Molecular cloning and expression of a prostaglandin E₂ receptor of the EP₃ϐ subtype from rat hepatocytes

Neuschäfer-Rube, Frank; DeVries, Christa; Hänecke, Kristina; Jungermann, Kurt; Püschel, Gerhard Paul

Molecular cloning and expression of a prostaglandin E₂ receptor of the EP₃ϐ subtype from rat hepatocytes

2010

Neuschäfer-Rube, Frank | DeVries, Christa | Hänecke, Kristina | Jungermann, Kurt | Püschel, Gerhard Paul

Rat hepatocytes have previously been reported to possess prostaglandin E₂ receptors of the EP₃-type (EP₃-receptors) that inhibit glucagonstimulated glycogenolysis by decreasing cAMP. Here, the isolation of a functional EP₃ϐ receptor cDNA clone from a rat hepatocyte cDNA library is reported. This clone can be translated into a 362-amino-acid protein, that displays over 95% homology to the EP₃ϐ receptor from mouse mastocytoma. The amino- and carboxy-terminal region of the protein are least conserved. Transiently transfected HEK 293 cells expressed a single binding site for PGE₂ with an apparent Kd of 15 nM. PGE₂ > PGF₂α > PGD₂ competed for [³H]PGE₂ binding sites as did the EP₃ receptor agonists M&B 28767 = sulprostone > misoprostol but not the EP₁ receptor antagonist SC 19220. In stably transfected CHO cells M&B 28767 > sulprostone = PGE₂ > misoprostol > PGF₂α inhibited the forskolin-elicited cAMP formation. Thus, the characteristics of the EP₃ϐ receptor of rat hepatocytes closely resemble those of the EP₃ϐ receptor of mouse mastocytoma.

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