ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 2 ALTERNATIVELY SPLICED COMPLEMENTARY DNAS ENCODING A XENOPUS-LAEVIS ANGIOTENSIN-II RECEPTOR

被引:5
作者
NISHIMATSU, S
KOYASU, N
SUGAYA, T
OHNISHI, J
YAMAGISHI, T
MURAKAMI, K
MIYAZAKI, H
机构
[1] UNIV TSUKUBA,INST APPL BIOCHEM,CTR GENE EXPT,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
[2] SAITAMA MED SCH,DEPT ANAT,SAITAMA 35004,JAPAN
来源
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION | 1994年 / 1218卷 / 03期
关键词
CDNA CLONING; SPLICING; ANGIOTENSIN II; RECEPTOR; (X-LAEVIS);
D O I
10.1016/0167-4781(94)90193-7
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We have isolated two cDNAs of 1.7 and 3.0 kb, produced by alternative splicing, that encode an angiotensin II (AII) receptor from a Xenopus laevis heart cDNA library. The two clones had identical coding regions with each other and were found to belong to the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily like the mammalian type 1 AII receptors (AT(1)); their amino acid sequence was 68.7% homologous with the human AT(1) receptor sequence. However, there was a 1.3 kb insertion at the S'-untranslated region of the longer clone. The insertion contained 9 repeats of an ATTTA motif, suggesting that the two mRNAs undergo distinct post-transcriptional regulation by virtue of a difference in their stability. Although the Xenopus receptor exhibited distinct specificities for AII receptor antagonists compared with mammalian AII receptors, several common characteristics, including the effect of dithiothreitol and guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate), demonstrated that the cloned receptor is a counterpart of the mammalian AT(1) receptor. Moreover, the cloned receptor was expressed most abundantly in the Xenopus heart, which is inconsistent with the tissue distribution of mammalian AII receptors. This indicated that the Xenopus heart, unlike that of mammals, plays a major role in the AII-dependent regulation of blood pressure and extracellular fluid volume.
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