T. Shibata et al., DIFFERENCE IN THE FATE OF THE POTENT VASOCONSTRICTORS ANGIOTENSIN-II AND ENDOTHELIN INTERNALIZED VIA THEIR RECEPTOR-MEDIATED ENDOCYTOSIS, Biomedical research, 16(2), 1995, pp. 97-104
Receptor-mediated endocytosis of the potent vasoconstrictors, angioten
sin II (AII) and endothelin (ET), was studied in Chinese hamster ovary
(CHO) cells stably expressing the recombinant AII receptor type 1A (A
T(1A)) and ET receptor type A (ET(A)), respectively In CHO cells equil
ibrated with I-125-AII and I-125-ET-1 at 4 degrees C, specifically bou
nd radioligands were both rapidly internalized temperature-dependently
with respective half times for AII and ET of 1.5 and 2.5 min at 37 de
grees C, 2 and 5 min at 30 degrees C, 3 and 7 min at 25 degrees C, and
8 and 24 min at 18 degrees C. However, the fate of internalized ligan
ds was strikingly different for the two peptides. Most I-125-AII was d
egraded and recycled back into the medium, whereas I-125-ET-1 was neit
her degraded nor returned to the medium during the first 60 min after
its binding to the receptor. These data suggest that the different fat
es of the internalized ligands might account for several unique ET-ind
uced actions contrasting with AII-elicited actions in the same target
cells.