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Title: Differential photoaffinity labeling of catalytic subunits of NaK-ATPase with carrier-free /sup 125/I-cardiac glycosides

Conference · · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6943259

The authors have obtained evidence for structural differences in the cardiac glycoside binding site between the ..cap alpha.. and ..cap alpha..(+) forms of the catalytic subunit of NaK-ATPase, using three closely related photoaffinity derivatives of the cardiotonic steroid, digitoxigenin. (/sup 125/I)N-(p-azido-m-iodo-o-hydroxybenzoyl)-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-galactosyl digitoxigenin (IA-GaD), (/sup 125/I)N-(3-(p-azido-m-iodophenyl)-propionyl)-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-ga-lactosyl digitoxigenin (AIPP-GaD) and (/sup 125/I)N-(3-(p-azido-m-iodophenyl)-propionyl)-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-glucosyl digitoxi-genin (AIPP-GluD) were synthesized. AIPP-GaD and AIPP-GluD are stereoisomers. Eel electroplax and dog kidney NaK-ATPase (..cap alpha.. form) and rat brain synaptosomes (rich in ..cap alpha..(+) form) were photolabelled and then analyzed by SDS-PAGE and autoradiography. Photolysis with either carrier-free IA-GaD or AIPP-GluD gave ouabain-protectable labelling of NaK-ATPase catalytic subunit from all three tissues. However, photolysis with AIPP-GaD showed protectable labelling of the enzyme from eel and kidney but not from brain. This suggests a structural difference in the ..cap alpha..(+) form which results in either an inability to bind AIPP-GaD, or, perhaps more likely, an absence of a photoinsertion site in the correct location in the ..cap alpha..(+) form, as compared with the ..cap alpha.. form. It is of interest that the labelling pattern of the enzyme in the human erythrocyte resembles that of the brain enzyme.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
OSTI ID:
6943259
Report Number(s):
CONF-8606151-; TRN: 87-006998
Journal Information:
Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States), Vol. 45:6; Conference: 76. annual meeting of the Federation of American Society for Experimental Biology, Washington, DC, USA, 8 Jun 1986
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English