A liquid chromatographic stationary phase containingimmobilized membranes from a cell line expressing the
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4 subtype of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholinereceptor (nAChR) has been used to assess dissociationrate constants (
kd) of 12 noncompetitive inhibitor-nAChRcomplexes. The pharmacological effects of the noncompetitive inhibitors, expressed as percent recovery ofactivity at 7 min and 4 h postexposure to the inhibitor,were also determined. The results demonstrate that the
kd values correlated with the pharmacological effect andthat this approach can be used to identify molecularstructures associated with differences in
kd values. Themethod can be adapted for use with membrane-boundreceptors, ion channels, and transporters and representsa direct and facile technique for the assessment ofdissociation rate constants (
kd) of ligand-receptor complexes.