title: Localization of striatal excitatory amino acid binding site subtypes to striatonigral projection neurons.
abstract: Quantitative autoradiography was used to examine the cellular localization of excitatory amino acid binding sites in the striatum following selective lesion of striatonigral projection neurons. Degeneration of striatonigral neurons was induced unilaterally by injection of the suicide transport toxin, volkensin, into the left substantia nigra. Twelve days following nigral volkensin injection there was a reduction of all excitatory amino acid binding site subtypes in the striatum ipsilateral to the injected nigra. The reduction in N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) binding sites was significantly greater than the loss of D,L-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-proprionic acid (AMPA), kainate and metabotropic binding. These results indicate that there are NMDA, AMPA, metabotropic and kainate binding sites on striatonigral projection neurons and suggest that the NMDA subtype may be selectively enriched on striatonigral neurons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Tallaksen-Greene
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Wiley
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Albin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000737:chemistry*; D006023:Glycoproteins; D007608:Kainic Acid; D008297:Male; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000737:chemistry*; D010069:Oxadiazoles; D037121:Plant Lectins; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D017459:Receptors, Amino Acid / Q000032:analysis*; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate / Q000032:analysis; D018092:Kainic Acid Receptors; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000032:analysis; D054790:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000737:chemistry*; D014118:Toxins, Biological / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D007608:Kainic Acid; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases; D010069:Oxadiazoles; D037121:Plant Lectins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D018091:Receptors, AMPA; D017459:Receptors, Amino Acid; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D018092:Kainic Acid Receptors; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D054790:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 2; D014118:Toxins, Biological; C049134:volkensin