Binding of (/sup 3/H)Forskolin to rat brain membranes

Journal Article · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.81.16.5081· OSTI ID:6027231

Seamon, K B; Vaillancourt, R; Edwards, M; Daly, J W

(12-/sup 3/H)Forskolin (27 Ci/mmol) has been used to study binding sites in rat brain tissue by using both centrifugation and filtration assays. The binding isotherm measured in the presence of 5 mM MgCl/sub 2/ by using the centrifugation assay is described best by a two-site model: K/sub d1/ = 15 nM, B/sub max/sub 1// (maximal binding) = 270 fmol/mg of protein; K/sub d2/ = 1.1 ..mu..M; B/sub max/sub 2// = 4.2 pmol/mg of protein. Only the high-affinity binding sites are detected when the binding is determined by using a filtration assay; K/sub d/ = 26 nM, B/sub max/ = 400 fmol/mg of protein. Analogs of forskolin that do not activate adenylate cyclase (EC 4.6.1.1) do not compete effectively for (/sup 3/H)forskolin binding sites. Analogs of forskolin that are less potent than forskolin in activating adenylate cyclase are also less potent in competing for forskolin binding sites. The presence of 5 mM MgCl/sub 2/ or MnCl/sub 2/ was found to enhance binding. In the presence of 1 mM EDTA the amount of high-affinity binding is reduced to 110 fmol/mg of protein with no change in K/sub d/. There is no effect of CaCl/sub 2/ (20 mM) or NaCl (100 mM) on the binding. No high-affinity binding can be detected in membranes from ram sperm, which contains an adenylate cyclase that is not activated by forskolin. It is proposed that the high-affinity binding sites for forskolin are associated with the activated complex of catalytic subunit and stimulatory guanine nucleotide binding protein. 23 references, 5 figures, 2 tables.

• Research Organization: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6027231
• Journal Information: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States), Vol. 81:16
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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