Studies on β-endorphin and membrane-bound calcium interaction using chlorotetracycline (CTC) as a fluorescence probe

A. K. Chakrabarti, T. K. Chatterjee, J. J. Ghosh

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Abstract

Studies on the in vitro interaction of β-endorphin with different biomembrane preparations, measured in terms of Ca2+ induced chlorotetracycline (CTC) fluorescence alterations indicate that β-endorphin causes release of calcium ion from both synaptosomal and erythrocyte membrane stores but not from rat brain mitochondria. It seems that the binding pattern or interaction of β-endorphin with synaptosomes and erythrocytes are characteristically different from that of mitochondria, indicating some functional significance of this differential interaction.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)273-276
Number of pages4
JournalPeptides
Volume4
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1983
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Biomembrane
  • Calcium
  • Fluorescence
  • Transport
  • β-Endorphin

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Physiology
  • Endocrinology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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