TABLE 1

Allosteric ligand affinity (pKB) and binding cooperativity with NECA (logαI) for WT and mutant 3xHA-A1ARs determined from whole-cell [3H]DPCPX binding interaction studies.

Values represent the mean ± S.E.M. from indicated number of separate experiments (n) performed in duplicate.

pKBalogαIb (αI)logαI + pKB
PD81723VCP171PD81723VCP171PD81723VCP171
WT5.41 ± 0.06 (n = 30)5.65 ± 0.06 (n = 10)0.88 ± 0.05 (7.62)0.68 ± 0.07 (4.79)6.296.33
F144A5.73 ± 0.14 (n = 7)5.48 ± 0.07 (n = 3)0.53 ± 0.15 (3.40)0.36 ± 0.13 (2.31)6.265.84
G145A5.20 ± 0.09 (n = 6)5.32 ± 0.19 (n = 3)0.91 ± 0.11 (8.22)0.69 ± 0.14 (4.94)6.116.01
W146A5.49 ± 0.31 (n = 3)5.65 ± 0.11 (n = 3)0.96 ± 0.27 (9.20)0.08 ± 0.23 (1.20)*6.455.73
N147A6.15 ± 0.25 (n = 3)*5.48 ± 0.06 (n = 3)0.26 ± 0.21 (1.81)*0.61 ± 0.07 (4.11)6.416.09
N148A5.93 ± 0.20 (n = 5)*5.72 ± 0.04 (n = 3)0.31 ± 0.08 (2.04)*0.36 ± 0.07 (2.29)6.246.08
L149A5.77 ± 0.21 (n = 5)5.67 ± 0.03 (n = 3)0.45 ± 0.13 (2.80)0.44 ± 0.11 (2.79)6.226.11
SV150AA5.04 ± 0.10 (n = 8)5.52 ± 0.19 (n = 3)1.16 ± 0.12 (14.35)0.82 ± 0.1 (6.58)6.206.34
E153A5.71 ± 0.14 (n = 7)5.38 ± 0.11 (n = 4)0.58 ± 0.09 (3.76)0.76 ± 0.19 (5.77)6.296.14
R154A5.49 ± 0.13 (n = 7)5.91 ± 0.08 (n = 5)0.75 ± 0.12 (5.57)0.26 ± 0.12 (1.84)6.246.17
W156A5.40 ± 0.12 (n = 8)5.92 ± 0.13 (n = 4)0.95 ± 0.14 (8.87)0.05 ± 0.05 (1.12)*6.355.97
N159A5.54 ± 0.13 (n = 6)5.93 ± 0.11 (n = 6)0.57 ± 0.1 (3.72)0.32 ± 0.07 (2.10)6.116.25
G160A5.76 ± 0.14 (n = 7)5.96 ± 0.05 (n = 3)0.47 ± 0.11 (2.95)*0.39 ± 0.09 (2.47)6.236.35
S161A6.18 ± 0.05 (n = 5)*5.63 ± 0.15 (n = 3)−0.32 ± 0.25 (0.47)*0.86 ± 0.22 (7.25)5.866.49
MGE162AAA5.41 ± 0.07 (n = 6)5.61 ± 0.02 (n = 3)1.04 ± 0.16 (10.99)0.55 ± 0.25 (3.59)6.456.16
P165A5.79 ± 0.09 (n = 6)5.95 ± 0.12 (n = 4)0.77 ± 0.09 (5.85)0.27 ± 0.05 (1.85)6.566.22
V166A5.95 ± 0.11 (n = 6)*5.80 ± 0.13 (n = 6)0.58 ± 0.09 (3.76)0.47 ± 0.09 (2.96)6.536.27
I167A6.21 ± 0.11 (n = 6)*5.90 ± 0.15 (n = 6)0.57 ± 0.08 (3.72)0.72 ± 0.14 (5.29)6.786.62
K168A5.86 ± 0.14 (n = 7)*5.49 ± 0.06 (n = 5)0.67 ± 0.1 (4.69)0.68 ± 0.07 (4.84)6.536.17
E170A6.00 ± 0.11 (n = 7)*5.72 ± 0.11 (n = 5)0.46 ± 0.11 (2.89)*0.49 ± 0.13 (3.11)6.466.21
E172A4.89 ± 0.11 (n = 5)*5.26 ± 0.05 (n = 6)*1.10 ± 0.1 (12.62)0.84 ± 0.04 (6.93)5.996.1
K173A6.20 ± 0.11 (n = 6)*5.37 ± 0.09 (n = 5)0.32 ± 0.08 (2.08)*0.66 ± 0.08 (4.57)6.526.03
V174A5.91 ± 0.21 (n = 4)5.91 ± 0.13 (n = 4)0.51 ± 0.18 (3.24)0.65 ± 0.21 (4.44)6.426.56
I175A6.49 ± 0.14 (n = 4)*5.83 ± 0.13 (n = 3)0.70 ± 0.17 (5.04)0.24 ± 0.02 (1.74)7.196.07
S176A5.78 ± 0.16 (n = 6)5.47 ± 0.12 (n = 6)0.62 ± 0.21 (4.13)0.80 ± 0.13 (6.27)6.406.27
M177A5.73 ± 0.09 (n = 5)5.69 ± 0.15 (n = 6)0.65 ± 0.11 (4.49)0.84 ± 0.14 (6.92)6.386.53
  • a Negative logarithm of the equilibrium dissociation constant of PD81723 and VCP171 as estimated from eq. 1

  • b Logarithm of the binding cooperativity factor estimated from Eq. 1. Antilogarithm is shown in parentheses.

  • * P < 0.05, significantly different from WT, one-way analysis of variance, Dunnett’s post hoc test.