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  • Title: Evidence for multiple "Kappa" binding sites by use of opioid peptides in the guinea-pig lumbo-sacral spinal cord.
    Author: Attali B, Gouardères C, Mazarguil H, Audigier Y, Cros J.
    Journal: Neuropeptides; 1982 Oct; 3(1):53-64. PubMed ID: 6296719.
    Abstract:
    Binding properties of [3H]-etorphine and [3H]-ethylketocyclazocine have been studied in the lumbo-sacral spinal cord of guinea-pig which does not contain mu or delta binding sites. [3H]-etorphine binds to a single class of high affinity sites, whereas [3H]-ethylketocyclazocine interacts with a high and a low affinity component. Using a discriminative procedure, 5 microM (D-Ala2, D-Leu5) enkephalin (DAL), the high affinity component of [3H]-ethylketocyclazocine can be resolved in two classes of sites, (D-Ala2, D-Leu5) enkephalin sensitive sites (DALS sites) and (D-Ala2, D-Leu5) enkephalin insensitive sites (DALI sites). In these conditions, there is a total loss of [3H]-etorphine sites, whose binding capacity and properties strictly correspond to the DALS sites labelled by [3H]-ethylketocyclazocine. Pharmacological investigations indicate that DALI sites for which dynorphin (1 leads to 17) is the best ligand, can be related to kappa sites previously described in guinea-pig brain, whereas DALS sites for which (Arg6, Phe7) Met-enkephalin possesses a good affinity, closely correspond to benzomorphan sites recently characterized in rat brain and spinal cord. [3H]-ethylketocyclazocine interacts additionally with "non opiate" low affinity sites, for which only benzomorphan drugs exhibit a good affinity, whereas morphine, naloxone, phencyclidine or endogenous opioid peptides do not present any affinity for them. On the basis of these data, a new subdivision of "kappa" sites is discussed.
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