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Abstract
We investigated the molecular and pharmacologic characteristics of VIP receptors on two human SCLC cell lines: NCI-N592 and NCI-H345. With NCI-N592 cell, the order of potency of VIP-related peptides in inhibiting 125I-VIP binding and in stimulating cAMP production was typical of the human VIP receptor. By covalent cross-linking, a polypeptide of Mr 62,300 was obtained. Conversely, the behavior of NCI-H345 cell line was totally different: helodermin was the most potent peptide, VIP and PHI were equipotent, while hGRF and secretin were totally ineffective. These results suggest that NCI-N592 cells possess a typical VIP receptor while NCI-H345 cells possess a helodermin-preferring receptor, and that the natural target of helodermin might not be the VIP receptor.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 1965034 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(90)90158-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Peptides ISSN: 0196-9781 Impact factor: 3.750