Life Sci 1996 Jan 01;5820:1731-6. doi: 10.1016/0024-3205(96)00154-3.

Property of receptor for vasoactive intestinal contractor (VIC) expressed in Xenopus oocytes injected with mRNA from rat intestine.

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Property of receptor for vasoactive intestinal contractor (VIC), a peptide related to the endothelin family, expressed in Xenopus oocytes by injecting mRNA obtained from the intestine of rat, were studied using the voltage-clamp method. Inward-current responses to VIC (1 nM-100 nM) were evoked in a concentration-dependent manner in mRNA-injected oocytes. Non-injected and water-injected oocytes failed to respond to VIC. The reversal potential for the VIC response was around -20 mV and the depolarizing shift was approximately 18 mV, when the external concentration of Cl-was halved, in agreement with the Nernst equation. The response to VIC was suppressed either by the external application to BAPTA/AM (10 microM) or by pertussis toxin 0.5 microgram/ml). These results indicate that the receptor for VIC, functionally expressed in Xenopus oocytes injected with rat intestinal mRNA, is coupled to pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein and its activation leads to mobilization of intracellular Ca2+.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: adm