{"title":"Calculating the dissociation constant of an unlabeled compound from the concentration required to displace radiolabel binding by 50%.","authors":"J Linden","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In order to determine the binding dissociation constant (KI) of a nonradiolabeled compound, the method of Cheng and Prusoff (1973) (Biochem. Pharmacol. 22, 3099-3108) has been widely employed. The technique involves monitoring the competitive displacement from receptors of a radiolabeled compound with a known dissociation constant, KD, by a nonradiolabeled compound. The concentration of nonradiolabeled compound which displaces 50% of the radiolabel, the IC50, is used to estimate its KI with correction for competition with the radiolabel. The error of this method is small as long as the concentration of receptor is much less than KD and KI, constraints which are sometimes difficult to meet. In this report formulae are derived from which KI can be calculated from IC50 with no constraints on the receptor concentration.</p>","PeriodicalId":15497,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cyclic nucleotide research","volume":"8 3","pages":"163-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17814588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inhibition of forskolin-activated adenylate cyclase by ethanol and other solvents.","authors":"R D Huang, M F Smith, W L Zahler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ethanol and a variety of solvents are known to activate basal and Gpp(NH)p- and hormone-stimulated adenylate cyclase. We report here that ethanol and other solvents inhibit the activation of adenylate cyclase by forskolin. In the presence of 10 microM forskolin, 2% ethanol gives about 20% inhibition and 5% ethanol gives 40% inhibition of enzyme activity. Analysis of ethanol inhibition at several forskolin concentrations suggests that inhibition is competitive versus forskolin. Thus the effect of ethanol is greater at low forskolin concentrations and minimal at high concentrations. In addition to ethanol, inhibition of forskolin activation was observed with acetone, n-butanol, t-butanol, dimethyl formamide, dioxane, methanol and n-propanol. Dimethyl sulfoxide was inhibitory only at high concentrations (10%). Since some solvent is needed to prepare forskolin solutions and to maintain solubility at higher concentrations, the inhibitory effects reported here are an important consideration in studies employing forskolin activation. To minimize solvent inhibition we recommend that dimethyl sulfoxide be used to prepare forskolin solutions. At concentrations of 5% and less, dimethyl sulfoxide gives little if any inhibition of forskolin activation and causes only small increases in basal activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":15497,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cyclic nucleotide research","volume":"8 6","pages":"385-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17941831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The guanine nucleotide-binding regulatory component of adenylate cyclase in human erythrocytes.","authors":"E. Hanski, A. Gilman","doi":"10.1016/B978-0-08-028024-0.50009-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-028024-0.50009-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15497,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cyclic nucleotide research","volume":"52 1","pages":"323-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73598917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Direct evidence for the role of the coupling proteins in forskolin activation of adenylate cyclase.","authors":"D A Green, R B Clark","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Forskolin stimulation of adenylate cyclase in wild type (WT) S49 lymphoma membrane preparations exhibited a lag and biphasic kinetics as a function of the forskolin concentration (i.e., both a high and low affinity component were observed). In contrast to WT, forskolin stimulation of cyc- adenylate cyclase in membranes demonstrated no observable lag and only the low affinity component. Both the lag and the high affinity component characteristic of forskolin activation of WT were observed in cyc- reconstituted with cholate extracts of WT which contained the G/F protein. The potency of forskolin stimulation of reconstituted adenylate cyclase was increased still further if the reconstitution was carried out with epinephrine and Gpp(NH)p. The Vmax of the forskolin stimulation of adenylate cyclase was approximately the same in the reconstituted and unreconstituted cyc-. In addition to the experiments with reconstituted cyc-, we have demonstrated that forskolin increased the apparent affinity of epinephrine for activation of adenylate cyclase in WT, and reciprocally, epinephrine increased the apparent affinity of forskolin for activation. We conclude that the lag, biphasic kinetics of forskolin activation and the synergism of hormone and forskolin activation of WT are attributable to functional G/F and are consistent with the forskolin stabilization of the activated catalytic unit of adenylate cyclase.</p>","PeriodicalId":15497,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cyclic nucleotide research","volume":"8 5","pages":"337-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17942050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bibliography of current literature in cyclic nucleotide research.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15497,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cyclic nucleotide research","volume":"8 4","pages":"277-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17814589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J A Lewicki, H J Brandwein, C K Mittal, W P Arnold, F Murad
{"title":"Properties of purified soluble guanylate cyclase activated by nitric oxide and sodium nitroprusside.","authors":"J A Lewicki, H J Brandwein, C K Mittal, W P Arnold, F Murad","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Highly purified rat lung soluble guanylate cyclase was activated with nitric oxide or sodium nitroprusside and the degree of activation varied with incubation conditions. With Mg2+ as the action cofactor, about 2- to 8-fold activation was observed with nitric oxide or sodium nitroprusside alone. Markedly enhanced activation (20-40 fold) was observed when 1 muM hemin added to the enzyme prior to exposure to the activating agent. The activation with hemin and sodium nitroprusside was prevented in a dose-dependent manner by sodium cyanide. The level activation was also increased by the addition of 1 mM dithiothreitol, but unlike hemin which had no effect on basal enzyme activity, dithiothreitol led to a considerable increase in basal activity. Activated guanylate cyclase decayed to basal activity within one hour at 2 degrees C and the enzyme could be reactivated upon re-exposure to nitroprusside or nitric oxide. Under basal conditions, Michaelis-Menten kinetics were observed, with a Km for GTP of 140 muM with Mg2+ cofactor. Following activation with nitroprusside or nitric oxide, curvilinear Eadie-Hofstee transformations of kinetic data were observed, with Km's of 22 MuM and 100 MuM for Mg-GTP. When optimal activation (15-40 fold) was induced by the addition of hemin and nitroprusside, multiple Km's were also seen with Mg-GTP and the high affinity form was predominant (22 MuM). Similar curvilinear Eadie-Hofstee transformations were observed with Mn2+ as the cation cofactor. These data suggest that multiple GTP catalytic sites are present in activated guanylate cyclase, or alternatively, multiple populations of enzyme exist.</p>","PeriodicalId":15497,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cyclic nucleotide research","volume":"8 1","pages":"17-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17193509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase in the inhibition of cyclic AMP accumulation by carbachol and phosphatidate.","authors":"G M Nemecek, T W Honeyman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The possibility that activation of cyclic 3':5'-nucleotide phosphodiesterase is a component of muscarinic inhibition of cyclic AMP accumulation was investigated in WI-38 fibroblasts. At 0.2 to 20 microM, 1-isoamyl-3-isobutylxanthine, an inhibitor of fibroblast phosphodiesterase activity, attenuated the fall in WI-38 cyclic AMP content seen in response to 1 microM carbachol. The inhibitory effect of carbachol on WI-38 cyclic AMP metabolism was also suppressed by the inclusion of 0.1 to 10 microM trifluoperazine in cell incubation media. Exposure of WI-38 cultures to 1 microM carbachol was associated with elevated phosphodiesterase activity in the corresponding broken cell preparations. Both 1-isoamyl-3-isobutylxanthine and trifluoperazine interfered with the ability of 10 microM phosphatidate to mimic carbachol-inhibition of WI-38 cyclic AMP accumulation. Fibroblast calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase preparations were activated by micromolar dispersions of phosphatidate. This action of the phospholipid did not appear to require calcium and was blocked by trifluoperazine. These data lend support to the notion that increased cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase activity is at least partially responsible for the fall in WI-38 cyclic AMP levels seen in response to cholinergic stimulation. The results also suggest that the effects of cholinergic agents on WI-38 cyclic AMP hydrolysis may be related to changes in phospholipid metabolism, notably the accumulation of phosphatidate.</p>","PeriodicalId":15497,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cyclic nucleotide research","volume":"8 6","pages":"395-408"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17258080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R P Pochet, D A Green, T J Goka, R B Clark, R Barber, J E Dumont, R W Butcher
{"title":"beta-Adrenergic receptors and cyclic AMP responses to epinephrine in cultured human fibroblasts at various population densities.","authors":"R P Pochet, D A Green, T J Goka, R B Clark, R Barber, J E Dumont, R W Butcher","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The beta-adrenergic receptors of the intact human lung diploid fibroblast line Wl-38 and an SV-40 transformed clone of Wl-38, Wl-38-VA-13-2RA (VA13), were estimated in experiments utilizing the beta-adrenergic ligand, 125l-hydroxybenzylpindolol (125IHYP). When specific 125IHYP binding was measured in cells grown to relatively low population densities (0.15x10(6)cells/35mm dish), both Wl-38 and VA13 cells had approximately 40,000 beta-adrenergic receptors per cell. Wl-38 cells, when cultured to a high population density (0.5x10(6) cells/35/mm dish) had clearly diminished numbers of beta-adrenergic receptors and greatly decreased cAMP responses to epinephrine stimulation. On the other hand, in VA13 cells, neither the receptor number nor the beta-adrenergic response was affected by cell population density. In Wl-38 cells, the diminished cAMP response to epinephrine paralleled the decrease in number of beta-adrenergic receptors. Prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) stimulation of cAMP levels was unaffected by cell population density in either Wl-38 or VA13 cells. Thus, increased cell population density, perhaps related to density dependent inhibition of growth, caused a specific diminution in 125IHYP binding concomitant with decreased cAMP responses to epinephrine.</p>","PeriodicalId":15497,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cyclic nucleotide research","volume":"8 2","pages":"83-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17356853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dopamine and bromocriptine inhibit cyclic AMP accumulation in the anterior pituitary: the effect of cholera toxin.","authors":"M J Cronin, M O Thorner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although dopamine clearly inhibits prolactin release from the anterior pituitary gland, the biochemical events occurring subsequent to the activation of the dopamine receptor are poorly understood. We have shown that dopamine reduces the concentration of cyclic AMP within 5 min in primary cultures of rat anterior pituitary cells. This action could be blocked with pretreatment of the cells with the dopamine antagonist spiperone. The long-lasting dopamine agonist bromocriptine also reduced cyclic AMP accumulation in parallel with the inhibitory effect of this drug on prolactin release. Cholera toxin enhanced prolactin release and cyclic AMP content of the anterior pituitary cells, but did not totally annul the efficacy of dopamine or bromocriptine to inhibit prolactin secretion and cyclic AMP accumulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":15497,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cyclic nucleotide research","volume":"8 4","pages":"267-75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17362444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}