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Title: Molecular characterization of cardiac. beta. -adrenergic receptors

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:7147208

A rat cardiac cDNA clone and a rat genomic clone encoding the {beta}{sub 2}-adrenergic receptor were isolated and characterized by restriction mapping and automated DNA sequence analysis. The rat cardiac {beta}{sub 2}-receptor consists of 418 amino acids with a calculated molecular weight of 46,890 Da. In order to characterize the rat cardiac {beta}{sub 2}-receptor in more detail, B-82 cells, a murine fibroblast cell line lacking intrinsic {beta}-adrenergic receptors, were transfected with the gene encoding the rat {beta}{sub 2}-receptor, using a vector that allows stable, steroid-inducible expression of mammalian genes. Membranes prepared from transfected cells exhibited specific binding of the {beta}-receptor antagonist ({sup 125}I)iodocyanopindolol (ICYP) that was saturable and of high affinity. Displacement of ICYP binding to rat cardiac receptors by {beta}-adrenergic ligands was stereoselective and exhibited a rank order of potency for agonists expected for a {beta}{sub 2}-adrenergic receptor subtype. Expressed {beta}{sub 2}-receptors photoaffinity labeled with ({sup 125}I)iodocyanopindolol diazirine (ICYP-D) displayed as SDS-PAGE apparent molecular mass of 68,000 suggesting that the receptor is glycosylated 30% by weight. B-82 cells transfected with the rat {beta}{sub 2}-receptor gene exhibited a dose-dependent increase in intracellular levels of cyclic AMP in response to stimulation by isoproterenol.

Research Organization:
State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY (USA). Coll. of Engineering
OSTI ID:
7147208
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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