title: Determination of the molecular size of the 5-HT3 receptor binding site by radiation inactivation.
abstract: The radiation inactivation technique has been used to estimate the molecular size of the 5-HT3 receptor binding site labelled by [3H]zacopride, in comparison with that of the 5-HT1A receptor binding site labelled by [3H]8-OH-DPAT, in rat cortical membranes. The calculated molecular weight of the 5-HT3 site: 35.4 +/- 2.2 kDa (mean +/- S.E.M., n = 4) was significantly less than that of the 5-HT1A site: 62.9 +/- 1.8 kDa (mean +/- S.E.M., n = 4) and of other 5-HT1 and 5-HT2 receptors of the G-protein coupled family. These data further support that the 5-HT3 receptor is not coupled to G-proteins in the rat brain.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U288, Neurobiologie Cellulaire et Fonctionnelle, Faculté de Médecine, Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gozlan
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Schechter
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bolanos
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Emerit
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Miquel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamon
mesh_terms: D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; D000818:Animals; D001549:Benzamides / Q000494:pharmacology; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008970:Molecular Weight; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001549:Benzamides; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; D017371:8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin; C055971:zacopride