Pharmacological Evaluation of Plasma Membrane Beta-adrenoceptors in Rat Hearts Using the Tissue Segment Binding Method.
From: Division of Pharmacology, Department of Biochemistry and Bioinformative Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Fukui, Matsuoka, Fukui 910-1193, Japan.
Life sciences
- Publish Date: Aug 2006
- ISSN: 0024-3205
- Volume: 79
- Issue: 10
- Pages: 941-8
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Horinouchi Takahiro, Morishima Shigeru, Tanaka Takashi, et al. Pharmacological Evaluation of Plasma Membrane Beta-adrenoceptors in Rat Hearts Using the Tissue Segment Binding Method.. Life Sci. Aug 2006;79:941-8
Abstract
This study evaluates beta-adrenoceptors in rat atria and ventricle using the tissue segment binding method and compares the results with those obtained using conventional homogenate binding assays. In studies with tissue segment binding, the hydrophilic radioligand [(3)H]-CGP12177 selectively bound to plasma membrane beta-adrenoceptors, and the B(max) levels were significantly higher than those obtained with homogenate binding. However, both binding approaches revealed similar proportions of beta(1)- and beta(2)-adrenoceptors. The regional distribution of plasma membrane beta(1)- and beta(2)-adrenoceptors in rat hearts were also determined using tissue segment binding. Abundance of beta-adrenoceptors and proportion of beta(1)-adrenoceptors were higher in atria than in ventricle, but there was no significant difference between right and left atria or within ventricle (right and left ventricle free walls, apex, and interventricular septum). To establish the ability of the tissue segment binding method to study beta-adrenoceptor regulation such as the internalization of receptors, the effect of prolonged exposure of rat ventricle to (-)-isoprenaline was also investigated by using tissue segments and homogenate binding. Incubation with (-)-isoprenaline for 1 h in vitro caused a concentration-dependent decrease in the density of beta-adrenoceptors, predominantly beta(2)-adrenoceptors, when assessed with tissue segment binding method. In contrast, the subtype-specific change after treatment with (-)-isoprenaline was not detected using homogenate binding. In summary, the tissue segment binding method with [(3)H]-CGP12177 enables a more precise quantitation of plasma membrane beta(1)- and beta(2)-adrenoceptors in rat hearts and is suitable for studying their regulation.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Adrenergic beta-Agonists, Animals, Binding, Competitive, Cell Membrane, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Heart Atria, Heart Ventricles, Isoproterenol, Male, Myocardium, Organ Culture Techniques, Radioligand Assay, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1, Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2
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