Biological characterization of rodent and human vasopressin V1b receptors using SSR-149415, a nonpeptide V1b receptor ligand

Autor: John Allen, Maria A. Ventura, Jörg Blankenstein, Jean Wagnon, Brigitte Pouzet, Claudine Serradeil-Le Gal, Danièle Raufaste, Marc Pascal, Sylvain Derick
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology. 293(2)
ISSN: 0363-6119
Popis: [3H]SSR-149415 is the first tritiated nonpeptide vasopressin V1breceptor (V1bR) antagonist ligand. It was used for studying rodent (mouse, rat, hamster) and human V1bR from native or recombinant origin. Moreover, a close comparison between the human and the mouse V1bR was performed using SSR-149415/[3H]SSR-149415 in binding and functional studies in vitro. [3H]SSR-149415 binding was time-dependent, reversible, and saturable. Scatchard plot analysis gave a single class of high-affinity binding sites with apparent equilibrium dissociation constant ( Kd) ∼1 nM and maximum binding density (Bmax) values from 7,000 to 300,000 sites/cell according to the cell line. In competition experiments, [3H]SSR-149415 binding was stereospecific and dose-dependently displaced by reference peptide and nonpeptide arginine vasopressin (AVP)/OT ligands following a V1brank order of affinity: SSR-149415 = AVP > dCha > dPen > dPal > dDavp > SSR-126768A > SR-49059 > SSR-149424 > OT > SR-121463B. Species differences between human, rat, mouse, and hamster V1bR were observed. Autoradiography studies with [3H]SSR-149415 on rat and human pituitary showed intense specific labeling confined to corticotroph cells and absence of labeling in the other tissues examined. SSR-149415 potently and stereospecifically antagonized the AVP-induced inositol phosphate production and intracellular Ca2+increase (EC50from 1.83 to 3.05 nM) in recombinant cell lines expressing either the mouse or the human V1bR. AVP (10−7M) exposure of AtT20 cells expressing mouse or human EGFP-tagged V1bR induced their rapid internalization. Preincubation with 10−6M SSR-149415 counteracted the internalization process. Moreover, recycling of internalized receptors was observed upon 10−6M SSR-149415 treatment. Thus SSR-149415/[3H]SSR-149415 are unique tools for studying animal and human V1bR.
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