PMID- 10342826 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990608 LR - 20190515 IS - 0012-1797 (Print) IS - 0012-1797 (Linking) VI - 48 IP - 6 DP - 1999 Jun TI - Identification of the high-affinity tolbutamide site on the SUR1 subunit of the K(ATP) channel. PG - 1341-7 AB - ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K(ATP)) are formed from four pore-forming Kir6.2 subunits complexed with four regulatory sulfonylurea receptor subunits (SUR1 in pancreatic beta-cells, SUR2A in heart). The sensitivity of the channel to different sulfonylureas depends on the SUR isoform. In particular, Kir6.2-SUR1 but not Kir6.2-SUR2A channels are blocked by tolbutamide with high affinity. We made chimeras between SUR1 and SUR2A to identify the region of the protein involved in high-affinity tolbutamide block. Chimeric SURs were coexpressed with Kir6.2 in Xenopus oocytes, and macroscopic currents were measured in inside-out membrane patches. High-affinity tolbutamide inhibition could be conferred on SUR2A by replacing transmembrane domains (TMs) 14-16 with the corresponding region of SUR1. Conversely, high-affinity tolbutamide inhibition of SUR1 was abolished by replacing TMs 13-16 with the corresponding SUR2A sequence, or by mutating a single serine residue within this region to tyrosine (S1237Y). Binding of [3H]glibenclamide to membranes expressing SUR1 was abolished concomitantly with the loss of high-affinity tolbutamide block. These results suggest that a site in the COOH-terminal set of TMs of the SUR1 subunit of the K(ATP) channel is involved in the binding of tolbutamide and glibenclamide. FAU - Ashfield, R AU - Ashfield R AD - Nuffield Department of Clinical Biochemistry, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. FAU - Gribble, F M AU - Gribble FM FAU - Ashcroft, S J AU - Ashcroft SJ FAU - Ashcroft, F M AU - Ashcroft FM LA - eng GR - Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Diabetes JT - Diabetes JID - 0372763 RN - 0 (ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters) RN - 0 (Abcc8 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) RN - 0 (Potassium Channels) RN - 0 (Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying) RN - 0 (Receptors, Drug) RN - 0 (Sulfonylurea Compounds) RN - 0 (Sulfonylurea Receptors) RN - 61D2G4IYVH (Adenosine Diphosphate) RN - 982XCM1FOI (Tolbutamide) RN - SX6K58TVWC (Glyburide) SB - IM MH - *ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters MH - Adenosine Diphosphate/metabolism MH - Amino Acid Substitution MH - Animals MH - Binding Sites MH - COS Cells MH - Glyburide/metabolism MH - Hypoglycemic Agents/*metabolism MH - Potassium Channels/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying MH - Rats MH - Receptors, Drug/genetics/*metabolism MH - Sulfonylurea Compounds/*metabolism MH - Sulfonylurea Receptors MH - Tolbutamide/*metabolism MH - Transfection MH - Xenopus EDAT- 1999/05/26 00:00 MHDA- 1999/05/26 00:01 CRDT- 1999/05/26 00:00 PHST- 1999/05/26 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/05/26 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/05/26 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.2337/diabetes.48.6.1341 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Diabetes. 1999 Jun;48(6):1341-7. doi: 10.2337/diabetes.48.6.1341.