title: Localization of [3H]cyclohexyladenosine and [3H]nitrobenzylthioinosine binding sites in rat striatum and superior colliculus.
abstract: The localization of adenosine receptors labelled with [3H]cyclohexyladenosine ([3H]CHA) and adenosine transport sites labelled with [3H]nitrobenzylthioinosine ([3H]NBI) was examined in striatum and superior colliculus (SC) using radioligand binding and lesioning methods. Striatal kainic acid lesions significantly reduced the number (Bmax) of a single class of high affinity binding sites for [3H]CHA by 50% and that for [3H]NBI by 15% without altering Kd values for either ligand. In SC, enucleations significantly reduced both high and low affinity [3H]CHA binding sites by about 60% while levels of [3H]NBI binding were unaffected. Thus, adenosine receptors are present on striatal interneurons and retinal projections to the SC and some [3H]NBI binding sites are located on striatal interneurons.
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism*; D007288:Inosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000032:analysis; D011983:Receptors, Purinergic; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000378:metabolism*; D013868:Thioinosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011983:Receptors, Purinergic; C027513:N(6)-cyclohexyladenosine; D013868:Thioinosine; D007288:Inosine; C001789:4-nitrobenzylthioinosine; D000241:Adenosine; D007608:Kainic Acid