Characterization and regulation of the expression of scyllatoxin (Leiurotoxin I) receptors in the human neuroblastoma cell line NB-OK 1

FEBS Lett. 1991 Jul 22;285(2):271-4. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(91)80815-k.

Abstract

125I-[Tyr2]scyllatoxin allowed to label a single class of high-affinity receptors in membranes from the human neuroblastoma cell line NB-OK 1. The Kd of these receptors was 60 pM for scyllatoxin (Leiurotoxin I) and 20 pM for apamin and the Bmax was low (3.8 fmol/mg membrane protein). K+ increased toxin binding at low concentrations but exerted opposite effects at high concentrations. Ca2+, guanidinium and Na+ exerted only inhibitory effects on binding. Scyllatoxin binding sites were overexpressed 2.5-fold after a 24-h cell pretreatment with 2 mM butyrate. This effect was suppressed by cycloheximide.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Apamin / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Apamin / metabolism
  • Butyrates / pharmacology
  • Butyric Acid
  • Calcium / metabolism
  • Cell Membrane / metabolism*
  • Cycloheximide / pharmacology
  • Gene Expression Regulation / drug effects*
  • Guanidine
  • Guanidines / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Kinetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Potassium / metabolism
  • Potassium Channels*
  • Radioligand Assay
  • Receptors, Cholinergic / drug effects
  • Receptors, Cholinergic / metabolism*
  • Scorpion Venoms / metabolism*
  • Sodium / metabolism
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Butyrates
  • Guanidines
  • Potassium Channels
  • Receptors, Cholinergic
  • Scorpion Venoms
  • scyllatoxin receptor
  • Butyric Acid
  • leiurotoxin I
  • Apamin
  • Cycloheximide
  • Sodium
  • Guanidine
  • Potassium
  • Calcium