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Regulation of [3H]phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate binding sites in mouse neuroblastoma cells: simultaneous down-regulation by phorbol esters and desensitization of their inhibition of muscarinic receptor function.

Abstract
The binding characteristics of [3H]phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate ([3H]PDBu) in mouse neuroblastoma N1E-115 cells were studied. The specific binding of [3H]PDBu to intact cells was saturable and to a homogeneous class of binding sites, with a Kd of 21 nM. Phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate and PDBu competed for [3H]PDBu binding whereas 4 alpha-phorbol did not. The binding of [3H]PDBu to the cells was selective, as it was not affected by several agents that interact with various neurotransmitter receptors in N1E-115 cells. The density of the phorbol ester binding site decreased as the cell passage increased, although the Kd of [3H]PDBu binding remained relatively constant. Upon exposure of the cells to 100 nM PDBu for 1 hr at 37 degrees C, a translocation of the binding sites from the cytosol to the particulate fraction was observed. A similar pretreatment of the cells with 1 mM carbamylcholine, however, was ineffective. The specific binding of [3H]PDBu was down-regulated in both a time- and a concentration-dependent fashion by exposure of the cells to PDBu. When the cells were treated with 100 nM PDBu for 24 hr, the maximum binding site density of [3H]PDBu was decreased to 47% of control, with no change in the Kd. Recovery of [3H]PDBu binding after exposure to the phorbol ester for 24 hr was slow and incomplete, and was dependent on protein synthesis. The down-regulation of [3H]PDBu binding after pretreatment of the cells with PDBu for 24 hr was accompanied by an attenuation of the ability of phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate to inhibit carbamylcholine-induced cyclic GMP formation as well as inositol phosphates accumulation in these cells, indicating desensitization of protein kinase C function.
AuthorsW S Lai, E E el-Fakahany
JournalThe Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics (J Pharmacol Exp Ther) Vol. 244 Issue 1 Pg. 41-50 (Jan 1988) ISSN: 0022-3565 [Print] United States
PMID3422096 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Phorbol Esters
  • Phorbols
  • Receptors, Muscarinic
  • Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate
  • Carbachol
  • Protein Kinase C
  • phorbol
Topics
  • Animals
  • Binding Sites
  • Carbachol (pharmacology)
  • Clone Cells
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Kinetics
  • Mice
  • Neuroblastoma (metabolism)
  • Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate
  • Phorbol Esters (metabolism)
  • Phorbols (pharmacology)
  • Protein Kinase C (metabolism)
  • Receptors, Muscarinic (metabolism)

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