Endocrinology, Vol 133, 2351-2361, Copyright © 1993 by Endocrine Society

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Molecular identification of binding sites for calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) in mammalian lung: species variation and binding of truncated CGRP and IAPP

R Bhogal, DM Smith, P Purkiss and SR Bloom
Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

We have investigated the binding of rat [125I]islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) and [125I]calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) to lung membranes from the rat, rabbit, and bull and have characterized the mol wt (M(r)) of the binding site for each ligand by chemical crosslinking. Results imply the existence of three distinct types of binding site demonstrated by both [125I]CGRP and [125I]IAPP in each of the three species investigated. These were differentiated by the relative potencies of displacement by rat CGRP, human CGRP-(8-37), rat IAPP, and the rat IAPP fragments IAPP-(8-37), IAPP-(12-37), IAPP-(25-37), and IAPP-(28-37). High affinity binding sites were identified for [125I]CGRP [rat Ki, 0.119 +/- 0.027 nM (n = 6); rabbit Ki, 0.944 +/- 0.075 nM (n = 6); bull Ki, 0.20 +/- 0.031 nM (n = 6)], and CGRP-(8-37) was found to displace [125I]CGRP in all species [rat Ki, 6.63 +/- 0.91 nM (n = 6); rabbit Ki, 22.70 +/- 3.79 nM (n = 6); bovine Ki, 26.9 +/- 0.21 nM (n = 3)]. Compared to CGRP-(8-37), displacement by IAPP also showed varying affinities that were similar to that of CGRP-(8-37) (rat), lower than that of CGRP-(8-37) (rabbit), or higher than that of CGRP-(8-37) (bull). Truncation of IAPP caused large parallel decreases in its affinity for [125I]CGRP in the rabbit and bull by the loss of residues 1-8 (rabbit) and 1-12 (bull), but was not as pronounced in the rat. [125I]IAPP demonstrated high affinity binding in each species [rat Ki, 5.86 +/- 0.86 nM (n = 6); rabbit Ki, 18.72 +/- 2.90 nM (n = 6); bull Ki, 1.97 +/- 0.40 nM (n = 6)]. Truncation of IAPP caused a reduction of its affinity for [125I]IAPP in all species by the loss of residues 1-28. Chemical cross-linking analysis indicated binding of both ligands to sites of 64,000 M(r) in the rat and 50,500 and 51,000 M(r) in the rabbit and bull, respectively. In addition, [125I]IAPP bound to to a site of 100,000 M(r) in the rat. [125I]CGRP and [125I]IAPP binding were reduced in the presence of guanosine 5-o-(3- Thiotriphosphate) in all species, indicating an association with G- proteins. This study implies the existence of CGRP/IAPP-binding sites in the lungs of these species that show varying and complex patterns of displacement by CGRP, IAPP, and their fragments.

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