title: A subacute treatment of L-methionine induces an increase in the number of [3H]spiperone binding sites in the striatum of the rat.
abstract: A subacute treatment, 500 mg/kg I.P. twice daily during 5 days, by L-methionine provoked an increase in the Bmax of [3H]-spiperone binding in the striatum of the rat. This increase was associated to a decrease in membrane microviscosity. However in these conditions no changes were found in the [3H]-DHA, [3H]QNB bindings or in the brain dopamine sensitive adenylate cyclase activity. L-methionine treatment reduced the accumulation of Dopa after NSD 1015 and antagonized the decrease in striatal acetylcholine provoked by haloperidol. Thus L-methionine might be a new potential drug for Parkinson's disease treatment.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008560:Membrane Fluidity / Q000187:drug effects; D008715:Methionine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; C031611:spiroperidol receptor; D008715:Methionine