title: D-optimal design applied to binding saturation curves of an enkephalin analog in rat brain.
abstract: The D-optimal design, a minimal sample design that minimizes the volume of the joint confidence region for the parameters, was used to evaluate binding parameters in a saturation curve with a view to reducing the number of experimental points without loosing accuracy in binding parameter estimates. Binding saturation experiments were performed in rat brain crude membrane preparations with the opioid mu-selective ligand [3H]-[D-Ala2,MePhe4,Gly-ol5]enkephalin (DAGO), using a sequential procedure. The first experiment consisted of a wide-range saturation curve, which confirmed that [3H]-DAGO binds only one class of specific sites and non-specific sites, and gave information on the experimental range and a first estimate of binding affinity (Ka), capacity (Bmax) and non-specific constant (k). On this basis the D-optimal design was computed and sequential experiments were performed each covering a wide-range traditional saturation curve, the D-optimal design and a splitting of the D-optimal design with the addition of 2 points (+/- 15% of the central point). No appreciable differences were obtained with these designs in parameter estimates and their accuracy. Thus sequential experiments based on D-optimal design seem a valid method for accurate determination of binding parameters, using far fewer points with no loss in parameter estimation accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Verotta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Petrillo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: La Regina
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rocchetti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tavani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D020875:Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D051381:Rats; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000378:metabolism*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D004745:Enkephalins; D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D020875:Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)-