Isolation and identification of melanin-concentrating hormone as the endogenous ligand of the SLC-1 receptor.
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Shimomura Y, Mori M, Sugo T, Ishibashi Y, Abe M, Kurokawa T, Onda H, Nishimura O, Sumino Y, Fujino M
Isolation and identification of melanin-concentrating hormone as the endogenous ligand of the SLC-1 receptor.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1999 Aug 11;261(3):622-6.
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Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH), which is an orexigenic peptide, was isolated and identified as the endogenous ligand of the SLC-1 receptor. We established a CHO cell line expressing the rat SLC-1 receptor to search for its endogenous ligand. The extract of rat whole brain showed inhibition of intracellular forskolin-induced cAMP accumulation in rat SLC-1-expressing CHO cells and was purified. Using HPLC purification, we isolated and identified MCH as the endogenous ligand of the SLC-1 receptor. The authentic MCH demonstrated a dose-dependent inhibitory effect on cAMP accumulation in forskolin-stimulated rat and human SLC-1-expressing CHO cells with an EC(50) value of 0.2 nM for both the rat and human SLC-1 receptors. This is the first description of the functional receptor for MCH.