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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 261, Issue 2, 532-537, 01, 1986

Ionic and GTP regulation of binding of platelet-activating factor to receptors and platelet-activating factor-induced activation of GTPase in rabbit platelet membranes

SB Hwang, MH Lam and SS Pong

Specific binding of 3H-labeled platelet-activating factor (PAF) to rabbit platelet membranes was found to be regulated by monovalent and divalent cations and GTP. At 0 degrees C, inhibition of [3H]PAF binding by sodium is specific, with an ED50 of 6 mM, while Li+ is 25-fold less effective. On the contrary, K+, Cs+, and Rb+ enhance the binding. The divalent cations, Mg2+, Ca2+, and Mn2+ enhance the specific binding 8- 10-fold. From both Scatchard and Klotz analyses, the inhibitory effect of Na+ is apparently due to an increase in the equilibrium dissociation constant (KD) of PAF binding to its receptors. However, the Mg2+- induced enhancement of the PAF specific binding may be attributed to an increased affinity of the receptor and an increased availability of the receptor sites. In the presence of Na+, PAF receptor affinity decreased with increasing temperature with a 100-fold sharp discontinuous decrease in receptor affinity at 24 degrees C. In contrast, the Mg2+- induced increase is independent of temperature suggesting that the Mg2+ regulatory site is different from Na+ regulatory site. [3H]PAF binding is also specifically inhibited by GTP; other nucleotides have little effect. PAF also stimulates hydrolysis of [gamma-32P]GTP with an ED50 of 0.7 nM, whereas 3-O-hexadecyl-2-O-acetyl-sn-glyceryl-1- phosphorylcholine showed no activity even at 10 microM. Moreover, such stimulatory effect of PAF is dependent on Na+ and can be abolished by the PAF-specific receptor antagonist, kadsurenone, but not by an inactive analog, kadsurin B. These results suggest that the PAF receptor may be coupled with the adenylate cyclase system via an inhibitory guanine nucleotide regulatory protein.
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