title: Photoaffinity labeling of the ryanodine receptor/Ca2+ release channel with an azido derivative of ryanodine.
abstract: Ryanodine receptors/Ca2+ release channels play an important role in regulating the intracellular free calcium concentrations in both muscle and nonmuscle cells. Ryanodine, a neutral plant alkaloid, specifically binds to and modulates these Ca2+ release channels. In the work described here, we characterize the interaction of a tritium-labeled, photoactivable derivative of ryanodine (3H-labeled 10-O-[3-(4-azidobenzamido)propionyl]ryanodine ([3H]ABRy)) with the ryanodine receptor of skeletal, cardiac, and brain membranes. Scatchard analysis demonstrates that this ligand binds to a single class of high affinity sites in skeletal muscle triads. Furthermore, competition binding assays of [3H]ryanodine with skeletal, cardiac, and brain membranes in the presence of increasing concentrations of unlabeled ABRy illustrate that this azido derivative of ryanodine is able to specifically displace [3H]ryanodine from its binding site(s). Analysis of the effects of Ca2+, ATP, and KCl on [3H]ABRy binding in triad membranes shows a similar modulation of binding to that seen in these membranes with [3H]ryanodine. Photoaffinity labeling of triads with [3H]ABRy resulted in specific and covalent incorporation of [3H]ABRy into a 565-kDa protein that was shown to be the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor. Digestion of the labeled ryanodine receptor revealed a [3H]ABRy-labeled 76-kDa tryptic fragment that was identified with an antibody directed against the COOH-terminal of the receptor. These results demonstrate that the 76-kDa COOH-terminal tryptic fragment contains the high affinity binding site for ryanodine.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Witcher
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: McPherson
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Kahl
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bentley
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mullinnix
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Windass
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000345:Affinity Labels; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D009132:Muscles / Q000737:chemistry; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D010777:Photochemistry; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D012433:Ryanodine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D014357:Trypsin
chemical_list: D000345:Affinity Labels; D015220:Calcium Channels; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; C087174:10-O-(3-(4-azidobenzamido)propionyl)ryanodine; D012433:Ryanodine; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D014357:Trypsin; D002118:Calcium