Abstract
The thermodynamic parameters DeltaG , DeltaH and DeltaS of the binding
equilibrium of six adenosine receptor agonists and five antagonists
at adenosine A(3) receptors were determined by means of affinity
measurements at six different temperatures (4, 10, 15, 20, 25 and
30) and van't Hoff plots were constructed. Affinity constants were
measured on Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells transfected with the
human A(3) receptors by inhibition assays of the binding of the selective
A(3) antagonist 3HMRE 3008F20. van't Hoff plots were linear for
agonists and antagonists in the temperature range 4-30 degree. Their
thermodynamic parameters fall in the ranges 21 < or = DeltaH < or
= 67kJmol(-1) and 208 < or = DeltaS < or =410 J(Kmol)(-1) for agonists
and -52 < or = DeltaH < or = -9 kJmol(-1) and 16 < or = DeltaS <
or =81 J(K/mol)(-1) for antagonists, showing that agonist binding
is always totally entropy-driven while antagonist binding is enthalpy-
and entropy-driven. The results are discussed with the aim of obtaining
new details on the nature of the forces driving the A(3) binding
at a molecular level.
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