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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-7-14
pubmed:abstractText
The excitotoxic amino acid domoate causes anterograde amnesia and memory deficits while the excitotoxin L-beta-oxalyl-amino-alanine (L-BOAA) is considered the causative agent of the motoneurone disorder, neurolathyrism. Employing quantitative autoradiography we investigated the potency of domoate and L-BOAA to inhibit [3H]kainate binding in human hippocampus. Domoate inhibited binding of [3H]kainate with inhibition constants between 5.8 +/- 2.8 nM (deep layers of gyrus parahippocampalis) and 200.9 +/- 247.8 nM (CA1 region of hippocampus). It was about a thousandfold more potent than L-BOAA with inhibition constants between 2.1 +/- 0.5 microM (superficial layers of gyrus parahippocampalis) and 51.0 +/- 41.9 microM (CA2/3 region of hippocampus). Interestingly, L-BOAA showed lowest affinity to [3H]kainate binding sites in those regions in which domoate showed highest affinity (e.g. CA2/3) and vice versa (e.g. CA1). These data further support the notion that the neurological symptoms observed after domoate intoxication are due to an excitotoxic action at kainate receptors and provide evidence for heterogeneity of kainate receptors in human hippocampus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0304-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
187
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
107-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Regional differences in the interaction of the excitotoxins domoate and L-beta-oxalyl-amino-alanine with [3H]kainate binding sites in human hippocampus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Neurochemistry, University of Würzburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't