Positron tomographic quantitation of neuroreceptors in human brain in vivo — with special reference to the D2 dopamine receptors in caudate nucleus

1987 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Gjedde ◽  
Dean F. Wong
1988 ◽  
Vol 255 (3) ◽  
pp. 877-883 ◽  
Author(s):  
M N Leonard ◽  
R A Williamson ◽  
P G Strange

D2 dopamine receptors from bovine brain (caudate nucleus and olfactory tubercle) have been solubilized using sodium cholate/NaCl and their glycoprotein properties studied in terms of their interaction with wheat-germ agglutinin-agarose (WGA-agarose). Under optimal conditions about 65% of the applied D2 dopamine receptors bound to WGA-agarose and could be eluted with N-acetylglucosamine. The ability of receptors to adsorb to the affinity column was shown to be dependent on the cholate and salt concentrations used. Digestion of the membrane bound D2 dopamine receptors with neuraminidase prior to solubilisation reduced the ability of the receptors to bind to WGA-agarose (50% of applied receptors bound) whereas digestion with N-acetylglucosaminidase did not significantly affect binding to WGA-agarose. Digestion with the two enzymes together resulted in a larger decrease in binding to WGA-agarose than was seen with the two enzymes alone (40% of applied receptors bound). Stepwise elution of bound receptors from the WGA-agarose columns using 2.5 mM- and 100-mM-N-acetylglucosamine showed that about 40% of the bound receptors interacted with WGA-agarose in a low-affinity manner, the remainder showing a high-affinity interaction. Neuraminidase treatment reduced the low-affinity population suggesting that the interaction of oligosaccharides bearing sialic acid with WGA-agarose is of lower affinity and that higher-affinity binding is via N-acetylglucosamine. These data are discussed in terms of the heterogeneity of carbohydrate moieties on the D2 dopamine receptors within a brain region. In all the tests applied here, however, receptors from caudate nucleus and olfactory tubercle behaved identically so their glycosylation patterns must be very similar.


NeuroImage ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 531-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Ito ◽  
Yasuhiko Sudo ◽  
Tetsuya Suhara ◽  
Yoshiro Okubo ◽  
Christer Halldin ◽  
...  

Synapse ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hakan Hall ◽  
Lars Farde ◽  
Christer Halldin ◽  
Yasmin L. Hurd ◽  
Stefan Pauli ◽  
...  

1992 ◽  
Vol 281 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
J A Chazot ◽  
P G Strange

1. The coupling of D2 dopamine receptors and G-proteins has been examined in cholate-solubilized preparations of bovine caudate nucleus. 2. No receptor-G-protein coupling could be detected in solubilized preparations obtained in 0.3% cholate, but if this preparation is diluted 5-fold, coupling is re-established. 3. The dilution process was examined, and it was shown that the change in ionic strength was an important factor in modulating the observed receptor-G-protein interaction. 4. Ionic strength was shown, however, not to be the primary determinant of receptor-G-protein coupling. This is likely to be the formation, upon dilution of the preparation, of vesicles in which receptor and G-protein reassociate. 5. The formation of vesicles upon dilution was examined by a variety of techniques, including thermal-stability studies, gel filtration, centrifugation and electron microscopy.


1988 ◽  
Vol 515 (1 Central Deter) ◽  
pp. 203-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
DEAN F. WONG ◽  
EMMANUEL P. BROUSSOLLE ◽  
GARY WAND ◽  
VICTOR VILLEMAGNE ◽  
ROBERT F. DANNALS ◽  
...  

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