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. 1984 Nov;46(2):537–543. doi: 10.1128/iai.46.2.537-543.1984

Solubilization and partial characterization of the intestinal receptor for Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin.

L A Dreyfus, D C Robertson
PMCID: PMC261568  PMID: 6150010

Abstract

Binding of Escherichia coli strain 431 heat-stable enterotoxin (STa) and activation of intestinal particulate guanylate cyclase by E. coli STa were studied with rat intestinal epithelial cells and brush border membranes (BBMs). The rates of guanylate cyclase stimulation by 431 STa in cells and BBMs were rapid, with maximal levels of cyclic GMP observed within 5 min. Specific binding of 125I-labeled STa from E. coli 431 (431 125I-STa) and activation of guanylate cyclase by unlabeled 431 STa were observed with intestinal BBMs; however, neither was detected with membranes from nonintestinal tissues. The STa receptor was solubilized with 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate, a nondenaturing dipolar ionic detergent, in yields of approximately 50%. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the detergent-solubilized receptor-431 125I-STa complex, followed by autoradiography, showed that 431 125I-STa bound to a single BBM component with a molecular weight of about 100,000. Binding of 431 STa to its solubilized receptor was saturable, specific, and essentially irreversible. Pretreatment of the soluble receptor with trypsin and pronase but not chymotrypsin decreased binding of 431 125I-STa. The 431 STa-receptor complex was dissociated by boiling in the presence of 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate, incubation with 0.5 M acetic acid, or reduction with dithiothreitol. In contrast to the residual particulate guanylate cyclase activity of detergent-treated membranes, solubilized guanylate cyclase was not stimulated by STa. Membrane structure appears to play an important role in the coordination of STa binding and stimulation of guanylate cyclase activity.

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