APPLICATION OF THE OPERATIONAL MODEL OF AGONISM TO ESTABLISH CONDITIONS WHEN FUNCTIONAL ANTAGONISM MAY BE USED TO ESTIMATE AGONIST DISSOCIATION-CONSTANTS
APPLICATION OF THE OPERATIONAL MODEL OF AGONISM TO ESTABLISH CONDITIONS WHEN FUNCTIONAL ANTAGONISM MAY BE USED TO ESTIMATE AGONIST DISSOCIATION-CONSTANTS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1476-5381.1985.tb10561.x
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
MORSE, JM
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作者:
LEFF, P;MARTIN, GR;MORSE, JM
The operational model of agonism (Black and Leff) was used to analyse comparatively functional antagonism and irreversible antagonism as methods for estimating agonist dissociation constants (Ka). A general condition is established in terms of the model parameters which defines the type of experimental interventions at the receptor and the postreceptor level that allow valid Ka estimation. Functional antagonism and other postreceptor interventions may produce changes in agonist-concentration effect curves which are qualitatively indistinguishable but quantitatively distinct, from those produced by irreversible antagonism. Experimental data obtained with the guinea pig tracheal strip preparation are in keeping with the theoretical predictions and show how studies using functional antagonism may overestimate agonist affinity. In general, functional antagonism, unlike irreversible antagonism, is in principle an unreliable method for quantifying agonism. [The agonist activity of hormones and drugs is discussed.].