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  • Title: Induction of G protein-independent agonist high-affinity binding sites of D-1 dopamine receptors by beta-mercaptoethanol.
    Author: Sidhu A, Kimura K, Vachvanichsanong P.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1994 Sep 20; 33(37):11246-53. PubMed ID: 7727376.
    Abstract:
    We have purified the D-1 dopamine receptor 8200-fold to 78% purity from rat striatal membranes. Critical to this purification was the N-ethylmaleimide (NEM)-mediated alkylation of all endogenous sulfhydryl groups, except those associated with the D-1 dopamine receptors, which were protected by the D-1 agonist SKF R-38393. Such NEM treatment of D-1 receptors abolished all agonist high-affinity binding sites of the receptors, but did not alter the antagonist binding properties. When NEM-treated D-1 receptors were affinity-purified by mercury-agarose columns, the pharmacological properties of these purified receptors were examined, after removal of beta-mercaptoethanol (beta ME), which was used for elution of receptors from the affinity column. Purified D-1 receptors displayed typical dopaminergic antagonist binding values; however, agonists bound to the purified receptors with only high-affinity binding values, despite the prior absence of high-affinity sites in crude soluble extracts of NEM-treated receptors. The agonist high-affinity binding of purified D-1 receptors was insensitive to modulation by the GTP analog Gpp(NH)p and occurred in the absence of any G proteins. These Gpp(NH)p-insensitive high-affinity sites appeared to be induced by beta ME, since similar high-affinity binding was also restored by beta ME to crude soluble and membrane-bound receptors, which had been pretreated with NEM. The ability of D-1 dopamine receptors to bind with high-affinity to agonists in the absence of functionally active G proteins may be an intrinsic property of the reduced state of D-1 dopamine receptors.
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