Abstract
Dactinomycin, a peptide antibiotic from Streptomyces spp., is a classical agent which inhibits DNA replication. In the present study, dactinomycin inhibited specific [125I]NKA binding in rat colon membranes (KI = 1.05 x 10(-5) M) in a competitive manner. Furthermore, dactinomycin caused a parallel rightward shift of the concentration-response curve for the contractions in the rat colon induced by the NK-2 receptor agonist [Nle10]-NKA(4-10). A selective inhibition of NK-2 receptors by dactinomycin was supported by the absence of inhibition of NK-1 receptors activation in guinea pig vas deferens and of NK-3 receptors in rat portal vein. The structural similarity of the cyclic peptide moieties of dactinomycin to L-659,877, a known NK-2 receptor antagonist, can probably account for the present observations.
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