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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 259, Issue 11, 7219-7223, Jun, 1984

A gamma-aminobutyric acid/benzodiazepine receptor complex from bovine cerebral cortex. Improved purification with preservation of regulatory sites and their interactions

E Sigel and EA Barnard

A gamma-aminobutyrate/benzodiazepine receptor complex has been purified from bovine cerebral cortex by an improved procedure using a zwitterionic detergent. A high affinity binding site for the chloride ion channel-blocking ligand [35S]t-butyl bicyclophosphorothionate ( TBPS ) was co-purified with the high affinity binding sites for gamma- aminobutyrate and benzodiazepines. The latter two have previously been shown to reside on the same physical structure ( Sigel , E., Stephenson , F.A., Mamalaki , C., and Barnard , E. A. (1983) J. Biol. Chem. 258, 6965-6971). The dissociation constants, as measured in assay medium containing zwitterionic detergent were 90 +/- 20 nM for TBPS and 11 +/- 4 nM for [3H]flunitrazepam, whereas the binding of [3H]muscimol, a gamma-aminobutyrate agonist, showed a more complex binding behavior with more than one site. If the same preparation was assayed in a medium containing instead Triton X-100 as the detergent, the binding of TBPS was strongly inhibited, [3H]flunitrazepam binding was unaffected, and [3H]muscimol bound to a single class of sites with a dissociation constant of 33 +/- 3 nM. Regulatory interactions were retained in the complex isolated by the improved method: [3H]flunitrazepam binding was stimulated by gamma-aminobutyrate or by pentobarbital, and in a dose- dependent manner. The same two subunit types of Mr = 53,000 and 57,000 are present in the purified receptor complex as previously reported.
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