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Vol. 56, Issue 2, 300-307, August 1999

Identification of Amino Acids of the Torpedo Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Contributing to the Binding Site for the Noncompetitive Antagonist [3H]Tetracaine

Martin J. Gallagher1 and Jonathan B. Cohen

Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

[3H]Tetracaine is a noncompetitive antagonist of the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) that binds with high affinity in the absence of cholinergic agonist (Keq = 0.5 µM) and weakly (Keq = 30 µM) in the presence of agonist (i.e., to nAChR in the desensitized state). In the absence of agonist, irradiation at 302 nm of nAChR-rich membranes equilibrated with [3H]tetracaine results in specific photoincorporation of [3H]tetracaine into each nAChR subunit. In this report, we identify the amino acids of each nAChR subunit specifically photolabeled by [3H]tetracaine that contribute to the high-affinity binding site. Subunits isolated from nAChR-rich membranes photolabeled with [3H]tetracaine were subjected to enzymatic digestion, and peptides containing 3H were purified by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by reversed phase HPLC. N-terminal sequence analysis of the isolated peptides demonstrated that [3H]tetracaine specifically labeled two sets of homologous hydrophobic residues (alpha Leu251, beta Leu257, gamma Leu260, and delta Leu265; alpha Val255 and delta Val269) as well as alpha Ile247 and delta Ala268 within the M2 hydrophobic segments of each subunit. The labeling of these residues establishes that the high-affinity [3H]tetracaine-binding site is located within the lumen of the closed ion channel and provides a definition of the surface of the M2 helices facing the channel lumen.

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