title: Non classical, multiple-site interaction of [3H]-prazosin with the alpha 1-adrenoceptor of intact BC3H1 cells.
abstract: 1. In intact BC3H1 cells the EC50 of noradrenaline (NA) for the inositol phosphate response measured at 37 degrees C (EC50 = 193 nM) was much lower than its apparent dissociation constant (Ki37 degrees C = 83.211 microM) determined at this temperature by [3H]-prazosin binding. 2. After pretreatment of the cells with NA at 37 degrees C for 45 min, the time used in binding assays at this temperature, this difference between EC50 and Ki37 degrees C did not decrease significantly. An agonist-induced reduction in alpha 1-adrenoceptor affinity can therefore not explain the very high Ki37 degrees C value. 3. NA pretreatment at 37 degrees C decreased the number of [3H]-prazosin binding sites (assessed by whole cell binding at 2 degrees C) by only 49%; not by 100%, the value expected if agonist-induced receptor internalization were the origin of the very low Ki37 degrees C. 4. The EC50 of NA for the inositol phosphate response in the presence of 156 pM [3H]-prazosin was 1.841 microM but the IC50 of NA for the inhibition of [3H]-prazosin binding (126 pM) was 316 microM. As there is no alpha 1-adrenoceptor reserve in these cells we propose that at 37 degrees C [3H]-prazosin interacts, not only with the catecholamine recognition site (site 1) of the receptor, but also reacts weakly with another site from which it cannot be directly displaced by catecholamine-like substances (site 2).
authors.affiliation: Centre CNRS-INSERM de Pharmacologie-Endocrinologie, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sladeczek
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bockaert
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D001667:Binding, Competitive / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011224:Prazosin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013696:Temperature; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D009638:Norepinephrine; D011224:Prazosin