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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-2-17
pubmed:abstractText
We describe the identification and purification of a receptor for calcitonin-gene-related peptide (CGRP) from human term placenta, using lectin and beta-CGRP-Affigel affinity chromatography. The membrane-bound receptor has an estimated Mr of 240,000, as determined by cross-linking 125I-labelled alpha-CGRP (125I-alpha-CGRP) using discuccinimidyl suberate and SDS/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, or of 263,000, as judged by sucrose gradient centrifugation of the soluble partially purified native receptor preparation. Cross-linking studies with disuccinimidyl suberate and N-hydroxysuccinimidyl-4-azidobenzoate using membrane-solubilised, partially purified and CGRP-affinity-purified preparations, show a number of 125I-alpha-CGRP binding subunit(s) of Mr 62,000-68,000. Silver staining of the purified CGRP receptor preparation showed two distinct doublets in this plus a number of minor doublets of lower Mr. The receptor binds human beta-CGRP with greater affinity than alpha-CGRP, and showed little affinity for human calcitonin. Adsorption isotherms and Scatchard analysis of 125I-alpha-CGRP binding to the membrane-bound or soluble purified receptor are consistent, under the conditions used, with a single binding site of high affinity. Molecular cloning at present in progress should define the amino acid sequence and subunit composition of the human placental CGRP receptor, since at present the observed heterogeneity of CGRP-binding proteins may be interpreted in a number of ways, for instance: receptor heterogeneity, variable glycosylation of one of two subunits, or limited proteolysis of a single subunit during purification.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
170
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
373-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Isolation and characterisation of a human calcitonin-gene-related-peptide receptor.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London, England.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't