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Cloning and Functional Characterization of a Novel mas-Related Gene, Modulating Intracellular Angiotensin II Actions

INSERM Unit 36, Vascular Pathology and Renal Endocrinology, Collège de France 75005 Paris, France
Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, CNRS 91190 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France

Address requests for reprints to: Dr. E. Clauser, INSERM U36, Collège de France, 3, rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France.

Abstract

The mas oncogene codes for a GTP binding proteincoupled receptor that determines a physiological response to angiotensin when expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes or in the neuronal cell line NG115–401L. However, another gene, rat thoracic aorta gene, structurally related to mas, is devoid of any functional similarity with the angiotensin receptor(s). The relationships between the mas-related proteins and the angiotensin receptors were investigated by identifying and characterizing new members of the mas gene family. A new mas-related gene (mrg) was cloned in a human genomic library at low stringency using the mas cDNA as probe. Mrg codes for a seven-hydrophobic-segment receptor that is 35% identical to the mas product and 29% identical to the rat thoracic aorta gene product.

Mrg mRNA was not detected in several rat and human adult tissues that normally express the angiotensin II (All) receptor, and transfections of COS and CHO cells with the mrg gene did not modify the number of All binding sites. These results indicate that mrg and the human All receptor genes are not identical. However, injection of mrg mRNA into Xenopus oocytes markedly increased the electrophysiological response to angiotensin peptides, indicating some functional similarities with the mas product. The reduction of the response after defolliculation of the oocyte, together with the full agonist effect of Sar1lle8AII and the partial agonist effect of Sar1Ala8AII, seem to indicate that mrg interacts with the signaling pathways of the endogenous Xenopus angiotensin receptor to potentiate the response to All.

FOOTNOTES

This work was supported in part by a grant from CIBAGEIGY (Basel, Switzerland).

Received for publication May 24, 1991. Revision received July 19, 1991. Accepted for publication July 26, 1991.

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