title: Mouse brain opioid receptor identification by direct ultraviolet photoaffinity labeling.
abstract: [3H]Morphine, PL-017[prolyl-3,4-3H,D-prolyl,3,4-3H] ([3H]PL-017) and enkephalin-(2-D-penicillamine,5-D-penicillamine)[tyrosyl-2,6-3H] ([3H]DPDPE) were directly cross-linked to mouse brain opiate receptors by an ultraviolet (254 nm) irradiation procedure. [3H]Morphine preferentially and specifically labeled a 58 kDa protein. The labeling of this protein was suppressed by the addition of excess naloxone. Dithiothreitol reduced the irreversible binding of [3H]morphine and [3H]PL-017 to the receptor protein. In the acid hydrolysate of [3H]DPDPE-labeled opiate receptors, dityrosine, was detected. These results suggest that the [3H]tyrosine residue of [3H]DPDPE covalently bound the tyrosine residue of delta-opioid receptors. The direct UV-photoaffinity labeling method using commercially available radioactive opiates described here should be a useful tool for characterization and purification of the opiate receptors.
authors.affiliation: Nihon University, College of Pharmacy, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagamatsu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tagawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D000345:Affinity Labels; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D004229:Dithiothreitol; D004723:Endorphins / Q000737:chemistry; D020881:Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009020:Morphine / Q000737:chemistry; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000737:chemistry*; D014316:Tritium; D014443:Tyrosine; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D000345:Affinity Labels; D004723:Endorphins; D004745:Enkephalins; D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D014316:Tritium; D009270:Naloxone; D014443:Tyrosine; D009020:Morphine; C044708:morphiceptin, N-Me-Phe(3)-; D020881:Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-; D004229:Dithiothreitol