title: Phospholipase A2 enhances [3H]AMPA binding to a putative homomeric GluR-B receptor in the rat spinal cord.
abstract: [3H]AMPA and [3H]kainate binding to rat spinal cord was localised most densely in the substantia gelatinosa of the dorsal horn. Phospholipase A2 elicited a dose-dependent increase in specific [3H]AMPA binding but not in [3H]kainate binding. The enhancement of [3H]AMPA binding was blocked by bromophenacyl bromide and at 0 degree C and was not mimicked by arachidonic acid. Since GluR-B is the only AMPA receptor subunit detectable in the rat spinal cord, and recombinant homomeric GluR-B assemblies do not bind [3H]kainate, these results suggest phospholipase A2 may modulate [3H]AMPA binding to putative homomeric GluR-B receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, England.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cruickshank
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Henley
mesh_terms: D000098:Acetophenones / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D001345:Autoradiography; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000494:pharmacology*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D051381:Rats; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000378:metabolism*; D014316:Tritium; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000098:Acetophenones; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014316:Tritium; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; C006821:4-bromophenacyl bromide; D007608:Kainic Acid