title: Modulation of [3H]quinpirole binding at striatal D2 dopamine receptors by a monoamine oxidaseA-like site: evidence from radioligand binding studies and D2 receptor- and MAO(A)-deficient mice.
abstract: [3H]Quinpirole is a dopamine agonist with high affinity for the D2 and D3 dopamine receptors. A variety of monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) inhibit equilibrium binding of [3H]quinpirole binding in rat striatal membranes suggesting that MAOIs interact with a novel binding site that is labeled by [3H]quinpirole or that allosterically modulates [3H]quinpirole binding. To determine whether the D2 receptor is essential for [3H]quinpirole binding and/or modulation of [3H]quinpirole binding by MAOIs, D2 receptor-deficient mice were studied. [3H]Quinpirole binding was decreased in D2 receptor-deficient mice to 3% of that observed in wild-type controls indicating that [3H]quinpirole binding is associated with the D2 dopamine receptors. Then, in an attempt to label the site mediating the modulation of [3H]quinpirole binding, binding of the MAOI [3H]Ro 41-1049 was characterized in rat striatal membranes. [3H]Ro-41-1049 labeled a single binding site with a pharmacological profile with respect to MAOIs that was similar to both [3H]quinpirole binding (Spearman r=0.976) and MAO(A) activity. To determine whether MAO(A) plays a role in the modulation of [3H]quinpirole binding by MAOIs, MAO(A)-deficient mice were examined. In these mice, [3H]Ro-41-1049 binding was decreased to 7% of wild-type control. [3H]Spiperone binding was unaltered. Spiperone-displaceable [3H]quinpirole binding was decreased to 43% of wild-type control; however, the remaining [3H]quinpirole binding in MAO(A)-deficient animals was inhibited by Ro 41-1049 similar to wild-type. [3H]Ro-41-1049 binding was not decreased in D2 receptor-deficient mice. These data suggest that [3H]Ro-41-1049 labels multiple sites and that MAOIs modulate [3H]quinpirole binding to the D2 receptor via interactions at a novel, non-MAO binding site with MAO(A)-like pharmacology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160-7417, USA. blevant@kumc.edu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Levant
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ahlgren-Beckendorf
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Grandy
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Seif
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D019257:Quinpirole / Q000378:metabolism*; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013134:Spiperone / Q000378:metabolism; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000378:metabolism; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D013844:Thiazoles; D014316:Tritium; D019257:Quinpirole; C063456:Ro 41-1049; D013134:Spiperone; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase