title: Beta-adrenoceptors in the tree shrew brain. I. Distribution and characterization of [125I]iodocyanopindolol binding sites.
abstract: 1. The number and distribution pattern of beta-adrenergic receptors in the brain have been reported to be species specific. The aim of the present study was to describe binding of the beta-adrenoceptor ligand [125I]iodocyanopindolol in the brain of the tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri), a species which provides an appropriate model for studies of psychosocial stress and its consequences on central nervous processes. 2. 125I-Iodocyanopindolol (125ICYP) labeling revealed a high degree of nonspecific binding, which was due mainly to interactions of this ligand with serotonin binding sites. For a quantitative evaluation of beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptors, serotonin binding sites had to be blocked by 100 microM 5HT. 3. Binding of the radioligand to beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptors was characterized using the beta 1-specific antagonist CGP20712A and the beta 2-specific antagonist ICI118.551. beta 1-adrenoceptor binding is present in the whole brain, revealing low receptor numbers in most brain regions (up to 1.5 to 2.7 fmol/mg). A slight enrichment was observed in cortical areas (lateral orbital cortex: 4.0 +/- 0.7 fmol/mg) and in the cerebellar molecular layer (8.7 +/- 1.0 fmol/mg). 4. Competition experiments demonstrated high- and low-affinity binding sites with considerable variations in Ki values for CGP20712A, showing that various affinity states of beta 1-adrenoceptors are present in the brain (Ki: 0.61 nM to 67.1 microM). In the hippocampus, only low-affinity beta 1-adrenoceptors were detected (Ki: 1.3 +/- 0.2 microM). Since it is known that 125ICYP labels not only membrane bound but also internalized beta-adrenoceptors, it can be assumed that the large population of the low-affinity sites represents internalized receptors which may be abundant due to a high sequestration rate. 5. High numbers of beta 2-adrenoceptors are present in only a few brain structures of tree shrews (external layer of the olfactory bulb, 15.8 +/- 2.0 fmol/mg; claustrum, 19.3 +/- 1.5 fmol/mg; anteroventral thalamic nucleus, 19.4 +/- 1.5 fmol/mg; cerebellar molecular layer, 55.0 +/- 4.3 fmol/mg). Also for this class of beta-adrenoceptors, high- and low-affinity binding sites for the beta 2-selective antagonist ICI118.551 were observed, indicating that 125ICYP labels membrane bound and internalized beta 2-adrenoceptors. Only in the cerebellar molecular layer was a high percentage of high-affinity beta 2-adrenoceptors detected (Ki for ICI118.551 was 1.8 +/- 0.3 nM for 90% of the receptors). 6. In conclusion, beta 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptor binding can be localized and quantified by in vitro receptor autoradiography in the brains of tree shrews when serotonergic binding sites are blocked. Modulatory effects of long-term psychosocial conflict on the central nervous beta-adrenoceptor system in male tree shrews are described in the following paper.
authors.affiliation: German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Flügge
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ahrens
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fuchs
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000378:metabolism; D020120:Iodocyanopindolol; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010869:Pindolol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D018342:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1 / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014418:Tupaiidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D007093:Imidazoles; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011412:Propanolamines; D018342:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1; D018343:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012701:Serotonin; C026777:ICI 118551; D020120:Iodocyanopindolol; D010869:Pindolol; C049763:CGP 20712A