Beta-endorphin: photoaffinity labelling of a non-opioid binding site in a human neuroblastoma

Hammonds, R.G.; Westphal, M.; Li, C.H.

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 128(3): 1310-1314

1985


ISSN/ISBN: 0006-291X
PMID: 2988533
Document Number: 244430
A photoaffinity reagent 2-nitro-4-azidophenylsulfenyl chloride (2,4-NAPS-Cl) and synthetic analogs of human .beta.-endorphin (.beta.h-EP) were employed to demonstrate the presence of receptor sites specific for .beta.h-EP but of non-opioid character in a human neuroblastoma cell line (IMR-32). The radioactive photoaffinity probe was carried out using [125I-Tyr1,2,4-NAPS-Trp27]-.beta.h-EP and IMR-32 cell membranes. After solubilization with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, a single labeled protein band was identified with a MW of 72,000. Labeling was blocked by .beta.h-EP or .beta.h-EP-(6-31) but remained in the presence of .beta.h-EP-(1-27). The specificity of this band is identical to that of the non-opioid site previously characterized. Various nonionic or zwitterionic detergents did not extract the labeled non-opioid site.

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