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A Couvineau, C Rouyer-Fessard, A Fournier, S St Pierre, R Pipkorn, M Laburthe.
Abstract
Nine VIP sequences have been tested for their ability to inhibit the specific binding of 125I-VIP and to stimulate adenylate cyclase activity in intestinal epithelial membranes from rat and man. They are VIP 2-28; VIP 1-14; VIP 2-14; VIP 14-28; VIP 15-28; VIP 20-28; VIP 21-28 and two sequences where the N-terminal VIP 1-6 or VIP 1-9 have been joined covalently with the C-terminal VIP 20-28 or VIP 21-28. It appears that only VIP 2-28, VIP 14-28 and VIP 15-18 are able to inhibit competitively the binding of 125I-VIP to human and rat membranes. These analogues are respectively 88, 8,300 and 25,000 times less potent than VIP 1-28 in rat; they are respectively 70, 7,900 and 13,000 times less potent than VIP 1-28 in man. With respect to adenylate cyclase activation, VIP 14-28 and VIP 15-28 are very weak stimulators in the membranes from both species. VIP 2-28 behaves as a full VIP agonist in man whereas it is a partial VIP agonist in rat. These results indicate the structural importance of the whole VIP sequence for interacting with human and rat VIP receptors and further argue for a different structural requirement of rat and human receptors.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6329205 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(84)90209-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575