Cloning and expression of a human kidney cDNA for an alpha 2-adrenergic receptor subtype.
Abstract
An alpha 2-adrenergic receptor subtype has been cloned from a human kidney cDNA library
using the gene for the human platelet alpha 2-adrenergic receptor as a probe. The
deduced amino acid sequence resembles the human platelet alpha 2-adrenergic receptor
and is consistent with the structure of other members of the family of guanine nucleotide-binding
protein-coupled receptors. The cDNA was expressed in a mammalian cell line (COS-7),
and the alpha 2-adrenergic ligand [3H]rauwolscine was bound. Competition curve analysis
with a variety of adrenergic ligands suggests that this cDNA clone represents the
alpha 2B-adrenergic receptor. The gene for this receptor is on human chromosome 4,
whereas the gene for the human platelet alpha 2-adrenergic receptor (alpha 2A) lies
on chromosome 10. This ability to express the receptor in mammalian cells, free of
other adrenergic receptor subtypes, should help in developing more selective alpha-adrenergic
ligands.
Type
Journal articleSubject
Amino Acid SequenceAnimals
Base Sequence
Cell Line
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4
Cloning, Molecular
DNA
Genes
Humans
Kidney
Kinetics
Models, Molecular
Molecular Sequence Data
Protein Conformation
Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha
Transcription, Genetic
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