ANNULAR AND NONANNULAR BINDING-SITES FOR CHOLESTEROL ASSOCIATED WITH THE NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE-RECEPTOR
ANNULAR AND NONANNULAR BINDING-SITES FOR CHOLESTEROL ASSOCIATED WITH THE NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE-RECEPTOR
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00407a018
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发表时间:
1988-04-05
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影响因子:
2.9
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MCNAMEE, MG
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作者:
JONES, OT;MCNAMEE, MG
Interactions between lipids and the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor for Torpedo californica have been measured in reconstituted membranes containing purified receptor and defined lipids. The ability of brominated lipids to partially quench the intrinsic fluorescence of the acetylcholine receptor has been exploited to monitor contacts between the protein and the surrounding lipid. Relative bindings constants for lipid binding to the protein have been quantitatively determined by measuring quenching observed in mixtures of brominated and nonbrominated lipids by use of equilibrium excharge equations developed by London and Feigenson [London, E., and Feigenson, G. W. (1981) Biochemistry 20, 1939-1048] and by Simmonds et al. [Simmonds, A. C., Rooney, E. K., and Lee, A. G. (1984) Biochemistry 23, 1432-1441]. Dioleoylphosphatidylcholine and its dibromo derivative are the two prinicpal lipids used in the reconstituted membranes to establish the quenching parameters. Competition studies between cholesterol and phosphatidylcholine indicate that cholesterol does not compete effectively for the phospholipid sites presumed to surround the membrane-embedded portions of the receptors (annular lipids). However, dibromocholesterol partially quenches the receptor and leads to additional quenching of receptor in pure dibromophosphatidylcholine membranes. The results are consistent with the presence of additional binding sites for cholesterol that are not accessible to phsopholipids (nonannular sites). Similar results are obtained by using cholesterol hemisuccinate and its dibromo analogue, both of which can be introduced into membranes more easily than cholesterol because of their greater solubility in water. Fatty acids appear to compete for both annular and nonannular sites, and analysis of the quenching data suggests that there are 5-10 nonannular sites associated with the receptor. Cholesterol has been shown to play a critical role in both acetylcholine receptor structural stabilization and ion channel activity, and the results presented here provide additional information about cholesterol-receptor interactions.