Adenophostin A, the most potent known agonist of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) receptors, stimulated 45Ca2+ release from the intracellular stores of permeabilized hepatocytes. The concentration of adenophostin A causing the half-maximal effect (EC50) was 7.1±0.5nM, whereas the EC50 for InsP3 was 177±26nM; both responses were positively co-operative. In rapid superfusion analyses of 45Ca2+ release from the intracellular stores of immobilized hepatocytes, maximal concentrations of adenophostin A or InsP3 evoked indistinguishable patterns of Ca2+ release. The Ca2+ release evoked by both agonists peaked at the same maximal rate after about 375ms and the activity of the receptors then decayed to a stable, partially (60%) inactivated state with a half-time (t1/2) of 318±29ms for adenophostin A and 321±22ms for InsP3. Dissociation rates were measured by recording rates of InsP3-receptor channel closure after rapid removal of agonist. The rate of adenophostin A dissociation (t1/2, 840±195ms) was only 2-fold slower than that of InsP3 (t1/2, 436±48ms). We conclude that slow dissociation of adenophostin A from InsP3 receptors does not underlie either its high-affinity binding or the reported differences in the Ca2+ signals evoked by InsP3 and adenophostin A in intact cells.
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December 08 2000
Rapid activation and partial inactivation of inositol trisphosphate receptors by adenophostin A
Charles E. ADKINS;
Charles E. ADKINS
*Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QJ, U.K.,
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Frank WISSING;
Frank WISSING
*Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QJ, U.K.,
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Barry V. L. POTTER;
Barry V. L. POTTER
†Wolfson Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA7 7AY, U.K.
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Colin W. TAYLOR
Colin W. TAYLOR
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*Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QJ, U.K.,
1To whom correspondence should be addressed (e-mail cwt1000@cam.ac.uk).
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Received:
February 23 2000
Revision Received:
October 04 2000
Accepted:
October 17 2000
Online ISSN: 1470-8728
Print ISSN: 0264-6021
The Biochemical Society, London © 2000
2000
Biochem J (2000) 352 (3): 929–933.
Article history
Received:
February 23 2000
Revision Received:
October 04 2000
Accepted:
October 17 2000
Citation
Charles E. ADKINS, Frank WISSING, Barry V. L. POTTER, Colin W. TAYLOR; Rapid activation and partial inactivation of inositol trisphosphate receptors by adenophostin A. Biochem J 15 December 2000; 352 (3): 929–933. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bj3520929
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