Isolation and characterization of a novel endogenous peptide ligand for the human APJ receptor.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
; 251(2): 471-6, 1998 Oct 20.
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ABSTRACT
In the search for an endogenous ligand of the orphan G protein-coupled receptor APJ, the presence of the ligand in various tissue extracts was examined by measuring the increase in extracellular acidification rate of the cells expressing the APJ receptor as a specific signal induced by the interaction of the receptor and ligand. By monitoring this activity, we isolated an APJ receptor ligand, designated apelin, from bovine stomach extracts. The structures of bovine and human apelin preproproteins were deduced from the sequences of the corresponding cDNAs. The preproproteins consisted of 77 amino acid residues, and the apelin sequence was encoded in the C-terminal regions. Synthetic peptides derived from the C-terminal amino acid sequence of bovine preproapelin were capable of specifically promoting the acidification rate in the cells expressing the APJ receptor in a range from 10(-7) to 10(-10) M, indicating that apelin is an endogenous ligand for the APJ receptor.
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Assunto principal:
Proteínas de Transporte
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Receptores de Dopamina D2
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Receptores Acoplados a Proteínas G
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Mucosa Gástrica
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun
Ano de publicação:
1998
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