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Ning W, Gao G, Zhou Y, Li WQ, Yang HH, Duan XB, Li X, Gong YB, Li D, Guo R. Calcitonin gene-related peptide ameliorates sepsis-induced intestinal injury by suppressing NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Int Immunopharmacol 2023; 116:109747. [PMID: 36706592 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.109747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Revised: 01/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Intestinal damage has long been viewed as the primary cause of sepsis-induced multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). Previous studies have demonstrated that calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) exhibits anti-inflammatory and protective effects in mice exposed to endotoxin. This study investigated whether CGRP protects against sepsis-induced intestinal damage and its underlying mechanisms. Using a murine caecal ligation and puncture (CLP) model, we observed elevated serum and intestinal CGRP levels in septic mice. CGRP knockout (KO) mice showed more severe intestinal barrier damage, excessive NLRP3 inflammasome activation and higher levels of inflammation. In vitro, we used lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to activate the NLRP3 inflammasome in MODE-K murine intestinal epithelial cells. CGRP inhibited NF-κB pathway activation; prevented ASC assembly and ROS accumulation; significantly decreased NLRP3, Caspase-1 p10, and IL-1β levels and LDH release; and increased cell viability. Treatment with an IL-1β inhibitor or CGRP suppressed p38 MAPK and ERK1/2 pathway activation and increased ZO-1 and Occludin protein levels in LPS+ATP-treated MODE-K cells. Finally, we used the CGRP upstream agonist drug rutaecarpine (RUT) to control endogenous CGRP release in mice, and this drug demonstrated good therapeutic effects on septic intestinal injury. In conclusion, our results suggest that CGRP ameliorates sepsis-induced intestinal damage, providing valuable insights for drug development.
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- Wei Ning
- Laboratory Department, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- Laboratory Department, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China
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- Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China
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- Laboratory Department, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- Laboratory Department, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410011, China
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- Phase I Clinical Research Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410005, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
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Marvizón JCG, Pérez OA, Song B, Chen W, Bunnett NW, Grady EF, Todd AJ. Calcitonin receptor-like receptor and receptor activity modifying protein 1 in the rat dorsal horn: localization in glutamatergic presynaptic terminals containing opioids and adrenergic alpha2C receptors. Neuroscience 2007; 148:250-65. [PMID: 17614212 PMCID: PMC2329818 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.05.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2006] [Revised: 05/07/2007] [Accepted: 05/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is abundant in the central terminals of primary afferents. However, the function of CGRP receptors in the spinal cord remains unclear. CGRP receptors are heterodimers of calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CRLR) and receptor activity modifying protein 1 (RAMP1). We studied the localization of CRLR and RAMP1 in the rat dorsal horn using well-characterized antibodies against them, which labeled numerous puncta in laminae I-II. In addition, RAMP1 was found in cell bodies, forming patches at the cell surface. The CRLR- and RAMP1-immunoreactive puncta were further characterized using double and triple labeling. Colocalization was quantified in confocal stacks using Imaris software. CRLR did not colocalize with primary afferent markers, indicating that these puncta were not primary afferent terminals. CRLR- and RAMP1-immunoreactive puncta contained synaptophysin and vesicular glutamate transporter-2 (VGLUT2), showing that they were glutamatergic presynaptic terminals. Electron microscopic immunohistochemistry confirmed that CRLR immunoreactivity was present in axonal boutons that were not in synaptic glomeruli. Using tyramide signal amplification for double labeling with the CRLR and RAMP1 antibodies, we found some clear instances of colocalization of CRLR with RAMP1 in puncta, but their overall colocalization was low. In particular, CRLR was absent from RAMP1-containing cells. Many of the puncta stained for CRLR and RAMP1 were labeled by anti-opioid and anti-enkephalin antibodies. CRLR and, to a lesser extent, RAMP1 also colocalized with adrenergic alpha(2C) receptors. Triple label studies demonstrated three-way colocalization of CRLR-VGLUT2-synaptophysin, CRLR-VGLUT2-opioids, and CRLR-opioids-alpha(2C) receptors. In conclusion, CRLR is located in glutamatergic presynaptic terminals in the dorsal horn that contain alpha(2C) adrenergic receptors and opioids. Some of these terminals contain RAMP1, which may form CGRP receptors with CRLR, but in others CRLR may form other receptors, possibly by dimerizing with RAMP2 or RAMP3. These findings suggest that CGRP or adrenomedullin receptors modulate opioid release in the dorsal horn.
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- J C G Marvizón
- Center for Neurovisceral Sciences and Women's Health and CURE: Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Veteran Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA.
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Dong YL, Reddy DM, Green KE, Chauhan MS, Wang HQ, Nagamani M, Hankins GDV, Yallampalli C. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CALCA) is a proangiogenic growth factor in the human placental development. Biol Reprod 2007; 76:892-9. [PMID: 17267696 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.059089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Recent studies have shown that homozygous knockout of gene for calcitonin gene-related peptide (CALCA) receptor component, calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CALCRL), led to extreme hydrops fetalis and embryonic death, underlining the critical role of CALCA in embryonic development and fetal growth. The present study was designed to determine the cellular localization of CALCA and its receptor components, CALCRL and receptor activity modifying protein 1 (RAMP1), at the human implantation site during early pregnancy; to assess whether CALCA regulates in vitro angiogenesis of human endothelial cells; and to examine whether CALCA can improve angiogenic imbalance in preeclamptic placental explants. Our studies demonstrated that both protein and mRNA for CALCA were expressed by the villous and extravillous trophoblasts and decidual cells in the first-trimester villous tissues. CALCA receptor components, CALCRL and RAMP1, were expressed by both villous and extravillous trophoblast cells, as well as vascular endothelial cells. CALCA induced both endothelial proliferation and migration in a dose- and time-dependent manner, and it promoted capillarylike tube formation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) on Matrigel. CALCA-induced angiogenesis of human endothelial cells was completely blocked by CALCA antagonist CALCA(8-37). Further, conditioned medium from preeclamptic placental explants significantly inhibited HUVEC capillarylike tube formation compared with gestational age-matched controls, and conditioned medium from preeclamptic placental explants incubated with CALCA significantly improved capillarylike tube formation. We conclude that CALCA induces in vitro angiogenesis by stimulating endothelial cell proliferation, migration, and capillarylike tube formation; thus, CALCA at the human implantation site may constitute a potential autocrine or paracrine mechanism that could modify placental angiogenesis and neovascularization.
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- Yuan-Lin Dong
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1062, USA.
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Zuccarello D, Morini E, Douzgou S, Ferlin A, Pizzuti A, Salpietro DC, Foresta C, Dallapiccola B. Preliminary data suggest that mutations in the CgRP pathway are not involved in human sporadic cryptorchidism. J Endocrinol Invest 2004; 27:760-4. [PMID: 15636430 DOI: 10.1007/bf03347519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In testicular descent to the scrotum, a multistep process, many anatomical and hormonal factors play a role. Cryptorchidism occurs in about 1-2% of males and may cause secondary degeneration of the testes. Animal models have shown that abnormalities, in the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CgRP) activity, could be relevant in the pathogenesis of cryptorchidism. We performed a mutation screening by PCR exon amplification, single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) and sequencing in four candidate genes, CgRPs (alphaCgRP, betaCgRP), their receptor (CgRPR) and the receptor component protein (CgRP-RCP), in 90 selected cases of idiopathic unilateral or bilateral cryptorchidism. Mutation screening of the coding regions and intron-exon boundaries revealed some polymorphic variants but no pathogenic sequence changes. These preliminary data suggest that these genes are not major factors for cryptorchidism in humans.
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- D Zuccarello
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Cooper GJS. Amylin and Related Proteins: Physiology and Pathophysiology. Compr Physiol 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.cp070210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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McLatchie LM, Fraser NJ, Main MJ, Wise A, Brown J, Thompson N, Solari R, Lee MG, Foord SM. RAMPs regulate the transport and ligand specificity of the calcitonin-receptor-like receptor. Nature 1998; 393:333-9. [PMID: 9620797 DOI: 10.1038/30666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1570] [Impact Index Per Article: 60.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Calcitonin-gene-related peptide (CGRP) and adrenomedullin are related peptides with distinct pharmacological profiles. Here we show that a receptor with seven transmembrane domains, the calcitonin-receptor-like receptor (CRLR), can function as either a CGRP receptor or an adrenomedullin receptor, depending on which members of a new family of single-transmembrane-domain proteins, which we have called receptor-activity-modifying proteins or RAMPs, are expressed. RAMPs are required to transport CRLR to the plasma membrane. RAMP1 presents the receptor at the cell surface as a mature glycoprotein and a CGRP receptor. RAMP2-transported receptors are core-glycosylated and are adrenomedullin receptors.
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- L M McLatchie
- Receptor Systems and Cell Biology Units, Glaxo Wellcome Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK
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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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Upton PD, Austin C, Taylor GM, Nandha KA, Clark AJ, Ghatei MA, Bloom SR, Smith DM. Expression of adrenomedullin (ADM) and its binding sites in the rat uterus: increased number of binding sites and ADM messenger ribonucleic acid in 20-day pregnant rats compared with nonpregnant rats. Endocrinology 1997; 138:2508-14. [PMID: 9165042 DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.6.5186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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RIA of nonpregnant rat uterus extracts showed 0.68 +/- 0.08 pmol/g adrenomedullin (ADM) and 3.23 +/- 0.08 pmol/g calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). In the pregnant (20 days gestation) uterus, the ADM content was 0.90 +/- 0.17 pmol/g, and CGRP could not be detected. ADM messenger RNA was detected at high levels in the uterus, with a 1.8-fold increase in expression in pregnancy. Pharmacologically distinct binding sites for ADM (Bmax = 21 +/- 2 fmol/mg protein, dissociation constant = 80 +/- 6 pM), and CGRP (Bmax = 101 +/- 18 fmol/mg protein, dissociation constant = 140 +/- 20 pM) were identified in nonpregnant uterus. Competition for 125I[Tyr0]alphaCGRP binding was shown by both ADM and CGRP (8-37), whereas CGRP and CGRP (8-37) did not compete for 125I-ADM-binding sites. The density of the ADM-binding sites was 10 times greater in pregnant uterus (Bmax = 211 +/- 39 fmol/mg protein, P < 0.01) than nonpregnant uterus. CGRP receptor messenger RNA was identified in both nonpregnant and pregnant uteri. In isolated nonpregnant rat uteri, CGRP and ADM attenuated the contractile response to galanin by 77 +/- 10% and 57 +/- 10%, respectively. The responses to both CGRP and ADM were abolished by CGRP (8-37). These results demonstrate, for the first time, the presence of ADM and specific binding sites for both ADM and CGRP in the rat uterus.
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- P D Upton
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Graf AH, Hütter W, Hacker GW, Steiner H, Anderson V, Staudach A, Dietze O. Localization and distribution of vasoactive neuropeptides in the human placenta. Placenta 1996; 17:413-21. [PMID: 8899870 DOI: 10.1016/s0143-4004(96)90023-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Neuropeptides play an important role in the regional regulation of blood flow and hormone secretion. Few studies report the presence of peptides in the human placenta. Our experiment evaluates neuropeptides in the human placenta using immunocytochemical techniques. Representative tissue sections from full-term placentae were fixed immediately after delivery and processed into paraffin sections or frozen. They were treated with multiple immunofluorescence, streptavidin-biotin-peroxidase complex and immunogold-silver staining techniques in combination with well-established monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, using appropriate absorption controls to ensure the validity of the staining. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), neuropeptide tyrosine (NPY), galanin, somatostatin, met-enkephaline, helodermin and substance P-like immunoreactivities were demonstrated within decidual cells. Endothelin-1 was found in both trophoblasts and endothelial cells. Peptide immunoreactivities in the human placenta especially at the decidual interface between mother and fetus supports a role for the diffuse neuroendocrine system (DNES) in the regulation of placental blood flow critical for fetal growth and development.
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- A H Graf
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Salzburg General Hospital, Austria
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Multiple mediators have been implicated in the interactions between the liver and the lungs in various disease states. The best characterized mediator of liver-lung interaction is alpha 1-antitrypsin. Several cytokines and mediators may be involved in the pathogenesis of the hepatopulmonary syndrome and in the cytokine cascades that are activated in systemic inflammatory states such as acute respiratory distress syndrome. Hepatocyte growth factor or scatter factor is a recently described peptide with a broad range of biologic effects that may mediate lung-liver interactions.
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- R J Panos
- Veterans Administration Lakeside Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chatterjee TK, Fisher RA. Multiple affinity and guanine nucleotide sensitive forms of the calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) receptor. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 1995; 73:968-73. [PMID: 8846438 DOI: 10.1139/y95-134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) is a novel neuropeptide with an impressive array of biological actions consistent with its diverse tissue distribution and suggested role as neurotransmitter or neuromodulator. Binding sites for CGRP with properties consistent with those of receptors are present in both central and peripheral tissues. Radioligand binding studies were performed to investigate the fundamental processes underlying CGRP receptor activation and signaling following agonist occupancy of the receptor. These studies documented the existence of a selective, high affinity, and homogeneous population of binding sites for CGRP in membranes prepared prepared from central and various peripheral tissues. The affinity of [125I]CGRP for these sites was regulated by GTP or its stable analog GTP--gamma S, indicating coupling of CGRP receptors to G-protein(s). Kinetic studies documented the existence of the CGRP receptor in multiple affinity states when both coupled to and uncoupled from G-protein(s). These findings suggest that CGRP occupancy of its receptor induces conformational changes in the receptor that may be involved in its coupling to G-proteins and that the resulting ligand--receptor---protein ternary complex exists in multiple affinity conformational states. It seems likely that the multiple affinity states of the CGRP receptor ternary complex are involved differentially in signaling by and desensitization of the receptor. This evidence for agonist-induced conformational changes in a G-protein-coupled receptor prior to its coupling with G-protein(s) and for the existence of the ligand--receptor--G-protein ternary complex in multiple affinity conformational states is novel and extends our current understanding of the nature of the processes involved in agonist-dependent activation of G-protein-coupled receptors.
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- T K Chatterjee
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242, USA
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[24] Neuropeptides as immunomodulators: Measurements of calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors in the immune system. METHODS IN NEUROSCIENCES 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s1043-9471(06)80162-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Yu LC, Hansson P, Lundeberg T. The calcitonin gene-related peptide antagonist CGRP8-37 increases the latency to withdrawal responses in rats. Brain Res 1994; 653:223-30. [PMID: 7526959 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)90393-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The present study explored the effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and its antagonist CGRP8-37 on the latency to hindpaw withdrawal responses induced by both thermal and mechanical stimulation in rats. (1) Intrathecal injection of 10 nmol of CGRP had no effects on the latency to hindpaw withdrawal; intrathecal injection of 5 nmol of substance P (SP) decreased the latency to both withdrawal responses. (2) Intrathecal administration of 5 nmol or 10 nmol of CGRP8-37, but not 1 nmol, induced a significant increase in hindpaw withdrawal latency. (3) Intrathecal administration of CGRP8-37 not only reversed the SP-induced decrease in latency to both withdrawal responses but also mediated a significant increase in response latency compared to basal levels. The demonstrated results suggest that intrathecal administration of CGRP8-37 has a possible antinociceptive effect, and CGRP receptors in the spinal cord may be involved.
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- L C Yu
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Functional binding sites for [125I]IAPP and [125I]CGRP were solubilized from rat lung membranes with CHAPSO (10 mM). Rat IAPP had a higher affinity (Ki = 22.9 nM) for [125I]IAPP binding and rat alpha CGRP (Ki = 0.904 nM) had a higher affinity for [125I]CGRP binding over related peptides. [125I]IAPP binding was unaffected by GTP gamma S, but [125I]CGRP binding was 50% inhibited, indicating solubilization of a G-protein-receptor complex for CGRP but not IAPP binding. Wheat germ agglutinin affinity columns gave a 25-fold purification of IAPP binding sites, but no CGRP binding sites were eluted from the column, indicating different patterns of glycosylation of the two sites.
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- R Bhogal
- Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
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Schifter S, Johnsen AH. Calcitonin gene-related peptide in medullary thyroid carcinomas: characterization of molecular forms including the amidated C-terminus. Peptides 1994; 15:897-905. [PMID: 7984511 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(94)90048-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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CGRP was extracted from three familial and four sporadic medullary thyroid carcinomas (MTC) and was measured by an assay specific for the amidated C-terminus. The antibody showed equal affinity for alpha- and beta-CGRP. All tumors contained high concentrations of CGRP (range: 63-7889 pmol/g) compared to spinal cord (86 pmol/g), thyroid gland (4 pmol/g), and two small-cell lung carcinomas (4 and 1 pmol/g, respectively). The concentration of calcitonin (CT) was determined with an assay specific for an epitope involving the midportion and C-terminal end of the molecule. In six of the seven tumors investigated, concentrations of CT were found to be higher than for CGRP. Gel chromatography showed heterogeneity with respect to CGRP immunoreactivity. Thus, in all seven extracts, three peaks were seen with Kd values 0.37, 0.63, and 0.80, respectively. This profile of immunoreactive CGRP was similar to that obtained from human medulla spinalis, thereby indicating normal posttranslational processing of pro-CGRP in MTC tumors. Further characterization of the three main peaks identified by gel chromatography was performed on pooled fractions from one of the tumors using HPLC, sequencing, and mass spectrometry. The immunoreactive peak with Kd 0.37 was identified as human beta-CGRP, the peak with Kd 0.63 as 19-37 beta-CGRP, and the peak with Kd 0.80 as 25-37 beta-CGRP. No alpha-CGRP was identified in this tumor. This indicates selective expression of beta-CGRP, at least in the tumor investigated.
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- S Schifter
- Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Wimalawansa SJ, Gunasekera RD, Zhang F. Isolation, purification, and characterization of calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor. Peptides 1993; 14:691-9. [PMID: 8234011 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(93)90099-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Intact calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptors were solubilized from porcine neural membranes using sodium cholate: potassium buffer. The solubilized receptors were purified sequentially by hydrophobic interaction and ion-exchange chromatography followed by specific affinity chromatography. Using these procedures, we have isolated 2 nmol of highly purified active CGRP receptor to a homogeneity (5 x 10(8)-fold purification). The isolated receptors retained their specificity and the capacity to bind to 125I-CGRP, and showed no cross-reactivity with a number of other peptides, except with amylin having 46% amino acid sequence homology to h-CGRP. The solubilized receptors were adsorbed by WGA-agarose and concanavalin-A, suggesting a glycoprotein nature. SDS-PAGE, size-exclusion HPLC, and autoradiography confirmed that CGRP receptor is a monomeric membrane protein with M(r) 66 kDa.
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- S J Wimalawansa
- Department of Chemical Pathology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, UK
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Schifter S, Johannsen L, Bunker C, Brickell P, Bork E, Lindeberg H, Faber J. Calcitonin gene-related peptide in small cell lung carcinomas. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1993; 39:59-65. [PMID: 8394229 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1993.tb01751.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a regulatory peptide encoded by the calcitonin gene. CGRP is expressed in increased amounts by the cells of medullary thyroid carcinomas and has been demonstrated by immunohistochemistry to occur in neuroendocrine cells and nerve fibres of lung tissue. MEASUREMENTS Serum CGRP levels were measured in patients with small cell lung carcinomas before treatment (n = 74) and immediately before the second course of chemotherapy (n = 30). In-situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry were performed on tumour tissue and CGRP was extracted from two tumours and characterized by gel chromatography and high pressure liquid chromatography. RESULTS Serum CGRP levels were elevated in small cell lung carcinomas when compared with healthy controls of similar age and sex (median values 55.0 vs 36.6 pmol/l, P < 0.001), and 27% had levels above the upper normal range. Serum CGRP levels decreased following the initial course of chemotherapy (P < 0.05) but remained elevated when compared to the controls (P < 0.001). In-situ hybridization for CGRP mRNA was positive in three of 17 tumours and immunohistochemistry was positive in seven of 31 tumours investigated. CGRP immunoreactivity extracted from two tumours was characterized by gel chromatography and high pressure liquid chromatography. A major part of the immunoreactivity was demonstrated to represent the intact molecule. CONCLUSIONS We found that patients with small cell lung carcinomas had elevated concentration of serum calcitonin gene-related peptide but only 27% had values above the upper normal range. Serum CGRP is therefore of limited value as a tumour marker. Intact CGRP can be extracted from tumour tissue, but in-situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry showed positive reactions in only a few of the tumours investigated. The elevated serum CGRP levels are therefore likely to be largely of extratumoral origin.
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- S Schifter
- Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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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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Wimalawansa SJ. Isolation, purification, and biochemical characterization of calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1992; 657:70-87. [PMID: 1322106 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1992.tb22758.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- S J Wimalawansa
- Department of Medicine and Chemical Pathology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, England
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) shows diversity both in its effects and its receptors. It is likely to have roles as a neurotransmitter, neuromodulator, local hormone and trophic factor. Its effects include rapid changes in neuronal activity, relaxation of many types of smooth muscle, actions on metabolism and changes in gene expression. Receptor heterogeneity has been revealed from experiments comparing agonist potency ratios and antagonist affinities. The evidence from these approaches is reviewed in this article and a speculative receptor classification scheme is proposed. Some of the likely future directions for CGRP research are discussed.
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- D R Poyner
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, U.K
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Chantry A, Leighton B, Day AJ. Cross-reactivity of amylin with calcitonin-gene-related peptide binding sites in rat liver and skeletal muscle membranes. Biochem J 1991; 277 ( Pt 1):139-43. [PMID: 1649597 PMCID: PMC1151202 DOI: 10.1042/bj2770139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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This study examines whether the high degree of sequence identity between amylin and calcitonin-gene-related peptide (CGRP) is reflected in their cross-reactivity at the level of membrane receptor binding. Rat liver plasma membranes contain a specific saturable binding site for 125I-labelled human CGRP-1. Binding reached equilibrium within 30 min and was rapidly reversed by re-incubating membranes in the presence of 1 microM human CGRP. In addition, the presence of 50 mM- or 500 mM-NaCl lowered specific binding by 30% and 77% respectively. Scatchard analysis was consistent with a single high-affinity site with a dissociation constant (Kd) of 0.125 nM and binding capacity (Bmax.) of 580 fmol/mg of membrane protein. Specific binding of 125I-labelled human CGRP-1 to both liver and skeletal muscle membranes was inhibited by human CGRP-1 [IC50 (concn. causing half-maximal inhibition of binding) 0.1-0.3 nM], and rat amylin (IC50 10 nM), but not by human calcitonin. Covalent cross-linking of 125I-CGRP to its binding site in rat skeletal muscle and liver membranes resulted in labelling of a major species of about 70 kDa under reducing conditions and about 55 kDa under alkylating conditions, as visualized on SDS/PAGE. These radiolabelled species were absent in the presence of CGRP or amylin at 1 microM. These results are indicative of a common binding site for both CGRP and amylin in liver and skeletal muscle, and it is suggested that both peptides mediate their actions through the same effector system. The normal physiological importance and the relevance to the pathology of type 2 diabetes of these data are discussed.
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- A Chantry
- MRC Immunochemistry Unit, University of Oxford, U.K
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Ono K, Giles WR. Electrophysiological effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide in bull-frog and guinea-pig atrial myocytes. J Physiol 1991; 436:195-217. [PMID: 1905755 PMCID: PMC1181501 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1991.sp018546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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1. Electrophysiological effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) on action potentials and corresponding transmembrane currents in single myocytes from bull-frog and guinea-pig atria were studied using a whole-cell voltage-clamp method. 2. CGRP at relatively low concentrations increased the height of the action potential plateau in a dose-dependent manner in both bull-frog and guinea-pig myocytes. In addition, in bull-frog cells CGRP accelerated the early phase of repolarization, thus shortening the overall duration of the action potential. In contrast, in guinea-pig myocytes CGRP prolonged the action potential duration at all concentrations that were studied. 3. Voltage-clamp measurements demonstrated that CGRP increased transmembrane calcium current (ICa) in guinea-pig myocytes without a significant change in its voltage dependence. The ED50 value for this effect on ICa was 1.28 +/- 0.55 X 10(-8) M (n = 4). The time course of the inactivation of ICa was not affected by CGRP. 4. CGRP increased the delayed rectifier K+ current (IK) at relatively low concentrations in bull-frog atria, whereas relatively high concentrations were needed to increase IK in guinea-pig myocytes. This effect was observed even after complete inhibition of ICa. 5. CGRP had no significant effect on the inwardly rectifying background K+ current, IK1, even at very high concentrations. 6. Comparison of the time course of ICa augmentation in bull-frog and guinea-pig myocytes revealed an important difference in the effect of CGRP in these two types of cells. CGRP at maximal concentrations increased ICa transiently in bull-frog myocytes, whereas this response was sustained in guinea-pig myocytes. Isoprenaline (Iso) induced sustained increase in ICa in both species. When ICa was fully activated by Iso, CGRP at high concentrations strongly inhibited ICa in the bull-frog, whereas it had little effect on ICa in guinea-pig myocytes. 7. Intracellular application of GTP gamma S (guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) 10(-4) M) greatly potentiated the CGRP effect on ICa; in contrast, GDP beta S (guanosine 5'-O-(2-thiodiphosphate), 2 x 10(-3) M) partially inhibited the CGRP-induced augmentation of ICa. Taken together, these results indicate that the stimulation of ICa by CGRP is mediated by a GTP-binding protein. 8. The observed dose-dependent changes in ICa and IK in bull-frog and guinea-pig myocytes can explain the different patterns of CGRP-induced changes in action potential shape in these two myocyte preparations.
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- K Ono
- Department of Medical Physiology, University of Calgary School of Medicine, Alberta, Canada
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Richter G, Göke R, Göke B, Schmidt H, Arnold R. Characterization of glucagon-like peptide-I(7-36)amide receptors of rat lung membranes by covalent cross-linking. FEBS Lett 1991; 280:247-50. [PMID: 1849486 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(91)80303-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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125I-labelled GLP-I(7-36)amide was cross-liked to a specific binding protein in rat lung membranes using disuccinimidyl suberate. A single radio-labelled band at Mr 66,000 was identified by SDS-PAGE after solubilization of the ligand-binding protein complex which is consistent with the presence of a single class of binding sites on rat lung membranes. The band was undetectable when 1 mumol/l GLP-I(7-36)amide was included in the binding assay. No change in the mobility of the band was observed under reducing conditions suggesting that the binding protein in the receptor is not part of a larger disulphide-linked protein. The intensity of the radiolabelled protein band was reduced when the incubation with 125I-labelled GLP-I(7-36)amide was carried out in the presence of guanine nucleotides suggesting that the GLP-I(7-36)amide receptor is coupled to the adenylate cyclase system.
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- G Richter
- Department of Internal Medicine, Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany
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Schifter S. Circulating concentrations of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in normal man determined with a new, highly sensitive radioimmunoassay. Peptides 1991; 12:365-9. [PMID: 2067988 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(91)90027-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A highly sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay for human calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) has been developed and used for determination of serum CGRP levels in 232 normal individuals, 123 females and 109 males, range of age 18 to 79 years. Mean serum concentration was 36.3 pmol/l +/- 6.2 (SD), and serum levels were unrelated to age and sex. The specificity of the assay was confirmed by gel chromatography, followed by HPLC analysis of extracts from normal serum using synthetic alpha- and beta-CGRP as standards.
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- S Schifter
- Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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The etiology of the hyperkinetic circulatory state in cirrhosis is equivocal and reduced peripheral vascular resistance is a major unsolved problem in hepatic pathophysiology. It is therefore sensible to search for vasodilators. A recently discovered neuropeptide, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), is a highly potent vasodilator. We determined the circulating concentration of immunoreactive CGRP in different vascular beds in 35 patients with cirrhosis and in eight patients with minor disorders. Plasma CGRP was significantly increased in the cirrhotic patients compared with patients with minor disorders (59 vs. 46 pmol/l, p less than 0.01), as well as with 232 healthy persons (37 pmol/l, p less than 0.0001). Moreover, circulating CGRP increased significantly with the severity of cirrhosis (Child-Turcotte group A, 56; group B, 59; group C, 71 pmol/l; p less than 0.025). No significant arterio-venous net extraction or release of CGRP was found across the hepato-intestinal system, kidney, lung or limb. In conclusion, elevated circulating CGRP may play a role in the haemodynamic derangement of cirrhosis. The lack of organ arterio-venous differences suggests a widespread release and degradation of CGRP in many tissues and gives no evidence of decreased degradation as the cause of increased plasma CGRP in patients with cirrhosis.
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- F Bendtsen
- Department of Clinical Physiology and Hepatology, Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Crossman DC, Dashwood MR, Brain SD, McEwan J, Pearson JD. Action of calcitonin gene-related peptide upon bovine vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells grown in isolation and co-culture. Br J Pharmacol 1990; 99:71-6. [PMID: 2184911 PMCID: PMC1917523 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1990.tb14656.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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1. Bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAE) and smooth muscle cells (BASM) were grown separately and in co-culture. 2. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) caused dose-dependent activation of adenylate cyclase in each cell type when grown in isolation. The concentration of CGRP causing half-maximal activation in BAE and BASM was 200 nM and 310 nM, respectively. 3. In cells grown in co-culture exposure to bradykinin produced dose-dependent elevations in cyclic GMP content which were maximal 1 min after application of the agonist. 4. CGRP (1 nM-1 microM) did not stimulate a rise in cyclic GMP in co-cultures. 5. Displaceable CGRP binding was identified throughout the wall of the bovine aorta. 6. We conclude that CGRP receptors coupled to adenylate cyclase are present on BAE and BASM, but there is no coupling of these receptors to the release of any agent (such as endothelium-derived relaxing factor) that activates guanylate cyclase.
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- D C Crossman
- Section of Vascular Biology, Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex
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Jennings CG, Mudge AW. Chick myotubes in culture express high-affinity receptors for calcitonin gene-related peptide. Brain Res 1989; 504:199-205. [PMID: 2557128 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(89)91357-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a 37-amino acid neuropeptide that is expressed by many neurons of the vertebrate nervous system, including motoneurons of many species. It has been detected immunohistochemically in both cell bodies and motor terminals of motoneurons, suggesting that it may play a role at the neuromuscular junction. In support of this idea, CGRP has been shown to produce a variety of effects on cultured myotubes and muscle explants, including elevation of cAMP levels, increase in cell-surface acetylcholine receptor (AChR) numbers, increase in AChR alpha-subunit mRNA transcript levels, alterations in contractile responses, alterations in the physiological properties of AChRs, and inhibition of insulin-induced changes in glycogen metabolism. CGRP binding sites have been detected in many tissues, but have not yet been demonstrated directly on muscle cells. Here we report that chick myotubes in culture express high-affinity binding sites for CGRP (Kd approximately 2-4 x 10(-10) M). In view of the known biological effects of CGRP on myotubes, we believe that these binding sites represent CGRP receptors. They are uniformly distributed over the surface of myotubes, and we have found no evidence of clustering in culture, in contrast to AChRs. We have found no evidence for more than one class of receptors.
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- C G Jennings
- MRC Developmental Neurobiology Programme, Department of Biology, University College London, U.K
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Firth KF, Broughton Pipkin F. Human alpha- and beta-calcitonin gene-related peptides are vasodilators in human chorionic plate vasculature. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1989; 161:1318-9. [PMID: 2589458 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(89)90690-x] [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: 01/01/2023]
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors are known to be present in the placenta. We studied the effect of alpha- or beta-calcitonin gene-related peptide or carrier on human chorionic plate arteries preconstricted with angiotensin II. Both forms of calcitonin gene-related peptides evoked dose-dependent relaxation, the magnitude of which was proportional to the initial response to angiotensin II.
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- K F Firth
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Nottingham, England
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Sano Y, Hiroshima O, Yuzuriha T, Yamato C, Saito A, Kimura S, Hirabayashi T, Goto K. Calcitonin gene-related peptide-binding sites of porcine cardiac muscles and coronary arteries: solubilization and characterization. J Neurochem 1989; 52:1919-24. [PMID: 2786053 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1989.tb07277.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-binding sites were solubilized, using digitonin, from the porcine spinal cord, atria, and coronary arteries. The specific binding of 125I-human alpha-CGRP to the solubilized binding sites was inhibited by human alpha- and beta-CGRP and by rat alpha-CGRP, but not by angiotensin II or human calcitonin. Scatchard plot analysis of saturation gave the same KD value for CGRP in the crude membrane fractions of the tissues examined. The affinity of CGRP to the binding sites was decreased by solubilization in the atria and coronary arteries, but not in the spinal cord. Affinity labeling followed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed distinct molecular sizes of the specific binding sites among the tissues; 70K for the spinal cord, 70K and 90K for the coronary arteries, and 70K and 120K for the atria. These results indicate that the molecular characteristics of the specific binding sites of CGRP in the cardiovascular system are distinct from those in the central nervous system.
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- Y Sano
- Tsukuba Research Laboratories, Eisai Co., Ltd., Ibaraki, Japan
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Xu D, Wang XA, Wang JP, Yuan QX, Fiscus RR, Chang JK, Tang JA. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats. Peptides 1989; 10:309-12. [PMID: 2787908 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(89)90035-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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With the techniques of specific radioimmunoassay and gel filtration it was found that CGRP was distributed in various tissues of normotensive (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) with the highest concentration in the lumbar spinal cord (1197 +/- 94.8 pg/mg tissue) and the lowest in the auricle (15.0 +/- 2.1 pg/mg tissue). In comparison with WKY, CGRP concentration in the plasma was decreased and in the abdominal aorta and hypothalamus was increased in SHR. Gel filtration revealed only one major CGRP molecular form in the tissues. In addition, CGRP reduced the mean arterial pressure (MAP) in SHR in a dose-dependent manner. These data suggest that CGRP may play an important role in the pathogenesis of hypertension and its possible therapy.
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- D Xu
- Laboratory of Cardiopulmonary Endocrinology, Beijing Medical University, P.R. China
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Laufer R, Changeux JP. Calcitonin gene-related peptide and cyclic AMP stimulate phosphoinositide turnover in skeletal muscle cells. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)81668-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Mak JC, Barnes PJ. Autoradiographic localization of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) binding sites in human and guinea pig lung. Peptides 1988; 9:957-63. [PMID: 2854248 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(88)90073-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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125I-Human calcitonin gene-related peptide (hCGRP) binding sites were localized in human and guinea pig lungs by an autoradiographic method. Scatchard analysis of saturation experiments from slide-mounted sections of guinea pig lung displayed specific 125I-hCGRP binding sites with a dissociation constant (Kd) of 0.72 +/- 0.05 nM (mean +/- S.E.M., n = 3) and a maximal number of binding sites (Bmax) of 133.4 +/- 5.6 fmol/mg protein. In both human and guinea pig lung, autoradiography revealed that CGRP binding sites were widely distributed, with particularly dense labeling over bronchial and pulmonary blood vessels of all sizes and alveolar walls. Airway smooth muscle and epithelium of large airways was sparsely labeled but no labeling was found over submucosal glands. This localization corresponds well to the reported pattern of CGRP-like immunoreactive innervation. The findings of localization of CGRP binding sites on bronchial and pulmonary blood vessels indicate that CGRP may be important in the regulation of airway and pulmonary blood flow.
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- J C Mak
- Department of Thoracic Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, United Kingdom
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Miyauchi T, Sano Y, Hiroshima O, Yuzuriha T, Sugishita Y, Ishikawa T, Saito A, Goto K. Positive inotropic effects and receptors of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in porcine ventricular muscles. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1988; 155:289-94. [PMID: 2843180 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(88)81082-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in porcine ventricular muscles. positive inotropic effects in the isolated, electrically driven false tendon of the porcine heart. Specific CGRP-binding sites were present in solubilized membrane fractions; the dissociation constant (Kd) and the maximum binding (Bmax) were 50.4 pM and 180 fmol/mg protein, respectively. SDS-PAGE analysis of CGRP-binding sites revealed the molecular mass of 70 K and 120 K. Few CGRP-like immunoreactive nerves were present in the ventricular muscle layer. These results indicate that CGRP activates specific receptor sites on the ventricular muscles and causes positive inotropic responses. CGRP receptors in ventricles are likely to be activated by circulating CGRP.
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- T Miyauchi
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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