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Signal transduction characteristics of the corticotropin-releasing hormone receptors in the feto-placental unit
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UNSPECIFIED (2000) Signal transduction characteristics of the corticotropin-releasing hormone receptors in the feto-placental unit. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM, 85 (5). pp. 1989-1996. ISSN 0021-972X
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Placentally derived CRH plays a major role in the mechanisms controlling human pregnancy and parturition. In this study, we sought to investigate the signal transduction mechanisms of CRH Type-1 receptors in the fete-placental unit. To clarify the signal transduction components in placenta and fetal membranes, we investigated the expression of G proteins and adenylate cyclase. Using the nonhydrolysable photoreactive analog [alpha-P-32] GTP-azidoanilide and peptide antisera raised against G protein alpha-subunits, we studied coupling of CRH receptors to G proteins in both placental and fetal membranes. Treatment of placental membranes with human CRH (100 nM) increased the labeling of Gq, Go, and Gz but not Gi and Ga. Treatment of fetal membranes with human CRH (100 nM) increased the labeling of Go and Gq but not Gi, Gs, and Gz. These results were supported by experiments that showed that CRH failed to activate adenylate cyclase in these tissues, but induced an increase in inositol phosphates instead. These findings provide new insights into the components of the signal transduction machinery in both fetal and placental membranes and suggest that CRH Type-1 receptors can couple to different G proteins in different tissues. The physiological significance of these observations remains to be elucidated.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
| Journal or Publication Title: | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM |
| Publisher: | ENDOCRINE SOC |
| ISSN: | 0021-972X |
| Date: | May 2000 |
| Volume: | 85 |
| Number: | 5 |
| Number of Pages: | 8 |
| Page Range: | pp. 1989-1996 |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/13181 |
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