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Kerman A, Ananthanarayanan VS. Conformation of a double-membrane-spanning fragment of a G protein-coupled receptor: Effects of hydrophobic environment and pH. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes 2007; 1768:1199-210. [PMID: 17337264 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2006] [Revised: 01/17/2007] [Accepted: 01/22/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Overcoming the problems associated with the expression, purification and in vitro handling of membrane proteins requires an understanding of the factors governing the folding and stability of such proteins in detergent solutions. As a sequel to our earlier report (Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1747(2005), 133-140), we describe an improved purification procedure and a detailed structural analysis of a fragment of the mu-opioid receptor ('TM2-3') that comprises the second and third transmembrane segments and the extracellular loop that connects them. Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy of TM2-3 in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol gave a helical content similar to that predicted by published homology models, while spectra acquired in several detergents showed significantly lower helical contents. This indicates that this part of the mu-opioid receptor has an intrinsic propensity to be highly helical in membrane-like environments, but that in detergent solutions, this helical structure is not fully formed. Proteolysis of TM2-3 with trypsin showed that the helical portions of TM2 and TM3 are both shorter than their predicted lengths, indicating that helix-helix interactions in the full-length receptor are apparently important for stabilizing their conformation. Lengthening the alkyl chain of the detergent led to a small but significant increase in the helicity of TM2-3, suggesting that hydrophobic mismatch could play an important role in the stabilization of transmembrane helices by detergents. Protonation of aspartic acid residues in detergent-solubilized TM2-3 also caused a significant increase in helicity. Our results thus suggest that detergent alkyl chain-length and pH may influence membrane protein stability by modulating the stability of individual transmembrane segments.
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Affiliation(s)
- Aaron Kerman
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Health Sciences Centre, Room 4H25, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
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Sarramegna V, Muller I, Mousseau G, Froment C, Monsarrat B, Milon A, Talmont F. Solubilization, purification, and mass spectrometry analysis of the human mu-opioid receptor expressed in Pichia pastoris. Protein Expr Purif 2005; 43:85-93. [PMID: 16095919 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2005.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2004] [Revised: 05/16/2005] [Accepted: 05/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The human mu-opioid receptor was expressed in Pichia pastoris with or without EGFP at the N-terminal end. Expression yields of the recombinant proteins reached several tens of milligram of receptor per liter of culture medium in shacked flasks. Pharmacological studies using specific ligands demonstrated a typical opioid profile for the HuMOR-c-myc-his-tag construct, whereas the GFP-HuMOR-c-myc-his-tag receptor was unable to bind opioid drugs. The hexahistidine epitope-tagged receptors were purified by immobilized-nickel affinity chromatography. The identity of the purified mu-opioid receptor proteins was confirmed by Western blot and mass spectrometry analysis. In conclusion, the expression, solubilization, and purification strategies described herein allow to isolate very high quantities of purified receptor, up to 12 mg/L.
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- Valérie Sarramegna
- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, UMR 5089, 205, route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse, Cedex 4, France
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The reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to clone a cDNA fragment of a putative G-protein-coupled receptor from rat brain total RNA. Nucleotide sequencing of this cDNA fragment showed it to be homologous to that of the mu-opioid receptor splice variant MOR(1C) from mice. We used the cDNA to make an RNA probe for a ribonuclease protection assay (RPA). The results from the RPA showed a protected fragment of the size expected for MOR(1C) mRNA, as well as other RNase-protected fragments that may indicate the existence of other MOR1 transcripts. We then used the RNA probe for in situ hybridization (ISH) experiments. We detected strong autoradiographic labeling over much of the rat telencephalon, diencephalon, mesencephalon, cerebellum, spinal cord, and dorsal root ganglia. These findings suggest that MOR(1C), and possibly other MOR1 splice variants, are important components of the system by which the actions of opioids are transduced.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Brain/metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular/methods
- DNA, Complementary/biosynthesis
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/isolation & purification
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/isolation & purification
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Affiliation(s)
- Stephen A Schnell
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55405, USA.
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A mouse mu opioid receptor was engineered to contain a FLAG epitope at the amino-terminus and a hexahistidine tag at the carboxyl-terminus to facilitate purification. Selection of transfected human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells yielded a cell line that expressed the receptor with a B(max) of 10 pmol/mg protein. 3[H]Bremazocine exhibited high affinity binding to the epitope-tagged mu opioid receptor with a KD of 1.0 nM. The agonists [D-Ala(2),N-Me-Phe(4),Gly(5)-ol]enkephalin (DAMGO), morphine and [D-Ala(2),D-Leu(5)]enkephalin (DADL) competitively inhibited bremazocine binding to the tagged mu receptor with KI's of 3.5, 17 and 70 nM, respectively. Chronic treatment of cells expressing the epitope-tagged mu receptor with DAMGO resulted in down-regulation of the receptor, indicating that the tagged receptor retained the capacity to mediate signal transduction. The mu receptor was solubilized from HEK 293 cell membranes with n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside in an active form that maintained high affinity bremazocine binding. Sequential use of wheat germ agglutinin (WGA)-agarose chromatography, Sephacryl S300 gel filtration chromatography, immobilized metal affinity chromatography, immunoaffinity chromatography, and sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS/PAGE) permitted purification of the receptor. The purified mu opioid receptor was a glycoprotein that migrated on SDS/PAGE with an apparent molecular mass of 80 kDa. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry was used to identify and characterize peptides derived from the mu opioid receptor following in-gel digestion with trypsin or chymotrypsin, and precursor-derived tandem mass spectrometry (ms/ms) confirmed the identity of several peptides derived from enzymatic digestion of the mu opioid receptor.
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- Keith H Christoffers
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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Wang JB. Study of opioid receptor phosphorylation using cell-labeling method with 32P-orthrophosphate. Methods Mol Med 2003; 84:47-51. [PMID: 12703316 DOI: 10.1385/1-59259-379-8:47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Jia Bei Wang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, USA
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MESH Headings
- Alternative Splicing
- Animals
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Exons
- Gene Amplification
- Genetic Variation
- Genetic Vectors
- Mice
- Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/isolation & purification
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Ribonucleases/metabolism
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Sequence Analysis, RNA
- Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
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Affiliation(s)
- Ying-Xian Pan
- Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Pharmacology, Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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Although orphanin FQ/nociceptin (OFQ/N) receptors are a member of the opioid receptor family of receptors, they bind traditional opioids with very poor affinity. We now demonstrate that mu opioid receptors can physically associate with OFQ/N receptors, resulting in a complex with a unique binding selectivity profile. Immunoprecipitation of epitope-tagged OFQ/N receptors co-precipitates mu receptors. When the two receptors were co-expressed in CHO cells, [3H]OFQ/N retained its high binding affinity for its receptor. However, co-expression of the two receptors increased by up to 250-fold the affinity of a series of opioids in [3H]OFQ/N binding assays. This enhanced affinity was limited to agonists with high affinity for mu receptors. Selective kappa(1) and delta opioids did not lower binding. Despite the dramatic increase in affinity for the opioid agonists in co-expressing cells, the opioid antagonists naloxone and diprenorphine failed to compete [3H]OFQ/N binding.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Binding, Competitive
- CHO Cells
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cricetinae
- Dimerization
- Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-/pharmacokinetics
- Genetic Vectors
- Morphine/chemistry
- Morphine/metabolism
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Receptors, Opioid/chemistry
- Receptors, Opioid/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/isolation & purification
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Restriction Mapping
- Tritium
- Nociceptin Receptor
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- Ying-Xian Pan
- Laboratory of Molecular Neuropharmacology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Weill College of Medicine of Cornell University, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- M Bigliardi-Qi
- Department of Dermatology, Kantonsspital Basel, Switzerland.
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Pan YX, Xu J, Bolan E, Abbadie C, Chang A, Zuckerman A, Rossi G, Pasternak GW. Identification and characterization of three new alternatively spliced mu-opioid receptor isoforms. Mol Pharmacol 1999; 56:396-403. [PMID: 10419560 DOI: 10.1124/mol.56.2.396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We have identified four new mu-opiod receptor (MOR)-1 exons, indicating that the gene now contains at least nine exons spanning more than 200 kilobases. Replacement of exon 4 by combinations of the new exons yields three new receptors. When expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells, all three variants displayed high affinity for mu-opioid ligands, but kappa and delta drugs were inactive. However, there were subtle, but significant, differences in the binding profiles of the three variants among themselves and from MOR-1. Immunohistochemically, the major variant, MOR-1C, displayed a regional distribution quite distinct from that of MOR-1. Region-specific processing also was seen at the mRNA level. Antisense mapping revealed that the four new exons were all involved in morphine analgesia. Together with two other variants generated from alternative splicing of exon 4, there are now six distinct MOR-1 receptors.
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MESH Headings
- Alternative Splicing
- Animals
- Brain/metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cricetinae
- Exons/genetics
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred ICR
- Protein Isoforms/biosynthesis
- Protein Isoforms/genetics
- Protein Isoforms/isolation & purification
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/isolation & purification
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- Y X Pan
- The Cotzias Laboratory of Neuro-Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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The ubiquitous intracellular Ca(2+) sensor calmodulin (CaM) regulates numerous proteins involved in cellular signaling of G protein-coupled receptors, but most known interactions between GPCRs and CaM occur downstream of the receptor. Using a sequence-based motif search, we have identified the third intracellular loop of the opioid receptor family as a possible direct contact point for interaction with CaM, in addition to its established role in G protein activation. Peptides derived from the third intracellular loop of the mu-opioid (OP(3)) receptor strongly bound CaM and were able to reduce binding interactions observed between CaM and immunopurified OP(3) receptor. Functionally, CaM reduced basal and agonist-stimulated (35)S-labeled guanosine 5'-3-O-(thio)triphosphate incorporation, a measure of G protein activation, in membranes containing recombinant OP(3) receptor. Changes in CaM membrane levels as a result of overexpression or antisense CaM suppression inversely affected basal and agonist-induced G protein activation. The ability of CaM to abolish high affinity binding sites of an agonist at OP(3) further supports the hypothesis of a direct interaction between CaM and opioid receptors. An OP(3) receptor mutant with a Lys(273) --> Ala substitution (K273A-OP(3)), an amino acid predicted to play a critical role in CaM binding based on motif structure, was found to be unaffected by changes in CaM levels but coupled more efficiently to G proteins than the wild-type receptor. Stimulation of both the OP(1) (delta-opioid) and OP(3) wild-type receptors, but not the K273A-OP(3) mutant, induced release of CaM from the plasma membrane. These results suggest that CaM directly competes with G proteins for binding to opioid receptors and that CaM may itself serve as an independent second messenger molecule that is released upon receptor stimulation.
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- D Wang
- Departments of Biopharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Center for the Neurobiology of Drug Addiction, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0446, USA
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Massou S, Puech V, Talmont F, Demange P, Lindley ND, Tropis M, Milon A. Heterologous expression of a deuterated membrane-integrated receptor and partial deuteration in methylotrophic yeasts. J Biomol NMR 1999; 14:231-239. [PMID: 10481275 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008371118772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Methylotrophic yeast has previously been shown to be an excellent system for the cost-effective production of perdeuterated biomass and for the heterologous expression of membrane receptors. A protocol for the expression of 85% deuterated, functional human mu-opiate receptor was established. For partially deuterated biomass, deuteration level and distribution were determined for fatty acids, amino acids and carbohydrates. It was shown that prior to biosynthesis of lipids and amino acids (and of carbohydrates, to a lower extent), exchange occurs between water and methanol hydrogen atoms, so that 80%-90% randomly deuterated biomass and over-expressed proteins may be obtained using only deuterated water.
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Sastry KV, Harikumar KG, Sailaja P, Janardana Sarma MK. Use of zonal centrifugation method for the preparation of mu-opioid receptor enriched membranes from bovine corpus striatum. J Neurosci Methods 1997; 74:45-52. [PMID: 9210574 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0270(97)02256-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Earlier attempts to purify the opioid receptors met with limited success because of the use of brain crude membranes. Subcellular fractionation procedures adopted now to get enriched membranes resulted in 2-3 fold enrichment. However, a procedure has been developed in our laboratory in which a crude membrane fraction obtained at 17,500 x g was lysed with 1 mM sodium bicarbonate and later subjected to zonal fractionation, employing a density gradient of 0.6-1.2 M sucrose. This could yield a membrane fraction highly enriched with mu-opioid receptors which is 9.3 fold higher than the crude membranes.
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- K V Sastry
- Department of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Nutrition, Jamai Osmania, Hyderabad, India.
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Chen C, Yin J, Riel JK, DesJarlais RL, Raveglia LF, Zhu J, Liu-Chen LY. Determination of the amino acid residue involved in [3H]beta-funaltrexamine covalent binding in the cloned rat mu-opioid receptor. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:21422-9. [PMID: 8702924 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.35.21422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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We previously demonstrated that [3H]beta-funaltrexamine ([3H]beta-FNA) labeled the rat mu opioid receptor expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells with high specificity, and [3H]beta-FNA-labeled receptors migrated as one broad band with a mass of 80 kDa. In this study, we determined the region and then the amino acid residue of the mu receptor involved in the covalent binding of [3H]beta-FNA. [3H]beta-FNA-labeled receptors were solubilized and purified to approximately 10% purity by immunoaffinity chromatography with antibodies against a C-terminal domain peptide. The site of covalent bond formation was determined to be within Ala206-Met243 by CNBr cleavage of partially purified labeled mu receptors and determinations of sizes of labeled receptor fragments. The amino acid residue of beta-FNA covalent incorporation was then determined by site-directed mutagenesis studies within this region. Mutation of Lys233 to Ala, Arg, His, and Leu completely eliminated covalent binding of [3H]beta-FNA, although these mutants bound beta-FNA with high affinity. Mutations of other amino acid residues did not affect covalent binding of [3H]beta-FNA. These results indicate that [3H]beta-FNA binds covalently to Lys233. Since [3H]beta-FNA is a rigid molecule, the information will be very useful for molecular modeling of interaction between morphinans and the mu receptor.
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Affiliation(s)
- C Chen
- Department of Pharmacology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA
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Fan LQ, Gioannini TL, Wolinsky T, Hiller JM, Simon EJ. Functional reconstitution of a highly purified mu-opioid receptor protein with purified G proteins in liposomes. J Neurochem 1995; 65:2537-42. [PMID: 7595548 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1995.65062537.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A mu-opioid receptor protein (mu-ORP) purified to homogeneity from bovine striatal membranes has been functionally reconstituted in liposomes with highly purified heterotrimeric guanine nucleotide regulatory proteins (G proteins). A mixture of bovine brain G proteins, predominantly GoA, was used for most of the experiments, but some experiments were performed with individual pure G proteins, GoA, GoB, Gi1, and Gi2. Low Km GTPase was stimulated up to 150% by mu-opioid receptor agonists when both mu-ORP and a G protein (either the brain G protein mixture or a single heterotrimeric G protein) were present in the liposomes. Stimulation by a selective mu-agonist was concentration dependent and was reversed by the antagonist (-)-naloxone, but not by its inactive enantiomer, (+)-naloxone. The mu selectivity of mu-ORP was demonstrated by the inability of delta and kappa agonists to stimulate GTPase in this system. High-affinity mu-agonist binding was also restored by reconstitution with the brain G protein mixture and with each of the four pure Gi and G(o) proteins studied. The binding of mu agonists is sensitive to inhibition by GTP gamma S and by sodium.
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Affiliation(s)
- L Q Fan
- Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016, USA
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Simonin F, Gavériaux-Ruff C, Befort K, Matthes H, Lannes B, Micheletti G, Mattéi MG, Charron G, Bloch B, Kieffer B. kappa-Opioid receptor in humans: cDNA and genomic cloning, chromosomal assignment, functional expression, pharmacology, and expression pattern in the central nervous system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:7006-10. [PMID: 7624359 PMCID: PMC41460 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.15.7006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Using the mouse delta-opioid receptor cDNA as a probe, we have isolated genomic clones encoding the human mu- and kappa-opioid receptor genes. Their organization appears similar to that of the human delta receptor gene, with exon-intron boundaries located after putative transmembrane domains 1 and 4. The kappa gene was mapped at position q11-12 in human chromosome 8. A full-length cDNA encoding the human kappa-opioid receptor has been isolated. The cloned receptor expressed in COS cells presents a typical kappa 1 pharmacological profile and is negatively coupled to adenylate cyclase. The expression of kappa-opioid receptor mRNA in human brain, as estimated by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, is consistent with the involvement of kappa-opioid receptors in pain perception, neuroendocrine physiology, affective behavior, and cognition. In situ hybridization studies performed on human fetal spinal cord demonstrate the presence of the transcript specifically in lamina II of the dorsal horn. Some divergences in structural, pharmacological, and anatomical properties are noted between the cloned human and rodent receptors.
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MESH Headings
- Adenylyl Cyclases
- Aged
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Central Nervous System/chemistry
- Central Nervous System/physiology
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8/genetics
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Exons/genetics
- Genomic Library
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization
- Ligands
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- RNA, Messenger/isolation & purification
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/isolation & purification
- Receptors, Opioid, kappa/metabolism
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/genetics
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/isolation & purification
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Signal Transduction
- Tissue Distribution
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Affiliation(s)
- F Simonin
- Ecole Supérieure de Biotechnologie, Parc d'innovation, Boulevard Sébastien Brandt, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
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- E J Simon
- Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016, USA
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Eppler CM, Hulmes JD, Wang JB, Johnson B, Corbett M, Luthin DR, Uhl GR, Linden J. Purification and partial amino acid sequence of a mu opioid receptor from rat brain. J Biol Chem 1993; 268:26447-51. [PMID: 8253772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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A rat brain opioid receptor protein was isolated by binding [epsilon-biotinyl-Lys32] beta-endorphin to membranes, solubilizing the receptor-ligand (R.L) complex with deoxycholate-lysophosphatidylcholine and purifying on immobilized streptavidin and wheat germ agglutinin. The purified glycoprotein had a molecular mass of 60-70 kDa. Recovery of this protein was blocked by the nonselective opioid antagonist naloxone and the highly mu-selective agonist [D-Ala2,N-methyl-Phe4,Glyol5]-enkephalin but not by the highly delta-selective agonist [D-Pen2,4'-Cl-Phe4,D-Pen5]enkephalin when these compounds were added as competitors at the binding step. The 60-70-kDa receptor protein co-purified through the streptavidin column with 40-kDa protein recognized by anti-Gi alpha antibodies. GTP and Na+ influenced dissociation of the solubilized R.125I-L complex and elution of the receptor and G protein from streptavidin in fashions consistent with the pharmacology of mu-opioid receptors. A 23-amino acid residue sequence from the purified receptor differs at 4 positions from a similar sequence in the murine delta-opioid receptor and is encoded within a novel rat brain cDNA isolated by polymerase chain reaction with oligonucleotide primers related to the murine delta-opioid receptor gene.
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- C M Eppler
- Agricultural Research Division, American Cyanamid Co., Princeton, New Jersey 08543
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mu opiate receptors recognize morphine with high affinity. A 2.1-kb rat brain cDNA whose predicted translation product displays 63% identity with recently described delta and kappa opiate receptor sequences was identified through polymerase chain reaction and cDNA homology approaches. This cDNA recognizes a 10.5-kb mRNA that is expressed in thalamic neurons. COS-cell expression confers naloxonazine-, Na(+)-, and GTP-sensitive binding of mu but not delta or kappa opioid ligands. Expressing cells bind morphine, [D-Ala2,N-methyl-Phe4,glyol5]enkephalin (DAMGO), and [D-Ala2,D-Leu5]enkephalin (DADLE) with nanomolar or subnanomolar affinities, defining a mu opiate receptor that avidly recognizes analgesic and euphoric opiate drugs and opioid peptides.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Brain/metabolism
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-
- Enkephalin, Leucine-2-Alanine/metabolism
- Enkephalins/metabolism
- Escherichia coli
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Kinetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Protein Biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/isolation & purification
- Rats
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/isolation & purification
- Receptors, Opioid, mu/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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Affiliation(s)
- J B Wang
- Molecular Neurobiology Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD
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Gioannini TL, Fan LQ, Hyde L, Ofri D, Yao YH, Hiller JM, Simon EJ. Reconstitution of a purified mu-opioid binding protein in liposomes: selective, high affinity, GTP gamma S-sensitive mu-opioid agonist binding is restored. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1993; 194:901-8. [PMID: 8393673 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1993.1906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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An opioid binding protein (OBP) purified to homogeneity from bovine striatal membranes has been reconstituted in liposomes. The liposomes were produced by PEG-precipitation of OBP in the presence of a CHAPS extract of bovine striatum, devoid of opioid binding. High affinity mu-agonist binding was restored. The binding was selective for mu-agonists, stereospecific and inhibited by GTP gamma S. These results demonstrate that there is recoupling of OBP with G-protein and confirm our earlier evidence that the purified OBP is a mu-opioid binding site.
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- T L Gioannini
- Natural Sciences Department, Baruch College, New York, NY 10016
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Bidlack JM, Kaplan RA, Subbramanian RA, Seyed-Mozaffari A, Archer S. Affinity labeling of the mu opioid receptor in bovine striatal membranes with [3H]-14 beta-(bromoacetamido)-7,8-dihydromorphine. Biochemistry 1993; 32:6703-11. [PMID: 7687147 DOI: 10.1021/bi00077a025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
[3H]-14 beta-(Bromoacetamido)-7,8-dihydromorphine ([3H]H2BAM) was synthesized and tested for its ability to selectively label mu opioid receptors in bovine striatal membranes. Incubating membranes with N-tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone and dithiothreitol before the addition of [3H]H2BAM reduced nonspecific [3H]H2BAM binding so that [3H]H2BAM binding to opioid receptors was up to 70% of the total [3H]H2BAM binding and was dependent on [3H]H2BAM concentration, incubation time, and pH of the reaction. At pH 7.5, [3H]H2BAM bound selectively to the mu opioid receptor, but mainly noncovalently. After the initial binding of [3H]H2BAM to the receptor, membranes were washed and then incubated at 37 degrees C in 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.5, for 3 h, a time that resulted in greater than 80% of the [3H]H2BAM associated with the receptor becoming covalently bound to the opioid receptor. The mu-selective peptide [D-Ala2,(Me)Phe4,Gly(ol)5]enkephalin inhibited [3H]H2BAM labeling of membranes, while delta- or kappa-selective compounds were ineffective. Both NaCl and the nonhydrolyzable guanine nucleotide analog guanylyl 5'-imidodiphosphate reduced the incorporation of [3H]H2BAM into membranes. When [3H]H2BAM-labeled striatal membranes were separated under reducing conditions on a sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel, two proteins with molecular weights of 54,000 and 44,000 were specifically labeled. The 54-kDa protein was present in a greater amount than the 44-kDa protein. Both proteins bound to wheat germ agglutinin-Sepharose and concanavalin A-Sepharose, suggesting that both proteins contain multiple carbohydrate moieties. Despite the inclusion of protease inhibitors, the 44-kDa protein may be a proteolytic fragment of the 54-kDa protein.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- J M Bidlack
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York 14642
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