title: Ethanol inhibits the binding of substance P to rat brain cortex NK1 receptors.
abstract: The binding of 125I-labeled substance P (SP) to rat brain cortex membranes has been studied under control conditions and in the presence of ethanol. The binding of SP at low concentrations (20-1000 pM) gave two components, one with a KD value of 80 pM and another one with a KD of 500 pM. The higher-affinity component is due to NK1 receptors, as confirmed by the inhibition of the SP binding by the rodent NK1 specific agonist [Sar9 Met(O2)11]SP. Ethanol (1.7 mM) added to the binding assays inhibited by more than 50% the specific binding at a very low SP concentration (20 pM); however, it had no effect at SP concentrations ranging from 50 to 120 pM. This suggests a decrease by ethanol of the affinity of SP to the NK1 receptors involved in this binding component. The ethanol effect disappeared at [EtOH] < or = 0.17 mM.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Bioimmagini e Fisiologia Molecolare, CNR, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scarrone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cappelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cupello
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matarrese
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Moresco
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fazio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018040:Receptors, Neurokinin-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D013373:Substance P / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018040:Receptors, Neurokinin-1; D013373:Substance P; D000431:Ethanol