Localization of the adenosine A1 receptor subtype gene (ADORA1) to chromosome 1q32.1

Abstract

Adenosine, acting through its receptors, exerts effects on almost all organ systems, influencing a diversity of physiological responses, including the inhibition of neurotransmitter release, the modulation of cardiac rhythmicity and contractility, and the potentiation of IgE-dependent mediator release. Adenosine receptors belong to the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily, a class of cell-surface receptors that, when activated, couple to a heterotrimeric G protein complex to effect signal transduction. Molecular cloning and subsequent pharmacological and biochemical analyses have led to the identification of four different subtypes of adenosine receptor. The A3 receptor has been localized to chromosome 3 in the mouse by interspecific backcross analysis, suggesting a human chromosomal localization of 1p13 from known mouse-human linkage homologies. We have previously mapped the A2b adenosine receptor subtype to chromosome 17p11.2-p12 using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and PCR-based screening of somatic cell hybrid DNAs. A previous report has concluded that the Al and A2a receptor subtypes are localized on chromosome 22q11.2-q13.1 and 11q11-q13, respectively, but conflicts with that of MacCollin et al., who have mapped the A2a gene to chromosome 22. In this report, we show that the human A1 adenosine receptor subtype does not map to chromosome 22q11.2-q13.1, but is instead localized onmore » chromosome 1q32. 13 refs., 1 fig.« less