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  • Title: Thermodynamic properties of agonist interactions with the beta adrenergic receptor-coupled adenylate cyclase system. II. Agonist binding to soluble beta adrenergic receptors.
    Author: Contreras ML, Wolfe BB, Molinoff PB.
    Journal: J Pharmacol Exp Ther; 1986 Apr; 237(1):165-72. PubMed ID: 2870175.
    Abstract:
    The thermodynamic parameters associated with the interactions of agonists and antagonists with digitonin-solubilized beta adrenergic receptors were determined. A rapid method for measuring the binding of [125I]iodopindolol to soluble receptors using glass-fiber filters was developed. The binding of [125I]iodopindolol, an antagonist with intrinsic sympathomimetic activity, to soluble receptors was temperature-sensitive as is the binding of the ligand to membrane-bound receptors. The interactions of propranolol and timolol with soluble receptors were independent of temperature. In contrast, the binding of agonists to soluble receptors was sensitive to temperature, although insensitive to GTP. Thermodynamically, the interactions of the antagonists timolol and propranolol with soluble beta adrenergic receptors were entropy-driven, with little contribution from changes in enthalpy. This is consistent with a hydrophobic interaction between the receptor and the antagonist. The binding of [125I]iodopindolol was enthalpy-driven. The binding of full agonists with soluble receptors was described thermodynamically by changes in enthalpy and entropy that were negative relative to the values for propranolol and timolol, suggesting that the guanine nucleotide-binding protein required for stimulation of adenylate cyclase activity and an intact lipid environment are not involved in the thermodynamics of formation of the low-affinity component of agonist binding. These results are consistent with an agonist-induced change in the conformation of the receptor.
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