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Interaction of N1-substituted adenines with 1-methyladenine receptors of starfish oocytes in induction of maturation. 2001

M Mita, and M Yoshikuni, and Y Nagahama, and M Maekawa, and M Saito, and M Saneyoshi
Teikyo Junior College, 6-31-1 Honmachi, Shibuya-ku, 151-0092, Tokyo, Japan. bio-mita@lycos.ne.jp

Starfish oocytes are arrested naturally in the late G(2) phase of the first meiotic division. In response to the natural maturation-inducing hormone, 1-methyladenine (1-MA), oocytes undergo reinitiation of meiosis with germinal vesicle breakdown. We tested 10 newly synthesized N1-substituted adenines that are 1-MA analogues to analyze the interaction between 1-MA and its stereo-specific receptors on the oocyte plasma membranes of the starfish Asterina pectinifera. Among these analogues, 1-(beta-naphthylmethyl)adenine, 1-aminoadenine and 1-(p-nitrobenzyl)adenine played agonistic roles in the induction of oocyte maturation. 1-(o-Nitrobenzyl)adenine, 1-(m-nitrobenzyl)adenine, 1-phenethyladenine and 1-(p-nitrophenethyl)adenine had antagonist effects on 1-MA-induced oocyte maturation. These agonists and antagonists behaved competitively in the binding of [3H]1-MA to receptors in oocyte cortices. In contrast, 1-(alpha-naphthylmethyl)adenine, 1-(2,4-dinitrobenzyl)adenine and 1-(p-methoxybenzyl)adenine had no effects on oocyte maturation. Our results suggest that regional-specific sterical structures at the N1-site of adenine are important in the interaction between 1-MA and its receptors in oocytes. In addition, a negative charge at the N1-site of adenine is required for binding with the receptors.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009865 Oocytes Female germ cells derived from OOGONIA and termed OOCYTES when they enter MEIOSIS. The primary oocytes begin meiosis but are arrested at the diplotene state until OVULATION at PUBERTY to give rise to haploid secondary oocytes or ova (OVUM). Ovocytes,Oocyte,Ovocyte
D009866 Oogenesis The process of germ cell development in the female from the primordial germ cells through OOGONIA to the mature haploid ova (OVUM). Oogeneses
D011485 Protein Binding The process in which substances, either endogenous or exogenous, bind to proteins, peptides, enzymes, protein precursors, or allied compounds. Specific protein-binding measures are often used as assays in diagnostic assessments. Plasma Protein Binding Capacity,Binding, Protein
D011956 Receptors, Cell Surface Cell surface proteins that bind signalling molecules external to the cell with high affinity and convert this extracellular event into one or more intracellular signals that alter the behavior of the target cell (From Alberts, Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2nd ed, pp693-5). Cell surface receptors, unlike enzymes, do not chemically alter their ligands. Cell Surface Receptor,Cell Surface Receptors,Hormone Receptors, Cell Surface,Receptors, Endogenous Substances,Cell Surface Hormone Receptors,Endogenous Substances Receptors,Receptor, Cell Surface,Surface Receptor, Cell
D004305 Dose-Response Relationship, Drug The relationship between the dose of an administered drug and the response of the organism to the drug. Dose Response Relationship, Drug,Dose-Response Relationships, Drug,Drug Dose-Response Relationship,Drug Dose-Response Relationships,Relationship, Drug Dose-Response,Relationships, Drug Dose-Response
D000225 Adenine A purine base and a fundamental unit of ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES. Vitamin B 4,4, Vitamin B,B 4, Vitamin
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001667 Binding, Competitive The interaction of two or more substrates or ligands with the same binding site. The displacement of one by the other is used in quantitative and selective affinity measurements. Competitive Binding
D013215 Starfish Echinoderms having bodies of usually five radially disposed arms coalescing at the center. Sea Star,Seastar,Starfishes,Sea Stars,Seastars
D013237 Stereoisomerism The phenomenon whereby compounds whose molecules have the same number and kind of atoms and the same atomic arrangement, but differ in their spatial relationships. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed) Molecular Stereochemistry,Stereoisomers,Stereochemistry, Molecular,Stereoisomer

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