title: Selective alterations of high affinity [3H]forskolin binding sites in Alzheimer's disease: a quantitative autoradiographic study.
abstract: Quantitative autoradiographic analysis of high affinity [3H]forskolin binding sites was carried out in postmortem brains from normal controls and patients dying with Alzheimer's disease. Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) activity and senile plaque formation were also quantified. [3H]Forskolin binding was markedly reduced in all layers of middle frontal gyrus in the Alzheimer brains and the deficit correlated with the deficit in ChAT activity in this area. In the hippocampal region [3H]forskolin binding was no different in the Alzheimer brains compared to controls, although ChAT activity was significantly reduced. There was an inconsistent reduction in [3H]forskolin binding in all layers of middle temporal gyrus which did not correlate with the cholinergic deficit. Significant senile plaque formation was observed in all 3 brain regions examined and [3H]forskolin binding did not correlate with plaque formation in any brain region. Thus, while all 3 brain regions were affected by the pathological correlates of Alzheimer's disease, [3H]forskolin binding was consistently reduced only in frontal cortex.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Surgical Institute, University of Glasgow, U.K.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dewar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horsburgh
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCulloch
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D005576:Colforsin / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D005576:Colforsin; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases