title: Irradiation inactivation studies of the dopamine D1 receptor and dopamine-stimulated adenylate cyclase in rat striatum.
abstract: In frozen rat striatal tissue, exposed to 10 MeV electrons from a linear accelerator, the sizes of the dopamine (DA) D1 receptor and the DA-sensitive adenylate cyclase complex were determined using target size analysis. The number of D1 receptors (labelled by [3H]SCH 23390) declined monoexponentially with increasing radiation intensity, yielding a molecular weight (mol.wt.) of 80 kDa. Also the activity of the catalytic unit (C) of the adenylate cyclase (as measured by forskolin stimulation), decreased monoexponentially, however with a mol.wt. of 145 kDa. Both basal, DA- and fluoride (F-)-stimulated activity declined in a concave-downward fashion with a limiting mol.wt. of 134, 138 and 228 kDa, respectively. It was estimated that the basal and DA-stimulated activity originated from an enzyme complex with a mol.wt. of 325 kDa, a value close to the combined size of RGs and C. These data suggest that F- stimulation of the adenylate cyclase, which occurs by a Gs activation, does not cause dissociation of Gs into the alpha s and beta gamma subunits. Further, the DA-regulated adenylate cyclase apparently exists as a complex consisting of RGs and C; the mechanism of hormonal activation is a dissociation of C from this complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, NOVO Industri A/S, Pharmaceuticals, R&D, Bagsvaerd, Denmark.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nielsen
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000378:metabolism; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects; D004298:Dopamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D008970:Molecular Weight; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000528:radiation effects*; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1
chemical_list: D001552:Benzazepines; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D005576:Colforsin; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D004298:Dopamine