Summary
The binding of [3H]-Cyclopentyladenosine (CPA), an N6-substituted analog of adenosine, was examined in vitro. CPA bound with high affinity (K d=0.48 nmol/l) to rat brain membranes. Specific binding, which represented 90–97% of the total counts bound at a ligand concentration of 1 nmol/l, was saturable, reversible and sensitive to protein denaturation. The pharmacology of binding was consistent with the labeling of an A-1 receptor, the R- and S-diastereomers of N6-phenylisopropyladenosine (PIA) showing a sixteenfold difference in their ability to displace CPA. The prototypic A-1 selective adenosine agonist, N6-cyclohexyladenosine (CHA) was twofold less active than CPA in displacing radiolabeled CPA. Comparison of the ability of cold CHA and CPA to displace [3H]-CPA gave rat dissociation constants of 1.88 and 1.80×104 s−1, respectively suggesting that both CHA and CPA bound to the same recognition site. In contrast however, comparison of the binding of [3H]-CPA with that of [3H]-CHA showed distinct differences. The K d for CHA was approximately twice that of CPA while the apparent B max was 60% greater. In comparing the pharmacology of CPA binding with that of CHA, it was found that CHA, S-PIA and the antagonist, PACPX were more active in displacing CHA than CPA. In general however, CPA has a binding profile very similar to that observed with CHA.
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Abbreviations
- 2-CADO:
-
2 chloroadenosine
- CHA:
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N6cyclohexyladenosine
- CPA:
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N6cyclopentyladenosine
- EHNA:
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Erythro-9-(2-hydroxy-3-nonyl)adenine
- IBMX:
-
Isobutylmethylxanthine
- NECA:
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5′ N-ethylcarboxamide adenosine
- PACPX:
-
[1,3-dipropyl-8-(2-amino-4-chloro)phenylxanthine]
- PIA:
-
N6-Phenylisopropyladenosine
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Williams, M., Braunwalder, A. & Erickson, T.J. Evaluation of the binding of the A-1 selective adenosine radioligand, cyclopentyladenosine (CPA), to rat brain tissue. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol. 332, 179–183 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00511410
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