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Structural basis of beta-adrenergic receptor subtype specificity studied with chimeric beta 1/beta 2-adrenergic receptors.

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Frielle, T; Daniel, KW; Caron, MG; Lefkowitz, RJ
Published in: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
December 1988

The beta 1- and beta 2-adrenergic receptors are two structurally related, but pharmacologically distinguishable, receptor subtypes, both of which activate adenylyl cyclase in a catecholamine-dependent manner through the guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory protein Gs. The receptors are approximately 50% identical in amino acid sequence and each is characterized by the presence of seven putative transmembrane domains. To elucidate the structural basis for the pharmacological distinctions between these two receptor subtypes, we constructed a series of chimeric beta 1/beta 2-adrenergic receptor genes and expressed them by injection of RNA into Xenopus laevis oocytes. The pharmacological properties of the expressed chimeric receptor proteins were assessed by radioligand binding and adenylyl cyclase assays utilizing subtype-selective agonists and antagonists. Our data indicate that transmembrane region IV is largely responsible for determining beta 1 vs. beta 2 properties with respect to agonist binding (relative affinities for epinephrine and norepinephrine). Transmembrane regions VI and VII play an important role in determining binding of beta 1 vs. beta 2 selective antagonists. However, a number of the other transmembrane regions also contribute, to a lesser extent, to the determination of beta-adrenergic receptor subtype specificity for agonists and antagonists. Thus, several of the membrane-spanning regions appear to be involved in the determination of receptor subtype specificity, presumably by formation of a ligand-binding pocket, with determinants for agonist and antagonist binding being distinguishable.

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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

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0027-8424

Publication Date

December 1988

Volume

85

Issue

24

Start / End Page

9494 / 9498

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Substrate Specificity
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta
  • Protein Conformation
  • Pindolol
  • Mutation
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Models, Molecular
  • Iodocyanopindolol
  • Humans
 

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Frielle, T., Daniel, K. W., Caron, M. G., & Lefkowitz, R. J. (1988). Structural basis of beta-adrenergic receptor subtype specificity studied with chimeric beta 1/beta 2-adrenergic receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 85(24), 9494–9498. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.85.24.9494
Frielle, T., K. W. Daniel, M. G. Caron, and R. J. Lefkowitz. “Structural basis of beta-adrenergic receptor subtype specificity studied with chimeric beta 1/beta 2-adrenergic receptors.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 85, no. 24 (December 1988): 9494–98. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.85.24.9494.
Frielle T, Daniel KW, Caron MG, Lefkowitz RJ. Structural basis of beta-adrenergic receptor subtype specificity studied with chimeric beta 1/beta 2-adrenergic receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1988 Dec;85(24):9494–8.
Frielle, T., et al. “Structural basis of beta-adrenergic receptor subtype specificity studied with chimeric beta 1/beta 2-adrenergic receptors.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, vol. 85, no. 24, Dec. 1988, pp. 9494–98. Pubmed, doi:10.1073/pnas.85.24.9494.
Frielle T, Daniel KW, Caron MG, Lefkowitz RJ. Structural basis of beta-adrenergic receptor subtype specificity studied with chimeric beta 1/beta 2-adrenergic receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1988 Dec;85(24):9494–9498.
Journal cover image

Published In

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

DOI

ISSN

0027-8424

Publication Date

December 1988

Volume

85

Issue

24

Start / End Page

9494 / 9498

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Substrate Specificity
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta
  • Protein Conformation
  • Pindolol
  • Mutation
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Models, Molecular
  • Iodocyanopindolol
  • Humans