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Biochemical properties of the ovarian granulosa cell type 2-angiotensin II receptor

AG Pucell, JC Hodges, I Sen, FM Bumpus and A Husain
Department of Heart and Hypertension Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195-5068.

Angiotensin II (Ang II) receptors, estimated by the specific binding of the peptide Ang II receptor antagonist [125I] [Sar1,Ile8]Ang II, are localized on multiple ovarian structures, including follicular granulosa cells. Using the Ang II receptor subtype-selective nonpeptide antagonists, DuP 753 [selective for the type 1 Ang II (AT1) receptor] and PD 123319 [selective for the type 2 Ang II (AT2) receptor], we show that follicular granulosa cells, in vivo and in vitro, exclusively express the AT2 receptor. To understand the function of Ang II in ovarian follicles, we compared the biochemical properties and transmembrane signaling pathways of the granulosa cell AT2 receptor with those properties generally associated with Ang II receptors found in the adrenal zona glomerulosa, where the AT1 receptor predominates. The mol wt of the granulosa cell AT2 receptor (approximately 79,000), estimated by affinity cross-linking studies, is similar to that of the adrenal zona glomerulosa Ang II receptor. Like the adrenal zona glomerulosa Ang II receptor, binding inhibition studies show that the granulosa cell AT2 receptor binds Ang II and Ang III with high affinity (IC50, approximately 0.5 nM for both peptides), but not Ang-(1-7) (IC50, approximately 0.5 microM) or Ang-(1-5) (IC50, greater than 10 microM). However, unlike the adrenal zona glomerulosa Ang II receptor, the granulosa cell AT2 receptor does not undergo agonist-induced endocytosis. Further, Ang II does not affect basal or stimulated inositol phosphate production, intracellular Ca2+ mobilization, or adenylyl cyclase or guanylyl cyclase activity in granulosa cells. The granulosa cell AT2 receptor does not appear to directly interact with guanine nucleotide binding regulatory proteins, since agonist dissociation from the AT2 receptor is unaffected by the GTP analog guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate); in contrast, the AT1 receptor appears to directly interact with guanine nucleotide binding regulatory protein, because agonist dissociation from the AT1 receptor is stimulated by guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate). These studies clearly demonstrate that the granulosa cell AT2 receptor is functionally distinct from the well characterized adrenal zona glomerulosa Ang II receptor. The exclusive presence of the AT2 receptor on the granulosa cell makes it an ideal cell type for studying the potential, but as yet unknown, function of this receptor.

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