Temperature effect on the detection of muscarinic receptor-G protein interactions in ligand binding assays.
Temperature effect on the detection of muscarinic receptor-G protein interactions in ligand binding assays.
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温度对配体结合测定中毒蕈碱受体-G 蛋白相互作用检测的影响。
DOI:
10.1016/0006-2952(88)90508-4
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发表时间:
1988
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Narayanan,TK
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作者:
Aronstam,RS;Narayanan,TK
The ability of guanine nucleotides to lower agonist binding affinity provides a convenient indication of receptor-G protein coupling: guanine nucleotides convert muscarinic receptors from high-affinity states for agonists to low-affinity states. We studied the influence of assay temperature on the demonstration of this coupling in rat brainstem and atrium. Agonist affinity of brainstem receptors increased as temperature was lowered, reflecting a greater proportion of receptors in high-affinity conformations. The influence of 5'-guanylylimidodiphosphate, a stable analog of GTP, on agonist binding, determined directly (using [3 H] oxotremorine-M) or indirectly (in [3 H] N-methylscopolamine/carbamylcholine competition studies), was greatest from 16 to 20. Guanine nucleotide sensitivity was much reduced at 0–4 and 37. Brainstem and atrial muscarinic receptors were similarly affected by temperature. We suggest that high-affinity receptor-G protein complexes are unstable at high temperatures, thereby decreasing agonist affinity and masking the guanine nucleotide effect. At low temperatures, the receptor-G protein complex is stabilized and fails to dissociate in the presence of guanine nucleotides. The optimum temperature for monitoring receptor-G protein interactions in binding assays was 16–20.