PMID: 8950287Jan 1, 1996Paper

Specific binding of [3H]resiniferatoxin by human and rat preoptic area, locus ceruleus, medial hypothalamus, reticular formation and ventral thalamus membrane preparations

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G AcsP M Blumberg

Abstract

Specific [3H]resiniferatoxin (RTX) binding detects the vanilloid (capsaicin) receptors and provides a biochemical means for exploring their pharmacology. In the present study we demonstrate specific vanilloid (RTX) binding sites in various brain areas not known to be innervated by primary afferent neurons. Specific high-affinity binding of [3H]RTX could be detected in membrane preparations of the posterior ("hypothalamic") and anterior ("septal") parts of the preoptic area, locus ceruleus, medial hypothalamus, brainstem reticular formation and ventral thalamic nuclei from naive rats. The determined levels of binding at 4 nM [3H]RTX were 23.0 +/- 4.5, 7.1 +/- 1.6, 29.9 +/- 2.3, 23.5 +/- 2.4, 9.9 +/- 2.2 and 8.1 +/- 1.9 fmol/mg, respectively; unfortunately, the high levels of non-specific binding (higher than 80%) in the present experiments made it impossible for us to characterize fully the binding properties of the receptors. However, no detectable specific [3H]RTX binding was present in membranes of brain nuclei from rats pretreated with 300 mg/kg capsaicin, a treatment which causes loss of response to capsaicin. Significant specific [3H]RTX binding was also absent in membrane preparations of the midbrain central gray matter, ...Continue Reading

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