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  • Title: Role of fluidity of membranes on the guanyl nucleotide-dependent binding of cholecystokinin-8S to rat brain cortical membranes.
    Author: Rinken A, Harro J, Engström L, Oreland L.
    Journal: Biochem Pharmacol; 1998 Feb 15; 55(4):423-31. PubMed ID: 9514076.
    Abstract:
    The binding of [3H]cholecystokinin octapeptide (sulphated) ([3H]CCK-8S), an agonist of the cholecystokinin receptors, to rat cortical membranes was fast, specific and saturable, with pH optimum at 6.5-7.0. The divalent cations Mg2+ and Ca2+ clearly enhanced [3H]CCK-8S binding, whereas the monovalent cations Na+ and K+ were inhibitors. Inactivation of the ligand binding ability of these membranes was dependent on the incubation temperature and corresponding tau1/2 values were 11 days at 4 degrees , 12 hr at 21 degrees , 154 min at 30 degrees and 51 min at 37 degrees , which revealed the apparent activation energy of this process to be 130+/-4 kJ/mol. Scatchard analysis of the saturation curves of [3H]CCK-8S binding was best described by a one site binding model with a Kd = 0.63+/-0.18 nM and a maximum binding of 32+/-2 fmol/mg protein. The stable GTP analogue guanosin-5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTPgammaS) decreased the affinity of [3H]CCK-8S binding only up to 2-fold without significant influence on maximal binding. Modulation of membrane properties by different detergents revealed that only in the case of digitonin (0.03-0.04%) did the GTP-dependence of [3H]CCK-8S binding considerably increase without significant influence on the ligand binding properties in the absence of GTPgammaS. Other detergents studied (sodium cholate, sodium deoxycholate, 3-(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio-1-propanesulfonate (CHAPS), sucrose monolaurate, series Triton X and Tween) either had little influence on GTP-gammaS-dependence of [3H]CCK-8S binding or inactivated the receptor. Parallel studies of fluorescent polarization of diphenylhexatriene (DPH) in rat cortical membranes indicated that digitonin was the only detergent which at low concentrations caused a rapid increase in membrane fluidity and thereafter stabilized it at a certain level. Other detergents studied had only moderate influence on membrane fluidity (CHAPS, cholate, deoxycholate) or caused fast and continuous increase of membrane fluidity (Triton X-100, Tween 80). These data together point to the essential influence of the fluidity of membranes on the regulation of the interactions between G proteins and CCK receptors in rat cortical membranes. Under standard experimental conditions (temperature lower than 30 degrees), the CCK receptor-G protein complex is active for quantitative characterization of the receptors, but the membranes are too rigid for natural communication and regulation.
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