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  • 1
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    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 58 (1992), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: The neuroblastoma line SK-N-SH consists of distinct and interconverting cell types, which include a neuroblast phenotype (SH-SY5Y), an epithelial phenotype (SH-EP), and an intermediate cell type (SH-IN). In SH-SY5Y cells, only muscarinic receptor activation produced stimulation of phosphoinositide turnover, whereas in SH-EP cells, where muscarinic receptors are not present, the peptides bradykinin, endothelin, and angiotensin II stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis with EC50 values of 16, 6, and 0.7 nM, respectively, and a rank order of maximal effects of brady-kinin 〉 endothelin 〉 angiotensin II. Fetal calf serum at concentrations between 1 and 10% was also a potent stimulator of phosphoinositide hydrolysis in SH-EP cells but not in SH-SY5Y cells. In the intermediate cell clone, SH-IN, phosphoinositide hydrolysis was stimulated not only by muscarinic receptors, but also by endothelin, bradykinin, and serum, an indication that this cell type harbors all the kinds of receptors that are differentially expressed in the other two cell types. The effects of the three peptides—bradykinin, endothelin, and angiotensin II—on phosphoinositide hydrolysis in SH-EP cells were additive, a result suggesting that the three kinds of receptors may activate distinct transducer proteins and/or phospholipase C subtypes. Pretreatment of intact SH-EP cells with pertussis toxin under conditions sufficient to ADP-ribosylate 90–95% of the endogenous guanine nucleotide regulatory protein substrates did not impair the ability of any of the receptors to stimulate phosphoinositide hydrolysis in any of the cell types. In contrast, short-term exposure to the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (1 μM) abolished the stimulation of phosphoinositide hydrolysis mediated by peptide receptors in SH-EP cells and partially inhibited that by muscarinic receptors in SH-SY5Y cells. Prolonged incubation of SH-EP cells with phorbol ester resulted in a recovery of receptor responsiveness, the extent and rate of which were different for each receptor type. In contrast, there was no recovery of responsiveness for muscarinic receptors in SH-SY5Y cells. The pattern of phorbol ester-mediated effects depended on the cell rather than on the receptor type. In fact, muscarinic receptor responsiveness in SH-IN, the intermediate cell type, was desensitized by and recovered from treatment with phorbol esters in a manner more similar to peptide receptors in SH-EP than to muscarinic receptors in SH-SY5Y. These data suggest that the transduction mechanisms by which distinct receptor types are coupled to phosphoinositide hydrolysis in the three cell phenotypes differ in sensitivity to feedback regulation by protein kinase C.
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  • 2
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    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 52 (1989), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: Opioid receptors of NG 108–15 cell membranes are distributed in two membrane fractions sedimenting at 20,000 g (P2) and 200,000 g (P3). The number of receptors is identical in P2 and P3, but in P2 all sites are present in one high-affinity state (2 nM), whereas in P3 60% of these receptors display lower affinity (150 nM). Upon addition of GTP or pretreatment with pertussis toxin, 80% of the sites exist in low affinity in both P2 and P3. Therefore, the effect of GTP and pertussis toxin on agonist binding appears to be smaller in P2 than in P3. In contrast, sodium inhibits agonist binding in P2 and P3 to the same extent and with identical potency. Opioid-mediated stimulation of GTPase is much greater in P2 than in P3, whereas inhibition of adenylate cyclase does not differ in the two fractions. Using site-specific antibodies and pertussis toxin-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation, we found that the amount of G proteins in P3 is only 30–50% of that in P2. Treatment of intact cells with the hydrophilic protein-modifying agent sulfosuccinimido-biotin results in biotinylation of proteins from both fractions and in a similar reduction of opioid binding in P2 and P3. Likewise, exposure of intact cells to the alkylating opioid antagonist, chlornaltrexamine, produces identical degrees of receptor inactivation in P2 and P3. The rate of in vivo pertussis toxin-mediated modification of G proteins is not different in the two fractions. We conclude from these data that (1) a larger proportion of receptors is uncoupled from G proteins in P3 than in P2; (2) the effects of GTP and Na+ on opioid receptor binding can be attributed to different membrane components; and (3) receptors in P3 appear to be present in the plasma membranes and, thus, do not represent internalized receptors.
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  • 3
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    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of neurochemistry 47 (1986), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1471-4159
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract In membranes derived from NG108–15 cells, the opioid peptide [D-Ala2,D-Leu5]enkephaIin (DADLE) stimulates a low Km GTPase. The nucleotide analogs guanosine 5′-O-(2-thio)diphosphate (GDPβS), guanosine 5′-(β,γ-imi-do)triphosphate [Gpp(NH)p] and guanosine 5′-O-(3-thio)-triphosphate (GTPγS) inhibit the basal enzymatic activity with the order of potency GTPγS 〉 Gpp (NH)p 〉 GDPβS. In the presence of DADLE, the inhibition isotherms of GDPβS and Gpp(NH)p are shifted to the right five- and fourfold, respectively, compared to the inhibition observed in the absence of DADLE. In contrast, the IC50 of GTPγS for inhibiting the enzyme is reduced by 55% in the presence of the opioid. Both Gpp(NH)p and GTPγS produce a concentration-dependent increase in the Km(app) of GTPase. without affecting its Vmax, indicating a competitive inhlbi-tion. However, the replots of Km(app) versus inhibitor concentration are hyperbolic, suggesting a partial type of inhibi-tion. Both Gpp(NH)p and GTPγS, but not GTP, induce an increase in the EC50 of DADLE for stimulating GTPase These findings indicate that the basal and the opioid-stimu-lated low Km GTPase differ in their respective sensitivities to inhibition by guanine nucleotide analogs.
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  • 4
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    Electronic Resource
    [s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
    Nature 280 (1979), S. 173-174 
    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] In our recent study1, only five anions (G, Br, Cl, NO^ and SCN") of a series of 18 tested increased the affinity of diazepam binding to rat brain membranes. Confirming the report of Tallman et al.2, Martin and Candy3 have reported the enhancement of diazepam binding by ?-aminobutyric acid (GABA) ...
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  • 5
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    Springer
    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology 334 (1986), S. 444-451 
    ISSN: 1432-1912
    Keywords: Neuroblastoma x glioma cells ; Diprenorphine ; Dissociation rate constant ; Sodium ; GTP ; Pertussis toxin ; NEM
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Equilibrium binding isotherms of [3H]diprenorphine in membranes from NG 108-15 cells are consistent with a homogenous population of binding sites. Upon addition of Na+, Mg2+ and GTP, only a 2-fold reduction in affinity with a minor decrease in the number of sites is observed. Dissociation curves of [3H]diprenorphine, however, are clearly biphasic: in the absence of Na+, Mg2+ and GTP, 80% of the bound ligand dissociates slowly with at 1/2 of 100 min, and only 20% rapidly (t 1/2 4.5 min). In the presence of Mg2+, nearly all the binding is found in the slowly dissociating form. Upon the addition of either Na+ or GTP, 20–30% of the binding dissociates more rapidly. The rate constant of the rapidly dissociating form generated by Na+, however, is 2.5 times greater than that induced by the presence of GTP. Thus, the addition of both, Na+ and GTP, converts about 80% of the receptor into a very fast dissociating form (t 1/2 1.7 min). Exposure of intact cells to pertussis toxin (10 ng/ml) or treatment of membranes with N-ethyl maleimide (500 μM), strongly reduces the proportion of the slowly dissociating component. Following these treatments, the effect of GTP is reduced or abolished, but that of Na+ remains unaffected. We conclude from these data that the effects of Na+ and GTP are not only distinct in site but also in mechanism of action and that there are three forms of opioid receptors that can be differentiated by their kinetic properties. The slowly dissociating receptor form requires a functional N unit.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] A series of dimeric tetrapeptide enkephalins have been synthesized by a two-step coupling procedure: cross-linking of Boc-Phe-OH with NH2-(CH2)n-NH2 (where w=2-12), followed by elongation with Boc-Tyr-D-Ala-Gly-OH. Purity was confirmed by mass spectrometry, amino acid analysis and TLC. [D-Ala2, ...
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  • 7
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    Electronic Resource
    [s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
    Nature 277 (1979), S. 315-317 
    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] Fig. I Effect of various anions on 3H-diazepam binding. Male rats (200-250 g) were decapitated. Cerebral cortices were washed quickly in ice-cold Tris-maleate buffer (50 mM, pH 7.6 at 0 ?C), homogenised in 100 vol of the same buffer (w/v) using a Brink-mann Polytron for 20 s and centrifugea at ...
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  • 8
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    Chicester [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Molecular Recognition 3 (1990), S. 197-203 
    ISSN: 0952-3499
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Enkephalin analogs with various C-terminal modifications have been synthesized to evaluate the corresponding structural elements in the opioid receptors. The carboxyl group of the C-terminal leucine5 or glycine5 was converted into the mercaptomethyl (-CH2SH) and hydroxymethyl (-CH2OH) groups, starting from leucinthiol or leucinol for Leu5-derivatives and from cysteamine or ethanolamine for Gly5-derivatives. Interactions of synthetic peptides with the opioid receptors were examined by the radioligand receptor binding assays using rat brain and tritiated enkephalin analogs. The data suggest that the C-terminal carboxyl group in enkephalins is important, but not electrostatically, for interaction with delta-opioid receptors. With leucinthiol-enkephalin in biological assays which examine its inhibitory activity for electrically stimulated contractions of isolated smooth muscle, it was found that the reactive thiol group exists in the mu receptors present in the guinea pig ileum. Leucinthiol-enkephalin became bound covalently to this receptor-thiol group via disulfide formation after prolonged incubation.
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    ISSN: 0952-3499
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: The N-terminal tripeptide enkephalin analogue, Tyr-D-Ala-Gly, was dimerized at the C-terminus systematically with a series of α,ω-diaminoalkanes, NH2—(CH2)n—NH2 (n = 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, and 22). The binding affinities of dimers for δ opiate receptors in rat brain were evaluated and compared with those for δ receptors in NG108-15 cells. Although the monomeric tripeptide amide was almost inactive, dimers showed a dramatic increase in binding affinity (8-900 times). The enhancement of affinity was apparently related to the number of methylene chains in the crosslinking spacer moiety, and it was maximal at n = 14-18 in the rat brain. In NG cells the activity increased progressively from n = 2 to n = 22 without reaching any apparent peak. These results suggest that δ receptors in rat brain and NG cells may have slight structural differences.
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