Antibody to dihydropyridine calcium entry blockers

Journal Article · Wed Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 1986 · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-2952(86)90767-7· OSTI ID:7119387

Thayer, S; Minaskanian, G; Fairhurst, A

Antibodies that recognize dihydropyridine calcium entry blockers were elicited from rabbits. A sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay for dihydropyridines was developed and its specificity compared to the DHP binding site in skeletal muscle membranes. The antibody bound (/sup 3/H)nitrendipine with a higher affinity (K/sub D/ = 0.155 nM) than did the DHP receptor of skeletal muscle (K/sub D/ = 1-3 nM). However, in contrast to the DHP receptor, the antibody recognized only those DHP drugs with meta-nitrophenyl substituents at the 4-position on the DHP ring, and thus reflected the meta position of the nitro group on the DHP hapten used as an antigen. Both the antibody and the receptor exhibited stereospecificity, with each site recognizing the (+) isomer of nicardipine as the more potent. This antibody should prove useful in the studies of some potentially irreversible DHP molecules and for use in the production of anti-idotype antibodies.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Irvine
• OSTI ID: 7119387
• Report Number(s): CONF-8604222-
• Journal Information: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States), Vol. 45:4; Conference: 70. annual meeting of the Federation of American Society for Experimental Biology, St. Louis, MO, USA, 13 Apr 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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