title: Antagonist-induced intracellular sequestration of rabbit bradykinin B(2) receptor.
abstract: In a contractility assay based on the rabbit jugular vein, the structurally related drugs NPC 17731 or icatibant (1 to 3 nmol/L) were insurmountable antagonists of bradykinin (BK) B(2) receptors (B(2)Rs). After ample washing (3 hours), the antagonism exerted by these peptides was not reversible. By contrast, the antagonist LF 16. 0687 (30 to 100 nmol/L) was competitive and reversible. A rabbit B(2)R-green fluorescent protein (B(2)R-GFP) conjugate was expressed in mammalian cells. In COS-1 cells, it exhibited an affinity for [3H]BK (K(D)=1.61 nmol/L) similar to that of the wild-type rabbit B(2)R. The stably expressed construction in HEK-293 cells was functionally active (phospholipase A(2) assay), and the antagonists mentioned above retained their respective surmountable or insurmountable behavior. Competition of [(3)H]BK binding to B(2)R-GFP by the antagonists or BK was largely reversible after a 3-hour washout period at 0 degrees C; at 37 degrees C, icatibant or NPC 17731 effects were not reversible. B(2)R-GFP was visualized in the plasma membranes of HEK-293 cells and rapidly internalized in response to BK. NPC 17731 or icatibant slowly translocated B(2)R-GFP into cells over 24 hours, whereas LF 16.0687 had no effect on the subcellular distribution of B(2)R-GFP. Cell extract immunoblotting with anti-GFP antibodies revealed a 101- to 105-kDa protein that was not significantly degraded on 24 hours of cell treatment with any of the ligands but was translocated in part to the 15 000-g pellet of the extract on treatment with BK or the noncompetitive antagonists. NPC 17731 and icatibant are noncompetitive, nonequilibrium antagonists that promote the cellular sequestration of rabbit B(2)R expressed in an heterologous system.
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Centre de Recherche du Pavillon l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec, Canada, G1R 2J6.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Houle
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Larrivée
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bachvarova
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bouthillier
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Bachvarov
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marceau
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D065168:Bradykinin Receptor Antagonists; D019556:COS Cells; D002460:Cell Line; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism*; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000502:physiology; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011817:Rabbits; D043782:Receptor, Bradykinin B2; D018002:Receptors, Bradykinin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D065168:Bradykinin Receptor Antagonists; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D009842:Oligopeptides; D043782:Receptor, Bradykinin B2; D018002:Receptors, Bradykinin; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C071327:NPC 17731; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; C065679:icatibant; D001920:Bradykinin