Abstract
We investigated the targeting of the V1a receptor fused with the green fluorescence protein (V1aR-GFP) in polarized MDCK cells. Cells expressing V1aR-GFP displayed binding to vasopressin (AVP) and AVP induced calcium responses, similar to cells expressing the wild-type V1a receptor. Interestingly, as with the wild-type V1aR, V1aR-GFP is preferentially distributed in the basolateral side of MDCK cells as monitored by confocal microscopy. Furthermore, AVP induced internalization of GFP-tagged receptors. Therefore, the GFP-tagged V1a receptor retains all the sorting signals of the wild-type receptor and offers an excellent system to elucidate the mechanisms of cell trafficking of V1a receptors.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 325-328 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Volume | 289 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 30 2001 |
Keywords
- Polarized expression
- Signaling mechanism
- V receptor
- Vasopressin
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology