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1: Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1993 Nov 15;196(3):1511-21.Click here to read Links

Molecular cloning and functional expression of a cDNA encoding a human pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide receptor.

Ogi K, Miyamoto Y, Masuda Y, Habata Y, Hosoya M, Ohtaki T, Masuo Y, Onda H, Fujino M.

Discovery Research Laboratories I, Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan.

A functional cDNA clone for a human pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) receptor was isolated from a human pituitary cDNA library. The cDNA encoded a polypeptide consisting of 525 amino acids with putative seven hydrophobic domains. Chinese hamster ovary (CHO)-K1 cells transfected with the cDNA specifically bound PACAP and mediated PACAP-triggered intracellular accumulation of cAMP, indicating that this cDNA encoded a functional human PACAP Type I receptor. This receptor was structurally related to the vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), secretin, calcitonin and parathyroid hormone receptors and is much more homologous to a rat PACAP receptor. Northern blot analysis revealed that PACAP receptor mRNAs were expressed mainly in the brain and widely distributed in the central nervous system.

PMID: 7902709 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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