A FAMILY OF METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS

作者:TANABE Y*; MASU M; ISHII T; SHIGEMOTO R; NAKANISHI S
来源:Neuron, 1992, 8(1): 169-179.
DOI:10.1016/0896-6273(92)90118-W

摘要

Three cDNA clones, mGluR2, mGluR3, and mGLuR4, were isolated from a rat brain cDNA library by cross-hybridization with the cDNA for a metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR1). The cloned receptors show considerable sequence similarity with mGluR1 and possess a large extracellular domain preceding the seven putative membrane-spanning segments. mGluR2 is expressed in some particular neuronal cells different from those expressing mGluR1 and mediates an efficient inhibition of forskolin-stimulated cAMP formation in cDNA-transfected cells. The mGluRs thus form a novel family of G protein-coupled receptors that differ in their signal transduction and expression patterns.

  • 出版日期1992-1