title: Simultaneous determination of binding of a variety of radioligands related to ionotropic excitatory amino acid receptors in fetal and neonatal rat brains.
abstract: Expression of ionotropic excitatory amino acid receptors was assessed by membrane binding assays using a variety of radioligands in fetal and neonatal rat brains. In fetal rat brain, receptors sensitive to N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) exhibited delayed onset of expression during the last 7 days before birth as compared with those insensitive to NMDA. In addition, developmental increases in agonist-preferring sites preceded those in antagonist-preferring sites within the first 7 postnatal days in particular brain structures with respect to each domain on the NMDA receptor complex. Growth of animals led to drastic increments of [3H](+)-5-methyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d] cyclohepten-5,10-imine (MK-801) binding to the NMDA channel in telencephalic regions until 21 to 28 days after birth, with concomitant desensitization to inhibition by protons of [3H]MK-801 binding in cortical membranes. By contrast, three different agonists were invariably effective in more potently potentiating [3H]MK-801 binding in cortical membranes of 14- and 28-day-old rats than in those of 5-day-old rats. These results suggest that the NMDA-sensitive subclass may play more critical roles in mechanisms underlying postnatal development of rat telencephalon than do the NMDA-insensitive subclasses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Enomoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawanami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Azuma
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoneda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000254:growth & development*; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects*; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D051381:Rats; D017459:Receptors, Amino Acid / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D017459:Receptors, Amino Acid; D016291:Dizocilpine Maleate