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JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS
Volume 304, Issue 1, Pages 326-333Publisher
AMER SOC PHARMACOLOGY EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.102.037754
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), adrenomedullin (AM), and amylin are structurally related peptides mediating vasorelaxation in the coronary circulation possibly via CGRP receptors (subtypes 1 or 2). Functional CGRP(1) receptors appear to consist of at least three different kinds of proteins: the calcitonin receptor-like receptor (CRLR), receptor-activity-modifying proteins (RAMPs) and the receptor component protein (RCP). No CGRP(2) receptor has yet been cloned. Using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, the presence of mRNA sequences encoding CRLR, RCP and RAMPs was demonstrated in human coronary arteries. Relaxant responses were studied on isolated segments of coronary arteries after precontraction with U46619 (9,11-dideoxy-11alpha, 9alpha-epoxymethanoprostaglandin F-2alpha). The human peptides alphaCGRP, AM, and amylin induced relaxation with mean pEC(50) values of 8.6, 6.8, and 6.3 M, respectively. Preincubation with alphaCGRP(8-37) (10(-7)-10(-5) M) and a novel nonpeptide CGRP antagonist Compound 1 (WO98/11128) (10(-7)-10(-5) M) caused a dose-dependent rightward shift of the concentration-response curves for alphaCGRP with pA(2) values of 7.0 and 7.1, respectively. Preincubation with alphaCGRP(8-37) (10(-6) M) and Compound 1 (10(-6) M) caused significant rightward shift of the concentration-response curves for AM and amylin as well with pK(B) values between 6.6 and 7.5. Preincubation with AM(22-52) had no antagonistic effect on the AM and amylin response, neither did diacetoamidomethyl cysteine CGRP cause any concentration dependent (10(-11)-10(-6) M) dilatation. In conclusion, mRNA for the components forming CGRP(1) and AM receptors was detected in the human left anterior descending coronary arteries. alphaCGRP, AM, and amylin mediated vasorelaxation via the CGRP(1) receptor. Compound 1 acted as a nonpeptide antagonist at the CGRP(1) receptor and could thus become a tool for the study of CGRP-mediated functional responses in human tissue.
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