Henderson
  • , Josephine Lai
  • , Stephen H. Buck
  • , Yutaka Fujiwara
  • , Gurinder Singh
  • , Mark S. Yamamura
  • , Shigetada Nakanishi
  • , William R. Roeske
  • , Henry I. Yamamura

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Abstract

Transfection of a bovine stomach cDNA encoding for an NK2 receptor into murine fibroblasts produced a clone that exhibited specific binding of NKA, a selective NK2 agonist. In these transfected cells, NKA mediated hydrolysis of phosphatidyl-inositol (PI) with an EC50 value of 10 nM and an Emax value 7.2 times basal level. Dose response curves of IP1 accumulation by two other neurokinin agonists demonstrated a rank order of potency of NKA>SP>>senktide. This suggests that the de novo receptor expressed in these transfected cells is functionally coupled to the PI hydrolysis pathway. Stable in vitro expression of NK2 receptors in a eukaryotik cell line can provide a means of correlating the structurally defined receptor with its ligand binding properties and its functional coupling mechanisms.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)PL7-PL12
JournalLife Sciences
Volume47
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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