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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 269: C1073-C1077, 1995;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 269, Issue 4 C1073-C1077, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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An oxonol dye is the most potent known inhibitor of band 3-mediated anion exchange

P. A. Knauf, F. Y. Law and K. Hahn
Department of Biophysics, University of Rochester School of Medicine, New York 14642, USA.

When cells are acutely exposed to the oxonol dye, bis(1,3-dibutylbarbituric acid)pentamethine oxonol (diBA), at 0 degrees C, the concentration that gives half inhibition of Cl- exchange (IC50) is 0.146 +/- 0.013 microM (n = 12) initially, but the inhibition increases with time. These characteristics indicate that a rapid initial binding is followed by a slow conformational change that makes the binding tighter. If diBA is allowed to equilibrate with band 3, the IC50 is only 1.05 +/- 0.13 nM (n = 5), making diBA a more potent inhibitor than 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DIDS), for which the IC50 under similar conditions is 31 +/- 6 nM [T. Janas, P. J. Bjerrum, J. Brahm, and J. O. Wieth. Am. J. Physiol. 257 (Cell Physiol. 26): C601-C606, 1989]. Inhibition by diBA is very slowly reversible at 0 degrees C (t1/2 > 50 h), but the effect is more readily reversible at higher temperatures. DiBA competes with 4,4'-dinitrostilbene-2,2'-disulfonate (DNDS) for inhibition, suggesting an external site of action. In contrast to DIDS and DNDS, however, increasing Cl- concentrations do not decrease the inhibitory effect of diBA, indicating that the inhibition is not competitive. Thus diBA may be useful for investigating conformational changes during anion exchange and for stopping transport without preventing substrate binding. However, when diBA and other oxonols are used to sense membrane potential, they may have undesirable side effects on anion transport processes.


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