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Li C, Xu Y, Su W, He X, Li J, Li X, Xu HE, Yin W. Structural insights into ligand recognition, selectivity, and activation of bombesin receptor subtype-3. Cell Rep 2024; 43:114511. [PMID: 39024101 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2024] [Revised: 05/16/2024] [Accepted: 06/28/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024] Open
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Bombesin receptor subtype-3 (BRS3) is an important orphan G protein-coupled receptor that regulates energy homeostasis and insulin secretion. As a member of the bombesin receptor (BnR) family, the lack of known endogenous ligands and high-resolution structure has hindered the understanding of BRS3 signaling and function. We present two cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of BRS3 in complex with the heterotrimeric Gq protein in its active states: one bound to the pan-BnR agonist BA1 and the other bound to the synthetic BRS3-specific agonist MK-5046. These structures reveal the architecture of the orthosteric ligand pocket underpinning molecular recognition and provide insights into the structural basis for BRS3's selectivity and low affinity for bombesin peptides. Examination of conserved micro-switches suggests a shared activation mechanism among BnRs. Our findings shed light on BRS3's ligand selectivity and signaling mechanisms, paving the way for exploring its therapeutic potential for diabetes, obesity, and related metabolic disorders.
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- Changyao Li
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China; School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China; Lingang Laboratory, Shanghai 200031, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Zhongshan Institute for Drug Discovery, Guangdong 510000, China; Zhongshan Institute for Drug Discovery, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangdong 528400, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China; School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China; Lingang Laboratory, Shanghai 200031, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- Zhongshan Institute for Drug Discovery, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangdong 528400, China; State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China; Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Zhongshan Institute for Drug Discovery, Guangdong 510000, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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van der Westhuizen ET. Single nucleotide variations encoding missense mutations in G protein-coupled receptors may contribute to autism. Br J Pharmacol 2024; 181:2158-2181. [PMID: 36787962 DOI: 10.1111/bph.16057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition with a range of symptoms that vary in intensity and severity from person to person. Genetic sequencing has identified thousands of genes containing mutations in autistic individuals, which may contribute to the development of autistic symptoms. Several of these genes encode G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), which are cell surface expressed proteins that transduce extracellular messages to the intracellular space. Mutations in GPCRs can impact their function, resulting in aberrant signalling within cells and across neurotransmitter systems in the brain. This review summarises the current knowledge on autism-associated single nucleotide variations encoding missense mutations in GPCRs and the impact of these genetic mutations on GPCR function. For some autism-associated mutations, changes in GPCR expression levels, ligand affinity, potency and efficacy have been observed. However, for many the functional consequences remain unknown. Thus, further work to characterise the functional impacts of the genetically identified mutations is required. LINKED ARTICLES: This article is part of a themed issue Therapeutic Targeting of G Protein-Coupled Receptors: hot topics from the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists 2021 Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting. To view the other articles in this section visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.v181.14/issuetoc.
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Vila-Julià G, Rubio-Martinez J, Perez JJ. Assessment of the bound conformation of bombesin to the BB1 and BB2 receptors. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 255:127843. [PMID: 37956803 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127843] [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: 08/11/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Bombesin is an endogenous peptide involved in a wide spectrum of physiological activities ranging from satiety, control of circadian rhythm and thermoregulation in the central nervous system, to stimulation of gastrointestinal hormone release, activation of macrophages and effects on development in peripheral tissues. Actions of the peptide are mediated through the two high affinity G-protein coupled receptors BB1R and BB2R. Under pathophysiological conditions, these receptors are overexpressed in many different types of tumors, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, small and non-small cell lung cancer and pancreatic cancer. This observation has been used for designing cell markers, but it has not been yet exploited for therapeutical purposes. Despite the enormous biological interest of the peptide, little is known about the stereochemical features that contribute to their activity. On the one hand, mutagenesis studies identified a few receptor residues important for high bombesin affinity and on the other, a few studies focused on the relevance of diverse residues of the peptide for receptor activation. Models of the peptide bound to BB1R and BB2R can be helpful to improve our understanding of the stereochemical features granting bombesin activity. Accordingly, the present study describes the computational process followed to construct such models by means of Steered Molecular Dynamics, using models of the peptide and its receptors. Present results provide new insights into the structure-activity relationships of bombesin and its receptors, as well as render an explanation for the differential binding affinity observed towards BB1R and BB2R. Finally, these models can be further exploited to help for designing novel small molecule peptidomimetics with improved pharmacokinetics profile.
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- Guillem Vila-Julià
- Department of Materials Science and Physical Chemistry, University of Barcelona and the Institut de Recerca en Quimica Teorica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya- Barcelona Tech., Av. Diagonal, 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Physical Chemistry, University of Barcelona and the Institut de Recerca en Quimica Teorica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya- Barcelona Tech., Av. Diagonal, 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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D’Onofrio A, Engelbrecht S, Läppchen T, Rominger A, Gourni E. GRPR-targeting radiotheranostics for breast cancer management. Front Med (Lausanne) 2023; 10:1250799. [PMID: 38020178 PMCID: PMC10657217 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1250799] [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: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Breast Cancer (BC) is the most common cancer worldwide and, despite the advancements made toward early diagnosis and novel treatments, there is an urgent need to reduce its mortality. The Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Receptor (GRPR) is a promising target for the development of theranostic radioligands for luminal BC with positive estrogen receptor (ER) expression, because GRPR is expressed not only in primary lesions but also in lymph nodes and distant metastasis. In the last decades, several GRPR-targeting molecules have been evaluated both at preclinical and clinical level, however, most of the studies have been focused on prostate cancer (PC). Nonetheless, given the relevance of non-invasive diagnosis and potential treatment of BC through Peptide Receptor Radioligand Therapy (PRRT), this review aims at collecting the available preclinical and clinical data on GRPR-targeting radiopeptides for the imaging and therapy of BC, to better understand the current state-of-the-art and identify future perspectives and possible limitations to their clinical translation. In fact, since luminal-like tumors account for approximately 80% of all BC, many BC patients are likely to benefit from the development of GRPR-radiotheranostics.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Molecular recognition of itch-associated neuropeptides by bombesin receptors. Cell Res 2023; 33:184-187. [PMID: 36329202 PMCID: PMC9892485 DOI: 10.1038/s41422-022-00743-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Zhang W, Fan W, Ottemann BM, Alshehri S, Garrison JC. Development of Improved Tumor-Residualizing, GRPR-Targeted Agents: Preclinical Comparison of an Endolysosomal Trapping Approach in Agonistic and Antagonistic Constructs. J Nucl Med 2019; 61:443-450. [PMID: 31601697 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.119.231282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 09/09/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Receptor-targeted radiopharmaceuticals based on low-molecular-weight carriers offer many clinically advantageous attributes relative to macromolecules but have generally been hampered by their rapid clearance from tumors, thus diminishing tumor-to-nontarget tissue ratios. Herein, we present a strategy using irreversible inhibitors (E-64 derivative) of cysteine cathepsins (CCs) as trapping agents to increase the tumor retention of receptor-targeted agents. Methods: We incorporated these CC-trapping agents into agonistic and antagonistic pharmacophores targeting the gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPR). The synthesized radioconjugates with either an incorporated CC inhibitor or a matching control were examined using in vitro and in vivo models of the GRPR-positive, PC-3 human prostate cancer cell line. Results: From the in vitro studies, multiple techniques confirmed that the CC-trapping, GRPR-targeted constructs were able to increase cellular retention by forming intracellular macromolecule adducts. In PC-3 tumor-bearing xenograft mice, the CC-trapping, GRPR-targeted agonistic and antagonistic constructs led to an approximately 2-fold increase in tumor retention with a corresponding improvement in most tumor-to-nontarget tissue ratios over 72 h. Conclusion: CC endolysosomal trapping provides a pathway to increase the efficacy and clinical potential of low-molecular-weight, receptor-targeted agents.
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- Wenting Zhang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.,Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.,Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.,Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska .,Center for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.,Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; and.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska
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Nakamura T, Ramos-Álvarez I, Iordanskaia T, Moreno P, Mantey SA, Jensen RT. Molecular basis for high affinity and selectivity of peptide antagonist, Bantag-1, for the orphan BB3 receptor. Biochem Pharmacol 2016; 115:64-76. [PMID: 27346274 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2016.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Bombesin-receptor-subtype-3 (BB3 receptor) is a G-protein-coupled-orphan-receptor classified in the mammalian Bombesin-family because of high homology to gastrin-releasing peptide (BB2 receptor)/neuromedin-B receptors (BB1 receptor). There is increased interest in BB3 receptor because studies primarily from knockout-mice suggest it plays roles in energy/glucose metabolism, insulin-secretion, as well as motility and tumor-growth. Investigations into its roles in physiological/pathophysiological processes are limited because of lack of selective ligands. Recently, a selective, peptide-antagonist, Bantag-1, was described. However, because BB3 receptor has low-affinity for all natural, Bn-related peptides, little is known of the molecular basis of its high-affinity/selectivity. This was systematically investigated in this study for Bantag-1 using a chimeric-approach making both Bantag-1 loss-/gain-of-affinity-chimeras, by exchanging extracellular (EC) domains of BB3/BB2 receptor, and using site-directed-mutagenesis. Receptors were transiently expressed and affinities determined by binding studies. Bantag-1 had >5000-fold selectivity for BB3 receptor over BB2/BB1 receptors and substitution of the first EC-domain (EC1) in loss-/gain-of affinity-chimeras greatly affected affinity. Mutagenesis of each amino acid difference in EC1 between BB3 receptor/BB2 receptor showed replacement of His(107) in BB3 receptor by Lys(107) (H107K-BB3 receptor-mutant) from BB2 receptor, decreased affinity 60-fold, and three replacements [H107K, E11D, G112R] decreased affinity 500-fold. Mutagenesis in EC1's surrounding transmembrane-regions (TMs) demonstrated TM2 differences were not important, but R127Q in TM3 alone decreased affinity 400-fold. Additional mutants in EC1/TM3 explored the molecular basis for these changes demonstrated in EC1, particularly important is the presence of aromatic-interactions by His(107), rather than hydrogen-bonding or charge-charge interactions, for determining Bantag-1 high affinity/selectivity. In regard to Arg(127) in TM3, both hydrogen-bonding and charge-charge interactions contribute to the high-affinity/selectivity for Bantag-1.
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- Taichi Nakamura
- Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1804, USA
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- Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1804, USA
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- Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1804, USA
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- Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1804, USA
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- Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1804, USA
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- Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1804, USA.
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Alexander SPH, Benson HE, Faccenda E, Pawson AJ, Sharman JL, Spedding M, Peters JA, Harmar AJ. The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2013/14: G protein-coupled receptors. Br J Pharmacol 2013; 170:1459-581. [PMID: 24517644 PMCID: PMC3892287 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 505] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2013/14 provides concise overviews of the key properties of over 2000 human drug targets with their pharmacology, plus links to an open access knowledgebase of drug targets and their ligands (www.guidetopharmacology.org), which provides more detailed views of target and ligand properties. The full contents can be found at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bph.12444/full. G protein-coupled receptors are one of the seven major pharmacological targets into which the Guide is divided, with the others being G protein-coupled receptors, ligand-gated ion channels, ion channels, catalytic receptors, nuclear hormone receptors, transporters and enzymes. These are presented with nomenclature guidance and summary information on the best available pharmacological tools, alongside key references and suggestions for further reading. A new landscape format has easy to use tables comparing related targets. It is a condensed version of material contemporary to late 2013, which is presented in greater detail and constantly updated on the website www.guidetopharmacology.org, superseding data presented in previous Guides to Receptors and Channels. It is produced in conjunction with NC-IUPHAR and provides the official IUPHAR classification and nomenclature for human drug targets, where appropriate. It consolidates information previously curated and displayed separately in IUPHAR-DB and the Guide to Receptors and Channels, providing a permanent, citable, point-in-time record that will survive database updates.
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- Stephen PH Alexander
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical SchoolNottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- The University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of EdinburghEdinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK
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- The University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of EdinburghEdinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK
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- The University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of EdinburghEdinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK
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- The University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of EdinburghEdinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK
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- Neuroscience Division, Medical Education Institute, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of DundeeDundee, DD1 9SY, UK
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- The University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of EdinburghEdinburgh, EH16 4TJ, UK
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Richter S, Wuest M, Krieger SS, Rogers BE, Friebe M, Bergmann R, Wuest F. Synthesis and radiopharmacological evaluation of a high-affinity and metabolically stabilized 18F-labeled bombesin analogue for molecular imaging of gastrin-releasing peptide receptor-expressing prostate cancer. Nucl Med Biol 2013; 40:1025-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2013.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Revised: 06/19/2013] [Accepted: 07/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Uehara H, Hocart SJ, González N, Mantey SA, Nakagawa T, Katsuno T, Coy DH, Jensen RT. The molecular basis for high affinity of a universal ligand for human bombesin receptor (BnR) family members. Biochem Pharmacol 2012; 84:936-48. [PMID: 22828605 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2012.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2012] [Revised: 07/12/2012] [Accepted: 07/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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There is increased interest in the Bn-receptor family because they are frequently over/ectopically expressed by tumors and thus useful as targets for imaging or receptor-targeted-cytotoxicity. The synthetic Bn-analog, [D-Tyr(6), β-Ala(11), Phe(13), Nle(14)]Bn(6-14) [Univ.Lig] has the unique property of having high affinity for all three human BNRs (GRPR, NMBR, BRS-3), and thus could be especially useful for this approach. However, the molecular basis of this property is unclear and is the subject of this study. To accomplish this, site-directed mutagenesis was used after identifying potentially important amino acids using sequence homology analysis of all BnRs with high affinity for Univ.Lig compared to the Cholecystokinin-receptor (CCK(A)R), which has low affinity. Using various criteria 74 amino acids were identified and 101 mutations made in GRPR by changing each to those of CCK(A)R or to alanine. 22 GRPR mutations showed a significant decrease in affinity for Univ.Lig (>2-fold) with 2 in EC2[D97N, G112V], 1 in UTM6[Y284A], 2 in EC4[R287N, H300S] showing >10-fold decrease in Univ.Lig affinity. Additional mutations were made to explore the molecular basis for these changes. Our results show that high affinity for Univ.Lig by human Bn-receptors requires positively charged amino acids in extracellular (EC)-domain 4 and to a lesser extent EC2 and EC3 suggesting charge-charge interactions may be particularly important for determining the general high affinity of this ligand. Furthermore, transmembrane amino acids particularly in UTM6 are important contributing both charge-charge interactions as well as interaction with a tyrosine residue in close proximity suggesting possible receptor-peptide cation-π or H-bonding interactions are also important for determining its high affinity.
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- Hirotsugu Uehara
- Digestive Diseases Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1804, USA
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Uehara H, González N, Sancho V, Mantey SA, Nuche-Berenguer B, Pradhan T, Coy DH, Jensen RT. Pharmacology and selectivity of various natural and synthetic bombesin related peptide agonists for human and rat bombesin receptors differs. Peptides 2011; 32:1685-99. [PMID: 21729729 PMCID: PMC3152620 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2011.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2011] [Revised: 06/20/2011] [Accepted: 06/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The mammalian bombesin (Bn)-receptor family [gastrin-releasing peptide-receptor (GRPR-receptor), neuromedin B-receptor (NMB receptor)], their natural ligands, GRP/NMB, as well as the related orphan receptor, BRS-3, are widely distributed, and frequently overexpressed by tumors. There is increased interest in agonists for this receptor family to explore their roles in physiological/pathophysiological processes, and for receptor-imaging/cytotoxicity in tumors. However, there is minimal data on human pharmacology of Bn receptor agonists and most results are based on nonhuman receptor studies, particular rodent-receptors, which with other receptors frequently differ from human-receptors. To address this issue we compared hNMB-/GRP-receptor affinities and potencies/efficacies of cell activation (assessing phospholipase C activity) for 24 putative Bn-agonists (12 natural, 12 synthetic) in four different cells with these receptors, containing native receptors or receptors expressed at physiological densities, and compared the results to native rat GRP-receptor containing cells (AR42J-cells) or rat NMB receptor cells (C6-glioblastoma cells). There were close correlations (r=0.92-99, p<0.0001) between their affinities/potencies for the two hGRP- or hNMB-receptor cells. Twelve analogs had high affinities (≤ 1 nM) for hGRP receptor with 15 selective for it (greatest=GRP, NMC), eight had high affinity/potencies for hNMB receptors and four were selective for it. Only synthetic Bn analogs containing β-alanine(11) had high affinity for hBRS-3, but also had high affinities/potencies for all GRP-/hNMB-receptor cells. There was no correlation between affinities for human GRP receptors and rat GRP receptors (r=0.131, p=0.54), but hNMB receptor results correlated with rat NMB receptor (r=0.71, p<0.0001). These results elucidate the human and rat GRP-receptor pharmacophore for agonists differs markedly, whereas they do not for NMB receptors, therefore potential GRP-receptor agonists for human studies (such as Bn receptor-imaging/cytotoxicity) must be assessed on human Bn receptors. The current study provides affinities/potencies on a large number of potential agonists that might be useful for human studies.
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- Hirotsugu Uehara
- Digestive Diseases Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1804, USA
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González N, Nakagawa T, Mantey SA, Sancho V, Uehara H, Katsuno T, Jensen RT. Molecular basis for the selectivity of the mammalian bombesin peptide, neuromedin B, for its receptor. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2009; 331:265-76. [PMID: 19628633 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.109.154245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The mammalian bombesin (Bn) peptides, neuromedin B (NMB) and gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP), have widespread actions in many tissues, and their effects are mediated by two closely related G-protein-coupled receptors, the NMBR and GRPR. Little is known about the structural determinants of NMBR selectivity for NMB, in contrast to GRP selectivity for the GRPR, which has been extensively studied. To provide insight, chimeric NMBR-GRPR loss-of-affinity and gain-of-affinity mutants were made, as well as NH(2)-terminally truncated NMBR and point mutants using site-directed mutagenesis. Receptors were expressed in Balb-3T3-cells or CHOP cells, and affinities were determined. NMB had 115-fold greater affinity for NMBR than GRPR. Receptor-chimeric studies showed that NMBR selectivity for NMB was primarily determined by differences in the third extracellular (EC3) regions of GRPR-NMBR and adjacent upper-transmembrane-5 (TM5) region. In this region, 24 NMB gain-of-affinity GRPR mutants or NMBR loss-of-affinity point/combination mutants were made. Three gain-of-affinity mutant GRPRs [[A198I] (EC3), [H202Q] (EC3), [S215I] (upper TM5)] had increased NMB affinity (2.4-21-fold), and these results were confirmed with NMBR loss-of-affinity mutants [I199A,Q203H,I215S-NMBR]. The combination mutant [A198I,S215]GRPR had the greatest effect causing a complete NMB gain-of-affinity. The importance of differences at position 199NMBR or 203NMBR was studied by substituting amino acids with various properties. Our results show that NMBR selectivity for NMB is due to differences in the EC3 of NMBR-GRPR and the adjacent upper-TM5 region. Within these regions, isoleucines in NMBR [position 199 (EC3)] (instead of A198GRPR) and in 215NMBR (TM5) (instead of S214GRPR), as well as Q203NMBR (instead of H202GRPR) are responsible for high NMB-affinity/selectivity of NMBR. The effect at position 199 is primarily due to differences in hydrophobicity of the substitution, whereas steric factors and charge of the substitution at position 203 were important determinants of NMB selectivity.
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- Nieves González
- Digestive Diseases Branch, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-1804, USA
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Seidita G, Mirisola M, D'Anna RP, Gallo A, Jensen RT, Mantey SA, Gonzalez N, Falco M, Zingale M, Elia M, Cucina L, Chiavetta V, Romano V, Cali F. Analysis of the gastrin-releasing peptide receptor gene in Italian patients with autism spectrum disorders. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2008; 147B:807-13. [PMID: 18393381 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPR) was implicated for the first time in the pathogenesis of Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) by Ishikawa-Brush et al. [Ishikawa-Brush et al. (1997): Hum Mol Genet 6: 1241-1250]. Since this original observation, only one association study [Marui et al. (2004): Brain Dev 26: 5-7] has further investigated, though unsuccessfully, the involvement of the GRPR gene in ASD. With the aim of contributing further information to this topic we have sequenced the entire coding region and the intron/exon junctions of the GRPR gene in 149 Italian autistic patients. The results of this study led to the identification of four novel point mutations, two of which, that is, C6S and L181F, involve amino acid changes identified in two patients with ASD and Rett syndrome, respectively. Both the leucine at position 181 and the cysteine at position 6 are strongly conserved in vertebrates. C6S and L181F mutant proteins were expressed in COS-7 and BALB/3T3 cells, but they did not affect either GRP's binding affinity or its potency for stimulating phospholipase C-mediated production of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate. In summary, our results do not provide support for a major role of the GRPR gene in ASD in the population of patients we have studied. However, there is a potential role of C6S and L181F mutations on GRPR function, and possibly in the pathogenesis of the autistic disorders in the two patients.
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- G Seidita
- Dipartimento di Biopatologia e Metodologie Biomediche, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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Baroni A, Perfetto B, Canozo N, Braca A, Farina E, Melito A, De Maria S, Cartenì M. Bombesin: a possible role in wound repair. Peptides 2008; 29:1157-66. [PMID: 18455266 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2007] [Revised: 03/03/2008] [Accepted: 03/05/2008] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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During tissue regeneration and wound healing of the skin, migration, proliferation and differentiation of keratinocytes are important processes. Here we assessed the effect of a neuropeptide, bombesin, on keratinocytes during regeneration from scratch wounding. Bombesin purified from amphibian skin, is homologous of mammalian gastrin-releasing peptide and is active in mammals. Its pharmacological effects mediate various physiological activities: hypertensive action, stimulating action on gastric secretion, hyperglycemic effect or increased insulin secretion. In vitro it shows a hyperproliferative effect on different experimental models and is involved in skin repair. The aim of this study was to elucidate the effect of Bombesin in an in vitro experimental model on a mechanically injured human keratinocyte monolayer. We evaluated different mediators involved in wound repair such as IL-8, TGFbeta, IL-1, COX-2, VEGF and Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 (TLR2 and TLR4). We also studied the effects of bombesin on cell proliferation and motility and its direct effect on wound repair by observing the wound closure after mechanical injury. The involvement of the bombesin receptors neuromedin receptor (NMBR) and gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRP-R) was also evaluated. Our data suggest that bombesin may have an important role in skin repair by regulating the expression of healing markers. It enhanced the expression of IL-8, TGFbeta, COX-2 and VEGF. It also enhanced the expression of TLR2, while TLR4 was not expressed. Bombesin also increased cell growth and migration. In addition, we showed that NMBR was more involved in our experimental model compared to GRP-R.
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- A Baroni
- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Second University of Naples, Italy
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de Graaf C, Foata N, Engkvist O, Rognan D. Molecular modeling of the second extracellular loop of G-protein coupled receptors and its implication on structure-based virtual screening. Proteins 2008; 71:599-620. [PMID: 17972285 DOI: 10.1002/prot.21724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The current study describes the validation of high-throughput modeling procedures for the construction of the second extracellular loop (ecl2) of all nonolfactory human G Protein-coupled receptors. Our modeling flowchart is based on the alignment of essential residues determining the particular ecl2 fold observed in the bovine rhodopsin (bRho) crystal structure. For a set of GPCR targets, the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2), adenosine A3 receptor (AA3R), and the thromboxane A2 receptor (TA2R), the implications of including ecl2 atomic coordinates is evaluated in terms of structure-based virtual screening accuracy: the suitability of the 3D models to distinguish between known antagonists and randomly chosen decoys using automated docking approaches. The virtual screening results of different models describing increasingly exhaustive receptor representations (seven helices only, seven helices and ecl2 loop, full model) have been compared. Explicit modeling of the ecl2 loop was found to be important in only one of three test cases whereas a loopless model was shown to be accurate enough in the two other receptors. An exhaustive comparison of ecl2 loops of 365 receptors to that of bRho suggests that explicit ecl2 loop modeling should be reserved to receptors where loop building can be guided by experimental restraints.
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- Chris de Graaf
- Bioinformatics of the Drug, CNRS UMR 7175-LC1, Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg I, Illkirch F-67401, France
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Jensen RT, Battey JF, Spindel ER, Benya RV. International Union of Pharmacology. LXVIII. Mammalian bombesin receptors: nomenclature, distribution, pharmacology, signaling, and functions in normal and disease states. Pharmacol Rev 2008; 60:1-42. [PMID: 18055507 PMCID: PMC2517428 DOI: 10.1124/pr.107.07108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 395] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The mammalian bombesin receptor family comprises three G protein-coupled heptahelical receptors: the neuromedin B (NMB) receptor (BB(1)), the gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) receptor (BB(2)), and the orphan receptor bombesin receptor subtype 3 (BRS-3) (BB(3)). Each receptor is widely distributed, especially in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and central nervous system (CNS), and the receptors have a large range of effects in both normal physiology and pathophysiological conditions. The mammalian bombesin peptides, GRP and NMB, demonstrate a broad spectrum of pharmacological/biological responses. GRP stimulates smooth muscle contraction and GI motility, release of numerous GI hormones/neurotransmitters, and secretion and/or hormone release from the pancreas, stomach, colon, and numerous endocrine organs and has potent effects on immune cells, potent growth effects on both normal tissues and tumors, potent CNS effects, including regulation of circadian rhythm, thermoregulation; anxiety/fear responses, food intake, and numerous CNS effects on the GI tract as well as the spinal transmission of chronic pruritus. NMB causes contraction of smooth muscle, has growth effects in various tissues, has CNS effects, including effects on feeding and thermoregulation, regulates thyroid-stimulating hormone release, stimulates various CNS neurons, has behavioral effects, and has effects on spinal sensory transmission. GRP, and to a lesser extent NMB, affects growth and/or differentiation of various human tumors, including colon, prostate, lung, and some gynecologic cancers. Knockout studies show that BB(3) has important effects in energy balance, glucose homeostasis, control of body weight, lung development and response to injury, tumor growth, and perhaps GI motility. This review summarizes advances in our understanding of the biology/pharmacology of these receptors, including their classification, structure, pharmacology, physiology, and role in pathophysiological conditions.
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- R T Jensen
- Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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Baldwin GS, Patel O, Shulkes A. Phylogenetic analysis of the sequences of gastrin-releasing peptide and its receptors: Biological implications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 143:1-14. [PMID: 17395282 DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2007.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2006] [Revised: 02/04/2007] [Accepted: 02/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The many biological activities of the hormone gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP), including stimulation of acid secretion and of tumour growth, are mediated by the gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRP-R). Here sequence comparisons are utilised to investigate the likely bioactive regions of the 125 amino acid GRP precursor and of GRP-R. Comparison of the sequences of the GRP precursor from 21 species revealed homology not only in the GRP region between amino acids 1 and 30, but also in C-terminal regions from amino acids 43 to 97. This observation is consistent with recent reports that peptides derived from the C-terminal region are biologically active. Comparison of the GRP-R sequence with the related receptors NMB-R and BRS-3 revealed that the family could be distinguished from other G-protein coupled receptors by the presence of the motif GVSVFTLTALS at the cytoplasmic end of transmembrane helix 3. Comparison of the sequences of the GRP-R from 21 species revealed that the most highly conserved regions occurred in transmembrane helices 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7, and in the third intracellular loop. These results will be important in guiding future structure-function studies of the GRP precursor and of GRP receptors.
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- Graham S Baldwin
- University of Melbourne, Department of Surgery, Austin Health, Studley Rd., Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia.
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Dölker N, Deupi X, Pardo L, Campillo M. Charge-charge and cation-π interactions in ligand binding to G protein-coupled receptors. Theor Chem Acc 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-007-0341-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Shin C, Mok KH, Han JH, Ahn JH, Lim Y. Conformational analysis in solution of gastrin releasing peptide. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 350:120-4. [PMID: 16997279 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2006] [Accepted: 09/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Gastrin releasing peptide (GRP) is the first peptide isolated from porcine gastric and intestinal tissues and is homologous to the carboxyl terminus of bombesin (Bn) isolated from the skin of the frog Bombina bombina. It is a member of the Bn-like peptides, which are important in numerous biological and pathological processes. The Bn-like peptides show high sequence homology in their C-terminal regions, but they have different selectivity for their receptors. In particular, GRP selectively binds to the GRP receptor (GRPR). However, the molecular basis for this selectivity remains largely unknown. Here, we report the three-dimensional structure of GRP. Hopefully, it could be helpful in a better understanding of the binding selectivity between GRP and GRPR.
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- Choonshik Shin
- Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, Division of Bioscience and Biotechnology, IBST, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea
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Sankararamakrishnan R. Recognition of GPCRs by Peptide Ligands and Membrane Compartments theory: Structural Studies of Endogenous Peptide Hormones in Membrane Environment. Biosci Rep 2006; 26:131-58. [PMID: 16773462 DOI: 10.1007/s10540-006-9014-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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One of the largest family of cell surface proteins, G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) regulate virtually all known physiological processes in mammals. With seven transmembrane segments, they respond to diverse range of extracellular stimuli and represent a major class of drug targets. Peptidergic GPCRs use endogenous peptides as ligands. To understand the mechanism of GPCR activation and rational drug design, knowledge of three-dimensional structure of receptor–ligand complex is important. The endogenous peptide hormones are often short, flexible and completely disordered in aqueous solution. According to “Membrane Compartments Theory”, the flexible peptide binds to the membrane in the first step before it recognizes its receptor and the membrane-induced conformation is postulated to bind to the receptor in the second step. Structures of several peptide hormones have been determined in membrane-mimetic medium. In these studies, micelles, reverse micelles and bicelles have been used to mimic the cell membrane environment. Recently, conformations of two peptide hormones have also been studied in receptor-bound form. Membrane environment induces stable secondary structures in flexible peptide ligands and membrane-induced peptide structures have been correlated with their bioactivity. Results of site-directed mutagenesis, spectroscopy and other experimental studies along with the conformations determined in membrane medium have been used to interpret the role of individual residues in the peptide ligand. Structural differences of membrane-bound peptides that belong to the same family but differ in selectivity are likely to explain the mechanism of receptor selectivity and specificity of the ligands. Knowledge of peptide 3D structures in membrane environment has potential applications in rational drug design.
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Ashour K, Shan L, Lee JH, Schlicher W, Wada K, Wada E, Sunday ME. Bombesin inhibits alveolarization and promotes pulmonary fibrosis in newborn mice. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006; 173:1377-85. [PMID: 16603607 PMCID: PMC2662976 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200507-1014oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Bombesin-like peptides promote fetal lung development. Normally, levels of mammalian bombesin (gastrin-releasing peptide [GRP]) drop postnatally, but these levels are elevated in newborns that develop bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a chronic lung disease characterized by arrested alveolarization. In premature baboons with BPD, antibombesin antibodies reduce lung injury and promote alveolarization. OBJECTIVES The present study tests whether exogenous bombesin or GRP given perinatally alters alveolar development in newborn mice. METHODS Mice were given peptides intraperitoneally twice daily on Postnatal Days 1-3. On Day 14 lungs were inflation-fixed for histopathologic analyses of alveolarization. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Bombesin had multiple effects on Day 14 lung, when alveolarization was about half complete. First, bombesin induced alveolar myofibroblast proliferation and increased alveolar wall thickness compared with saline-treated control animals. Second, bombesin diminished alveolarization in C57BL/6 (but not Swiss-Webster) mice. We used receptor-null mice to explore which receptors might mediate these effects. Compared with wild-type littermates, bombesin-treated GRP receptor (GRPR)-null mice had increased interstitial fibrosis but reduced defects in alveolarization. Neuromedin B (NMB) receptor-null and bombesin receptor subtype 3-null mice had the same responses as their wild-type littermates. GRP had the same effects as bombesin, whereas neither NMB nor a synthetic bombesin receptor type 3 ligand had any effect. All effects of GRP were abrogated in GRPR-null mice. CONCLUSIONS Bombesin/GRP can induce features of BPD, including interstitial fibrosis and diminished alveolarization. GRPR appears to mediate all effects of GRP, but only part of the bombesin effect on alveolarization, suggesting that novel receptors may mediate some effects of bombesin in newborn lung.
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- Khalid Ashour
- Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, and Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Alexander SPH, Mathie A, Peters JA. Bombesin. Br J Pharmacol 2006. [DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Thomas SM, Grandis JR, Wentzel AL, Gooding WE, Lui VWY, Siegfried JM. Gastrin-releasing peptide receptor mediates activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor in lung cancer cells. Neoplasia 2005; 7:426-31. [PMID: 15967120 PMCID: PMC1501149 DOI: 10.1593/neo.04454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2004] [Revised: 11/01/2004] [Accepted: 11/03/2004] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPR) and the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) are expressed in several cancers including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Here we demonstrate the activation of EGFR by the GRPR ligand, gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP), in NSCLC cells. GRP induced rapid activation of p44/42 MAPK in lung cancer cells through EGFR. GRP-mediated activation of MAPK in NSCLC cells was abrogated by pretreatment with the anti-EGFR-neutralizing antibody, C225. Pretreatment of NSCLC cells with neutralizing antibodies to the EGFR ligands, TGF-A or HB-EGF, also decreased GRP-mediated MAPK activation. On matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibition, GRP failed to activate MAPK in NSCLC cells. EGF and GRP both stimulated NSCLC proliferation, and inhibition of either EGFR or GRPR resulted in cell death. Combining a GRPR antagonist with the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor, gefitinib, resulted in additive cytotoxic effects. Additive effects were seen at gefitinib concentrations from 1 to 18 microM, encompassing the ID50 values of both gefitinib-sensitive and gefitinib-resistant NSCLC cell lines. Because a major effect of GRPR appears to be promoting the release of EGFR ligand, this study suggests that a greater inhibition of cell proliferation may occur by abrogating EGFR ligand release in consort with inhibition of EGFR.
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- Sufi Mary Thomas
- Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Nakagawa T, Hocart SJ, Schumann M, Tapia JA, Mantey SA, Coy DH, Tokita K, Katsuno T, Jensen RT. Identification of key amino acids in the gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPR) responsible for high affinity binding of gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP). Biochem Pharmacol 2005; 69:579-93. [PMID: 15670577 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2004.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2004] [Accepted: 11/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The bombesin (Bn) receptor family includes the gastrin-releasing peptide (GRPR) and neuromedin B (NMBR) receptors, Bn receptor subtype 3 (BRS-3) and Bn receptor subtype 4 (BB(4)). They share 50% homology, yet their affinities for gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) differ. The determinants of GRP high affinity for GRPR and BB(4), and low affinity for BRS-3 are largely unknown. To address this question we made an analysis of structural homologies in Bn receptor members correlated with their affinities for GRP to develop criteria to identify amino acids important for GRP selectivity. Fourteen differences were identified and each was mutated singly in GRPR to that found in hBRS-3. Eleven mutants had a loss of GRP affinity. Furthermore, three of four amino acids in the GRPR selected used a similar approach and previously reported to be important for high affinity Bn binding, were important for GRP affinity. Some GRPR mutants containing combinations of these mutations had greater decreases in GRP affinity than any single mutation. Particularly important for GRP selectivity were K101, Q121, A198, P199, S293, R288, T297 in GRPR. These results were confirmed by making the reverse mutations in BRS-3 to make GRP gain of affinity mutants. Modeling studies demonstrated a number of the important amino acids had side-chains oriented inward and within 6A of the binding pocket. These results demonstrated this approach could identify amino acids needed for GRP affinity and complemented results from chimera/mutagenesis studies by identifying which differences in the extracellular domains of Bn receptors were important for GRP affinity.
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- Tomoo Nakagawa
- Digestive Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1804, USA
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Grider JR. Gastrin-releasing peptide is a modulatory neurotransmitter of the descending phase of the peristaltic reflex. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2004; 287:G1109-15. [PMID: 15297260 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00080.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The physiological role of gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) and of its cognate receptors in regulating the intestinal peristaltic reflex was examined in a three-compartment flat-sheet preparation of rat colon. Mucosal stimulation applied to the central compartment at high, but not low levels of intensity, induced GRP release in the caudad compartment where descending relaxation was measured, but not into the ascending compartment where ascending contraction was measured or into the central compartment where the stimuli were applied. The selective GRP (BB(2)) receptor antagonist, [D-Phe(6),des-Met(14)]bombesin(6-14), inhibited descending relaxation and VIP release in the caudad compartment induced by high but not by low levels of stimulation applied to the mucosa in the central compartment. The selective neuromedin B (BB(1)) receptor antagonist, BIM-23127, had no effect on descending relaxation or VIP release. Neither the BB(1) nor the BB(2) antagonist had any effect on ascending contraction or substance P release in the orad compartment. Consistent with the effects of the antagonists on the peristaltic reflex, the BB(2) antagonist but not the BB(1) antagonist decreased the velocity of propulsion of artificial fecal pellets through isolated segments of guinea pig distal colon. The results indicate that GRP is selectively released from myenteric neurons in descending pathways during the peristaltic reflex and that it acts via BB(2) receptors to augment the descending phase of the peristaltic reflex and propulsion.
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- John R Grider
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
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Scopinaro F, De Vincentis G, Corazziari E, Massa R, Osti M, Pallotta N, Covotta A, Remediani S, Paolo MD, Monteleone F, Varvarigou A. Detection of Colon Cancer with99mTc-Labeled Bombesin Derivative (99mTc-leu13-BN1). Cancer Biother Radiopharm 2004; 19:245-52. [PMID: 15186605 DOI: 10.1089/108497804323072020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Breast, prostate, and lung cancer have been successfully detected with 99mTc bombesin (99mTc-leu13-BN1), the radiopharmaceutical that our group developed from synthesis to diagnostic trials. Overexpression of bombesin receptors (BNRs) in colon cancer is well known: the aim of this study was to assess whether or not colon cancer can be detected with a 99mTc-leu13-BN1 scan. Thirteen (13) patients, 7 of whom with known rectal cancer and 6 scheduled to undergo endoscopic removal of polyps for suspicion of colon cancer, were studied with a 99mTc-leu13-BN1 scan. Dynamic, single photon emission computed tomography, and whole-body scans were performed within 1 hour, before discharge of radioactivity from the liver into the duodenum. Sixteen (16) of 17 colorectal cancer locations were detected with a 99mTc-leu13-BN1 scan with 94.1% sensitivity. Six (6) lesions were benign: 1 Crohn's disease, 1 polyp with mild dysplasia, 4 polyps with simple hyperplasia; 99mTc-leu13-BN1 scans were positive in two nontumoral lesions, Crohn's disease, and mild dysplasia and true negative in 4: specificity was 67%. Of the 7 patients with known rectal cancer, 5, who underwent operations instead of radiation therapy, showed lymph-node invasion on 99mTc-leu13-BN1 scans. Operations confirmed the scintigraphic staging. 99mTc-leu13-BN1 is taken up by colon cancer. Scans are sensitive, although scarcely specific. 99mTc-leu13-BN1 allows for node-invasion detection.
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Moody TW, Mantey SA, Pradhan TK, Schumann M, Nakagawa T, Martinez A, Fuselier J, Coy DH, Jensen RT. Development of high affinity camptothecin-bombesin conjugates that have targeted cytotoxicity for bombesin receptor-containing tumor cells. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:23580-9. [PMID: 15016826 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m401938200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mammalian bombesin (BN) receptors are among those most frequently overexpressed by a number of common tumors including prostate, breast, lung, and colon cancers. The aim of this study was to develop a camptothecin-bombesin (CPT-BN) conjugate that interacts with all classes of BN receptors and possibly functions as a prodrug via a labile linker with site-specific cytotoxicity for cancer cells bearing these receptors. CPT was coupled to analogs of [D-Tyr6,beta-Ala11,Phe13,Nle14]BN-(6-14) (BA0) using carbamate linkers (L1 and L2) with built-in nucleophile-assisted releasing groups for intracellular cleavage of free cytotoxic agents. One conjugate, CPT-L2-BA3, bound to all three BN receptor classes with high affinity and functioned as a full agonist at each. 125I-CPT-L2-BA3 was rapidly internalized by cells expressing each BN receptor class and, using fluorescent imaging, was found to co-localize with BN receptors initially and later to be internalized in cytoplasmic compartments. HPLC analysis of internalized ligand showed that 40% was intact, 25% was metabolized by releasing free CPT, and 35% was metabolized to other breakdown products. CPT-L2-BA3 inhibited the growth of NCI-H1299 non-small cell lung cancer cells in 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2.5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) and clonal growth assays. CPT-L2-BA3 was cytotoxic in an MTT assay for cells transfected with each class of BN receptor; however, it had significantly less effect in cells lacking BN receptors. These results indicate that CTP-L2-BA3 is a potent agonist that is cytotoxic for cells overexpressing any of the three BN receptor classes and functions as a prodrug for receptor-mediated cytoxicity. It therefore should be a useful prototype to explore the effectiveness of tumor-specific cytotoxicity delivery using a receptor-mediated mechanism.
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- Terry W Moody
- Center for Cancer Research, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Subramaniam M, Sugiyama K, Coy DH, Kong Y, Miller YE, Weller PF, Wada K, Wada E, Sunday ME. Bombesin-like peptides and mast cell responses: relevance to bronchopulmonary dysplasia? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003; 168:601-11. [PMID: 12807697 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200212-1434oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Bombesin-like peptides (BLPs) are elevated in newborns who later develop bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). In baboon models, anti-BLP blocking antibodies abrogate BPD. We now demonstrate hyperplasia of both neuroendocrine cells and mast cells in lungs of baboons with BPD, compared with non-BPD controls or BLP antibody-treated BPD baboons. To determine whether BLPs are proinflammatory, bombesin was administered intratracheally to mice. Forty-eight hours later, we observed increased numbers of lung mast cells. We analyzed murine mast cells for BLP receptor gene expression, and identified mRNAs encoding bombesin receptor subtype 3 and neuromedin-B receptor (NMB-R), but not gastrin-releasing peptide receptor. Only NMB-R-null mice accumulated fewer lung mast cells after bombesin treatment. Bombesin, gastrin-releasing peptide, NMB, and a bombesin receptor subtype 3-specific ligand induced mast cell proliferation and chemotaxis in vitro. These observations support a role for multiple BLPs in promoting mast cell responses, suggesting a mechanistic link between BLPs and chronic inflammatory lung diseases.
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- Meera Subramaniam
- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Pathology, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Iwabuchi M, Ui-Tei K, Yamada K, Matsuda Y, Sakai Y, Tanaka K, Ohki-Hamazaki H. Molecular cloning and characterization of avian bombesin-like peptide receptors: new tools for investigating molecular basis for ligand selectivity. Br J Pharmacol 2003; 139:555-66. [PMID: 12788815 PMCID: PMC1573881 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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(1) Bombesin (BN), originally isolated from amphibians, is structurally related to a family of BN-like peptides found in mammals, which include gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) and neuromedin B (NMB). These peptides have important effects on secretion, smooth muscle contraction, metabolism and behavior. Here we report cloning and characterization of two subtypes of BN-like peptide receptors in Aves. (2) The amino-acid sequence of chick GRP-R (chGRP-R) is highly identical with mammalian and amphibian GRP-R, and this receptor showed high affinity for GRP, BN and synthetic bombesin agonist, [D-Phe(6), beta-Ala(11), Phe(13), Nle(14)]bombesin(6-14) ([FAFNl]BN(6-14)). The chGRP-R gene was localized to chicken chromosome 1q23distal-q24proximal, where chick homologs of other human X-linked genes have also been mapped. (3) ChBRS-3.5, having sequence similarities to both mammalian bombesin-like peptide receptor subtype-3 and amphibian bombesin-like peptide receptor subtype-4, showed high affinity for [FAFNl]BN(6-14), moderate affinity for BN, but low affinity for both GRP and NMB. (4) Expression of both receptors was detected in brain, but only chGRP-R was expressed in gastrointestinal (GI) tissues. (5) When expressed in Chinese hamster ovary K1 cells, these receptors mediate intracellular calcium mobilization upon agonist stimulation. These results suggest that a novel BN peptide may occur in Aves as an endogenous ligand for chBRS-3.5. (6) The receptor sequences responsible for ligand selectivities were discussed and this knowledge about avian BN-like peptide receptors will help us to understand the molecular basis for agonist sensitivities of BN-like peptide receptors.
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- Maiko Iwabuchi
- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
- Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Science and Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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- Undergraduate Program for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics, Center for Advanced Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Cytogenetics, Center for Advanced Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Japan
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- Division of Physiology, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Nursing and Rehabilitation Sciences, Showa University, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
- Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Science and Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
- Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Science and Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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Biologic relevance of mammalian bombesin-like peptides and their receptors in human malignancies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1097/00060793-200302000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Li YY. Mechanisms for regulation of gastrin and somatostatin release from isolated rat stomach during gastric distention. World J Gastroenterol 2003; 9:129-33. [PMID: 12508367 PMCID: PMC4728226 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i1.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To investigate the intragastric mechanisms for regulation of gastric neuroendocrine functions during gastric distention in isolated vascularly perfused rat stomach.
METHODS: Isolated vascularly perfused rat stomach was prepared, then the gastric lumen was distended with either 5, 10 or 15 mL pH7 isotonic saline during a period of 20 min. During the distention, the axonal blocker tetrodotoxin (TTX), the cholinergic antagonist atropine, or the putative somatostatin-antagonist cyclo [7-aminoheptanoyl-Phe-D-Trp-Lys-Thr(Bzl)] were applied by vascular perfusion. The releases of gastrin and somatostatin were then examined by radioimmunoassay.
RESULTS: The graded gastric distention caused a significant volume-dependent decrease in gastrin secretion [-183 ± 75 (5 mL), -385 ± 86 (10 mL) and -440 ± 85 (15 mL) pg/20 min] and a significant increase of somatostatin secretion [260 ± 102 (5 mL), 608 ± 148 (10 mL) and 943 ± 316 (15 mL) pg/20 min]. In response to 10 mL distention, the infusion of either axonal blocker TTX (10-6 M) or cholinergic blocker atropine (10-7 M) had a similar affect. They both attenuated the decrease of gastrin release by approximately 50%, and attenuated the increase of somatostatin release by approximately 40%. The infusion of somatostatin-antagonist cyclo [7-aminoheptanoyl-Phe-D-Trp-Lys-Thr(Bzl)] (10-6 M) attenuated the decrease of gastrin release by about 60%. Furthermore, combined infusion of the somatostatin-antagonist and atropine completely abolished distention-induced inhibition of gastrin release.
CONCLUSION: The present data suggest that distention of isolated rat stomach stimulates somatostatin release via cholinergic and non-cholinergic TTX-insensitive pathways. Both somatostatin and intrinsic cholinergic pathways are responsible for distention-induced inhibition of gastrin release.
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- Yong-Yu Li
- Department of Pathophysiology, Medical College of Tongji University, Shanghai 200331, China.
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