Table 3

Ligand binding studies for the combination proline-to-alanine mutations.

IloprostCarbacyclinPGE1Expression
nM nM nM pmol/mg protein
hIP1D4PMT4 (WT)7  ± 3121  ± 51301  ± 902.1  ± 0.5
P17A/P179A38  ± 5267  ± 71890  ± 1211.2  ± 0.3
P69A/P89A33  ± 7265  ± 56548  ± 1441.2  ± 0.3
P141A/P285A16  ± 2177  ± 34842  ± 1433.9  ± 1.5
P17A/P69A/P89A>5003-150 N.D.N.D.0.4  ± 0.1
P141A/P179A/P285A>5003-150 N.D.N.D.0.6  ± 0.2

Shown are K i values (mean ± S.E.) from at least three separate experiments (duplicates of 12 different concentrations). Receptor expressions were determined by saturation binding from membranes prepared from COS-1 cells transfected with 20 μg of DNA per plate.

    • N.D., not determined.

    • 3-150p < 0.001.