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TRIFUNCTIONAL LIGANDS: A RADIOIODINATED HIGH AFFINITY ACYLATING ANTAGONIST FOR THE A1 ADENOSINE RECEPTOR
Kenneth A Jacobson1, Mark E Olah1, Gary L Stiles1
1Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Abstract:
A new xanthine (adenosine antagonist) radioligand that binds covalently to A1-adenosine receptors was prepared and used as a receptor probe. BH-DITC-XAC was synthesized via a trifunctional aryl diisothiocyanate crosslinker. containing the p-hydroxyphenylpropionyl group for radioiodination. The xanthine competed against agonist or antagonist A1 receptor radioligands in bovine brain membranes with an IC50, of 40nM. 125I-BH-DITC-XAC, prepared directly by the chloramine T method and purified by HPLC. bound specifically to A1 receptors. This binding was inhibited in the presence of the adenosine agonists R-PIA, S-PIA. and NECA in a dose dependent manner and with the order of potency characteristic of bovine A1 receptors. Incubation of affinity purified bovine A1-receptors with 125I-BH-DITC-XAC (0.8 nM) for 2 hours resulted in the specific and clean labelling of a polypeptide band corresponding to MW 36,000, identical to that previously found for the A1 receptor.
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