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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-8-17
pubmed:abstractText
The appearance of mu-, delta-, and kappa-opioid receptors was examined in primary cultures of embryonic rat brain. Membranes prepared from striatal, hippocampal, and hypothalamic neurons grown in dissociated cell culture each exhibited high-affinity opioid binding sites as determined by equilibrium binding of the universal opioid ligand (-)-[3H]bremazocine. The highest density of binding sites (per mg of protein) was found in membranes prepared from cultured striatal neurons (Bmax = 210 +/- 40 fmol/mg protein); this density is approximately two-thirds that of adult striatal membranes. By contrast, membranes of cultured cerebellar neurons and cultured astrocytes were devoid of opioid binding sites. The opioid receptor types expressed in cultured striatal neurons were characterized by equilibrium binding of highly selective radioligands. Scatchard analysis of binding of the mu-specific ligand [3H]D-Ala2,N-Me-Phe4,Gly-ol5-enkephalin to embryonic striatal cell membranes revealed an apparent single class of sites with an affinity (KD) of 0.4 +/- 0.1 nM and a density (Bmax) of 160 +/- 20 fmol/mg of protein. Specific binding of (-)-[3H]bremazocine under conditions in which mu- and delta-receptor binding was suppressed (kappa-receptor labeling conditions) occurred to an apparent single class of sites (KD = 2 +/- 1 nM; Bmax = 40 +/- 15 fmol/mg of protein). There was no detectable binding of the selective delta-ligand [3H]D-Pen2,D-Pen5-enkephalin. Thus, cultured striatal neurons expressed mu- and kappa-receptor sites at densities comparable to those found in vivo for embryonic rat brain, but not delta-receptors.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
624-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Benzomorphans, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Corpus Striatum, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Enkephalin, D-Penicillamine (2,5)-, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Enkephalins, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Hypothalamus, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Rats, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Receptors, Opioid, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Receptors, Opioid, delta, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Receptors, Opioid, kappa, pubmed-meshheading:2164573-Receptors, Opioid, mu
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of opioid receptors in cultured neurons.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't