Characterization of the RDC1 Gene Which Encodes the Canine Homolog of a Proposed Human VIP Receptor Expression Does Not Correlate with an Increase in VIP Binding Sites

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

4 p.

Publication Date

3-30-1992

Publisher

Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)

Source Publication

FEBS Letters

Source ISSN

0014-5793

Abstract

We have isolated a portion of the canine gene encoding the orphan receptor RDC1 [1]. The complete coding sequence is contained in a single exon, and an intron divides the 5′ untranslated region of RDC1 mRNA. The RDC1 protein is 94% homologous to the gene product of GPRN1, which has been proposed to serve as a VIP receptor when expressed in CHO-K1 and COS-7 cells (Sreedharan, S.P. et al. (1991) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88, 4986–4990). Northern analysis indicates that CHO-K1 cells endogenously express a 2.1 kb RDC1 mRNA. However, while CHO-K1 cells possess detectable low affinity [125I]VIP binding sites, VIP binding is not altered in membranes of CHO-K1 cells expressing varying amounts of the RDC1 gene construct. Further, endogenous VIP binding is not increased by transient expression of RDC1 in COS-7 cells. Taken together, the data suggest that RDC1 is not a canine homolog of the proposed VIP receptor.

Comments

FEBS Letters, Vol. 300, No. 2 (March 30, 1992): 149-152. DOI.

Edward Blumenthal was affiliated with the Yale University School of Medicine at the time of publication.

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