Abstract
Because adenosine narrows asthmatic airways, is released during hypoxia and by mast cells, and is antagonized by theophylline, it may play a role in asthma. I characterized the first step in pulmonary responses to adenosine: its adenosine receptor. Plasma membranes, prepared from macroscopically normal human peripheral lung, were incubated with 10 nM 5'-N-ethylcarboxamido[3H]adenosine ([3H]NECA) and various concentrations of competing ligand under experimentally determined optimal conditions: 4 degrees C, pH 7.4, 5 mM MgCl2, 1.8 mg protein/ml, 30-min incubation time. Bound and free ligand were separated by rapid vacuum filtration, and the radioactive counts were analyzed using a weighted, non-linear, least-squares curve-fitting program, LIGAND. Analyzed together, the data from the lungs of 6 patients revealed a single binding site with a dissociation constant (Kd) for NECA of 200 nM +/- 14% and a receptor concentration of 543 fmol/mg protein +/- 13%. Analyzed separately, the individual Kds ranged from 133 to 430 nM and the receptor concentrations from 338 to 811 fmol/mg protein. Adenosine receptor ligands competed with NECA in an A2 rank order of potency: NECA greater than 8-phenyltheophylline greater than 3-isobutyl-1-methylxa...Continue Reading
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