title: Density of NMDA-coupled and uncoupled 1-[1-(2-[3H]thienyl) cyclohexyl]piperidine recognition sites in the brain and spinal cord: differential effects of NMDA agonists and antagonists.
abstract: Binding of 1-[1-(2-[3H]thienyl)cyclohexyl]piperidine ([3H]TCP) to mouse brain and spinal cord membranes was studied using compounds selective for the NMDA-coupled 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine (PCP) and/or sigma recognition sites. In both tissues, [3H]TCP labeled two populations of binding sites. Density of the low-affinity sites was approximately the same in both tissues, but the population of the high-affinity [3H]TCP sites was three times bigger in the brain than in the spinal cord. Self- and cross-displacement studies showed that the high-affinity [3H]TCP binding sites could be identical with NMDA receptor-coupled PCP sites, whereas the low-affinity [3H]TCP sites may be associated with sigma binding sites in both tissues. The NMDA-coupled PCP sites labeled in the presence of 6.25 nM [3H]TCP constituted a much higher percentage of the total binding in the brain (75%) than in the spinal cord (44%). Consistent with this, reintroduction of glycine and glutamate significantly increased, but DA antagonists significantly inhibited [3H]TCP binding in the brain but not in the spinal cord. Together, these data suggest that a large component of [3H]TCP-labeled binding sites in the spinal cord may be associated with sigma but not the NMDA receptor-coupled PCP sites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary PathoBiology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D005998:Glycine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D016202:N-Methylaspartate / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D010622:Phencyclidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D014316:Tritium; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate; C012058:tenocyclidine; D010622:Phencyclidine; D006220:Haloperidol; D005998:Glycine