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Purification of the vesamicol receptor.

B A Bahr¹, S M Parsons

¹Department of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106.

|June 30, 1992

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology

Background:

Cholinergic synaptic vesicles contain the vesamicol receptor (VR), essential for acetylcholine (ACh) transport.
The VR's precise molecular nature and association with vesicle components remained unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

To purify and characterize the vesamicol receptor (VR) from Torpedo electric organ cholinergic synaptic vesicles.
To investigate the VR's association with synaptic vesicle proteins and proteoglycans.

Main Methods:

Solubilization of VR using cholate detergent and stabilization with glycerol/phospholipids.
Multi-step purification including hydroxylapatite, wheat germ lectin affinity, DEAE anion-exchange, and size exclusion chromatography.
Biochemical assays including [3H]vesamicol binding, SDS-PAGE, and epitope mapping (SV1, SV2).

Main Results:

Purified VR with a specific binding of 4400 pmol/mg protein, exhibiting variable aggregation states (210-3500 kDa).
VR showed heterogeneous electrophoretic mobility (~240 kDa) without distinct polypeptide bands.
VR copurified with the SV1 epitope (cholinergic synaptic vesicle proteoglycan) and the SV2 epitope.

Conclusions:

The VR is strongly associated with cholinergic synaptic vesicle proteoglycan.
Purified VR retained enantioselectivity and ACh-binding capacity, supporting the allosteric model of the ACh transporter.
A distinct proteoglycan carrying SV1 and SV2 epitopes, independent of VR, was also identified.