IONOPHORE A23187: CATION BINDING AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES *
IONOPHORE A23187: CATION BINDING AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES *
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离子载体 A23187:阳离子结合和传输特性 *
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1978
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通讯作者:
H. Lardy
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作者:
D. Pfeiffer;Richard W. Taylor;H. Lardy
Key requirements in understanding the role of Ca2+ as a cellular control mediator and to other aspects of its biochemistry are the ability to manipulate the activity of the cation in subcellular compartments and to alter specifically transmembrane Ca2+ flux with a minimal disturbance to other properties of the system. An important advance in this area was the discovery of A23 187, a divalent cationselective ionophore. A23 187 became available approximately five years ago.' Since that time over two thousand publications have appeared in which A23187 has been employed to investigate Caz+ metabolism and its.involvement in control mechanisms in a wide variety of tissues, cells. and subcellular organelles. Recent excellent rebiews have covered much of this literature.*J In contrast to its biochemical properties, which have received intensive study. knowledge of the chemistry of ,423187, which must underlie those biochemical activities, is much more limited. In this presentation we will summarize what is currently known of the chemistry and biophysics of this ionophore. The data may seem meager in some areas. We hope this will emphasize the need for caution in interpreting biochemical effects of A23 187 and will stimulate additional work. Since this is the only paper on the agenda devoted to Ca*+ ionophores, we will first discuss briefly other compounds which are known to have been proposed to have this activity. Another widely studied Ca2+ ionophore is lasalocid A. previously called X537A. Like A23187, lasalocid is a carboxylic acid and a member of the polyether class of ionophores (see Reference 4 for structure). A further similarity to A23187 is its partially aromatic character. which distinguishes both ionophores from other members of their cla Lasalocid produces profound physiological effects in a wide variety of systems.* A23 187 and lasalocid may often be used interchangeably with similar results, and many authors have interpreted its physiological activities in terms of an ability to act as a Ca2+ ionophore. However, available chemical and biophysical data indicate that lasalocid is less useful for the specific perturbation of transmembrane Ca2+ gradients than is A23187. It transports monoand tri-