PMID: 9437666Jan 23, 1998Paper

Effects of thioacetamide-induced hepatic failure on the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor complex in the rat cerebral cortex, striatum, and hippocampus. Binding of different ligands and expression of receptor subunit mRNAs

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology
P SaransaariJ Albrecht

Abstract

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is characterized by symptoms pointing at disturbances in glutamatergic neurotransmission in the brain, particularly in the striatum. The binding parameters of ligands specific for different recognition sites in the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor complex and the distribution of the receptor subunit mRNAs (NR1, NR2A-D) were assessed in rats with acute HE induced with a hepatotoxin, thioacetamide (TAA). The binding of: 1. L-[3H]glutamate (NMDA-displaceable); 2. [3H]dizocilpine and N-(1-[2-thienyl]-cyclohexyl) [3H]piperidine ([3H]TCP); and 3. The coactivator site agonist [3H]glycine was assayed in purified membranes of the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, and striatum. In HE rats, Bmax of NMDA-displaceable glutamate binding was increased in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus, but slightly decreased in the striatum. In this region, the binding affinity was also slightly increased. In HE, Bmax of [3H]dizocilpine binding was unchanged in the striatum and cerebral cortex, but substantially decreased in the hippocampus. Pretreatment with phorbol ester enhanced the binding of dizocilpine more in HE than in control rats. Bmax of [3H]TCP binding was decreased in the cerebral cortex and striatum, but increase...Continue Reading

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