title: Species dependent effects of dihydroergosine on [3H]TBOB binding to membranes from the human, rat, bovine and mouse brain.
abstract: Dihydroergosine enhanced [3H]TBOB binding to the crude synaptosomal membranes prepared from the whole rat brain and human frontal cortex. Higher concentrations of the same drug inhibited [3H]TBOB binding in the preparations obtained from the whole mouse brain and bovine frontal cortex. Bicuculline-induced enhancement and GABA- or diazepam-induced inhibition of [3H]TBOB binding were similar in the four species examined. The results indicate that dihydroergosine modulates species-dependently GABA/benzodiazepine receptors.
authors.affiliation: Ruder Bosković Institute, Laboratory for Molecular Neuropharmacology, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tvrdeić
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pericić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D002417:Cattle; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004879:Ergotamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008875:Middle Aged; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity; D013570:Synaptic Membranes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D004879:Ergotamines; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; C037580:9,10-dihydroergosine; C046308:tert-butylbicyclo-2-benzoate