title: Differential effect of sodium ions and guanine nucleotides on the binding of thioperamide and clobenpropit to histamine H3-receptors in rat cerebral cortical membranes.
abstract: 1. Conflicting reports in the literature over heterogeneity (West et al., 1990) or homogeneity (Arrange et al., 1990) of histamine H3-receptor binding sites may be attributed to the use of different incubation conditions. In the present study we have investigated the extent to which the binding of H3-receptor ligands to rat cerebral cortical membranes can be modified by both sodium ions and guanine nucleotides. 2. The H3-selective antagonist, thioperamide, discriminated between two specific binding sites for [3H]-N alpha-methylhistamine (IC50 1 = 2.75 +/- 0.87 nM, IC50 2 101.6 +/- 12.0 nM, % site 1 = 24 +/- 2%) in 50 mM Tris HCl buffer, but showed homogeneity of binding in 50 mM Na/K phosphate buffer. 3. Sodium ions markedly altered the binding characteristics of thioperamide (i.e. heterogeneity was lost and IC50 value shifted towards the high affinity site). The competition curves for a second H3-antagonist, clobenpropit and the H3-agonist N alpha-methylhistamine however, were unaltered in the presence of sodium ions. 4. Guanylnucleotides displaced only 60% of specific [3H]-N alpha- methylhistamine binding and modulated thioperamide binding in the same way as sodium ions. 5. These data suggest that the H3-receptor can exist in different conformations for which thioperamide, but not N alpha-methylhistamine and clobenpropit, show differential affinity. 6. The potential nature of these sites, and the implications of this apparent receptor heterogeneity for H3-receptor antagonism by thioperamide, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Medical School, Queens' Medical Centre, Nottingham.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006150:Guanine Nucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017442:Histamine Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008566:Membranes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008761:Methylhistamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010880:Piperidines / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D018100:Receptors, Histamine H3 / Q000378:metabolism*; D012964:Sodium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013890:Thiourea / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006150:Guanine Nucleotides; D017442:Histamine Agonists; D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D007093:Imidazoles; D008761:Methylhistamines; D010880:Piperidines; D018100:Receptors, Histamine H3; C069357:alpha-methylhistamine; D012964:Sodium; D013890:Thiourea; C052075:thioperamide; C086108:clobenpropit