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We have demonstrated that the aminosteroid, U-73122 (1-(6-([17 beta-3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-yl]amino)hexyl)-1H-pyrrole- 2,5-dione) blocks agonist induced down-regulation of neurotensin receptors in murine neuroblastoma clone N1E-115 cells. U-73122 is known to inhibit polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis by affecting the coupling of GTP-binding proteins. Our results may indicate that GTP-binding proteins play a role in the mechanism of down-regulation of the neurotensin receptor.
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PMID:Block of neurotensin receptor down-regulation by an aminosteroid in N1E-115 cells. 132 8

To study second messenger synthesis mediated by the cloned rat neurotensin receptor, we derived a cell line stably expressing this receptor. The cDNA clone of this receptor was subcloned into the pcDNA1neo expression vector. This construct was then used to transfect Chinese hamster ovary (CHO)-K1 cells. Colony clones, selected for resistance to antibiotic G-418 sulfate, were isolated and grown separately. Nineteen individual clones were screened for total [3H]neurotensin binding as an indication of neurotensin receptor expression. The clone (CHO-rNTR-10) showing the highest level of specific [3H]neurotensin binding was characterized further. With intact cells, the equilibrium dissociation constant (KD) for specific [3H]neurotensin binding was 18 nM, and the maximal number of binding sites (Bmax) was 900 fmol/mg of protein or 740 fmol/10(6) cells (approximately 4.4 x 10(5) sites on the cellular surface). Whereas the KD was similar to that found in other cellular systems, for example, the murine neuroblastoma clone N1E-115, the Bmax exceeded previously reported values. Incubation of intact CHO-rNTR-10 cells with neurotensin caused the release of inositol phosphates in a dose-dependent manner (EC50 = 3 nM), results indicating that the expressed transfected receptor was functional. Neurotensin did not inhibit cyclic AMP levels stimulated by forskolin. As with other systems, neurotensin (8-13) was more potent than neurotensin Neurotensin-mediated inositol phosphate release is the first report of second messenger synthesis for this receptor expressed in a transfected cell line. These results suggest that the relation between structure and function of the neurotensin receptor can be readily studied in transfected cell lines.
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PMID:The rat neurotensin receptor expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells mediates the release of inositol phosphates. 132 36

Murine neuroblastoma cells (clone N1E-115) during their growth from log to late stationary phase, expressed no specific neurotensin binding sites until day 7 in culture. From day 7 to day 20, binding sites increased 6-fold in number/cell and more than 4-fold in sites/mg protein. Neurotensin-mediated cyclic [3H]GMP synthesis was not detected until day 17. For these cells these data show that neurotensin receptor binding and function are regulated with respect to growth cycle and that presence of neurotensin binding sites is not sufficient for receptor function.
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PMID:Developmental regulation of neurotensin receptor expression and function in murine neuroblastoma clone N1E-115. 165 92

The ability of the mouse neuroblastoma cell line NTR to proliferate at 40 degrees C correlates with the position of the temperature optimum of protein kinases A and C activities in the region of higher temperatures compared to those for cells of the original line N18AI, and with higher thermostability of protein kinase A after its heating at various elevated temperatures. The found changes in protein kinases A and C in the cells of NTR line mean that the selection of variants, capable of growing at elevated temperatures, is accompanied with conformational protein changes.
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PMID:[The temperature dependence of protein kinase A and C activity in variant mouse neuroblastoma cells differing genetically in their heat resistance]. 184 58

Murine neuroblastoma clone N1E-115 possesses receptors that specifically bind the tridecapeptide neurotensin, mediate the formation of intracellular cyclic GMP, and stimulate inositol phospholipid hydrolysis. These cells also rapidly degrade neurotensin in a sequential fashion. We studied the effect of prolonged exposure of cells to neurotensin on subsequent neurotensin receptor-mediated intracellular cyclic GMP formation under conditions that prevented degradation of this peptide [J. A. Gilbert and E. Richelson, Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 12, 762 (1986)]. Neurotensin receptor-mediated cyclic GMP formation in neuroblastoma clone N1E-115 was decreased following prolonged exposure of intact cells to nondegraded neurotensin. The time course of this desensitization was very rapid; the maximal effect on cyclic GMP production (reduction to 10-30% of control values) occurred within 5 min of exposure of intact cells to neurotensin. This desensitization was homologous, as cells desensitized by neurotensin demonstrated no decrease in their cyclic GMP response to angiotensin II (1 microM) or bradykinin (10 nM). Neurotensin preincubation with intact N1E-115 cells for increasing lengths of time caused time-dependent shifts to the right of the dose-response curve and reductions in the maximum cyclic GMP response. Desensitization was reversible, but resensitization was a slower process than desensitization: full recovery of cyclic GMP production required incubation of the desensitized cells for at least 10 min at 37 degrees. From binding studies with [3H]neurotensin, we found that both the apparent equilibrium dissociation constant, KD, and the maximum number of receptor sites, Bmax, for this radioligand were decreased significantly (P less than 0.05) for completely desensitized cells from those values for control cells. These data suggest that desensitization of the neurotensin receptor involved an uncoupling of the pathway of events connecting receptor activation to intracellular cyclic GMP formation; complete desensitization involved both the apparent loss of neurotensin receptors on the cellular surface and the increase in affinity of the remaining receptors for the agonist. This decrease in Bmax is more likely to be a result of intracellular sequestration of recyclable NT receptors than of true down-regulation due to the rapid resensitization seen for the NT-mediated biological response.
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PMID:Desensitization of neurotensin receptor-mediated cyclic GMP formation in neuroblastoma clone N1E-115. 284 79

The receptors which mediate neurotensin-stimulated intracellular cyclic GMP formation in murine neuroblastoma clone N1E-115 [J. A. Gilbert and E. Richelson, Eur. J. Pharmac. 99, 245 (1984)] were further characterized. The binding of [3H]neurotensin to intact N1E-115 cells at 0 degree displayed specificity, saturability, reversibility, and tissue linearity. A single class of neurotensin receptors was demonstrated with an apparent KD of 9-11 nM and a Bmax of 180-250 fmoles/10(6) cells, determined by the type of serum employed in the cellular culture medium. A number of neurotensin analogs and fragments were compared for their ability to inhibit [3H]neurotensin binding and stimulate intracellular cyclic GMP formation with intact N1E-115 cells. A direct correlation was found to exist between the KD and EC50 for each peptide. The carboxyl-terminal portion of neurotensin proved to be responsible for the binding and biochemical activities of this peptide with clone N1E-115. Neurotensin(8-13) was, in fact, fifty times more potent than native neurotensin in stimulating intracellular cyclic GMP formation and had an 18-fold higher affinity for the neurotensin receptor on this neuronal cell type.
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PMID:Neurotensin and its analogs--correlation of specific binding with stimulation of cyclic GMP formation in neuroblastoma clone N1E-115. 286 25

Murine neuroblastoma cells (clone N1E-115) possess neurotensin receptors that mediate cyclic GMP synthesis. Because of the hypothesized relationship between phospholipid metabolism, intracellular Ca2+, and cyclic GMP synthesis, we determined with these cells the effects of neurotensin on 32P labeling of phospholipids, release of inositol phosphates, and intracellular Ca2+ (as determined with the use of Quin-2, a fluorescent probe sensitive to free Ca2+ levels). Neurotensin stimulated incorporation of 32P into phospholipids, especially phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidate. Neurotensin also stimulated the release of [3H]inositol phosphates with an EC50 of about 1 nM. Mean basal Ca2+ concentration in these cells was 134 nM and this level was increased in a rapid and dose-dependent manner by neurotensin, with an EC50 of 4 nM. Since the EC50 for neurotensin in stimulating cyclic GMP synthesis is 1.5 nM and the KD for binding of [3H]neurotensin at 0 degrees C is 11 nM, all these different effects appear to be shared proximal consequences of neurotensin receptor activation.
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PMID:Neurotensin stimulates inositol phospholipid metabolism and calcium mobilization in murine neuroblastoma clone N1E-115. 301 65

The naturally occurring analogs of neurotensin-(8-13), xenopsin, [Lys8,Asn9]neurotensin-(8-13) (LANT-6) and neuromedin N stimulated the production of intracellular cyclic GMP in murine neuroblastoma clone N1E-115, an adrenergic neuronal cell type. The order of potency was neurotensin-(8-13) greater than neurotensin greater than xenopsin greater than neuromedin N greater than LANT-6. Furthermore, xenopsin, LANT-6 and neuromedin N each inhibited the specific binding of [3H]neurotensin to intact N1E-115 cells in a dose-related fashion. The order of affinity of the peptides for the neurotensin receptor was neurotensin-(8-13) greater than xenopsin greater than neurotensin greater than neuromedin N greater than LANT-6.
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PMID:LANT-6, xenopsin and neuromedin N stimulate cyclic GMP at neurotensin receptors. 302 8

Receptor binding of [3H]neurotensin was examined on membrane preparations derived from neuroblastoma X glioma NG108-15 hybrid cells. The specific binding was saturable and reversible, and a dissociation constant (Kd) was calculated to be about 0.24 nM from the rate constants. Scatchard analysis of neurotensin binding at equilibrium revealed a single class of binding sites with a Kd of 0.86 nM and a maximal binding capacity (Bmax) of 250 fmol/mg of protein (7700 receptor sites/cell). [D-Arg9]-Neurotensin had a high affinity (IC50 = 0.5 nM) for the neurotensin receptors, but [D-Phe11]-neurotensin had a lower affinity (IC50 = 280 nM), while angiotensin II and bradykinin had almost no affinity for [3H]neurotensin-binding sites. Under similar conditions [3H]neurotensin binding to mouse and rat brain synaptosomal fractions showed two binding sites with high (0.86 and 0.44 nM) and low (13 and 19 nM) affinities. We have examined several possible physiological consequences of neurotensin receptor binding. Neurotensin (10 microM) exhibited no influence on adenylate cyclase activity, 45Ca uptake, or 32Pi incorporation into phosphatidylinositol fractions of NG108-15 cells. Electrophysiological study of isolated NG108-15 cells revealed neurotensin-induced transient hyperpolarization followed by sustained depolarization with enhanced membrane excitability. Application of neurotensin to NG108-15 cells that had formed synapses with cultured striated muscle cells caused a considerable increase in frequency of miniature endplate potentials from the muscle cells. These data show that NG108-15 cells possess a single class of neurotensin receptors similar to a high affinity site of synaptosomal membranes from the murine brains.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:A single class of neurotensin receptors with high affinity in neuroblastoma X glioma NG108-15 hybrid cells that mediate facilitation of synaptic transmission. 632 39

We report the development of two novel neurotensin mimetics (mimics 1 and 2). These compounds were rationally designed and synthesized according to the multiple template approach. We present results of experiments designed to define their pharmacological profiles. In radioligand binding assays with murine neuroblastoma clone N1E-115, we determined the equilibrium dissociation constants for these compounds at the neurotensin receptor. The Kd values for mimic 1 and mimic 2 were 3.3 microM and 1.9 microM, respectively. Functionally, both mimetics antagonized the neurotensin-stimulated production of cGMP, with Kd values in the low micromolar range. Interestingly, mimic 2 displayed a dualistic pharmacological profile, which was concentration dependent. At doses in the 10-100 microM range, mimic 2 became a full agonist, stimulating cGMP production in N1E-115 cells with an EC50 value of 19 microM. Furthermore, mimic 1 did not antagonize the cGMP response elicited by mimic 2. When the neurotensin receptor was desensitized with a neurotensin receptor agonist, mimic 2 failed to stimulate significant cGMP production. We propose that mimic 2 binds to a higher affinity site when acting as an antagonist and binds to a lower affinity and different site when acting as an agonist. Thus, mimic 2 would appear to represent a unique pharmacological tool to characterize the neurotensin receptor and its diverse binding sites in N1E-115 cells.
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PMID:Pharmacological studies on novel neurotensin mimetics: discovery of a pharmacologically unique agent exhibiting concentration-dependent dual effects as antagonist and agonist. 824 6


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