一新种的兔内皮素B受体基因克隆和全序列分析

198 8年 ,Ｙａｎａｇｉｓａｗａ和其同事在培养的猪主动脉内皮细胞上清中分离到能对离体的猪冠状动脉产生收缩作用的多肽即内皮素 (Ｅｎｄｏｔｈｅｌｉｎ) ,简称为ＥＴ1] 。ＥＴ不仅具有强大的缩血管作用 ,而且是体内多种细胞的促分裂剂 ,对心血管、肾脏、呼吸、消化、神经、生殖、内分泌各系统均有作用 ;更为重要的是 ,在多种疾病中 ,它又作为一种致病因子参与疾病的发生 ,具有重要的病理生理意义。ＥＴ只有与靶细胞上特异的ＥＴ受体结合 ,启动一系列细胞内信息传递系统 ,其中主要是磷酸肌醇系统 ,调节胞内钙浓度 ,才得以发挥其效应。在人…

A Novel Rabbit Endothelin B Receptor Gene:Cloning and Sequence Analysis

Endothelin(ET) is the most potent mammalian vasoconstrictor identified to data. As a pathogenic factor, ET is involved in the genesis of many diseases. In this study, a pair of primers was designed and synthesized according to the human ETB receptor gene (hETBR) sequence. A 394 bp of DNA fragment was amplified by polymerase chain reaction(PCR) and labeled with alpha-32P-CTP using Random Primer-Labeling method. With this probe, rabbit lung cDNA library was screened by in situ hybridization and 11 positive clones were identified. Sequencing result showed that a complete reading frame of rabbit ETB receptor(rETBR) cDNA could be produced from three positive clones of eleven. By a series of subcloning, a recombinant plasmid including the 1326 bp of rETBR coding sequences, named pBlu Script-rETBR, was constructed. The deduced amino acid sequence indicated that the rETBR is 441 residues in length, with an expected molecular mass of approximately 49.44 kD. N-terminal 18 residues is the potential signal peptide (Score = 11.11) and therefore the molecular mass of mature rETBR is 47.65 kD with 423 amino acid residues. Analysis of the rETBR hydropathy profile indicates the presence of seven hydrophobic regions, putative transmembrane domains. Potential N-glycosylation sites are the 60th and the 118th. The structure exhibits a significant sequence and topographical similarity with G protein-coupled receptors.