title: Kinetic and pharmacological profiles of the in vitro binding of the potent dopamine agonist [3H]N,N-dipropyl-5,6-dihydroxy-2-aminotetralin to rat striatal membranes.
abstract: The in vitro binding of the new tritiated dopaminergic ligand [3H]N,N-dipropyl-5,6-dihydroxy-2-aminotetralin to rat striatal membranes is described. Binding assays were performed in 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5 containing 1 mM EDTA and 0.01% ascorbic acid at 25 degrees C for 30 min. Specific binding at 0.5 nM [3H]DP-5,6-ADTN and 5 mg/ml membrane suspension was very high (87-93%) and was found to be linearly related with homogenate concentration over the range of 0.5-10 mg/ml (r = 0.9968). (+)Butaclamol 1 microM was used to define specific binding. Specific binding disappeared completely within 20 min when the tissue was incubated at 55 degrees C. Association and dissociation curves (obtained after addition of 1 microM (-)-DP-5,6-ADTN) were converted to linear logarithmic plots and the kinetic constants were computed (k1 = 0.054 min-1 and k-1 = 0.0188 min-1) as were the t1/2 for association (3.52 min) and dissociation (20.8 min). This resulted in an apparent KD of 0.34 nM. Increasing concentrations of [3H]DP-5,6-ADTN (0.05-3.0 nM) were found to saturate the receptor site. Linear transformation of the saturation curves and presentation of the curves as Eadie-Hofstee plots showed that only one set of receptors was labeled (nHill was 0.995 +/- 0.07) with a high affinity constant KD of 0.57 +/- 0.10 nM and a maximum number of binding sites Bmax of 18.6 +/- 2.4 pmol/g tissue. Various compounds were tested for their potency to displace the specific binding of [3H]DP-5,6-ADTN to striatal membranes (2.5 mg/ml).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008566:Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009281:Naphthalenes; D011506:Proteins; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; C015842:2-(N,N-dipropyl)amino-5,6-dihydroxytetralin