gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), a naturally occurring metabolite of GABA, is present in micromolar concentrations in various areas of the mammalian brain. Specific GHB binding sites, uptake system, synthetic and metabolizing enzymes have been identified in CNS. The present study shows the anatomical distribution of GHB binding sites in sections of primate (squirrel monkey) and human brain by radioligand quantitative autoradiography. In both species the highest densities of binding sites were found in the hippocampus, high to moderate densities in cortical areas (frontal, temporal, insular, cingulate and entorhinal) and low densities in the striatum; no binding sites were detected in the cerebellum. High density of GHB binding was found in the monkey amygdala. In addition the binding characteristics of [H-3]GHB to membrane preparations of human brain cortex were examined. Scatchard analysis and saturation curves revealed both a high (K-d1 92+/-4.4 nM; B-max1 1027+/-110 fmol/mg protein) and a low-affinity binding site (K-d2 916+/-42 nM; B-max2 8770+/-159 fmol/mg protein). The present study is the first report on the autoradiographic distribution of specific GHB binding sites in the primate and human brain: such distribution is in both species in good agreement with the distribution found in the rat brain

Quantitative autoradiographic distribution of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid binding sites in human and monkey brain

CASTELLI, MARIA PAOLA;
2000-01-01

Abstract

gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), a naturally occurring metabolite of GABA, is present in micromolar concentrations in various areas of the mammalian brain. Specific GHB binding sites, uptake system, synthetic and metabolizing enzymes have been identified in CNS. The present study shows the anatomical distribution of GHB binding sites in sections of primate (squirrel monkey) and human brain by radioligand quantitative autoradiography. In both species the highest densities of binding sites were found in the hippocampus, high to moderate densities in cortical areas (frontal, temporal, insular, cingulate and entorhinal) and low densities in the striatum; no binding sites were detected in the cerebellum. High density of GHB binding was found in the monkey amygdala. In addition the binding characteristics of [H-3]GHB to membrane preparations of human brain cortex were examined. Scatchard analysis and saturation curves revealed both a high (K-d1 92+/-4.4 nM; B-max1 1027+/-110 fmol/mg protein) and a low-affinity binding site (K-d2 916+/-42 nM; B-max2 8770+/-159 fmol/mg protein). The present study is the first report on the autoradiographic distribution of specific GHB binding sites in the primate and human brain: such distribution is in both species in good agreement with the distribution found in the rat brain
2000
gamma-hydroxybutyric acid; quantitative autoradiography; human brain; monkey brain; receptor binding
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