Two different regions of P-glycoprotein [corrected] are photoaffinity-labeled by azidopine

J Biol Chem. 1989 Sep 15;264(26):15483-8.

Abstract

Cells that express P-glycoprotein are resistant to many unrelated anticancer drugs. All evidence suggests that P-glycoprotein is a plasma membrane protein that confers multidrug resistance by actively transporting these cytotoxic drugs out of cells. The objective of our work is to locate drug binding sites on P-glycoprotein. Azidopine is a photoaffinity drug analog that specifically labels P-glycoprotein. To determine the region of P-glycoprotein that binds azidopine, we labeled P-glycoprotein with azidopine and digested the labeled protein into fragments. We then identified the labeled fragments with specific antibodies. We have determined that azidopine labels two different regions of P-glycoprotein: one region is in the amino half of P-glycoprotein, and the other is in the carboxyl half of the protein. Our results suggest that P-glycoprotein contains either two binding sites for azidopine or a single site formed by the two homologous halves of the protein.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
  • Affinity Labels / metabolism*
  • Azides / metabolism*
  • Blood Proteins / metabolism
  • Dihydropyridines / metabolism*
  • Epitopes / analysis
  • Humans
  • Immune Sera
  • KB Cells
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / immunology
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / isolation & purification
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / metabolism*
  • Peptide Fragments / isolation & purification
  • Serine Endopeptidases
  • Trypsin

Substances

  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
  • Affinity Labels
  • Azides
  • Blood Proteins
  • Dihydropyridines
  • Epitopes
  • Immune Sera
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Peptide Fragments
  • azidopine
  • Serine Endopeptidases
  • glutamyl endopeptidase
  • Trypsin