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. 1990 Oct;101(2):291–296. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1990.tb12703.x

High- and low-affinity binding sites for [3H]-alpha, beta-methylene ATP in rat urinary bladder membranes.

X N Bo 1, G Burnstock 1
PMCID: PMC1917690  PMID: 2257437

Abstract

1. The characteristics of [3H]-alpha, beta-methylene adenosine 5'triphosphate ([3H]-alpha, beta-MeATP) binding to membrane preparations of rat urinary bladder detrusor were studied. 2. The rat bladder membrane preparation was obtained by multiple centrifugation. [3H]-quinuclidinyl benzilate [( 3H]-QNB) binding to this preparation demonstrated that the muscarinic receptor density was 4.32 times higher than that in the homogenate. [3H]-alpha, beta-MeATP binding was increased 3.88 times. 3. Saturation analysis revealed that the rat bladder membrane contained a high density of [3H]-alpha, beta-MeATP binding sites, which could be divided into a high-affinity component (Kd = 8.1-8.9 nM) and a low-affinity component (Kd = 67.0-119.8 nM). 4. Magnesium ions inhibited the maximum binding in a concentration-dependent manner. The maximum high-affinity binding was reduced from 10.32 pmol mg-1 protein in magnesium-free buffer to 4.62 pmol mg-1 protein with 25 mM MgCl2, while the maximum low-affinity binding was reduced from 58.84 pmol mg-1 protein to 14.24 pmol mg-1 protein. Kd values were not greatly affected. 5. The binding was a rapid reversible process. The association rate constants were 7.64 x 10(7) M-1 min-1 for high-affinity binding, and 7.31 x 10(6) M-1 min-1 for low-affinity binding. The dissociation rate constants were 0.2896 min-1 for high-affinity binding, and 0.6348 min-1 for the low-affinity binding. 6. Displacement experiments with unlabelled purinoceptor ligands confirmed that [3H]-alpha, beta-MeATP mainly binds to P2X-purinoceptors.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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