Investigating the interaction of McN-A-343 with the M2 muscarinic receptor using its nitrogen mustard derivative.

Biochemical Pharmacology
Hinako Suga, Frederick J Ehlert

Abstract

We investigated whether the aziridinium ion formed from a nitrogen mustard derivative (4-[(2-bromoethyl)methyl-amino]-2-butynyl N-(3-chlorophenyl)carbamate; BR384) structurally related to McN-A-343 (4-(trimethyl-amino)-2-butynyl N-(3-chlorophenyl)carbamate) interacts allosterically or orthosterically with the M(2) muscarinic receptor. Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing the human M(2) muscarinic receptor were incubated with the aziridinium ion of BR384 in combination with McN-A-343 or other known orthosteric and allosteric ligands for various incubation times. After removing unreacted ligands, we measured the binding of [(3)H]N-methylscopolamine to residual unalkylated receptors. Affinity constants, rate constants for alkylation, and cooperativity constants were estimated for the interacting ligands using a mathematical model. Receptor alkylation by BR384 was consistent with a two-step process. After rapidly equilibrating with the receptor (step one), the aziridinium ion-receptor complex became covalently linked with a first order rate constant of about 0.95min(-1) (step two). McN-A-343, acetylcholine and N-methylscopolamine competitively protected the M(2) receptor from irreversible alkylation by BR384. In contrast, the all...Continue Reading

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