Atrial natriuretic peptide receptors and activation of guanylate cyclase in rat cardiac sarcolemma |
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| Authors: | E L Rugg J F Aiton G Cramb |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, University of St. Andrews, Fife, UK. |
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| Abstract: | Two classes of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) receptors are present in purified sarcolemmal membrane fractions isolated from rat ventricle. Scatchard analysis using [125I]-ANP reveals high affinity (Kd approximately 10(-11) M) and low affinity (Kd approximately 10(-9) M) binding sites. Basal guanylate cyclase activities associated with these membrane fractions range from 3.2 +/- 1.3 pmol/min/mg protein in the presence of Mg2+ to 129 +/- 17 pmol/min/mg protein in the presence of Mn2+. Millimolar concentrations of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) potentiates Mg2+- but not Mn2+-supported activity. Binding of ANP to the low affinity site but not the high affinity site results in a maximum 2-fold activation of Mn2+- and up to 6-fold activation of Mg2+/ATP supported guanylate cyclase activities. |
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