Mammalian calcitonin receptor-like receptor/receptor activity modifying protein complexes define calcitonin gene-related peptide and adrenomedullin receptors in Drosophila Schneider 2 cells |
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Authors: | Aldecoa A Gujer R Fischer J A Born W |
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Affiliation: | Research Laboratory for Calcium Metabolism, Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Medicine, University of Zurich, Klinik Balgrist, Forchstrasse 340, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland. |
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Abstract: | δ Opioid receptors were identified in human melanomas by RT-PCR and radioligand binding. In all tumors an additional PCR amplificate was detected in which 144 bp within the third exon were deleted. This fragment corresponded to the third cytoplasmic domain of the receptor protein. The short variant resulted from atypical mRNA processing. There were no common splice recognition sequences around the deleted fragment; instead its excision resembled the removal of a transposon. The deletion was not detected in normal human melanocytes nor in human or rat brain. However, it was present in a human neuroblastoma cell line (SH-SY5Y). Thus, it appears that the occurrence of the short δ opioid receptor is correlated to malignancy. |
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Keywords: | δ Opioid receptor Melanocyte Melanoma Skin Neuroblastoma mRNA processing |
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