CHARACTERIZATION OF BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTORS IN THE BOVINE PINEAL-GLAND - EVIDENCE FOR THE PRESENCE OF AN ATYPICAL BINDING-SITE
CHARACTERIZATION OF BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTORS IN THE BOVINE PINEAL-GLAND - EVIDENCE FOR THE PRESENCE OF AN ATYPICAL BINDING-SITE
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10.1016/0169-328x(86)90004-5
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发表时间:
1986-11-01
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SKOLNICK, P
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BASILE, AS;KLEIN, DC;SKOLNICK, P
Bovine and rat pineal benzodiazepine receptors were characterized using ligands with high affinities for either ''central-type'' (CBR) or ''peripheral-type'' (PBR) benzodiazepine receptors. The characteristics (Bmax = 83 .+-. 10 fmol/mg protein, Kd = 3.88 .+-. 0.45 nM) of benzodiazepine receptors in bovine pineal membranes measured with [3H]flunitrazepam (using flunitrazepam to define non-specific binding) were consistent with previously reported values. However, if non-specific binding was defined using Ro 15-1788 (a selective CBR ligand), the Bmax and Kd of [3H]flunitrazepam decreased 51 and 58%, respectively. In addition, when using PK 11195 to determine non-specific binding, the Bmax of [3H]flunitrazepam binding to bovine pineal decreased further (.apprxeq. 80%, Kd decreased .apprxeq. 39%). Together, these observations strongly suggested the presence of PBR in the bovine pineal. Bovine pineal PBR characterized with [3H]PK 11195 revealed a high density (relative to CBR) of high affinity binding sites (Kd = 1.08 .+-. 0.30, Bmax = 776 .+-. 33.0 fmol/mg protein). In contrast, when [3H]Ro 5-4864 (1-20 nM) was used to define PBR, no binding was detectable. These observations are in sharp contrast to the rat pineal gland, in which both [3H]Ro 5-4864 and [3H]PK 11195 bind to a large number of PBR with high affinity (Kd .apprxeq. 1.9 nM, Bmax .apprxeq. 26 pmol/mg protein). Bovine pineal PBR were further characterized with compounds structurally related to either Ro 5-4864 or PK 11195. Both PK 11195 and its 2-fluoro isomer PK 11211 potently displaced [3H]PK 11195 (1 nM) from bovine pineal membranes (Ki = 1.26 and 1.44 nM, respectively), while KW 1937, Ro 5-4864 and triazolam displaced [3H]PK 11195 with low affinities (Ki = 11.6, 9.8 and 29 .mu.M, respectively). Displacement of [3H]PK 11195 from bovine pineal PBR by Ro 5-6900, KW 1976 or brotizolam revealed the presence of both high (Ki = 229, 152 and 686 nM, respectively) and low affinity (Ki = 5.00, 4.70 and 4.70 .mu.M, respectively) binding sites for [3H]PK 11195 at a relative density of 4:1. These results indicte that although both the bovine and rat pineal gland have a greater density of PBR than CBR, the pharmacological characteristics of bovine pineal PBR are markedly different from those previously described in rodents.