Substance P receptor. Biochemical characterization and interactions with G proteins.
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The inhibitory effect of guanine nucleotides on the binding of 125I-Bolton-Hunter conjugated substance P (125I-BHSP) to rat submaxillary gland membranes has been confirmed and further explored. The evidence presented here indicates that this is due to a marked loss of binding affinity. In the presence of 5'-guanylyl imidodiphosphate (GppNHp) there is (1) a greater than or equal to 20-fold increase in the Kd as determined by Scatchard analysis and (2) the concentration of SP required to inhibit half of the 125I-BHSP binding (IC50) increased approximately 30-fold. Consistent with a marked decrease in affinity is an approximately 100-fold increase in the rate of dissociation of 125I-BHSP following addition of GppNHp. Complete restoration of high-affinity binding was achieved by removal of the guanine nucleotide.
During the course of an attempt to purify the substance P (SP) receptor from horse salivary glands by substance P-affinity chromatography, a polypeptide of Mr = 78,000 was isolated. The first fifteen amino acid residues at the amino terminus were determined and, unexpectedly, were found to be identical with the amino terminus of a glucose-regulated protein (GRP) of the same molecular weight, a protein that has been identified as a member of the heat shock protein family. This finding raises the intriguing possibility that SP may interact in vivo with GRPs and other members of the heat shock protein family and play a role in modulating their biological activities.