title: Binding of d-tubocurarine by gangliosides.
abstract: The binding of d-tubocurarine by ganglioside mixtures from chicken and bovine brain as well as by the single gangliosides GGtet1-NeuAc, GGtet2aNeuAc and GGtet3aNeuAc was demonstrated by means of equilibrium gel filtration. The sialyl-oligosaccharide derivatives of GGtet1NeuAc and GGtet2aNeuAc, however, did not bind any d-tubocurarine. A lack of binding was also found for the gangliotetraosyl-ceramide GgOse4Cer, free NeuAc, mucin and sphingomyelin. Under saturation conditions, GGtet1NeuAc bound 0.58, GGtet2aNeuAc 0.92 and GGtet3a-NeuAc 1.23 mol d-tubocurarine per mol ganglioside. Half-maximal binding was achieved between 1 and 1.5 x 10(-5)M d-tubocurarine. Ca2 was found to inhibit the binding of d-tubocurarine to gangliosides (50% at 4 x 10(-4)M Ca2). Mg2 was about 4 times less effective. Acetylcholine caused a 40% inhibition at 4 x 10(-3)M, whereas K and Na had only slight effects even at 5 x 10(-2)M.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002417:Cattle; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002645:Chickens; D005732:Gangliosides; D007700:Kinetics; D012794:Sialic Acids; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014403:Tubocurarine
chemical_list: D005732:Gangliosides; D012794:Sialic Acids; D014403:Tubocurarine