title: Demonstration of a receptor in Torpedo synaptic vesicles for the acetylcholine storage blocker L-trans-2-(4-phenyl[3,4-3H]-piperidino) cyclohexanol.
abstract: Transport and storage of acetylcholine by purified Torpedo electric organ synaptic vesicles is blocked by the drug L-trans-2-(4-phenylpiperidino)cyclohexanol (AH-5183). This study sought evidence of a specific receptor for the drug. Highly tritiated L-trans-2-(4-phenyl [3,4-3H] piperidino)-cyclohexanol (L-[3H] AH5183) was synthesized. An excess of nonradioactive L-isomer competed with L-[3H]AH5183 for binding to purified Torpedo synaptic vesicles whereas nonradioactive D-isomer did so poorly. Dissociation of bound L-[3H]AH5183 was first order with a rate constant at 23 degrees C of 0.23 +/- 0.03 min-1, and association was too rapid to study. At equilibrium the amount of L-[3H]AH5183 bound at saturation varied in different vesicle preparations, but in one typical preparation specific binding of 181 +/- 15 pmol L-[3H]AH5183 per mg of synaptic vesicle protein was observed with a dissociation constant of 34 +/- 6 nM. Neither acetylcholine nor choline compete effectively with L-[3H]AH5183 for binding. The evidence suggests that about 3.7 +/- 0.3 enantioselective receptors for L-[3H]AH5183 are typically present in each cholinergic synaptic vesicle, and the L-AH5183 binding site does not recognize acetylcholine.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Bahr
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Parsons
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002794:Choline / Q000378:metabolism; D004557:Electric Organ / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D010622:Phencyclidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D010880:Piperidines; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000378:metabolism; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013572:Synaptic Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism; D014101:Torpedo / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010880:Piperidines; D011955:Receptors, Drug; C006189:vesamicol; D010622:Phencyclidine; D002794:Choline; D000109:Acetylcholine