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Absence of 7-acetyl taxol binding to unassembled brain tubulin
M Takoudju1, M Wright, J Chenu
1Laboratoire de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie Fondamentales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse, France.
Abstract:
The effect of taxol on microtubule proteins at 0 degrees C is controversial. In order to determine if taxol is unable to bind to unassembled tubulin, as has been hypothesized, the binding of [3H]acetyl taxol has been studied using equilibrium microdialysis. Ac-taxol bound to microtubules at 37 degrees C and the binding remained stable when the temperature was lowered to 0 degrees C. Ac-taxol bound also at 0 degrees C to microtubules stabilized with rhazinilam. In contrast, there was no binding of Ac-taxol to unassembled tubulin, either free tubulin at 0 degrees C or tubulin, complexed with several microtubule poisons, at 0 and 37 degrees C.