| Literature DB >> 7972878 |
J Kitanaka1, H Hasimoto, Y Sugimoto, M Negishi, H Aino, M Gotoh, A Ichikawa, A Baba.
Abstract
We have cloned a cDNA for rat prostaglandin (PG) F2 alpha receptor from cultured rat astrocytes. The cDNA encodes a polypeptide of 366 amino acids with seven putative transmembrane domains. Specific binding of [3H]PGF2 alpha in membranes of COS-7 cells transfected with the cDNA was displaced with unlabeled PGs in the order of PGF2 alpha > PGD2 > PGE2 > PGI2. In the cDNA-transfected LLC-PK1 cells, PGF2 alpha stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis. A significant 4.7-kb mRNA transcript was detected in cultured rat astrocytes and whole brain and pregnant ovary of adult rats by Northern blot analysis.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7972878 DOI: 10.1016/0090-6980(94)90094-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Prostaglandins ISSN: 0090-6980