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Expression of the Calcitonin Receptor-like Receptor (CALCRL) in Normal and Neoplastic Tissues. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043960. [PMID: 36835377 PMCID: PMC9962437 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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Little information is available concerning protein expression of the calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CALCRL) at the protein level. Here, we developed a rabbit monoclonal antibody, 8H9L8, which is directed against human CALCRL but cross-reacts with the rat and mouse forms of the receptor. We confirmed antibody specificity via Western blot analyses and immunocytochemistry using the CALCRL-expressing neuroendocrine tumour cell line BON-1 and a CALCRL-specific small interfering RNA (siRNA). We then used the antibody for immunohistochemical analyses of various formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded specimens of normal and neoplastic tissues. In nearly all tissue specimens examined, CALCRL expression was detected in the capillary endothelium, smooth muscles of the arterioles and arteries, and immune cells. Analyses of normal human, rat, and mouse tissues revealed that CALCRL was primarily present in distinct cell populations in the cerebral cortex; pituitary; dorsal root ganglia; epithelia, muscles, and glands of the larger bronchi; intestinal mucosa (particularly in enteroendocrine cells); intestinal ganglia; exocrine and endocrine pancreas; arteries, capillaries, and glomerular capillary loops in the kidneys; the adrenals; Leydig cells in the testicles; and syncytiotrophoblasts in the placenta. In the neoplastic tissues, CALCRL was predominantly expressed in thyroid carcinomas, parathyroid adenomas, small-cell lung cancers, large-cell neuroendocrine carcinomas of the lung, pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms, renal clear-cell carcinomas, pheochromocytomas, lymphomas, and melanomas. In these tumours with strong expression of CALCRL, the receptor may represent a useful target structure for future therapies.
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Yan LZ, Johnson KW, Rothstein E, Flora D, Edwards P, Li B, Li J, Lynch R, Vaughn R, Clemens-Smith A, McCarty D, Chow C, McKnight KL, Lu J, Nisenbaum ES, Mayer JP. Discovery of potent, cyclic calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonists. J Pept Sci 2011; 17:383-6. [PMID: 21412957 DOI: 10.1002/psc.1358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2010] [Revised: 01/04/2011] [Accepted: 01/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), a potent dilator of cerebral and dural vasculature, is known to be elevated in plasma and cerebral spinal fluid during migraine attacks. Selective blockade of the CGRP receptor offers the promise of controlling migraine headache more effectively and without the side-effects associated with the use of triptans. Our efforts to develop a novel, peptide-based CGRP antagonist focused on the C-terminal portion of the peptide which is known to bind the receptor but lack agonist properties. Extensive SAR studies of the C-terminal CGRP (27-37) region identified a novel cyclic structure: Bz-Val-Tyr-cyclo[Cys-Thr-Asp-Val-Gly-Pro-Phe-Cys]-Phe-NH(2) (23) with a kb value of 0.126 nM against the cloned human CGRP receptor. Additional SAR studies directed at enhancement of potency and improvement of physicochemical properties yielded a series of analogs with kb values in the 0.05-0.10 nM range.
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- Liang Zeng Yan
- Lilly Research Laboratories, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA
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Holzer P. Peptidergic sensory neurons in the control of vascular functions: mechanisms and significance in the cutaneous and splanchnic vascular beds. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2005; 121:49-146. [PMID: 1485073 DOI: 10.1007/bfb0033194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- P Holzer
- University of Graz, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Austria
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Katafuchi T, Minamino N. Structure and biological properties of three calcitonin receptor-stimulating peptides, novel members of the calcitonin gene-related peptide family. Peptides 2004; 25:2039-45. [PMID: 15501538 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2004] [Revised: 08/20/2004] [Accepted: 08/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In this review, we describe the structure and biological properties of calcitonin receptor-stimulating peptide-1 (CRSP-1), CRSP-2 and CRSP-3, the novel members of the CGRP family. CRSP-1, which has been identified in the pig, cow, dog, and horse, is a specific ligand for the calcitonin (CT) receptor, and porcine CRSP-1 elicits a 100-fold greater effect on a recombinant porcine CT receptor than porcine CT, although this peptide has high structural similarity with CGRP. CRSP-1 is expressed and synthesized mainly in the central nervous system (CNS), pituitary and thyroid gland. In an in vivo experiment, bolus administration of CRSP-1 into rats reduced the plasma calcium concentration, but did not alter blood pressure, indicating its action as a CT receptor agonist in the peripheral circulation. In the CNS, CRSP-1 is also deduced to be an endogenous agonist for the CT receptor. CRSP-2 has been identified in the pig and dog, and CRSP-3 has been identified only in the pig. They are expressed and synthesized mainly in the CNS and thyroid gland. However, their endogenous molecular forms, receptors, and biological activity remain unidentified.
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- Takeshi Katafuchi
- Department of Pharmacology, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, 565-8565 Osaka, Japan.
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Dumont Y, Chabot JG, Quirion R. Receptor autoradiography as mean to explore the possible functional relevance of neuropeptides: focus on new agonists and antagonists to study natriuretic peptides, neuropeptide Y and calcitonin gene-related peptides. Peptides 2004; 25:365-91. [PMID: 15134861 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Over the past 20 years, receptor autoradiography has proven most useful to provide clues as to the role of various families of peptides expressed in the brain. Early on, we used this method to investigate the possible roles of various brain peptides. Natriuretic peptide (NP), neuropeptide Y (NPY) and calcitonin (CT) peptide families are widely distributed in the peripheral and central nervous system and induced multiple biological effects by activating plasma membrane receptor proteins. The NP family includes atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP). The NPY family is composed of at least three peptides NPY, peptide YY (PYY) and the pancreatic polypeptides (PPs). The CT family includes CT, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), amylin (AMY), adrenomedullin (AM) and two newly isolated peptides, intermedin and calcitonin receptor-stimulating peptide (CRSP). Using quantitative receptor autoradiography as well as selective agonists and antagonists for each peptide family, in vivo and in vitro assays revealed complex pharmacological responses and radioligand binding profile. The existence of heterogeneous populations of NP, NPY and CT/CGRP receptors has been confirmed by cloning. Three NP receptors have been cloned. One is a single-transmembrane clearance receptor (NPR-C) while the other two known as CG-A (or NPR-A) and CG-B (or NPR-B) are coupled to guanylate cyclase. Five NPY receptors have been cloned designated as Y(1), Y(2), Y(4), Y(5) and y(6). All NPY receptors belong to the seven-transmembrane G-protein coupled receptors family (GPCRs; subfamily type I). CGRP, AMY and AM receptors are complexes which include a GPCR (the CT receptor or CTR and calcitonin receptor-like receptor or CRLR) and a single-transmembrane domain protein known as receptor-activity-modifying-proteins (RAMPs) as well as an intracellular protein named receptor-component-protein (RCP). We review here tools that are currently available in order to target each NP, NPY and CT/CGRP receptor subtype and establish their respective pathophysiological relevance.
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- Yvan Dumont
- Douglas Hospital Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Mcgill University, 6875 Boul LaSalle, Montreal, Que., Canada H4H 1R3
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Malis DD, Rist B, Nicoucar K, Beck-Sickinger AG, Morel DR, Lacroix JS. Modulatory effect of two novel CGRP receptor antagonists on nasal vasodilatatory responses to exogenous CGRP, capsaicin, bradykinin and histamine in anaesthetised pigs. REGULATORY PEPTIDES 2001; 101:101-8. [PMID: 11495685 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-0115(01)00275-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a 37-amino acid peptide and potent vasodilatator agent located in sensory C fibres. Several functional studies suggest that CGRP could be involved in the vasodilatation of different vascular beds during neurogenic inflammation. We have studied, in pentobarbital anaesthetised pigs, the antagonistic effect of local intra-arterial (i.a.) pretreatment with the analogues CGRP 8-37, [D31, P34, F35]CGRP 27-37 and [N31, P34, F35]CGRP 27-37 on the vasodilatation of the nasal vascular bed induced by exogenous CGRP, capsaicin, bradykinin (BK) and histamine. The attenuating effect of CGRP 8-37 analogue on exogenous CGRP-induced vasodilatation, previously described in other in vivo animal models, was confirmed in the pig nasal mucosa. It also interfered with BK-and, to a lesser extent, with capsaicin-and histamine-induced decrease in vascular resistance. CGRP 27-37 analogues reduced the duration of CGRP-, capsaicin- and BK-induced vasodilatation by more than 50%. Peak values of vasodilatation were attenuated by more than 25% overall. Attenuation of histamine-induced decrease in vascular resistance was less pronounced. It is concluded that CGRP 27-37 analogues antagonise the action of exogenous CGRP, capsaicin, BK and histamine by attenuating their vasodilatation effect, both in intensity and duration. These results strongly suggest that BK- and histamine-induced vasodilatation is partly mediated by CGRP. CGRP 8-37 and 27-37 appear to be potential contributors to the study of CGRP and its physiological role in neurogenic inflammation. In addition, they may have putative therapeutic applications in the treatment of rhinitic patients suffering from chronic nasal obstruction.
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- D D Malis
- Laboratory of Experimental Rhinology, Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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Fouchereau-Peron M. Effect of calcitonin gene related peptide on the adenylate cyclase activity in abalone gill membranes. REGULATORY PEPTIDES 2001; 99:163-8. [PMID: 11384778 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-0115(01)00254-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to investigate and to compare the effect of calciotropic hormones, human calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) I and II, salmon calcitonin (CT) and human amylin on the adenylate cyclase activity in abalone gill membranes. In addition to human CGRPI, human CGRPII and salmon CT stimulated the adenylate cyclase activity. No effect was observed with amylin. The higher effect was observed with human CGRPI and II that induced a 160-170% increase of the enzyme activity. Fifty percent of the maximal activity was observed with 3 and 8 nM of CGRP I and II, respectively. Salmon CT induced a lower effect: the maximal activity was obtained with a hormone concentration of 266 nM and represented a 130% stimulation of the basal activity. In the presence of CGRP 8-37, a competitive antagonist of CGRP action, the stimulation observed with CGRPI was abolished and returned to the basal level. This study points out that, in invertebrates, CGRP receptors present in gill membranes are linked to an adenylate cyclase system similar to that described in vertebrates. In addition, these data are in favour of a role for CGRP in branchial function both in non-mammalian vertebrates and invertebrates
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- M Fouchereau-Peron
- CNRS FRE 2125, Station de Biologie Marine Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle BP 225 29182 cedex, Concarneau, France.
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Beyermann M, Rothemund S, Heinrich N, Fechner K, Furkert J, Dathe M, Winter R, Krause E, Bienert M. A role for a helical connector between two receptor binding sites of a long-chain peptide hormone. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:5702-9. [PMID: 10681555 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.8.5702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The conformational freedom of single-chain peptide hormones, such as the 41-amino acid hormone corticotropin releasing factor (CRF), is a major obstacle to the determination of their biologically relevant conformation, and thus hampers insights into the mechanism of ligand-receptor interaction. Since N- and C-terminal truncations of CRF lead to loss of biological activity, it has been thought that almost the entire peptide is essential for receptor activation. Here we show the existence of two segregated receptor binding sites at the N and C termini of CRF, connection of which is essential for receptor binding and activation. Connection of the two binding sites by highly flexible epsilon-aminocaproic acid residues resulted in CRF analogues that remained full, although weak agonists (EC(50): 100-300 nM) independent of linker length. Connection of the two sites by an appropriate helical peptide led to a very potent analogue, which adopted, in contrast to CRF itself, a stable, monomer conformation in aqueous solution. Analogues in which the two sites were connected by helical linkers of different lengths were potent agonists; their significantly different biopotencies (EC(50): 0.6-50 nM), however, suggest the relative orientation between the two binding sites rather than the maintenance of a distinct distance between them to be essential for a high potency.
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- M Beyermann
- Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 4, D-10315 Berlin, Germany.
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Rist B, Lacroix JS, Entzeroth M, Doods HN, Beck-Sickinger AG. CGRP 27-37 analogues with high affinity to the CGRP1 receptor show antagonistic properties in a rat blood flow assay. REGULATORY PEPTIDES 1999; 79:153-8. [PMID: 10100929 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-0115(98)00159-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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CGRP Y0-28-37 is known as a selective CGRP1 receptor antagonist. We succeeded in optimising the CGRP1 receptor affinity of this fragment by multiple amino acid replacement. The analogues [p34, F35]CGRP 27-37 and [D31, p34, F35]CGRP 27-37 exhibit a 100-fold increased affinity compared to the unmodified segment. Receptor binding studies were performed with human neuroblastoma cells SK-N-MC, which selectively express the hCGRP1 receptor. Blood flow, which is increased by exogenous CGRP, was measured in the right femoral artery. Preincubation of the rats with [p34, F35]CGRP 27-37 and [D31, p34, F35]CGRP 27-37 led to a significant decrease in CGRP induced increase in vascular conductance indicating the antagonistic properties of these compounds. Interestingly, an exchange of the amino acid Asn31 to Asp31 in [p34, F35]CGRP 27-37 shortened the period of the antagonistic effect significantly, suggestive of a different rate of metabolism for the two ligands. Secondary structure investigations obtained by circular dichroism measurements revealed that an increase in ordered structure correlates with high binding affinity.
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- B Rist
- Department of Pharmacy, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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Jaworek J, Konturek SJ, Szlachcic A. The role of CGRP and afferent nerves in the modulation of pancreatic enzyme secretion in the rat. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PANCREATOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PANCREATOLOGY 1997; 22:137-46. [PMID: 9387036 DOI: 10.1007/bf02787472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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CONCLUSION Stimulation of pancreatic sensory nerves by capsaicin produced secretory effects probably caused, at least in part, by the release of CGRP. BACKGROUND In the pancreas calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) has been localized in the sensory nerves, but its physiological role is unknown. This study was undertaken to compare the changes of pancreatic enzyme secretion produced by CGRP and by stimulation or destruction of sensory nerves. METHODS To stimulate sensory nerves, low doses of capsaicin (0.25-0.5 mg/kg) were given intraduodenally to the conscious rats with chronic pancreatic fistula. To inactivate sensory nerves high doses of capsaicin (100 mg/kg) were given subcutaneously 10 d before tests. For the in vitro experiments pancreatic slices and isolated pancreatic acini were prepared from intact and capsaicin-denervated rats. RESULTS In conscious rats, CGRP given subcutaneously (5-10 micrograms/kg) and low doses of capsaicin given intraduodenally reduced basal pancreatic secretion. In isolated pancreatic acini, CGRP (10(-10)-10(-6) M), but not capsaicin, increased basal or secretagog-stimulated amylase release. In pancreatic slices (containing nerve fibers) capsaicin (10(-10)-10(-6) M) increased enzyme secretion, and this secretion was abolished by previous inactivation of sensory nerves by this neurotoxin. Capsaicin deactivation did not affect the secretory response of pancreatic acini to CGRP, cerulein, or urecholine. Sensory denervation by capsaicin did not change basal protein secretion, but reduced that produced by feeding or diversion of pancreatic juice to the exterior during first 2 h of the tests.
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- J Jaworek
- Institute of Physiology, Colleguim Medicum Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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van Rossum D, Hanisch UK, Quirion R. Neuroanatomical localization, pharmacological characterization and functions of CGRP, related peptides and their receptors. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 1997; 21:649-78. [PMID: 9353797 DOI: 10.1016/s0149-7634(96)00023-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 381] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Calcitonin generelated peptide (CGRP) is a neuropeptide discovered by a molecular approach over 10 years ago. More recently, islet amyloid polypeptide or amylin, and adrenomedullin were isolated from human insulinoma and pheochromocytoma respectively, and revealed between 25 and 50% sequence homology with CGRP. This review discusses findings on the anatomical distributions of CGRP mRNA, CGRP-like immunoreactivity and receptors in the central nervous system, as well as the potential physiological roles for CGRP. The anatomical distribution and biological activities of amylin and adrenomedullin are also presented. Based upon the differential biological activity of various CGRP analogs, the CGRP receptors have been classified in two major classes, namely the CGRP1 and CGRP2 subtypes. A third subtype has also been proposed (e.g. in the nucleus accumbens) as it does not share the pharmacological properties of the other two classes. The anatomical distribution and the pharmacological characteristics of amylin binding sites in the rat brain are different from those reported for CGRP but share several similarities with the salmon calcitonin receptors. The receptors identified thus far for CGRP and related peptides belong to the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily. Indeed, modulation of adenylate cyclase activity following receptor activation has been reported for CGRP, amylin and adrenomedullin. Furthermore, the binding affinity of CGRP and related peptides is modulated by nucleotides such as GTP. The cloning of various calcitonin and most recently of CGRP1 and adrenomedullin receptors was reported and revealed structural similarities but also significant differences to other members of the G protein-coupled receptors. They may thus form a new subfamily. The cloning of the amylin receptor(s) as well as of the other putative CGRP receptor subtype(s) are still awaited. Finally, a broad variety of biological activities has been described for CGRP-like peptides. These include vasodilation, nociception, glucose uptake and the stimulation of glycolysis in skeletal muscles. These effects may thus suggest their potential role and therapeutic applications in migraine, subarachnoid haemorrhage, diabetes and pain-related mechanisms, among other disorders.
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- D van Rossum
- Department of Pharmacology, McGill University, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, Verdun, Québec, Canada
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Rekik M, Delvaux M, Frexinos J, Bueno L. The calcitonin gene-related peptide activates both cAMP and NO pathways to induce relaxation of circular smooth muscle cells of guinea-pig ileum. Peptides 1997; 18:1517-22. [PMID: 9437711 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-9781(97)00246-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The direct effects and the intracellular pathways of rCGRP were investigated on smooth muscle cells (SMC) isolated by enzymatic digestion from the circular and longitudinal layers of guinea-pig ileum. In circular SMC, rCGRP inhibited CCK8-induced contraction in a concentration-dependent manner (Cmax = 100 microM and EC50 = 0.7 +/- 0.4 nM). Preincubation of SMC with 1 microM Rp-cAMPs, a cAMP antagonist, abolished the relaxing effect of rCGRP; moreover, preincubation of SMC with 100 microM L-NAME, an inhibitor of NOS, inhibited the relaxing effect of rCGRP, hCGRP(8-37), a selective antagonist of rCGRP receptors, inhibited the rCGRP-induced relaxation in a concentration dependent manner whereas the vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) antagonist had no significant effect. In longitudinal SMC, rCGRP-induced relaxation was abolished by Rp-cAMPs, whereas L-NAME had no effect. In conclusion, rCGRP triggers different intracellular pathways to induce relaxation of circular or longitudinal intestinal SMC; cAMP is involved in cells from both layers while nitric oxide (NO) is involved only in relaxation of circular SMC.
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- M Rekik
- Department of Pharmacology, INRA, Toulouse, France
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Elhawary AM, Poon JS, Pang CC. Receptor subtypes mediating renal actions of calcitonin gene-related peptide. Eur J Pharmacol 1995; 286:255-63. [PMID: 8608787 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(95)00458-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We previously reported that the renal arterial infusions of non-hypotensive doses of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) caused renal vasodilatation and increases in glomerular filtration rate at a low dose, but renal vasoconstriction, natriuresis and kaliuresis at a high dose. In the present study, we examined the effects of the specific CGRP1 receptor antagonist (CGRP-(8-37) (1 and 10 nmol/kg) and the putative CGRP receptor antagonist, [Tyr(0)]CGRP-(28-37)(3 and 30 nmol/kg), on the renal vascular and tubular effects of CGRP in inactin-anaesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats. Renal arterial infusion of single doses of CGRP (0.3-300 pmol/kg per min) did not significantly alter mean arterial pressure or heart rate. However, during the continuous renal arterial infusion of either CGRP-(8-37) or [Tyr(0)CGRP-(28-37) incompletely inhibited the vasoconstriction but did not inhibit diuresis, natriuresis and kaliuresis elicited by a high but non-hypotensive dose of CGRP. On the basis that CGRP-(8-37) is a competitive CGRP1 receptor antagonist, our results suggest: (1) the renal vascular effect of CGRP is completely mediated via the activation of CGRP1 receptors, (2) the renal tubular effects of CGRP are not mediated via CGRP1 receptors, and (3) [Tyr(0)]CGRP-(28-37) is a CGRP1 receptor antagonist with potency and efficacy less than those of CGRP-(8-37).
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- A M Elhawary
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Elhawary AM, Poon J, Pang CC. Effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor antagonists on renal actions of adrenomedullin. Br J Pharmacol 1995; 115:1133-40. [PMID: 7582535 PMCID: PMC1908781 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb15015.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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1. Adrenomedullin is a novel vasoactive peptide which is produced in the lungs, ventricle, kidneys, heart and adrenal medulla. Adrenomedullin shows homology to calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and has similar pharmacological actions to CGRP. 2. This study examined the dose-response effects of adrenomedullin (rat, 11-50) on mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), renal blood flow (RBF), glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and renal tubular electrolyte excretion in Inactin-anaesthetized Sprague Dawley rats. The possible involvement of CGRP receptors in actions of adrenomedullin was also examined via renal arterial injection of a CGRP receptor antagonist, CGRP (8-37) (1 or 10 nmol kg-1) or [Tyr0]CGRP(28-37) (3 or 30 nmol kg-1), starting 15 min prior to the administration of adrenomedullin. 3. Renal arterial infusion (0.001 to 1 nmol kg-1) of adrenomedullin did not alter MAP, HR and renal K+ excretion but dose-dependently increased RBF and arterial conductance, GFR, urine flow and Na+ excretion. 4. The renal actions of adrenomedullin were not blocked by either the low or the high dose of CGRP(8-37) or [Tyr0]CGRP(28-37). 5. The results show that adrenomedullin causes renal vasodilatation, increments in GFR, diuresis and natriuresis. The renal actions of adrenomedullin are not mediated via the activation of CGRP1 receptors.
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- A M Elhawary
- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Maggi CA. Tachykinins and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) as co-transmitters released from peripheral endings of sensory nerves. Prog Neurobiol 1995; 45:1-98. [PMID: 7716258 DOI: 10.1016/0301-0082(94)e0017-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 345] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- C A Maggi
- Department of Pharmacology, A. Menarini Pharmaceuticals, Florence, Italy
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Mimeault M, St-Pierre S, Fournier A. Conformational characterization by circular-dichroism spectroscopy of various fragments and analogs of calcitonin-gene-related peptide. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 213:927-34. [PMID: 8504832 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb17837.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A conformational study by circular-dichroism spectroscopy of calcitonin-gene-related peptide (CGRP) and related fragments and analogs was carried out in structure-promoting solvent mixtures. The structural characterization of rat CGRP alpha and the two isoforms of human CGRP, alpha and beta, revealed that these peptides possess very similar conformational features. The far-ultraviolet circular-dichroism spectra, in pure water, of human CGRP alpha, (hCGRP alpha), [Acm-Cys2,7]hCGRP alpha, various fragments and analogs indicated that these peptides exhibited predominantly a random-coil conformation. The addition of increasing concentrations of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol to the peptide solutions resulted in a transition from a random-coil conformation to a stabilized alpha-helical structure. The substantial loss of helical content measured with [Acm-Cys2,7]hCGRP alpha, [Acm-Cys2,7]hCGRP-(1-24)-CONH2 and hCGRP-(8-37), compared to hCGRP alpha, suggested that the N-terminal disulfide bridge of hCGRP alpha is essential for adopting a highly stabilized alpha-helical conformation. Moreover, the lower helical content of hCGRP-(8-37), as compared to [Acm-Cys2,7]hCGRP alpha, as well as spectroscopic results measured with various fragments and analogs of hCGRP-(8-37) revealed that N-terminal residues found in the peptide segment 1-12 are important for the full conservation of the amphiphilic alpha-helix. In addition, the similar alpha-helical content of hCGRP-(8-37) and hCGRP-(8-18) indicated that the C-terminal segment 19-37 is not essential for the stabilization of the alpha-helix structure.
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- M Mimeault
- Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS-Santé), Université du Québec, Pointe-Claire, Canada
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USE OF GUT PEPTIDE RECEPTOR AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS IN GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES. Gastroenterol Clin North Am 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8553(21)00048-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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Jensen RT, Zhou ZC, Gu ZF, Kitsukawa Y, Honda T, Maton PN. Interaction of calcitonin gene-related peptides with pancreatic acinar cells and dispersed gastric smooth muscle cells. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1992; 657:268-88. [PMID: 1379015 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1992.tb22775.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- R T Jensen
- Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Evangelista S, Tramontana M, Maggi CA. Pharmacological evidence for the involvement of multiple calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptors in the antisecretory and antiulcer effect of CGRP in rat stomach. Life Sci 1992; 50:PL13-8. [PMID: 1310134 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(92)90441-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We have investigated the effect of the C-terminal fragment of human calcitonin gene-related peptide (human-CGRP8-37), a CGRP antagonist, on alpha-CGRP and salmon Calcitonin (sCT)-induced inhibition of gastric acid secretion stimulated by pentagastrin (24 nmol kg-1 h-1 i.v.) and gastric lesions induced by acetylsalycilic acid (ASA; 25 mM) in rats anaesthetized with urethane. Close intra arterial infusion of alpha-CGRP (2-5 nmol kg-1) and sCT (5 nmol kg-1) produced a reduction in gastric acid hypersecretion induced by pentagastrin. The concomitant infusion with human-CGRP8-37 (10 nmol kg-1) reversed the effect of both agonists. ASA-ulcers were reduced in a dose-dependent manner by infusion of alpha-CGRP (1-2 nmol kg-1 i.a.), but not by sCT (10 nmol kg-1 i.a.). Human-CGRP8-37 at a dose of 10 nmol kg-1 i.a. was unable to reverse the alpha-CGRP antiulcer effect. An higher dose of human-CGRP8-37 (50 nmol kg-1 i.a.) showed agonistic properties reducing ASA ulcers. These results suggest that the inhibitory effects of alpha-CGRP on stimulated acid secretion and aspirin ulcers are mediated by different mechanisms and/or different receptors.
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- S Evangelista
- Pharmacology Department, Malesci Pharm., Firenze, Italy
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Stangl D, Born W, Fischer JA. Characterization and photoaffinity labeling of a calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor solubilized from human cerebellum. Biochemistry 1991; 30:8605-11. [PMID: 1653602 DOI: 10.1021/bi00099a016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptors were solubilized from human (h) cerebellum with use of the zwitterionic detergent 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonic acid (CHAPS). Scatchard analysis of equilibrium binding data indicated that the soluble extract contained a single class of CGRP binding sites with apparent dissociation constants of 50 pM for the intact 125I-hCGRP-I(1-37) and 160 pM for the antagonist 125I-hCGRP-I(8-37). Unlabeled hCGRP-I and -II and hCGRP-I(8-37) displaced 125I-hCGRP-I from solubilized CGRP receptors with similar potencies (ID50 = 70-150 pM). Human CGRP-I(15-37), -(21-37), and -(28-37) were less potent (ID50 greater than or equal to 70 nM), suggesting that amino acid residues 8-14 may be important for maintaining high binding affinity. A novel photoreactive analogue of hCGRP-I, 125I-[C gamma-(4-azidoanilino)Asp3] hCGRP-I, was prepared by carbodiimide coupling of 4-azidoaniline to 125I-hCGRP-I. Photoaffinity labeling of soluble CGRP receptors with the photoreactive analogue and analysis by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and autoradiography revealed three specifically labeled binding proteins with apparent molecular weights (Mr) of 60,000, 54,000, and 17,000. Cross-linking of 125I-hCGRP-I and -II and 125I-hCGRP-I(8-37) to soluble CGRP binding sites using disuccinimidyl suberate revealed three specifically labeled binding proteins with the same Mr. The C-terminal fragment 125I-hCGRP-I(8-37), unlike the intact peptide, was, furthermore, cross-linked specifically to a 95,000 Mr protein. The CGRP receptor is N-glycosylated. Treatment with endoglycosidase F/N-glycosidase F converted the 60,000 and 54,000 to 46,000 and 41,000 Mr components.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- D Stangl
- Research Laboratory for Calcium Metabolism, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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Gardiner SM, Compton AM, Kemp PA, Bennett T, Bose C, Foulkes R, Hughes B. Human alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-(8-37), but not -(28-37), inhibits carotid vasodilator effects of human alpha-CGRP in vivo. Eur J Pharmacol 1991; 199:375-8. [PMID: 1915584 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(91)90504-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Human alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide-(8-37) alone (up to doses of 30 nmol kg-1 min-1) had no significant effects on blood pressure, heart rate or common or internal carotid haemodynamics, although it caused significant, reversible, inhibition of the hypotensive, tachycardic, and common and internal carotid vasodilator effects of human alpha-CGRP (0.03 nmol kg-1 min-1) in conscious, Long Evans rats. Human alpha-CGRP-(28-37) up to doses of 300 nmol kg-1 min-1 had no cardiovascular effects itself and did not influence responses to human alpha-CGRP. These results are consistent with the carotid haemodynamic effects of human alpha-CGRP being due largely to activation of the CGRP1-receptor subtype.
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- S M Gardiner
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, U.K
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Maggi CA. The pharmacology of the efferent function of sensory nerves. JOURNAL OF AUTONOMIC PHARMACOLOGY 1991; 11:173-208. [PMID: 1677008 DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-8673.1991.tb00317.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- C A Maggi
- Pharmacology Department, A. Menarini Pharmaceuticals, Florence, Italy
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Gardiner SM, Compton AM, Kemp PA, Bennett T, Foulkes R, Hughes B. Regional haemodynamic effects of prolonged infusions of human alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide in conscious, Long Evans rats. Br J Pharmacol 1991; 103:1509-14. [PMID: 1884105 PMCID: PMC1908353 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1991.tb09818.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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1. Haemodynamic measurements were made in conscious, Long Evans rats chronically instrumented for the assessment of changes in regional blood flows (renal, mesenteric and hindquarters, or internal and common carotid) and systemic arterial blood pressure and heart rate, before, during and after 3 day infusions of vehicle or human alpha-calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) (1.5 or 15 nmol kg-1 h-1). 2. In animals with renal, mesenteric and hindquarters flow probes (n = 8), during the first day of infusion of human alpha-CGRP (1.5 nmol kg-1 h-1) there was sustained tachycardia and hypotension, a sustained reduction in renal flow, a transient reduction in mesenteric flow and a relatively well-maintained increase in hindquarters flow. All these effects were significantly different from the changes seen in vehicle-infused rats (n = 8), but calculation of vascular conductances showed only the late mesenteric vasodilatation and the sustained hindquarters vasodilatation were different from the changes in vehicle-infused rats. However, by the second day of infusion and thereafter cardiovascular variables in the animals receiving vehicle and those receiving human alpha-CGRP were not different. 3. Nine animals instrumented with probes to monitor changes in internal and common carotid haemodynamics initially received human alpha-CGRP infused at a rate of 1.5 nmol kg-1 h-1. Three of these animals still showed some response to the human alpha-CGRP (tachycardia, hypotension, hyperaemic vasodilatation) throughout the second day of infusion and hence were taken through the 3 day infusion protocol. When the infusion was stopped on the fourth day all these animals showed reversal of the effects of human alpha-CGRP. 4. The results indicate substantial inter-individual variation in the haemodynamic effects of prolonged infusions of human alpha-CGRP in conscious, Long Evans rats. However, since increasing the dose of human alpha-CGRP overcame the desensitization, it is feasible that, in the clinical setting, maintained increases in internal carotid blood flow could be achieved by individually-adjusted infusions of human alpha-CGRP.
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- S M Gardiner
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham
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