The orphan receptor cDNA RDC4 encodes a 5-HT1D serotonin receptor

Autor: Frederic Libert, Carine Maenhaut, Herbert Ladinsky, Claude Massart, J. Van Sande, Gilbert Vassart, Jacques Emile Dumont, Ettore Giraldo, Christiane Dinsart, E. Monferini
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 180:1460-1468
ISSN: 0006-291X
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(05)81360-9
Popis: The cDNA of RDC4, a putative receptor of the G protein-coupled receptor family, has been cloned by PCR methodology. The primary structure of this receptor showed homology with the serotonin 5-HT1A receptor. In this work, RDC4 mRNA has been injected in Y1 adrenal cells and Xenopus oocytes and RDC4 cDNA has been transfected transiently in cos-7 cells. In all these systems serotonin elicited a rise in cyclic AMP levels. Binding studies on membranes of the transfected cos-7 cells using [3H]-LSD showed a pattern of drug affinities consistent with the known properties of a 5-HT1D receptor. RDC4 therefore codes for a 5-HT1D receptor which in the studied systems is positively coupled to adenylate cyclase.
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