RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The psychotomimetic drug phencyclidine labels two high affinity binding sites in guinea pig brain: evidence for N-methyl-D-aspartate-coupled and dopamine reuptake carrier-associated phencyclidine binding sites.
JF Molecular Pharmacology
JO Mol Pharmacol
FD American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
SP 887
OP 896
VO 36
IS 6
A1 R B Rothman
A1 A A Reid
A1 J A Monn
A1 A E Jacobson
A1 K C Rice
YR 1989
UL http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/36/6/887.abstract
AB Numerous studies have now demonstrated that a binding site for the psychotomimetic drug phencyclidine (PCP) exists within the receptor channel complex for the excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter glutamate, specifically the glutamate receptor selectively activated by N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA). Several lines of evidence support the hypothesis that all PCP receptors in rat brain are associated with the NMDA receptor complex. In the present study, we reexamine this hypothesis. We report that the PCP analog [3H]1-[1-(2-thienyl)cyclohexyl]piperidine [( 3H]TCP) labels two high affinity binding sites in membranes prepared from guinea pig brain site 1 (Kd = 14.1 nM, Bmax = 631 fmol/mg of protein) and site 2 (Kd = 46.5 nM, Bmax = 829 fmol/mg of protein). (+)-5-Methyl-10 11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5,10-imine maleate bound to site 1 with high affinity (Kl = 3.2 nM) and to site 2 with low affinity (Kl = 5208 nM). The order of potency of drugs for inhibiting [3H]TCP binding to site 1 correlated with their ED50 values for inhibition of NMDA-mediated responses reported in the literature, whereas the order of potency of drugs for inhibiting [3H]TCP binding to site 2 correlated with their ED50 values for inhibition of [3H]dopamine reuptake reported in the literature. Kinetic experiments demonstrated that glutamate, 2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoic acid, and Mg2+ modulated [3H]TCP binding to site 1 but not site 2. Preincubation of guinea pig striatal membranes with varying concentrations of the high affinity dopamine reuptake inhibitors N-[1-(2-benzo(b)thiophenyl)cyclohexyl]piperidine and 1-[2-[bis(4-fluorophenyl)methoxy]ethyl]-4-[3- phenylpropyl]piperazine caused a wash-resistant inhibition of [3H]TCP binding to site 2 but not site 1. Taken collectively, these data demonstrate the existence of a high affinity PCP binding site associated with the dopamine reuptake carrier and raise the possibility that the therapeutic and psychotomimetic effects of PCP in humans are separable and mediated via different binding sites.