title: Bradykinin recognizes different molecular forms of the B2 kinin receptor in the presence and absence of guanine nucleotides.
abstract: We have previously reported that [3H]bradykinin [( 3H]BK) identifies high- and low-affinity B2 kinin receptor sites in bovine myometrial membranes which are sensitive and insensitive respectively to guanine nucleotides. Here we show that these receptor-binding sites are solubilized by the detergent CHAPS. Equilibrium binding in soluble preparations revealed that [3H]BK identified a maximal number of binding sites (Bmax) of 1119 +/- 160 fmol/mg of protein, with an equilibrium dissociation constant (KD) of 314 +/- 70 pM and with a typical B2 kinin receptor specificity. Dissociation of equilibrium binding was biphasic. In the presence of the GTP analogue guanosine 5'[beta gamma-imido]triphosphate (Gpp[NH]p, [3H]BK bound to the soluble receptors with a KD of 929 +/- 129 pM and a Bmax. of 706 +/- 38 fmol/mg of protein. The Gpp(NH)p-promoted decrease in the apparent affinity and Bmax., which was half-maximal at 0.5 microM, was due at least in part to an increase in the dissociation rate of the slowly dissociating component of the equilibrium binding. Recoveries of guanine-nucleotide-sensitivity and of rapidly and slowly dissociating binding components were essentially identical, whether or not the receptor had been occupied by an agonist before solubilization. Sucrose-density-gradient sedimentation profiles revealed that [3H]BK recognized two different molecular forms of the receptor in the absence or presence of guanine nucleotides. These results provide for the first time direct evidence that guanine nucleotides promote a change in the structure of the B2 kinin-receptor complex. We propose that this structural change is due to dissociation of a guanine-nucleotide-regulatory (G-)protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-7760.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mathis
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Leeb-Lundberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D005260:Female; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D009215:Myometrium / Q000378:metabolism*; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D018002:Receptors, Bradykinin; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D018002:Receptors, Bradykinin; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D014316:Tritium; D006165:Guanylyl Imidodiphosphate; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D001920:Bradykinin