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Picrotoxin and convulsant binding sites in mammalian brain

Olsen, R. W. ; Leeb-Lundberg, F. LU and Napias, C. (1980) In Brain Research Bulletin 5(SUPPL. 2). p.217-221
Abstract

(3H)α-Dihydropicrotoxinin (DHP) binds to membrane sites in mammalian brain which appear to be related to the convulsant action of picrotoxin at the level of membrane Cl-channels which are at least partially regulated by the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA. DHP binding to rat cerebral cortex (assayed by centrifugation) showed a single class of sites (Kd = 2μM) and Bmax of 4 pmol/mg protein, and was competitively inhibited by depressant barbiturates (1-10μM), excitatory barbiturates (10-100 nM), and cage convulsants, e.g. bicyclophosphates (1-10 μM), but not by GABA or related compounds. DHP binding was stereospecifically and potently inhibited by pyrethroid insecticides (10-1000 nM), by... (More)

(3H)α-Dihydropicrotoxinin (DHP) binds to membrane sites in mammalian brain which appear to be related to the convulsant action of picrotoxin at the level of membrane Cl-channels which are at least partially regulated by the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA. DHP binding to rat cerebral cortex (assayed by centrifugation) showed a single class of sites (Kd = 2μM) and Bmax of 4 pmol/mg protein, and was competitively inhibited by depressant barbiturates (1-10μM), excitatory barbiturates (10-100 nM), and cage convulsants, e.g. bicyclophosphates (1-10 μM), but not by GABA or related compounds. DHP binding was stereospecifically and potently inhibited by pyrethroid insecticides (10-1000 nM), by depressant benzodiazepines (0.5-50 μM), and excitatory benzodiazepines (e.g. RO5-3663) at <0.1μM, and also by 0.2 mM hypoxanthine and cytosine, but not nicotinamide, and by aqueous extracts of brain (40 μg protein, 105x g supernatant) at 0° without preincubation. These or related substances may be endogenous ligands for the receptor sites which bind picrotoxin and other convulsants. Anticonvulsants may act at the same site (Cl-channels?) in the opposite manner.

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Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines, Convulsants, GABA, Ionophores, Picrotoxin, Purines, Receptors
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SUPPL. 2
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217 - 221
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10.1016/0361-9230(80)90037-4
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  author       = {{Olsen, R. W. and Leeb-Lundberg, F. and Napias, C.}},
  issn         = {{0361-9230}},
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  number       = {{SUPPL. 2}},
  pages        = {{217--221}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Brain Research Bulletin}},
  title        = {{Picrotoxin and convulsant binding sites in mammalian brain}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0361-9230(80)90037-4}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/0361-9230(80)90037-4}},
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