title: Kinetic modulation by GABAergic agents of high- and low-affinity binding of [3H]methyl beta-carboline-3-carboxylate.
abstract: The kinetics of dissociation of [3H]methyl beta-carboline-3-carboxylate (beta-CCM) binding was studied in a synaptosomal membrane preparation of rat cerebral cortex. Dissociation was biphasic: a faster phase (10-30% contribution) was followed by a slower phase. Picrotoxin pretreatment at 22 degrees C enhanced the equilibrium binding of [3H]beta-CCM. The half-life of the slower phase of beta-CCM dissociation (t1/2II) was increased by 60 muM picrotoxin from 1.7 min to 3.3 min. The dissociation of [3H]beta-CCM was identical when initiated by an excess of either diazepam or beta-CCM. Quasi-equilibrium Scatchard analysis of [3H]beta-CCM binding was performed by a kinetic separation of the rapid and slow phases of dissociation. The slow and rapid phases represented beta-CCM binding sites of high and low affinity, respectively. The dissociation of [3H]beta-CCM (control t1/2II = 2.0 min) was decelerated by the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) antagonist 3-alpha-hydroxy-16-imino-5 beta-17-aza-androstan-11-one (R 5135) (t1/2II = 2.5 min) and accelerated by GABA (t1/2II = 1.6 min). GABA inhibited both high- and low-affinity beta-CCM bindings.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Pharmacodynamics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maksay
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simonyi
mesh_terms: D000731:Androstanes / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001378:Azasteroids / Q000494:pharmacology; D002243:Carbolines / Q000378:metabolism*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D018756:GABA Antagonists; D006207:Half-Life; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010852:Picrotoxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000731:Androstanes; D001378:Azasteroids; D002243:Carbolines; D018756:GABA Antagonists; D010852:Picrotoxin; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; C036150:beta-carboline-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester; C032061:RU 5135