title: Effects of pentylenetetrazol on GABA-A/benzodiazepine/picrotoxinin receptor complexes in rat brain regions.
abstract: The effects of acute convulsive doses of pentylenetetrazol (PTZ) on [35S]t-butyl-bicyclophosphorothionate (TBPS), [3H]flunitrazepam (FNP), [3H]muscimol, and [3H]gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) binding sites were examined in well-washed homogenates of various brain regions of rat. Except for a significant increase in the number of striatal [35S]TBPS binding sites, no significant change in [35S]TBPS, [3H]FNP, [3H]muscimol, and [3H]GABA binding was found in various brain regions 30 min after subcutaneous injection of PTZ at 90 or 100 mg/kg. Similarly, there were no significant changes in [35S]TBPS and [3H]FNP binding to unwashed P2 membranes of cerebral cortices 30 min following administration of convulsive doses of PTZ. These experiments failed to demonstrate acute modulation of GABA-A/benzodiazepine/picrotoxinin receptor complex by PTZ in the various brain regions examined except striatum. The significance of the increased [35S]TBPS binding in striatum caused by PTZ remains unclear.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005445:Flunitrazepam / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009118:Muscimol / Q000378:metabolism; D010433:Pentylenetetrazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001643:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; C037480:picrotoxinin receptor; D009118:Muscimol; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D005445:Flunitrazepam; C037476:tert-butylbicyclophosphorothionate; D010433:Pentylenetetrazole